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Allways herd about it when its cold out. But never happened to me till
today. Dame forks wouldn't work in temps that never went over 22 degress daylight hours. Once it was home about an hour they work fine. |
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On Feb 5, 6:23 pm, "Crazy Fred" wrote:
Allways herd about it when its cold out. But never happened to me till today. Dame forks wouldn't work in temps that never went over 22 degress daylight hours. Once it was home about an hour they work fine. What type of fork? A friend and I did a 5 hour snow ride on Saturday in NH, with temps from 15-25F. My derailers froze a couple hours in, braking was iffy at times, but the suspension stayed about the same from what I can tell. My friends bike lost shifting and brakes within 30 minutes, but his suspension stayed active as well. Interesting thing to watch out for when upgrading forks. I'm particuarly curious because I'm in the market for a bargain set for my hardtail by spring). |
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wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 5, 6:23 pm, "Crazy Fred" wrote: Allways herd about it when its cold out. But never happened to me till today. Dame forks wouldn't work in temps that never went over 22 degress daylight hours. Once it was home about an hour they work fine. What type of fork? A friend and I did a 5 hour snow ride on Saturday in NH, with temps from 15-25F. My derailers froze a couple hours in, braking was iffy at times, but the suspension stayed about the same from what I can tell. My friends bike lost shifting and brakes within 30 minutes, but his suspension stayed active as well. Interesting thing to watch out for when upgrading forks. I'm particuarly curious because I'm in the market for a bargain set for my hardtail by spring). Rode all winter to and from work 2 winters ago. Forward motion got questionable at temps under -40 C In cold temps, pick a gear, ans stay there. Single speed becomes a necessity. Suspension, depending on quality of manufacturer, and type of oil in them, is useless. Braking is not recommended, partly due to ice/snow, also due to the fact that ice and snow can collect, and freeze up vital areas. Forks are the least of your worry in winter. If you have a bike you want specifically for winter, go no suspension, single speed, I duno what for brakes. Enjoying biking in Victoria BC this summer, originaly from Ontario, Canada Micheal |
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On Feb 5, 4:23 pm, "Crazy Fred" wrote:
Allways herd about it when its cold out. But never happened to me till today. Dame forks wouldn't work in temps that never went over 22 degress daylight hours. Once it was home about an hour they work fine. That's pretty odd, as I ride in 10 to 20 degF quite often and never have any problems, unless you count cold toes now and then... CDB |
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Cold lockout
On Feb 5, 6:47 pm, " wrote:
On Feb 5, 6:23 pm, "Crazy Fred" wrote: Allways herd about it when its cold out. But never happened to me till today. Dame forks wouldn't work in temps that never went over 22 degress daylight hours. Once it was home about an hour they work fine. What type of fork? A friend and I did a 5 hour snow ride on Saturday in NH, with temps from 15-25F. My derailers froze a couple hours in, braking was iffy at times, but the suspension stayed about the same from what I can tell. My friends bike lost shifting and brakes within 30 minutes, but his suspension stayed active as well. Interesting thing to watch out for when upgrading forks. I'm particuarly curious because I'm in the market for a bargain set for my hardtail by spring). Its an Elastomer fork. Cheapo KT 2000. Works great in warm temps. Other times I ride my Schwinn Probe which goes good from high temps to the lowest temps and all points in between. |
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On Feb 5, 6:23 pm, "Crazy Fred" wrote:
Allways herd about it when its cold out. But never happened to me till today. Dame forks wouldn't work in temps that never went over 22 degress daylight hours. Once it was home about an hour they work fine. I had my rear shifting 'lock out' on me this morn. The ratchet mech slipped. Prognosis: frozen mung. Either that or the internal bits finally just rounded off. /s |
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