Which Nutters cycled in then......?

[beanzontoast]

-6C here at the moment. Minor roads are white over and not thawing. Main roads look pretty clear, but that doesn't mean much where ice is concerned - radio has reported several cars have come a cropper this morning already. Some pavements salted overnight - some not, and these are mostly now sheets of compressed snow/ice. Saw only 2 cyclists today - the smallest number all week - and one of those was pushing their bike, not riding it.

All told, I'm glad I kept off the bike this week so far. Mrs B has congratulated me on using the bus - says at least I haven't had to spend half an hour cleaning the bike at the end of the day!

 

[yorkshiregoth]

I had icicles in my beard again after my commute.

 

[BrumJim]

Lost traction on the hill just after turning left out of the factory gate. Just around the corner were some kids chucking snow on the road, yelling "Fall, cyclist fall" at me as I went past. Then had a lovely power slide coming off a roundabout. Very tentative for the rest of the journey, but stayed shiny side up all the way home.

Bottled it this morning - too much icy stuff on the way home last night. Might try again on Friday, though.

 

[zacklaws]

I've biked in every day so far without fail, this morning was not the coldest its been but the biggest hazard I'm finding now is the amount of old cycle tracks in the snow and ice which have frozen solid and run parallel to your journey, I try to avoid them but occasionally find that I can drift into them and the deeper ones almost take your wheels away from underneath you when you try to get out of them. The next hazard is not knowing where the kerb is when I'm on the cycle path as its buried with snow.

 

[fossyant]

Blimey that was cold...... Like longers something lower than -10...... I've never seen our cars so iced up - took me 30 mins to de-ice my wife's car.....

I took a 20 mile round trip last night to pick up my Schwalbe Snow Studs from the courier....

Took an hour to do the 7 miles in - stuck to the icey pavements for about 3 miles, then got on the off-road route. The studded tyres are something else I must say. I was a bit nervous at first, but by heck, do they grip, sheet ice, icey roads, compacted snow..no problem. They rattle a bit over tarmac though (covered in ice).

At one point, my left foot was getting colder than the right....eh....looked down and the front of my overshoe had flipped up, exposing the toe of my shoe....cold is not the word out there.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Ah, yes, just had a look at your photo stream and it seems your B is Black, where the one I saw was British Racing Green... (or whatever they actually call it in the Brompton book!). I don't think the one I saw was an S either... will keep an eye out for you. I'm on a black M with a rose on it; not that you can see that easily when I'm riding. You'd probably spot me as I normally ride with rear luggage rather than front, which makes me unusual in the B world it seems. Usually to be spotted on Oxford Road.

 

[Origamist]

Had to push for 300 metres at the start and end of the commute as the side roads were more suitable for ice skating. The A roads were much better, but with ice/mush a couple of feet from the gutter. Only used the caliper brakes once...

 

[Vikeonabike]

I had icicles in my beard again after my commute.

+1

 

[upsidedown]

Train froze and broke down then had 9 slippy slidey miles into the office. Thankfully I used the MTB.

 

[BentMikey]

I had icicles in my beard again after my commute.

Is that a euphemism?

 

[skudupnorth]

Not as bad as i had thought it would be this morning,very cold but not a problem when i got moving.It helps that there a fewer cars on the road and the ones that are out are being very good.
Booked tomorrow off though,fed up of looking out of work and not enjoying the crisp snow and blue sky !

 

[John the Monkey]

More seriously, that's a great decoration for your bike.

Dank u wel

Rode in again today - Crewe's side roads treacherous, main road down to station ok as long as you stay out of the margins, which aren't clear today.

Manchester worse, although the snow is packed & actually easier to ride on than the fluffy stuff from earlier this week - just don't try to stop or change direction, innit

 

[Landslide]

Still riding in here, chatting to a lady this morning who'd initially thought cyclists are a bit mad in this weather, but she'd then realised we're getting about quicker and easier than everyone else, a view I was happy to corroborate!

 

[fossyant]

My wife drove in, and ended up spinning the car at a major junction - turning right, the back end just went - fortunately OK, not much traffic, but this was on a major road, caught her unaware.........

Watch out for sliding cars folks........

 

[skrx]

At the end of my tiny road I waited for a car to go past on the steep, icy side street. It was sliding backwards down the hill. I walked that bit, and the other steep streets, until I got to the unsurfaced no-vehicles road, which was snowy rather than icy.

The A-roads in SW London were all gritted, including about 80% of the on-road cycle lanes, but in the bits where the lane was icy and unusable some drivers passed closer than I'd have liked. There was very little traffic though.