Anyone else prefer riding in winter to in summer?

bianchimoon

Mr Goo wrote:

This year haven't been out at night at all, as roads are torn up with heavy rain

bu99er, have a spring trip to New Forest for riding booked in May, any areas to avoid?

Anonymous

bianchi - avoind the roads. Take your MTB!

Hoping to be in Burley the 1st 2 weekends in April as mother has a new puppy on the way, might take the bike down for the second and latch onto the wiggle ride on the Sunday

Last spring wiggle event in the NF was absolute carnage with the number of punctures. I imagine with all the rain we've been having there's quite a high risk of hawthorn being washed into the roads

bianchimoon

coriordan wrote:

bianchi - avoind the roads. Take your MTB!

Hoping to be in Burley the 1st 2 weekends in April as mother has a new puppy on the way, might take the bike down for the second and latch onto the wiggle ride on the Sunday

Last spring wiggle event in the NF was absolute carnage with the number of punctures. I imagine with all the rain we've been having there's quite a high risk of hawthorn being washed into the roads

This aint sounding any better, thought the new forest was great cycling roads. I like the idea of flat after riding the hills of Yorkshire! day 2 will be circuit of IoW fingers crossed their roads are ok

Anonymous

To be honest it depends. I did a load of riding around there last autumn and had 3 back to back which i'll put down to a dead tyre, but didn't get a visit during last spring's event (I ride GP4000s 23s if that makes any difference).

The overall surfaces are actually very good in my memory (compared to say, Kent, which is horrendous). Just need to be aware of what's washed onto them

mr_goo

bianchimoon wrote:

Mr Goo wrote:

This year haven't been out at night at all, as roads are torn up with heavy rain

bu99er, have a spring trip to New Forest for riding booked in May, any areas to avoid?

Roads are okay for daytime rides, just have to watch out for debris. At night you can't see the potholes, that's why night rides are dangerous at moment.
Would advise that you have some bullet proof tyres (Vredestein Quattro Tri Comps) to protect against the small flints that will have washed out onto the forest roads. Have used these tyres for over a year now and no punctures (famous last words).

When in Forest you should head to Fordingbridge and the NW of area which leads out to Cranborne Chase where there is some good climbing to be had (Wingreen and ZigZag are worth doing, you could even get across to Bulbarrow Hill and Milton Abbas) You won't find that in NF.

bianchimoon

Mr Goo wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

Mr Goo wrote:

This year haven't been out at night at all, as roads are torn up with heavy rain

bu99er, have a spring trip to New Forest for riding booked in May, any areas to avoid?

Roads are okay for daytime rides, just have to watch out for debris. At night you can't see the potholes, that's why night rides are dangerous at moment.
Would advise that you have some bullet proof tyres (Vredestein Quattro Tri Comps) to protect against the small flints that will have washed out onto the forest roads. Have used these tyres for over a year now and no punctures (famous last words).

When in Forest you should head to Fordingbridge and the NW of area which leads out to Cranborne Chase where there is some good climbing to be had (Wingreen and ZigZag are worth doing, you could even get across to Bulbarrow Hill and Milton Abbas) You won't find that in NF.

Thanks for the advice, was planning on doing the rattler route, seems reasonable enough mix of roads/places to see/eat drink, before heading across to IoW and doing a circuit there

mr_goo

bianchimoon wrote:

Mr Goo wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

Mr Goo wrote:

This year haven't been out at night at all, as roads are torn up with heavy rain

bu99er, have a spring trip to New Forest for riding booked in May, any areas to avoid?

Roads are okay for daytime rides, just have to watch out for debris. At night you can't see the potholes, that's why night rides are dangerous at moment.
Would advise that you have some bullet proof tyres (Vredestein Quattro Tri Comps) to protect against the small flints that will have washed out onto the forest roads. Have used these tyres for over a year now and no punctures (famous last words).

When in Forest you should head to Fordingbridge and the NW of area which leads out to Cranborne Chase where there is some good climbing to be had (Wingreen and ZigZag are worth doing, you could even get across to Bulbarrow Hill and Milton Abbas) You won't find that in NF.

Thanks for the advice, was planning on doing the rattler route, seems reasonable enough mix of roads/places to see/eat drink, before heading across to IoW and doing a circuit there

Sunday 4th May (Bank Hol wkend) Isle of Wight Randonee
http://www.cycleisland.co.uk/index.php?page=home

bianchimoon

Mr Goo wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

Mr Goo wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

Mr Goo wrote:

This year haven't been out at night at all, as roads are torn up with heavy rain

bu99er, have a spring trip to New Forest for riding booked in May, any areas to avoid?

Roads are okay for daytime rides, just have to watch out for debris. At night you can't see the potholes, that's why night rides are dangerous at moment.
Would advise that you have some bullet proof tyres (Vredestein Quattro Tri Comps) to protect against the small flints that will have washed out onto the forest roads. Have used these tyres for over a year now and no punctures (famous last words).

When in Forest you should head to Fordingbridge and the NW of area which leads out to Cranborne Chase where there is some good climbing to be had (Wingreen and ZigZag are worth doing, you could even get across to Bulbarrow Hill and Milton Abbas) You won't find that in NF.

Thanks for the advice, was planning on doing the rattler route, seems reasonable enough mix of roads/places to see/eat drink, before heading across to IoW and doing a circuit there

Sunday 4th May (Bank Hol wkend) Isle of Wight Randonee
http://www.cycleisland.co.uk/index.php?page=home

damm, that's a shame, we're on IoW on sat 10th!

jimmythecuckoo

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