Anyone Riding Tomorrow

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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    It has taken me nearly 2 hours to get home by PT - NEVER again!

    Bike for me tomorrow
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

    PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • nation
    nation Posts: 609
    In on the MTB today (friday as well).

    Partly for knobbly tyres, and partly because the road bike's freehub has started to refuse to engage. Turns out that it's packed full of a dense brown sludge composed of old grease, mud, rust, and fragments of ball bearing.

    Took the MTB because of Brum's tendency to clear the main roads quite well while doing nothing at all to minor and/or residential roads, so the first mile or so took place at walking pace and thereafter it was normal speed, although hindered by the knobblies.

    Not actually convinced the road bike wouldn't have been better, since the know wasn't icy, and the MTB was struggling in places because a 2.3 tyre wants to kind of "surf" over the top of the snow, especially where it's been cut up by traffic (it's a bit like riding in muddy 4x4 ruts) whereas a 23c tyre might have cut through it.
  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Was noticing similar 'surfing' behavior, got off and walked a couple of slushy sections. I can handle stirring the porridge and constantly feathering the bars to stay upright on a trip to the local trails during a muddy section but I don't really want to be doing it on a mildly downhill stretch of cycle path that hasn't been de-slushed on the way to work. Will be sticking to the roads, riding primary, drafting lorries and buses to stay out of the blizzard tomorrow.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • nich
    nich Posts: 888
    Woo, the main route (A21) from Beckenham to Deptford 'n London Bridge via Tooley St. is all clear. Back in da game!
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Rode today, the roads were fine.

    The only problem I had was walking the 20 meters from my drive to the main road and then not being able to engage my spd-sl cleat due to clogging issues.

    Dug it out with a key and had a drama free rest of the commute.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

    PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    yep i was back on the bike as well, all roads were clear, a few icy bits on some cycle path sections but just moved out more, only problem i had was an ice cream headache going downhill even though i was wearing a skullcap underneath my helmet.
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    first proper ride on snow with 23's Marathon +'s

    path was a mixture of compressed snow, fresh snow and ice

    freaking scary in places but in others was a proper good laugh, first time i have power slided on a bike too
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • mick_cornick
    mick_cornick Posts: 175
    First ride in today and the PF decided to visit!!!!!!!
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,974
    Mick Cornick wrote:
    First ride in today and the PF decided to visit!!!!!!!

    Had 2 visits already this year, on supposedly impregnable tyres!
    Winter Hack
    Everyday Commuter
  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    I was less than impressed with my new Snow Stud tyres, the front end was slopping around in the rutted slush/snow/ice mix that still covers a fair bit of my route to work.

    Then I noticed that the front QR was undone :oops:
    Misguided Idealist

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