F'ing Snow

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marooncat

New Member
Location
West Lothian
Just need to rant...

Got up this morning all ready to cycle in - to find about an inch of the white stuff has appeared over night :laugh: :wacko:

I know alot of you do cycle in it but not me, if I can not see the road I do not cycle. This had better not be another month of the stuff...
 
fossyant

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
Just rain down here about 3c, no ice, so back to the road bike.
 
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J4CKO

New Member
Yep, back on today, only a bit of slush about, even then on 28 mm slicks not much fun !
 
goo_mason

goo_mason

Champion barbed-wire hurdler
Location
Leith, Edinburgh
When I left the flat in Leith this morning at 6am, there was a light drizzle. 5 minutes later it was sleet. 5 minutes later again it was snow and things were turning white. The rest of the journey in was done in about 2 - 3cm of snow, which was falling all the time; I had to take my protective glasses off as they were steaming up & getting a constant coating of snow and I could't see where I was going. Mind you, without them and with a slight headwind, I was being blinded by the snow in my eyeballs!

It was fun though; 5 mins before I got to work I had terrible bother changing gear - when I looked back, the cassette had turned into a big snowball.

Stopped snowing a couple of hours ago though and the sun's been out for a while. The snow seems to have gone and the ground is drying up.
 
Crankarm

Crankarm

Guru
Location
Nr Cambridge
marooncat said:
Just need to rant...

Got up this morning all ready to cycle in - to find about an inch of the white stuff has appeared over night xx( :laugh:

I know alot of you do cycle in it but not me, if I can not see the road I do not cycle. This had better not be another month of the stuff...
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Is this the mid Lothian question?

Time to move south to wamer weathers ;).
 
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marooncat

New Member
Location
West Lothian
hackbike 666 said:
Only ever missed one commute through snow.(I stayed at work)

TIA.
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Snow has started to melt - but it is now -2 deg outside so it is going to be an ice rink shortly!! Can not cycle tomorrow anyhow as have to go to horse in evening (assuming I can get there in the snow!)
 
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hackbike 666

Guest
Have you got an appropriate bike for snow?
 
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider

Rohloff_Brompton_Rider

Formerly just_fixed
patchy snow in rossendale, it is sticking tho. probably gone in an hour. just it doesn't freeze tonight. looks like it will have to mtb into salford tomorrow
 
potsy

potsy

Rambler
Location
My Armchair
Roads very wet this morning,no ice though which meant I was back on the bike,got soaked on way home though,sleet/snow forecast for tomorrow.
 
fossyant

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
potsy said:
Roads very wet this morning,no ice though which meant I was back on the bike,got soaked on way home though,sleet/snow forecast for tomorrow.
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The temps are dropping though....:tongue:

Tomorrow will be either wet or icy..

Just cleaned 2 bikes.....argh...the Fixed was a filthy mess from today's wet salty rides, the MTB from Monday's damp, soggy wet mucky ride back home off road..... the chain sounded like sand paper.....hosed that off.........., then lubed......
 
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