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

[BrumJim]

Ooops - coming down fast and settling nicely here in Aston, Birmingham.

Must start planning my way home now. Tempted to take the train.

 

[magnatom]

I cycled in today. Leaving the house in Torrance which is north east of Glasgow there was a light covering of snow. I reckoned the main roads would be fine. The first main road I was on, wasn't too bad. Slushy in the middle but fine in the tyre tracks. It was as I came into Glasgow that things got crazy.

Near stationary queues of traffic down the main dual carriage-way so I filtered down the middle where the slush was! It was very slow progress, but my progress was much faster than the cars!

I only saw one other cyclist, he was on the pavement on knobbly tyres. I was on the road on 25mm semi slick tyres!

Amazingly I made it unscathed. Took me about an 55 minutes instead of about 40. My wife later called (she was taking the kids to nursery on the same route, but only half way) and she took an hour for her 5 mile drive. It might have been slippery out there, but much quicker on the bike!

 

[Bayerd]

Working from home today, just waiting for it to stop snowing, then I'm out for a spin on the MTB. TV news this morning of the weather included a couple of clips of 'mad cyclists' commuting in the snow

 

[RedBike]

I've got frostnip in my ears so I had to drive in.

I got overtaken by two cyclists while I sat in the endless queues. I think I was actually jealous of these cyclists being able to ride while I was stuck in my car. You'd of thought I would have liked being in the warmth listening to the radio instead of freezing to death.

 

[fossyant]

Whooooooooooooooooo, what a ride..........Chuffin Tastic......

Hardly anyone in here (a University)..........I cycled 7 miles in.

Solid 6 inches or more.... Spent an hour clearing the cars, defrosting....schools are out, so wife now off, so sod this...MTB here we go..........................

Rode the pavements for about 3 miles to the town centre (Stockport) - that was hilarious watching the cars sliding about, busses stuck. Far more people than ever were actually walking....

Jumped on the Trans Pennine from Stockport - blimey - beautiful ride by the river - didn't stop for pics as my glasses would have misted over....

Oh flip - just had an all staff email - the whole place is shutting at 11am...damn...must get my stuff dry quick for the return..... lightweights eh...bikes rule !!!!!

 

[longers]

That was a hell of a ride! Hour and a half instead of 40 minutes. Only fell off the once when I got to the industrial estate where the snow was as high as my hubs. Still not getting cocky though as I've got to get home yet.

 

[levad]

Whooooooooooooooooo, what a ride..........Chuffin Tastic......

Hardly anyone in here (a University)..........I cycled 7 miles in.

Solid 6 inches or more.... Spent an hour clearing the cars, defrosting....schools are out, so wife now off, so sod this...MTB here we go..........................

Rode the pavements for about 3 miles to the town centre (Stockport) - that was hilarious watching the cars sliding about, busses stuck. Far more people than ever were actually walking....

Jumped on the Trans Pennine from Stockport - blimey - beautiful ride by the river - didn't stop for pics as my glasses would have misted over....

Oh flip - just had an all staff email - the whole place is shutting at 11am...damn...must get my stuff dry quick for the return..... lightweights eh...bikes rule !!!!!

Fnaar fnaar .... smutty remark ......

 

[Downward]

I am off today anyway but my car is not working even with a jump start so think the starter motor has gone. Either way the breakdown can't get out to me and I can't get to a garage so not sure what's gonna happen tomorrow as I have to drop the kids off.

 

[fossyant]

I'll try and take some pretty pics on the camera phone on the way home for you all..... Think I'll ride the whole route off road, no rush to get home....

 

[garrilla]

Not today for me. Did have every intention to attempt it, but while looking at the local paper's website for School opening info I noticed that Liverpool City Council had run out of grit so I decided against it. Walked most of the way instead.

Although the roads hadn't been gritted the main roads seemed OK and there were one or two commuters out, so I'll probably give it anotehr attempt tomorrow if conditions stay as they are.

 

[Landslide]

Got the MTB out for this morning's run into work. Apparently when FML first looked out of the window our car was pretty much uncovered. By the time I left the house about an hour later, 2-3" had settled on it!

Definitely the quickest and easiest way to get about today!

 

[Wheeledweenie]

No snow in London yet so I did the 7 miles on two wheels. Was a bit icy though and a kamikaze cat attempted to get me off.

 

[scouserinlondon]

No snow in London yet so I did the 7 miles on two wheels. Was a bit icy though and a kamikaze cat attempted to get me off.

I've been a coward and got the train the last two days, is it slippy on the quieter London streets? It's my first winter and the sub-zero temperatures have made my garden look like a Christmas card.

 

[Wheeledweenie]

I've been a coward and got the train the last two days, is it slippy on the quieter London streets? It's my first winter and the sub-zero temperatures have made my garden look like a Christmas card.

This is my second winter and I didn't venture but this time last year.

I've swapped my slicks for Marathons and it's been ok so far. I commute along the Uxbridge Road mainy and as it's so busy it's not too bad and gets gritted as a priority. The side roads near me are quite bad though. I live next to a park and the road down from the Uxbridge Road gets pretty bad because it's a dead end and very low priority for ice management.

I just take it much slower and am not ashamed to get off and walk a section if I'm worried. I skipped my first deep winter because I didn't feel ready and hadn't built up cold weather kit!

 

[a_n_t]

sunny manchester!

there's a pond under there somewhere!!