longers
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itboffin said:Came off on Tuesday and again on Friday, pretty bruised and swollen hip, knee, arm, elbow and wrist
Ouch! Bad luck sir.
Still riding in next week?
itboffin said:Came off on Tuesday and again on Friday, pretty bruised and swollen hip, knee, arm, elbow and wrist
Right tool for the job; on the first falling of snow I find that road slicks are probably the best tyre out there. Given a few inches of snow then MTB knoblies come into their own. When it gets packed down into surface ice on un-grittted roads the Marathon Winters are the tyre of choice.Wolf04 said:I have a set of 700c Nokian Hakkapeliitta W106 35mm with tungsten studs for winter. They are live savers on black ice but not much use on frozen soft snow the bike was all over the place last winter as the crust collapsed under the tyre. I saw loads of mountain bikes seemingly unaffected. Horses for courses I guess.
l33rec said:I was very glad of bar ends when i fell off last year I personally think they aved me from quite a serious injury .
GrasB said:Right tool for the job; on the first falling of snow I find that road slicks are probably the best tyre out there. Given a few inches of snow then MTB knoblies come into their own. When it gets packed down into surface ice on un-grittted roads the Marathon Winters are the tyre of choice.
You see Marathon Winters are hard surface ice tyres really as they need to have a hardish surface to grip onto to work, they are designed as road tyres hence why they're not officially available in the UK. As a result on lightly traveled back roads where there was no gritting but enough traffic to pack the snow down to essentially ice where MTBers on knoblies are sliding all over the place I've got good grip. There are MTB tyres which are suitable for snow & ice, they work well however they are seriously hard work on hard 'flat' non-ice surfaces & wear out very quickly when used on them as well.
mike.pembo said:Then approaching a hill I noticed my gears wouldnt change as they must have frozen!
palinurus said:I was caught out by ice today.
Main routes around Watford were fine when I left this morning, gritter's been past a few times. Followed the bus route as usual.
Roads got worse once I got closer to work, ended up sliding down a north-facing hill.
I'll try and use an A-road route for the way home. First time in 20+ years I've found ice right on the main carriageway on my regular commute route (excepting compacted snow). Partly poor bike choice, used the fixed road bike today- I'll use the 'cross bike tomorrow, gives me the option of better tyres and the possibility of descending with my thigh on the top tube and leg stuck out ready to dab the road. Plus I can cut down some tracks for a bit of a change.
Road-rashy elbow, mildly sore.
longers said:Ouch! Bad luck sir.
Still riding in next week?