snow problem...

"David Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Woke up early this morning and it was light, very light. 2 inches of snow
on
the ground and more coming down.

Nathan had a legitimate excuse to be using my [1] 'bent this morning for the
college run. Woke to a couple of inches of snow on the ground and snow
showers with large clumps of the white stuff falling out of the sky. It
took him an hour & a half to cycle the thirteen miles to Fakenham this
morning. When he rang to say he'd got there okay, the route to school was
described as "interesting" and a "If I'd have been on the bike, I'd have
fallen off today. Glad I was on the 'bent."

Cheers, helen s

[1] In name only. For all practical purposes, my 'bent has been filtched by
the offspring... During the recent half-term week, he had his mates around,
and there was a conflab in the garage around said 'bent and I could hear
mutterings of "It is cool."

Response to David Martin:

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Big grin day, especially when people think you are mad..

I find the third wheel *really* slows me down in snow:

Normal commute time: 10 minutes
Commute time late last night: 1 hour 45 minutes

The roads up at the top of the town were basically one giant,
interestingly hilly, and totally deserted, skid pan. Best fun I've had
in yonks.

--
Mark, UK.

"Between believing a thing and thinking you know is only a small
step and quickly taken."

David Martin said:

Woke up early this morning and it was light, very light. 2 inches of snow on
the ground and more coming down.

Think - Riding in snow on slicks is not good.
Think - I could walk in to work.
Think - I have to go to the hospital campus this afternoon and then be home
early..

I use my mountain bike, with fat soft knobbly tyres in the
snow. Obviously you don't have enough bikes. Although we know that
this is always true, however many you have :-)

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And on with the tyres.[1] I couldn't find the ski goggles but did grab the
hiking gaiters and the H*****t (conditions looked like they might warrant
it).

Yup - ski goggles are the biz for cycling in the snow, although - as I
discovered when I was skiing last week - leaving them in the bottom of
your pannier all year without a cover isn't necessarily the best way
to look after them 🙂 Unfortunately I think I need to buy news ones.

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OI, YOU! TRY GETTING ALL THE SNOW OFF YOUR WINDOWS SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU
ARE GOING.

Yes.

David Martin wrote:

[silly soft stuff]

Not enough /sno/ around here to be interesting yet, though the side road in
front of Larrington Towers has enough sheet ice to teach thoughtless
motorists the value of ABS on sheet ice at very low speeds, which is this:
0.

I have been using the fixer and am looking forward to the serious /sno/ we
are promised tonight...

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

Mark McNeill said:

I find the third wheel *really* slows me down in snow:

Normal commute time: 10 minutes
Commute time late last night: 1 hour 45 minutes

The roads up at the top of the town were basically one giant,
interestingly hilly, and totally deserted, skid pan. Best fun I've had
in yonks.

Absolutley - last winter when it suddenly got icy, I got nearly all
teh way in to work when I had to turn round and go most of teh way
back and forth for a bit.

Still got to work earlier than most of those who used tin boxes,
though.

Sadly, so far this year I haven't found any ice longer than a couple
of metres.

regards, Ian SMith
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Mark McNeill said:

Response to David Martin:

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Big grin day, especially when people think you are mad..

I find the third wheel *really* slows me down in snow:

I'm getting pretty hacked off about all this talk of fun in the snow.
Its bright sunshine here and not even a flurry :-(

John B

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[1] In name only. For all practical purposes, my 'bent has been filtched
by the offspring... During the recent half-term week, he had his mates
around, and there was a conflab in the garage around said 'bent and I
could hear mutterings of "It is cool."

You sure they weren't just commenting on the weather ?

😉

--
Paul ...
www.4x4prejudice.org
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

wafflycat said:

"David Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Woke up early this morning and it was light, very light. 2 inches of
snow on
the ground and more coming down.

Nathan had a legitimate excuse to be using my [1] 'bent this morning for
the college run. Woke to a couple of inches of snow on the ground and
snow showers with large clumps of the white stuff falling out of the
sky. It took him an hour & a half to cycle the thirteen miles to
Fakenham this morning. When he rang to say he'd got there okay, the
route to school was described as "interesting" and a "If I'd have been
on the bike, I'd have fallen off today. Glad I was on the 'bent."

Cheers, helen s

[1] In name only. For all practical purposes, my 'bent has been filtched
by the offspring... During the recent half-term week, he had his mates
around, and there was a conflab in the garage around said 'bent and I
could hear mutterings of "It is cool."

so he probably spent most of the time skidding it around deliberately ,
just because he can (I missed the snow this morning, being away on
business last night - whimper, whimper). Hopefully there will be some
to play on tomorrow morning to go to work

Those tyres look the business, but probably not for me since most of my
commute is in London where the snow never gets a chance to settle -
can't imagine they would be so good on tarmac.

However, last night we had snow followed by rain, so the roads on the
way to the station this morning were treacherously icy and I ended up
walking part of the way. The car tyre tracks were mostly compacted ice
and very skiddy indeed.

I found the best way to stay upright when actually on the bike was to
select a very low gear (ie granny ring) and to stop pedalling when
cornering.

Any other useful hints and tips for riding technique in current
conditions?

d.

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:41:00 +0000 someone who may be JohnB
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

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I'm getting pretty hacked off about all this talk of fun in the snow.
Its bright sunshine here and not even a flurry :-(

Having spent some time gritting around the house this evening you
are welcome to have mine. The white mank is only beneficial on
Christmas day as far as I'm concerned. It can start falling on
Christmas Eve and thaw by Boxing Day.

--
David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number F566DA0E
I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK government
prevents me by using the RIP Act 2000.

"David Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Woke up early this morning and it was light, very light. 2 inches of snow

on

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the ground and more coming down.

Think - Riding in snow on slicks is not good.
Think - I could walk in to work.
Think - I have to go to the hospital campus this afternoon and then be

home

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early..

Check time, and off to the garage..
Quick tyre swap that would have a F1 pit crew laughing their socks off..

And

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one broken tyre lever. It is the first time I have used the Specialised

tyre

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levers I bought ages ago for the seat bag toolkit and they are [censored].

Two sets of wheels. When your main wheels are looking a bit sorry put the
snow tyres on for use a few days a year. Much better than having to swap
tyres.

John

Eatmorepies said:

Two sets of wheels. When your main wheels are looking a bit sorry put the
snow tyres on for use a few days a year. Much better than having to swap
tyres.

I wish.. The previous wheels are seriously knackered and not even
rideable. The current wheels will be replaced soon, probably by dint of
changing the whole bike. I'll keep the old ones then for winter. Maybe
turn the old frame into something interesting.. like a spincycle..

...d

David Hansen said:

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:41:00 +0000 someone who may be JohnB
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

I'm getting pretty hacked off about all this talk of fun in the snow.
Its bright sunshine here and not even a flurry :-(

Having spent some time gritting around the house this evening you
are welcome to have mine. The white mank is only beneficial on
Christmas day as far as I'm concerned. It can start falling on
Christmas Eve and thaw by Boxing Day.

Yes, but if I'm not mistaken you don't go out to play on a trike ;-)

John B

JohnB <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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I'm getting pretty hacked off about all this talk of fun in the snow.
Its bright sunshine here and not even a flurry :-(

Try 42'C you lucky sods. Air-con is great, but it's no substitute for
proper hypothermia!

Graeme