Riding in feels safer at the moment on the well worn gritted streets rather than walking on the totally untreated pavements (shouldn't the council be gritting them too?!?) but going over some slush on my untreated residental street and front-braking to let a car pull out threw my back wheel out ... prepared myself psychologically for the impact but somehow kept upright - but still! Alright weather I'll take you seriously now.
First "wahhoip!" moment this year
- Thread starter Jezston
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Matty
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Nr Edinburgh
Using front brake in this weather - brave man!
Trumpettom001
Well-Known Member
did the exact same! even managed to stay on! must get the mtb fixed,,,
ian emmerson
Well-Known Member
Same here, front braking down hill , which happens to be the one i was stopped for speeding on last winter !. rear wheel wobbled but somehow managed to stay upright and avoid the hedge back, fortuneatly not far from home for fresh underware.
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What are you lot doing? using the front brake in these conditions will increase the chances of going down. Should be mostly back when its slippery. I'm on fixed and doing most of my braking combining legs and back brake. Normally my back brake hardly gets used so the rims are a bit dirty, which means everybody know when I use the brake as its squeals like hell, must get round to cleaning the rim at the weekend.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
road i live on was a bit icy today. Back braking only and half a turn looser cleats and i didn't go over. towpath was a bit crunchy but good fun The XC+ dry tyres seem to work well on ice and snow
Yesterday I slipped on thick slush but somehow thanks to my step-through frame I landed on my feet (both feet on the same side of the bike, that is), holding my bike upright. It was amazing and kind of looked like an intentional dismount, which saved my dignity. I still walked the rest of that street though.
Work is shut today, so I didn't get to try any more acrobatics.
Work is shut today, so I didn't get to try any more acrobatics.
mr Mag00
rising member
- Location
- Deepest Dorset
front braking are you insane!
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Instead, I say. You can't fall over and break a bone in a car. Let drivers drive slowly, let pedestrians walk without fear.
Of course, I've been walking this week, so I'm biased. I realise that cycling is rather better on gritted roads.
So, grit pavements, but with a fairly large overspill onto the carriageway to create a natural cyclelane...
To be fair to York, I've seen crews out gritting some city pavements and pedestrian streets, although the roads got done first. Easier to send one bloke out in a lorry than a team of 6 with shovels.
Does any other city have mini-gritters, BTW? We have one or two, small enough to fit down narrow terrace streets and so on where the big gritters struggle to go.
Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
Went out on the roadbike for an hour earlier in the week but wimped out since and been on the exercise bike each day instead.Much warmer and safer Broken bones arent good at any time.
A half hour on the exrercise bike with a few simulated half mile hills gets the heart rate up and the sweat running nicely.
A half hour on the exrercise bike with a few simulated half mile hills gets the heart rate up and the sweat running nicely.
mgarl10024
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
Went out in Bristol today - did 12 incident free miles. A light dusting of snow on dry ground, so no issues.
We've got it easy compared with most of the country.
We've got it easy compared with most of the country.
Black Sheep
Guru
- Location
- Rammy
I got the mountain bike out the other day,
when I first built the bike I took it out in the snow to play and found I could do two wheel drifts quite happily on it
don't think i'd be able to stop the road bike given the 60's centre pull brakes.
when I first built the bike I took it out in the snow to play and found I could do two wheel drifts quite happily on it
don't think i'd be able to stop the road bike given the 60's centre pull brakes.
