The snow is melting

.blitz
.blitz Posts: 6,197
edited December 2010 in The Crudcatcher
Just been outside and that rock hard, concrete-like white stuff feels slightly springy underfoot. And I saw one of those rare creatures - a postman.

Some kind of epic all-day killer ride is deffo on the cards this weekend. Bring on the mud :D

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  • CraigXXL
    CraigXXL Posts: 1,852
    and now the utlilities pipes will crack.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Any idea what it's like on FTD and the Monkey, seeing as you're a cannocker?
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  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    Very mixed bag at the moment. The Chase seems to hang on to the snow fields and where the ice is bad, it's really bad but some parts of the Monkey and FtD (e.g. under the trees) are bone dry. The switchbacks and berms were sketchy earlier this week but if the temperatures carry on rising it'll be be mushy but OK by the weekend.
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    Thank fuq, the novelty of snow wore off as soon as it turned into ice
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  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    What snow? :shock:
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    What is snow? :shock:
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    What is snow? :shock:

    Down in South/Central America it means something veeeeery different....
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    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    Not so much here. We have people doing the remnants of the process they do for making crack.. cheap and makes people totally insane (great times)
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    On the thaw here too. Might actually be able to get a proper ride in at the weekend... Or alternatively a Deadly Ice Ride, it's all good. Hey, might actually get the car unburied!
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  • woodnut
    woodnut Posts: 562
    the thing I hate about melting snow is the defrosted dog turds that suddenly appear everywhere
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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Fingers crossed that I might get a game of footy this weekend. Even in Bristol, where we have no snow, the grass has been like concrete for 2 weeks.
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  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
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    Sneeeer, as they call it here.
    Looks like a Kona
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Can't believe how fast it's thawing here, my road's like a river. Car's still in a big ice cube though but I thought we'd have days of horrible half-melted hipbreaking ice. I miss the snow already :lol:
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  • jklash1987
    jklash1987 Posts: 136
    No snow here at all, its all gone! It was actually quite mild today...
  • birchy
    birchy Posts: 309
    Took my bike for a walk yesterday rode up to my local trail as soon as i got on it found out that the snow is 12 to 18 inchs deep still totally unridable at the minute, pushed it for 3 miles or so and rode it about 100 metres :cry:.
    So made an exit for the nearest rode got home washed the salt off the bike and went to the pub :)
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    birchy wrote:
    12 to 18 inchs

    thats like my knob.
    Harry von Big Sticks
  • woodnut
    woodnut Posts: 562
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    birchy wrote:
    totally unrideable

    thats like my knob.

    fixed that for you
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  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    yeah, 'cause its so big!
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  • woodnut
    woodnut Posts: 562
    :roll: I should have known better....
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  • D-Cyph3r
    D-Cyph3r Posts: 847
    Yep, first day I was able to walk out my front door and down the path without having to take baby steps.

    My bike hasn't been cleaned for a month now since the last muddy ride so i'm gonna go get her out and give her a green fizz bubble bath and brush up and get down the gym.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    OMFG in cardiff there wasnt any snow! how lame I really wanted some

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