I got up this morning to be greeted by the first snow of the year. Lovely. I thought oh I am commuting to work, how hard can it be?
Well not too bad. The Orca is a very different kettle of fish in the snow than a DF... especially with slick tyres.
Balancing is interesting especially with tiller steering.
Applying any sort of power with slick tyres was a no no so I had to find flat/downhill bits to recover from the inevitable "offs".
Fell off 4 times, all low speed, two within 2 yards on fresh snow after a right turn, the next on a slight uphill incline which also requires a sharp left at the top, and the last one after negotiating a road pillow on a well packed snowy road.
Smiles all round though I think I may have bruised my shoulder a little.
Unfortunately there isn't any video because, as a result of wearing a hat under my camera mount, the Muvi was pointing at the sky.
Tonight I will be cycling home along main roads, rather than along my usual mainly off road route.
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Well not too bad. The Orca is a very different kettle of fish in the snow than a DF... especially with slick tyres.
Balancing is interesting especially with tiller steering.
Applying any sort of power with slick tyres was a no no so I had to find flat/downhill bits to recover from the inevitable "offs".
Fell off 4 times, all low speed, two within 2 yards on fresh snow after a right turn, the next on a slight uphill incline which also requires a sharp left at the top, and the last one after negotiating a road pillow on a well packed snowy road.
Smiles all round though I think I may have bruised my shoulder a little.
Unfortunately there isn't any video because, as a result of wearing a hat under my camera mount, the Muvi was pointing at the sky.
Tonight I will be cycling home along main roads, rather than along my usual mainly off road route.
B.