Anyone been brave enough to cycle in this cold snap

[dan_bo]

Bitchin new shooz

 

[Oldhippy]

Very erm....bright!

 

[mjr]

Bitchin new shooz
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Your camera mount came loose too, eh?

 

[I like Skol]

Bitchin new shooz
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Those are not your legs AICMFP....

 

[dan_bo]

Those are not your legs AICMFP....

Yeah I Was sat on vinokourov's shoulders obvs

 

[Rusty Nails]

Very cold weather cycling confession:

I always tuck a square of fleece cut from an old jacket between the padding in my shorts and the crown jewels. Small but warm and effective and so is the fleece.

The cold wind plays havoc down there otherwise.

 

[dan_bo]

Very cold weather cycling confession:

I always tuck a square of fleece cut from an old jacket between the padding in my shorts and the crown jewels. Small but warm and effective and so is the fleece.

The cold wind plays havoc down there otherwise.

Bit dangerous if that get knotted up in a sprint that mate

 

[Rusty Nails]

Bit dangerous if that get knotted up in a sprint that mate

What's a sprint? Slow and steady, that's me.

 

[Beespoke]

A banking hall, or a snow bank?

Oh the hall rather than snow... it was fairly icy here yesterday, so the fixie provided great control... so the snowfall overnight actually improved riding conditions, though all the busier road have been well gritted now.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Minus 6 today and 30 cm of snow when I popped out:

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-6307038

I was also out last week when it was Minus 9. It helps riding in the forest, no problems if I slip off!

I'll ride all through winter, not to bothered about the cold just layer up and off-road riding means no need to stress about icy roads.

You've been getting it colder up there I noticed. Tomorrow we get it here.

I'm commuting as normal, which will be interesting and rather chilly.

 

[Milzy]

Managed the festive 500 ok but this has been on another level. Could have put on warm clothes & hard man attitude but I wouldn’t have enjoyed it one little bit so there’s no need to put up with it & risk an off.

 

[fossyant]

Pretty filthy? This was all frozen on solid on Sunday. Had to get a bowl of hot water before I could clean. Madness. (But how an Orange should look this time of year IMO!)

At least when it freezes it falls off in a lump.

 

[matticus]

Managed the festive 500 ok but this has been on another level. Could have put on warm clothes & hard man attitude but I wouldn’t have enjoyed it one little bit so there’s no need to put up with it & risk an off.

Yes, it's interesting to think about "What if the 500k challenge was this week?" My average speed is massively down in these conditions. We have gritted roads but they're way too boring for 100k rides!

 

[johnblack]

The main concession I make is that I use a proper pair of skiing gloves (Head), bike gloves just do not cut it, would probably be a bit too cumbersome on a roadie, they're staying in the shed with MTB trigger shift it's no problem.

 

[Drago]

Good ride this morning. Nothing fancy, a quick 14 mile loop out towards Easton Neston and back. It was coldmwith a capital 'C', and wuite slippery in places. Fortunately my finely honed professional EMS cycling skills, ninja like reactions, and ability to see into the near future all worked to keep me bald side up.