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02-27-2005, 01:52 PM

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:33:21 +0100, Mike wrote:

>> The next minute, the temperature
>> drops by several degrees, the wind gets up and the snow comes down
>> quite heavily.

Riding while it's snowing is usually quite pleasant, especially if it's
not too heavy and there isn't any wind.

> Here is my part of winter story

. In Poland recently winter is very
> snowy and even on primary roads it's hard to find pice of dry asphalt.
> Salt is working and roads are wet but air temp is about -5*C/ 23F, so
> everything freeze over in a minute

. You can see results of ~3h ride
> in this conditions

:

Riding on snow-and-ice-covered streets is not so much fun. I'm impressed
you could stay up on that road bike for 3 hours. It is much easier on a
mountain bike with fenders and studded tires.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | Some people used to claim that, if enough monkeys sat in front
_`\(,_ | of enough typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of
(_)/ (_) | them would reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare. The
internet has proven this not to be the case.

02-27-2005, 01:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
David L. Johnson Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cycling in the snow On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:33:21 +0100, Mike wrote: >> The next minute, the temperature >> drops by several degrees, the wind gets up and the snow comes down >> quite heavily. Riding while it's snowing is usually quite pleasant, especially if it's not too heavy and there isn't any wind. > Here is my part of winter story. In Poland recently winter is very > snowy and even on primary roads it's hard to find pice of dry asphalt. > Salt is working and roads are wet but air temp is about -5*C/ 23F, so > everything freeze over in a minute . You can see results of ~3h ride > in this conditions : Riding on snow-and-ice-covered streets is not so much fun. I'm impressed you could stay up on that road bike for 3 hours. It is much easier on a mountain bike with fenders and studded tires. -- David L. Johnson __o \| Some people used to claim that, if enough monkeys sat in front _`\(,_ \| of enough typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of (_)/ (_) \| them would reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare. The internet has proven this not to be the case.