I want to go for a ride in the snow!!!!

[Globalti]

One of my best mountain bike rides ever was when I dared to go out in snow; there's a track that runs about three miles along the top of Holcombe Hill, above Ramsbottom. Normally it's a tough ride, being muddy, rocky and quite uppy-downy. On this day Mrs Gti and I went out and we found it filled fom bank to bank with drifted snow, which had partly melted then refrozen so that it was firm enough to support a bike. The surface was covered in grippy granulated snow, exactly the sort of conditions that ski tourers will trek miles to find, it's called spring snow and it's a delight to ski. We found that we could ride along it easily; we raced along with tyres crunching, very little effort needed, swooping up and down the hills and whooping with delight. It was like riding on a very hard golf course or a very smooth trail centre. Snow conditions like that are pretty rare but if you keep looking you will find them one day.

 

[Crackle]

I have an urge to get my mountain bike out and ride along the prom in the snow, am I insane or should I do it?

Its snowing quite heavy and not really sticking a great deal yet, but I think it would be fun.

Do it. It's fairly wild out but not that cold.

 

[Archie_tect]

Not a flake here.... it's just a wind-up!

 

[Hotblack Desiato]

Gotta drive in the snow. An horspital appointment, not mine. Can't be off put as it's been a long wait already. Does that make it really necessary?

 

[EltonFrog]

My puppy in the snow just now, we've had her a year today.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

i want snow bought the MTB specifially to go out when it snows and its bypassed us once again!

ah well.

 

[Archie_tect]

I wish! ... snow's arrived!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

My bike doctors sold me some SPDs for a fiver, MTB adventures await!

 

[fossyant]

The snow is crap here. Boo hoo !

 

[Dismount]

Snow is compact here super slippery would not make it a few yards and then crash bang oops you will be flat on your face

 

[Brandane]

I want to go for a ride in the snow too! I've got the MTB kitted out with Schwalbe spiked winter tyres. All I need now is some ...... snow. Not a flake to be seen . And none forecast for our area either. PS, I'm 50; is it wrong to want snow?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I want to go for a ride in the snow too! I've got the MTB kitted out with Schwalbe spiked winter tyres. All I need now is some ...... snow. Not a flake to be seen . And none forecast for our area either. PS, I'm 50; is it wrong to want snow?

Snow NOT coming to us because we've got spiked tyres if we didn't have them we would have snow!

 

[Brandane]

Snow NOT coming to us because we've got spiked tyres if we didn't have them we would have snow!

You got them too? No wonder we're not getting snow!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

You got them too? No wonder we're not getting snow!

I've got the spikes AND the marathon winters: we gonna get a heatwave now

 

[CopperCyclist]

Do it! I commuted in to work on the MTB, took a small detour through the park so I could go down the hill and race the sledges. Had the back wheel slide but held it like a hero