ICE!!!

[downfader]

Its everywhere!! I got up this morning and found a pixie had covered the land in water crystals The whole of my road is covered in it, just starting to melt now with the sun, but cars are still going down it at 40. Just waiting for a nice big bang

God I'd hate to be on two wheels out there today.

 

[PaulB]

It's been so cold here that when I woke this morning, there was an ice cube in bed next to me. When I thawed it out, it went, "Thhhrrrrrrrppppppp." Now THAT'S cold!

 

[fossyant]

Well think of a couple of Frozen Forum rides today...... I had to abandon getting to the Holme Moss loop as the roads near me deteriorated pretty quickly. I had to walk to the main road - flip flops, with my road shoes in my hand....

 

[Willow]

the inside of the car windscreen was frozen as well as the outside. Nice day for a ride, football matches cancelled but DS2 poorly so won't be going out.

 

[mr Mag00]

v v white here too. lovely views. thinking about going for a cpl of hours 1-3pm but i guess it will start to freeze in shlertered spots again by then
a day off?

 

[Joe24]

Ive been out. My ride was fine, then got onto a more main road, had white on i slowed down and kept going.
Bit slippy at some traffic lights, leg braked and when moving off the from trackstand it was abit slippy, even when being carefull.
Stayed to main roads, and when we turned off to go to the cafe down a country road, a few people decided it wasnt that safe. Me and 2 other people went down, wasnt too bad, but had ice on it aswell.
Excellent fun on that bit tho, nice skids and wheel spins(not that i would be so childish to do this)
Its lovely out

 

[PatrickPending]

ice dont I know its icy .... came off about an hour ago patch of black ice. Fortunately a slow speed offing was like a bloomin icerink the particular corner I came off at

 

[Cranky]

Nice 35 mile ride today in West Oxon. A gentle pace to take account of frost and icy patches. A couple of minor wheel spins up hills but otherwise fine with care. Gorgeous day though!

 

[Headgardener]

First time I have seen the sea marsh along side the road on the way to Church, covered in frost this morning and it took nearly all of the first service (about 3/4s of an hour) to get any feeling back into the tips of my fingers and toes ( which is not good when I was operating the sound desk). Fotunately it had warmed up significantly by the time I came home .

 

[Flying_Monkey]

There's been a good thread on 'how to cycle on ice' in Commuting...

 

[downfader]

There's been a good thread on 'how to cycle on ice' in Commuting...

Yeah dont.

If its icy I wont cycle on it, been off last year and put me in pain for a week. I suppose if you have decent speciality tyres you might get away with it. Does make me crave a trike of some sort though (finances dont allow though)

 

[BigonaBianchi]

...no ride today for me due to ice...nice and sunny but icy and dangerous...so I got in a car instead and had an accident there instead

 

[Evilcat]

Went out first thing for a quick 50k, but took it rather gingerly on the corners. Came back and ordered some road boots and new gloves once circulation had returned to my fingers!

EC

 

[wafflycat]

The best way to do it is on a recumbent trike. Very, very stable. Very safe. And huge fun.

 

[PaulB]

I rode on a bike in a gym. It was very boring. I didn't like it very much.