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On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 9:52:32 AM UTC-9, Frank Krygowski wrote:
http://cyclingsavvy.org/2018/01/navi...snowy-streets/ -- - Frank Krygowski More riding snow: https://youtu.be/OHEgnVaLZaE |
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On 2/1/2018 1:49 AM, Andrew Lee wrote:
On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 9:52:32 AM UTC-9, Frank Krygowski wrote: http://cyclingsavvy.org/2018/01/navi...snowy-streets/ -- - Frank Krygowski More riding snow: https://youtu.be/OHEgnVaLZaE I know the fat tires give flotation, but it still doesn't look like fun. Looks as much fun as riding through mashed potatoes. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 2018-02-01 09:09, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 2/1/2018 1:49 AM, Andrew Lee wrote: On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 9:52:32 AM UTC-9, Frank Krygowski wrote: http://cyclingsavvy.org/2018/01/navi...snowy-streets/ Riding in the right tire track is almost the only way when not on an MTB. However, one must listen carefully all the time. In the city of Aachen in Germany I was stopped at a red light downhill when I heard a faint phsssss. Turned around and saw a car sliding towards me, the driver's eyes wide open and the guy was obviously in panic mode. I just pulled a bit through red and all was well. With a another car waiting in front of me that wouldn't have been so pleasant. -- - Frank Krygowski More riding snow: https://youtu.be/OHEgnVaLZaE I know the fat tires give flotation, but it still doesn't look like fun. Looks as much fun as riding through mashed potatoes. Have you never tried it? Then I suggest doing so while it's still winter. Yesterday I rode 24mi, mostly on muddy singletrack which feels a bit like deep snow. Sloshing through muck, sliding, riding with the bike pointing a bit sideways ... fun! Except maybe for the part where the rear shock mount shook itself loose on a gnarlier section but that was fixed in a couple of minutes with a 6mm Allen wrench. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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Frank Krygowski wrote:
I know the fat tires give flotation, but it still doesn't look like fun. Looks as much fun as riding through mashed potatoes. Riding snow is among the most fun you can have on a bike. It is so relaxing but interesting at the same time, just pure joy. You don't have to have super fat tires, as in a fat bike, altho that's nice as well, no, an ordinary MTB will do. Only shifting must work to perfection because otherwise muscling your way thru it will destroy everything in an instant. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 |
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On 2/1/2018 12:20 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-02-01 09:09, Frank Krygowski wrote: Have you never tried it? Then I suggest doing so while it's still winter. Yesterday I rode 24mi, mostly on muddy singletrack which feels a bit like deep snow. Sloshing through muck, sliding, riding with the bike pointing a bit sideways ... fun! Except maybe for the part where the rear shock mount shook itself loose on a gnarlier section but that was fixed in a couple of minutes with a 6mm Allen wrench. Back in the day, I did quite a lot of mountain biking. I led and participated in club rides where we explored abandoned or little-used railroad rights of way (in one case, for 50 miles). We rode abandoned strip mines and an off-road 4-wheeler recreation area, doing things scary enough that I would never try them now. I remember riding one (permitted) trail in Yellowstone, and turning back upon seeing a steaming pile of bear scat. I first made my "mashed potatoes" remark sometime in the 1990s, when my best riding friend at the time bought his mountain bike. (I'd had one for years.) We celebrated by taking them to explore a gas line right-of-way through some nearby woods. And we both agreed plowing through deep snow on a bike was no fun. There's just too much continuous resistance. We both greatly preferred XC skis for such work, where at least you can get some glide. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 2018-02-01 11:20, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Frank Krygowski wrote: I know the fat tires give flotation, but it still doesn't look like fun. Looks as much fun as riding through mashed potatoes. Riding snow is among the most fun you can have on a bike. It is so relaxing but interesting at the same time, just pure joy. You don't have to have super fat tires, as in a fat bike, altho that's nice as well, no, an ordinary MTB will do. Only shifting must work to perfection because otherwise muscling your way thru it will destroy everything in an instant. Same in mud. Yesterday I stalled out half a dozen times because I forgot to shift in time. Distracted by horses and all that. Some of them seemed to have as much fun and looked the part. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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