Given it's been snowing for a week with us I just had to get out tonight. So glad I did. OK there was some pushing and I got a wee bit lost twice due to everything being covered in two feet of snow, but thanks to the dog walkers I managed to do a reasonable amount of riding. Even my dodgy freewheel worked. And the Bramble Whiskey has never tasted so good.
mmm Bramble Whisky. Noice.
Just been outside, it's minus 10! little bit nippy.
Ah knows, only bits i could touch tonight were bar grips and saddle, gloves were sticking to anything metal, even brake levers. Fancy a ride ont weekend? Ont bikes likes.
agree on the solo nightrides...been at it all week!
though cause no one else about here 😮
and choice of hip flask was Glenmorangie 🙂
Tis ace. But word of caution - my missus used to freak!
Generally I didnt tell her. But when I did - I never saw so much pleading! No No you'll die etc.
But then I got snow studded tyres on (that make **** all different in these conditions). She just looked at the metal studs and nodded sagely. All's good now! Never a word since (she always knows where Im going now though!).
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Tis ace. But word of caution - my missus used to freak!Generally I didnt tell her. But when I did - I never saw so much pleading! No No you'll die etc.
But then I got snow studded tyres on (that make **** all different in these conditions). She just looked at the metal studs and nodded sagely. All's good now! Never a word since (she always knows where Im going now though!).
Or she found some[s]one[/s] thing better to do when you're out??
I don't know how you do it. I tried tonight and just couldn't keep going or stay upright in the powder.
Or she found someone thing better to do when you're out??
Oh ****. You got me worried. You've not been calling round our house recently have you?
* cough *
Did you really think I was at Harlaw this afternoon?
Ooooh onion you are one devious mother****er. Just you wait. Its one thing making us ride for hours up a snowy bloody mountain to meet you and you arent even there - but to think you are playing away from home with MY woman.
Edit - actually, you're welcome to her. Or you got anything to swap?
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AntLockyer - MemberI don't know how you do it. I tried tonight and just couldn't keep going or stay upright in the powder.
with one of these brother... 😮
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I gotta say Bruce that until today I was a bit sceptical like of your titanic sized bike. But TJ and I had studded tyres on but they were too thin for the slightly crusty snow. A real big - fat - floaty tyre; perfect!
Its wierd but it wieghs 38 lbs with the alfine hub on it now but it really does ride on this stuff like its alot lighter..dunno how but it does...those Alaskan Ti Speedway cycles fatbikes at 28 lbs must be amazing!
Bin doing my little local loop all the last week as the snow came in showers (well, I've done it every night anyway for months, so nothing special) until last night at 11.30 when a) I hit black ice and had an off, and then b) ran into snowdrift I couldn't plough through - consequence: tonight's the first night with no riding for months, but it was -9 out there half an hour ago, with snow 10" deep and drifted to triple that in places........but it still feels WRONG not to have had that ride!
Just done 14 miles with the snow 18" here to 8" on the coast where I headed. On all paths I was 1st biker, some first human and a few 1st living thing since the snow! It's easy to lose the trail when the vegetation is all bent over under the weight of the white stuff and drifts changing the contours. I lost the camelbak to ice within minutes and almost had to stop as I could feel the frost nipping at my cheeks at one point but slowing down as I hit an untouched trail seemed to cure that. -10 when I started and it did get colder but it seems to be warming to a balmy -8 now. It's getting silly now, my snowy ride tally for 2010 is over 50!
more info on Bramble whisky please, i take it you just use cheap blended stuff?
Whatever is on offer. Got the recipe on the BBC website.
tis great in the snow...i love it, you can almost ride without lights to on some stuff, the snow just lights up everywhere....absolutly hate driving in it, but love riding in it 🙂
+1 for not needing much light in the snow from reflectiveness
just uploading a video of my rip round our local 16 mile CX route, it's only really rideable when frozen or verr very dry, I've ridden it twice this week , once on mtb at night and once on the CX during the day. Much more fun at night and the first time I've used my new lights.
fun fun fun
video (crap) to follow, it's nowt exciting but kind of captures the mood
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrmichaelwright/5228743950/ ]rubbish video[/url]
Can't link it here as the Video button doesn't like Flickr videos