PaulSB
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- Chorley, Lancashire
Wear winter kit. Ride winter bike. Don't ride when there is a danger of ice. Otherwise carry on as usual.
Bear in mind that if you are taking a layering approach to clothing you need the ability to carry layers that you are not wearing. This may mean you need extra storage capacity. You aren't going to be able to shove a jacket into your little underseat wedge bag.
Clean the bike after every ride, clean the chain after a wet and dirty ride.
Always amazed by these suggestions. If you do nothing other than long weekend rides, maybe, but as someone who does a ten miles each way commute, I'd spend far more time cleaning than riding if I followed this. And who cleans their bike in the dark on a cold and wet evening?
My tip on this would be almost the precise opposite:
Lube the chain after a wet ride.
Replace the chain after 1500 miles, and cassette if it slips on the new chain.
Clean the bike at the vernal equinox.
Always amazed by these suggestions. If you do nothing other than long weekend rides, maybe, but as someone who does a ten miles each way commute, I'd spend far more time cleaning than riding if I followed this. And who cleans their bike in the dark on a cold and wet evening?
My tip on this would be almost the precise opposite:
Lube the chain after a wet ride.
Replace the chain after 1500 miles, and cassette if it slips on the new chain.
Clean the bike at the vernal equinox.
Well, that's fine for those who either don't work or work out in the boonies where they can car to work without wasting half the time stopped in queues and don't mind wasting all that pay on cars and fuel and shoot and have time to replace the lost exercise.Of course, winter cycling isn't much of a big deal to me, as i dont ride in the rain, ice, snow or after dark.
Those that do will have far more needs for their bikes and clothing.
And I'm another who thinks a little tread helps bite through the autumn crud and find grip where slicks would skid. I've held stuff upright you wouldn't believe. Don't think I'd go full knobblies though.
Well, that's fine for those who either don't work or work out in the boonies where they can car to work without wasting half the time stopped in queues and don't mind wasting all that pay on cars and fuel and shoot and have time to replace the lost exercise.
And I'm another who thinks a little tread helps bite through the autumn crud and find grip where slicks would skid. I've held stuff upright you wouldn't believe. Don't think I'd go full knobblies though.