This year I am riding outside during the Chicago winter season, as opposed to riding attached to my Cycleops. I purchased all the needed gear. I am fortunate to live one block from our eighteen mile long paved lakefront trail. It is treated like a street. It is plowed and salted as soon as it snows. Occasionally there will be ice patches a few feet long sometimes longer. I am experimenting on how to ride through theese patches also during the summer when it is windy there will be sand on the path. a) pick up a little speed and freewheel through with my pedals at 3 and 9 oclock and I shift my but all the way to the rear of my saddle or b) shift to a lower gear and "power my way through" any of you have this situation during theese cold months? 🙂
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Riding through an ice patch
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If it's smooth ice I would go with a), except don't move your weight back, keep it even front to back. You need some weight on the front wheel, if it skids you will go down. The important thing with ice is keep the bike upright, and try not to turn, brake or accelerate.
As for the sand in summer you'll probably have to power throught that, as sand tends to slow you down very quickly.
Just remember if you fall don't stick your arm out, that's a good way to break a wrist. Try to land on your shoulder. -
Just ride straight over the ice patch with confidence. The only thing is don't change your speed or direction at all once you hit the ice.
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I normally stop pedalling and glide through. So far so good. But I also do my best to pick paths that rarely have ice on them.
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i rode thru some ice patches and snow pack a couple of weeks ago. ... i reduced speed, and either stopped peddling or peddled lightly on the ice. it was nice to be on a mountain bike rather than my road bike. the mtn bike has slicks on it. fortunately there were no significant icy up hill roads to play with.... and didn't really care for the 1 oncoming car that was joining me on a section of ice.... overall it was fun and reminded me of being a kid again.
enjoy the winter outside when you can,
cu,
larryb
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