You want ICE with that?

itboffin
itboffin Posts: 20,064
edited December 2010 in Commuting chat
This time last year the lanes were already like a slide in a water park.

Now which line should I take?
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Love this one in the dark :shock:

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  • bartimaeus
    bartimaeus Posts: 1,812
    Sorted... all you need is some minor adjustments to your front forks.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Oops nearly forgot this one, that road goes through the Bourne valley for about 6 miles, it was like that for months, long after everywhere else had cleared.

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    We do this why!?!
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    itboffin wrote:
    This time last year the lanes were already like a slide in a water park.

    Now which line should I take?
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    the grass
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    A roughly straight line

    On your arse, tumbline initially but settling down later
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • Hot Orange
    Hot Orange Posts: 157
    That road would be a nightmare in a car
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Hot Orange wrote:
    That road would be a nightmare in a car

    Yup and you don't have the option of getting out and carrying the car. :lol:
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Hot Orange wrote:
    That road would be a nightmare in a car

    Yeh only tractors need apply
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Don't lean.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Don't lean.

    thanks for that Ed.

    take a different route that's not leaking?
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Buy a Tricycle?
  • jejv
    jejv Posts: 566
    OT-64 ? Then you wouldn't need to bother with the slippery roads.
  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    cheap tyres off ebay and put screws in them, with a length of gaffa to stop the screw head puncturing the tyre
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Does the screw's and gaffa tape work? Would be cheaper than the proper tyres....
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Close your eyes - if you can't see it its not there
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    Does the screw's and gaffa tape work? Would be cheaper than the proper tyres....

    Work a treat whenever I need some "information". Combine it with a bucket of water and you have a pretty decent torture setup. Then again, you're from Glasgow, so why am I telling you?
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    Does the screw's and gaffa tape work? Would be cheaper than the proper tyres....

    Work a treat whenever I need some "information". Combine it with a bucket of water and you have a pretty decent torture setup. Then again, you're from Glasgow, so why am I telling you?

    It's power tools over here, easy to justify having them in your car : http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TOOLS+TORTURE+TWIN+IN+MYSTERY+CAR+SMASH%3B+Detectives+investigate+dawn...-a0237018133
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Hot Orange wrote:
    That road would be a nightmare in a car
    Oh come come now. That's what the handbrake is for surely? Tssk.
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Suggest you utilise the "tuck and roll" method....

    Or live somewhere warm....
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,404
    Even had ice on the road (well a bit of frost) outside my house this morning. Obviously the London heat island doesn't quite stretch out as far as zone 5.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    It rained all night which has pretty much removed the snow - yay!

    but this is what we have now .... :shock: :? :cry:

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    All the roads have turned into thick sheets of ice, i'm not even going to take the spike tyres out on that, no way.
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Thats a */Fail */Facepalm waiting to happen....

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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Not that I'm suggesting or advising riding on that, but I would have thought those conditions would be perfect for the spike tyres.

    A constant surface of ice for the spikes to dig it to sounds like ideal conditions.
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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    itboffin wrote:
    This time last year the lanes were already like a slide in a water park.

    Now which line should I take?
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    :shock:

    Was that caused by someone using warm water to clear their car windows? :twisted:






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