HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
One of my colleagues, sat all day on Friday chanting 'more snow, more snow'; at about 15.30 I found out why, we got sent home (more pub time for him
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Commuting In The Snow
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).Miquel In De Rain
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One of my colleagues, sat all day on Friday chanting 'more snow, more snow'; at about 15.30 I found out why, we got sent home (more pub time for him
Yeah grief getting to/from work but may not do a lot when im there.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
clear , and less cars than normal . on Friday i went home via limehouse cut like i usually do . went for a walk earlier and it was clear to cycle along. will be riding in tomorrow if kids schools are not shut
CopperCyclist
Veteran
10 miles today down deserted B Roads. Was a bit wary of taking the country roads, but (preggers) wife is staying at her parents while I'm on nights, and I wanted to see her. Ended up being easier than town roads! Straight down the crispy unbroken stuff in the middle at a fair pace, felt really comfortable.
Only saw two cars, both of which I moved off to the side and stopped for. No probs at all.
Only saw two cars, both of which I moved off to the side and stopped for. No probs at all.
Miquel In De Rain
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Cheers dude never tried the Limehouse route.
Anyone got any suggestions on how to deal with the wheels squirming about due to icy ruts caused by traffic over snow then re-freeze? I have Marathon Winters but still end up going tentatively along in the single digit mph trying my best not to fall off. I've heard too many cases on here of people breaking limbs even from relatively low speed spills on ice, and it has made me nervous.
My workplace is four miles from the nearest main road so I am stuck with the country lanes.
My workplace is four miles from the nearest main road so I am stuck with the country lanes.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
CS2 to limehouse , through ropemaker fields onto limehouse cut all way to bow locks . through 3 mills island past the temple of stink and up channelsea path onto stratford high street at Cam Road ( bingo hall)
Miquel In De Rain
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Thanks dude.
On Friday morning there had been 40 collisions in a couple of hours, from what I observed too many drivers are clueless.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
I'll be commuting in on either the winter road bike (Raleigh Airlite 100) or the MTB tomorrow, depending upon how much snow falls over the next 12 hours.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Just looking out the window its still coming down here, I wish I had that mtb option
Hip Priest
Veteran
After four days on the train I'm delighted to say my MTB is now roadworthy and ready for action tomorrow.
You can't really do much about the squirming, it's how a bike feels when riding in those conditions. Not too much input on the bars and let the wheel squirm- it's taking the best route on its own. Climbing out of a rut will be tricky, sometimes I've stopped and lifted the wheel out.
So I should relax my grip on the bars? My instinct is to do the opposite and grip the bars tighter, is that bad? Is it easier to maintain control by pedaling briskly rather than trying to creep forward at a slow speed?
Relaxing should help. Uphill I tend to use a bigger (higher) than usual gear to lessen the chance of spinning the wheel- although on compressed snow I generally get plenty of grip from a soft cyclocross mud tyre, on the flat I doubt it makes much difference how you pedal but I favour the low cadence- keep it steady type approach.
