Snow!

[tdr1nka]

Just got in from a run up to central London, on my way back there was a 5min manic snow/hail blizzard in a nasty head wind that was threatening to take the skin off my face.

Thanks to my faithfull CC buff I was able to cover my face and keep going.

 

[Watt-O]

Bloody icy this morning. Fell off at Catford Bridge on a right hand 90' corner. Buckled the rear wheel, and tore a chunk of tread off the tyre, as well as a brusied and grazed ankle, hip and arm plus strained chest muscle. Feeling very sorry for myself, think I'll leave the bike at work and go and get p1ssed!

 

[tdr1nka]

Sorry to hear that Watt-O, were you heading into Catford or toward Sydenham?

 

[BentMikey]

Bloody icy this morning. Fell off at Catford Bridge on a right hand 90' corner. Buckled the rear wheel, and tore a chunk of tread off the tyre, as well as a brusied and grazed ankle, hip and arm plus strained chest muscle. Feeling very sorry for myself, think I'll leave the bike at work and go and get p1ssed!

Ooh sorry mate. Enjoy the p1nting up!! That crash wasn't on the waterlink way cycle route was it?

 

[skudupnorth]

Did a 30 + mile round trip from Bolton to Timperley and back in the snow still on sliks....which was fun ! Proper white out back home now,need new tyres with tread !!!

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

After the increase in accidents I have been in the car last 2 days and probably tomorrow too.

I don't want to risk damaging the bike or breaking anything, but I have really missed the bike, travelling by car is boring

 

[Cubist]

Started snowing this morning at 7. Bottled the commute I'm afraid, first downhill's an ungritted 20%er!

Now have a good two inches and drifting in the wind. May need to dig out in the morning if the forecast is to be believed.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

i have 22% 150yd hill to get out of my estate. i left the car at the top after i took my daughter to work. got out the brompton and rode down the hill, was fun doing 720's. i did not mean to, i was doing motocross style side skids to try and get some grip. worked fine until i hit some ice under the snow, then whoosh all the way round twice. that was going really slow and was quite scary how out of control it felt. got home, just had to go straight back out on the mtb, it was great fun. wouldn't fancy commuting on road tyres in the snow tho.

 

[fossyant]

I'm actually driving tomorrow - dropping wife off at work so she can go to the pub in the afternoon - picking her up from pub later. Side roads are now snow covered.

No more commutes for me this year.....

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

After spending the last hour servicing my MTB for tomorrow (don't fancy Armadillos on side roads) I've just skated out to the shop and decided that walking to work would be a better option.

 

[Plax]

I didn't think we had any snow today, but apparently we did. Whilst I was at work my dad went over to mine to fix the roof without me knowing. when I got home I noticed dog hair all over my rug, dirty finger marks all over the attic hatch and on the white wall opposite, a foot print on my towel (which I leave to dry on the bannister below the attic hatch), and tobacco all over the kitchen counter where he'd made himself a fag and a cup of coffee. Oh, and dirty water and a load of grit in my washing up bowl. I don't know how he manages to be such a slob. Anyway, I'm digressing. I phoned him to check if he'd fixed the roof which he said he has and that it had been snowing whilst he was there. Nothing to show for it now. I do have cold feet though.

 

[4F]

Been snowing here on and off for the last 6 hours, about 4 cms at the moment.

 

[Plax]

We've got about 0.1cm of snow........... maybe there is some hope yet!

 

[Bman]

Weve had at least 2-3 inches overnight! No busses are running and no cars will be getting up the hill at the end of my street!

SNOW DAY!!!!!

Im still going to pop out to the shops though. After I put my Knobblies on the MTB

 

[Downward]

Nothing here - pretty nice but cold run into work