Anyone cycling into work tomorrow?

[palinurus]

Only a little snow fell overnight. The road outside was slushy, easy to ride on. No problem.

And I didn't have a problem really, but it was worse than I expected. In some places the conditions were far worse than in the deeper snow on monday. Somehow, in a couple of places, it had been compacted down to an icy layer with water on top. Not as slippery as it looked, but slippery enough. Plenty drivers unable to make it up hills (I was getting plenty grip from my soft 'cross tyre). Going downhill I put my thigh on the crossbar and used a leg as an outrigger.

Hardly anyone at work. Bit of a snowball fight in the yard earlier, some of them are using a snowplough attached to a forklift to make a really big snow-thing (I don't know what it's going to be yet..)

 

[Downward]

Worse here today than it was on Monday and I am at home working.

 

[summerdays]

Well I rode my littlest kid to school ... I kept checking the website but its one of the schools that isn't closed!!! Most secondary schools are closed anyway. It was fairly hairy on those back roads but good practise... got the morning - had to cancel, but going in this afternoon - not looking forward to the ride as there is a hill that I normally manage 30 mph + on, I'm hoping they will have gritted/cleared it etc.

 

[palinurus]

The snow-thing turned out to be a snow-penis. Typical.

 

[Tynan]

Almost clear in London now, dry roads even last night

Although it was bitterly cold when I set off from college at 9pm, someone told me it was zero degrees and getting colder, I really wasn't liking the look of sweeping bends in streetlight glistening with something that might be a bit icy, home without issues though and then came within a gnats of falling off at 3mph on the last hundred yards of my road which still had up to three inches of slush, freshly frozen rock solid

 

[hackbike 666]

I got slagged off and had an argument with a work colleague trying to make me look small in the messroom about the snow,saying to me oh but you must have suspected there was snow when you walked out the door,yeah but I didn't suspect the main roads were in such a crap state and no buses were running when I left.Needles to say im not going to talk to my two faced "workmate" who is nice on a one on one situation but in the messroom tries to make me look thick and i've had twenty years of this crap and let him get away with it.

 

[Downward]

Back to work tomorrow then on the bike - whohoo

 

[snapper_37]

Have put my gear on the rads for a warm up in the morning, packed my bag with nice food.

I am hoping that the roads will stay as they are now. I'm getting withdrawal symptoms and keep looking at my bike with glazed eyes.

 

[HLaB]

The main road were clear here again but I wouldn't fancy the gutter or side roads. Unfortunately some motons seem to lose their patience when the can't actually see a problem. It looks like it'll be clear and icy again tomorrow so I might just take the bus instead, I'll see what things are like in the morning.

 

[palinurus]

Another morning like yesterday. Looked out at 6:30, bit of snow falling. By the time I left at 7:10 there was quite a bit settled on the roads.

As I rode northwards it got worse. Surface was generally grippy enough for me but a lot of vehicles were having problems uphill.

POB wasn't doing so well today. Spotted one weaving all over the place, somehow staying upright. This time the surface was lumpy pavement ice (no crunch about it today, that stuff's gone solid) with fresh snow over the top. Told him the road wasn't too bad. Not sure if he said thankyou or self-gratification artist.

I did get the rear wheel to lose traction today, by standing on the pedals on an overpass. Front wheel traction was fine until I turned into the short section of road that leads to work. The surface there was compacted snow with a light covering of fresh snow, had to dab the ground once.

I do like to see snow settled on the branches as I ride to work.

 

[Bodhbh]

Worst day so far this week for getting in. Drivers seem to have gotten accustomed to the weather and have been moving much faster, lots of crashes. Roads are all compacted slush, so was sliding about on and off all the way in and ended up walking a good chuck of it. Not really got the tyres for it however, MTB with 2.0 Marathon XRs without much air between the tread so seem to surf about on the slush.

Managed to filter past non/slow moving traffic on the main road for a couple of miles using the fresh snow patch between the lanes. Eventually this ran out and had to move into primary where I quickly slipped and slowed down on the slush compacted by the cars. ofc within a couple of seconds the car behind starts beeping. Jeez, he got a mouthful anyhow, some helpful suggestions on intimate acts he might perform, was quite hopped up on adrenaline at that point.

 

[Bodhbh]

Hrmm what about tommorow?

Looks a nice, sunny day. But clear sky tonight, -3C, max temp 0C tommorow and today is nothing but rain and slush to freeze over. I can't believe they'll be any grit left on the roads, unless they're gritted fresh tonight. Think I'll give my long weekend run a miss this weekend, looks like it might be dodge even on the main roads.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

no, it'll be saturday

i've not missed one day this week though.

 

[hackbike 666]

Yeah Saturday,yet another day at work.

 

[Downward]

Today it snowed all the way.
The roads were wet through and it was cold.

Snow in your eyes sting and 20 mins in my ass was wet and I was genereally freezing.
I need quick release rear mudguards - Do they exist ?!