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This is what counts as a heavy snowfall in Cornwall (obviously all the schools and shops are shut today) but it was also probably the driest these woods have been in years!
-7 round Stonesfield (Oxfordshire) last night. Brilliant fun, bone dry and grippy. Looked amazing. Second hill into the ride my hands warmed up.
Started out about 5pm with an unusually fiery sunset happening.
Returned to van approx 30 secs later for a bigger pair of gloves.
Returned to van again another 30 secs later to wear two pairs of gloves.
Felt more like Lapland than Lancashire pedaling up the hill.
Road halfway up the hill was something of an ice rink, but there was a surprising amount of grip on the fresh snow in the woods...
Started snowing heavier later on and I called it a night following a crash that left me on my back in a streambed, after my pal had gone home,
Van said minus six, was probably colder up the hill but only really uncomfortable when in the wind.
Me me.
Feldberg Summit, Black Forest. Tuesday.
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The tower is the Schwarzwald Bacon Museum
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i can see it rickmeister. Was just gonna ask where but it’s just appeared.
Me but I didn't want to stop on my commute in this morning to take photographs. Did enjoy it thought, for once I got the clothing just right. First time wearing my 3yr old Madison Addict jacket wasn't too hot. Army gortex trouser were just right for a 4.5 mile commute too. Off road for most of the route, good grip for most.
Some awesome pics. Stunning scenery Rickmeister! 🙂
going to head out in 15 minutes 🙂
Not biking cos the bike is in bits at the moment, but went out for a run early doors. I now know what Edinburgh will look like in the zombie apocalypse. No traffic and small groups of people shuffling slowly up the road on foot. Spindrift plume blowing off the top of the crags like the films of Everest in winter. But brilliant fun.
We were out last night as usual.
Fantastic - the wind threatened early on (just after 7pm), but then didn't really get nasty.
The snow was grippy, the ground underneath was 99% solid (only a couple of long-term boggy puddles weren't), and the only real danger was deep mud ruts that had frozen solid and were being masked by the snow. Two and a bit hours, feet were toasty in decent boots, fingers reasonably comfortable. A lovely pint afterwards and feeling smug when other pub punters came outside for a fag seemed to think we were some kind of elite unit for getting out and about.
Car thermometer bottomed at -7.5 Celsius on the way home - but the whole thing felt much warmer than a few weeks ago when I got soaked on a wet and windy Saturday morning with the temp around +5 Celsius.
More Beast, please!
Some lovely photos here!
I took the fatbike today, as I'm aiming to ride part way home on it. 28c GP4S were fine yesterday (4 Seasons, mind - all 4!) but 4 inches of Jumbo Jim were a little more confidence inspiring in the 2.5 miles of slush and ice and compacted snow.
17miles cross wind, then 17miles tail wind. the right way round I think. Should be "fun"!
short but fun, not much snow really but some localized driftage 🙂
with hamfisted winter glovage
Snowy swinley on single speed basher
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Got out yesterday afternoon after being sent home; live just north of the red warning zone
Not much snow really, bit draggy on the tracks
I was out for an hour locally yesterday. Not too much snow here, the ground is frozen and dry but **** me was it cold! The wind cut straight thorough me and I couldn't stop my nose from running.
Hoping to get out again tomorrow if I can get away from work early.
Chain broke on the mtb in the driveway?!
Quick fettle and had my CX with Nobby Nicks sliding around!
Bit overrated about stopping the country getting to work etc bloody good excuse for a day off though lol
Just back from a short ride out on new Vaya here in Northern Ireland
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I managed to get out last night. It was a blast, a cold, tiring, short blast.
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Had another quickie with the doggo just now, a mere minus-two but gusty out there today.
He was lovin' it...
Not done masses, but commuted in on the big bike and then had time for a play when we shut up shop at lunch.
Hopefully heading out to somewhere in Shropshire tomorrow....
Night ride last night -9.6 on Farleton Knott one and a half hours later stuck down Reverb Monarch rear shock and brakes froze .
Rigid hardtail tonight
Short trip to the shops earlier, kept expecting the Wazoo to slip over, despite the studded Gravdal tyres at ~35/60PSI. Earlier in the day, I was contemplating a recreational ride, but that ride of necessity scared me witless!
Fresh snow was fine, it was the compacted stuff hidden underneath, from lines cars had taken.
Am I right in thinking that I will get more rear wheel traction from the 252 studded 38mm Gravdal. rather than a 4" Jumbo Jim or Vee Mission Command in snow/icy conditions?
Rode to work yesterday and today. Took the off-road route on the trans pennine trail which covers 95% of my commute.
i have not found it that cold to be honest.
North of Cardiff today. It'll be much, much deeper tomorrow.
From left: molgrips, saxonrider, and knightrider3
You can't really see but that trail was almost pristine, only had one runner on it before us. Cracking ride. And SaxonRider has underpants on his face.
Went out for an hour this morning. The snow was surprisingly grippy but the wind has created some drifts that are impossible to ride through.
Garmin says it was -4degC but the wind felt a lot colder.
Went out yesterday and it was the most laugh out loud fun I've had on a bike round the Derbyshire Dales. It certainly makes the trails come alive. There were waist high drifts on the singletrack that you could just smash through. The Stache was built for it - 3" tyres are a great snow plough!
There were 4x4s stuck in ditches and I only managed 8 miles, which took me 2 hours, as the drifts were too deep on a lot of the trails and I didn't want to stray more than a couple of miles from home. Some of the lanes were full to the brim of snow between the walls, there was no way I was getting down them. You can see in the last picture just how mad the wind was - it really blasted my face, more than half an hour on the tops would have been grim.
Here in the SW, I enjoyed yesterday's ride so much I went camping in the local hills last night. Walking out before dawn this morning, I followed the tracks of at least one evening MTB rider down a local downhill. Storm in a teacup.
The snow only hit east Cornwall yesterday which got me home early and off completely today as my job involves getting big heavy loads in and out by road. But it's been -5 for most of the week which didn't stop me riding to work despite losing my gloves last week.
Went out to the woods with the dog today;
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He's got no respect for braking distances and is generally a liability to ride with so I'm hoping to go out with just the bike tomorrow and shred it to da knar etc..
Got out for another spin just before dark. Still windy but not as bad as yesterday. Icey as **** everywhere exposed and every bit of shelter has a massive drift behind it. All the Devon lanes (high hedges) have a 6ft drifts in them.
Hey Jim let me know if you fancy coming over Lanson way to have a go on our local downhillish trails sometime. They're more fun when the weather's better to fair..
It's been brilliant this week.
Double (extended) commutes in light snow Tuesday:
*Working from home lunch ride Wednesday.
*Working from home lunch trail run Thursday.
Day off 'drift' riding today
It's all gradually starting to melt now though ...
@lazlowoodbine Is that landlake? I’ve not been there in a while but my mate rob and his lad ride there a fair bit.
Yep, my brother, me and some mates built the first top-to-bottom tracks there years ago and it's evolved from there.
It was lovely last weekend what with the few dry days beforehand but as you probably know a little bit of damp turns it into a skid pan. Frozen it's pretty good.
I’m properly jealous of all the snow riding pics. It’s the first time we’ve had a good layer of snow in Surrey for quite a few years and I’m in Singapore with a cold and jet lag (it’s 5am and I can’t get to sleep).😡
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Steady 14 miler in this! Slow going!!
Finally stopped snowing long enough for me to want to get out on the not-quite-fat-bike this afternoon. Amazing to have the woods entirely to myself (apart from the kites and muntjacs).
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