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Anyone wear a helmet or elbow pads 4 black ice conditions?
Just wondering if when it's known that there can be black ice on the roads if anyone here wears a helmet or other protection (such as elbow pads) that they'd not normally wear when the roads are clear. Do you?
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Anyone wear a helmet or elbow pads 4 black ice conditions?
On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 22:28:36 -0800 (PST), Sir Ridesalot
wrote: Just wondering if when it's known that there can be black ice on the roads if anyone here wears a helmet or other protection (such as elbow pads) that they'd not normally wear when the roads are clear. Do you? My approach to that is to switch to walking. When there's black ice, it's too damned cold for pleasant cycling- and to be honest, pleasantness is an important factr in riding a bike for me. My bigger concern is that half or more of drivers are barely paying attention when the streets are clear- combine obliviousness with black ice and I don't wanna be out there. |
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Cold ? Number of stiff elderly dieing from head injuries walking on un seen ice is high enough for public comment.
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Anyone wear a helmet or elbow pads 4 black ice conditions?
"Sir Ridesalot" wrote in message ... Just wondering if when it's known that there can be black ice on the roads if anyone here wears a helmet or other protection (such as elbow pads) that they'd not normally wear when the roads are clear. Do you? Cheers Maybe I should - my front tyre is pretty much a slick. But its taking an awful long time to wear through to the canvas. |
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Anyone wear a helmet or elbow pads 4 black ice conditions?
On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 1:28:40 AM UTC-5, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Just wondering if when it's known that there can be black ice on the roads if anyone here wears a helmet or other protection (such as elbow pads) that they'd not normally wear when the roads are clear. Do you? I'm with Tim McNamara on this. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO |
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Anyone wear a helmet or elbow pads 4 black ice conditions?
On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 12:28:40 AM UTC-6, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Just wondering if when it's known that there can be black ice on the roads if anyone here wears a helmet or other protection (such as elbow pads) that they'd not normally wear when the roads are clear. Do you? Cheers If there is a chance of black ice, or any ice or slick condition, I use carbide studded tires on my bike. With studded tires, ice is irrelevant. Studded tires have perfect grip on ice or anything else. I use normal helmet and lots of winter cycling clothes when using studded tires. So I have two, three thicknesses of clothes to protect my body if I were to fall. But with studded tires, you can't fall. |
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Anyone wear a helmet or elbow pads 4 black ice conditions?
On 1/7/2018 1:28 AM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Just wondering if when it's known that there can be black ice on the roads if anyone here wears a helmet or other protection (such as elbow pads) that they'd not normally wear when the roads are clear. Do you? Well, "it's known that there can be black ice" sounds to me like "It's near or below freezing." At my advanced age, I don't ride as much as I used to when it's below freezing. My riding is mostly confined to utility trips around our village. But no, I don't add any head or body armor. I just ride really slowly and carefully. FWIW: As a teen, I had a very large paper route (2nd biggest in the city). Delivering by bike with a big basket was much easier than trudging with a shoulder bag, so unless snow cover exceeded an inch or so, I rode the bike. As a result, I may have better snow-riding reflexes than most people. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Anyone wear a helmet or elbow pads 4 black ice conditions?
Sir Ridesalot writes:
Just wondering if when it's known that there can be black ice on the roads if anyone here wears a helmet or other protection (such as elbow pads) that they'd not normally wear when the roads are clear. Do you? I just slow down and watch more carefully than usual. I'm not sure how covert ice has to be to be called "black", but find that ice along the verge is usually visible, if only because the usual asphalt roughness is gone. In the dark, of course, one can be surprised. -- |
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