Cycling in the snow - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

02-27-2005, 12:24 PM

Glorious sunshine here in deepest rural Norfolk this morning, even though it
is cold, so Vernon & I got warmly dressed & went out on our bikes. Within
five minutes we found the only section of road in Norfolk that still has a
couple of inches of ice still covering it. That was interesting - I rode it
with a foot unclipped just in case bike & I needed to part company quickly
;-) Got past our very own little bit of ice sheet and then it started to
snow. At first it was only a few flakes coming out of a sky that was still
bright blue with nice fluffy white clouds in it, so we carried on. The next
minute, the temperature drops by several degrees, the wind gets up and the
snow comes down quite heavily. Actually it was blowing horizontally verging
between a headwind and a crosswind. I am glad I wore my buff as by pulling
it up over my nose & cheeks, I avoided snow in the lungs :-) It made for an
interesting ride - it was actually quite good fun - it gave me a workout as
I had to pedal hard in the headwind. Glad I
went out though.

Cheers, helen s