http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "NHS survey finds that slipping on ice is major cause of cycle crashes" en Mon, 18 May 2026 00:59:11 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1730#post-17165 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:04:30 +0000 chdot 17165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/11/copenhagen-cycling-in-snow.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/11/copenhagen-cycling-in-snow.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1730#post-17164 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:13:02 +0000 Greenroofer 17164@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>After some discussion here (<a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1280">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1280</a>) earlier in the year, I now have a pair of <a href="http://www.schwalbe.co.uk/c2-1217-schwalbe-tires-marathon-winter.html">Marathon Winter tyres</a> with studs sitting in the loft and ready to go on the bike. This might be a job for later in the week... They come with stern instructions that they must be 'run in' for 25km on tarmac before going onto ice, in order to bed the spikes in properly.</p> <p>I <strong>believe</strong> that the grip on tarmac and hard surfaces is unaffected by the spikes, as they sink into the tyre so that the rubber hits the road.</p> <p>You can be sure that I will publish my findings on here once I've tried them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1730#post-17160 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:27:51 +0000 wingpig 17160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My frame barely takes 25c Armadilloes so I don't think I'd have any room for any studded tyres, so will use my wife's step-through hybrid if it gets really skiddy. Has anyone ever used studded tyres? What are they like on an un-iced bit of road, or across a metal drain cover? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1730#post-17157 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:11:06 +0000 wee folding bike 17157@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They don't do minor roads round the houses. Once I'm on the main road it should be fine. </p> <p>Last week I hit a van on ice. He had skidded too and didn't seem bothered. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1730#post-17147 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:40:15 +0000 spitfire 17147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@cyclingmollie - amen </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1730#post-17146 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:17:23 +0000 steveo 17146@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Would the sensible thing to do in that type of weather not be to grit the major bus routes and advise all road users to take the bus. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1730#post-17145 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:09:39 +0000 Cyclingmollie 17145@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Beryl Miles, spokesperson for the West of England Road Safety Partnership said: “When it’s going to be icy, we would urge cyclists to listen to weather forecasts and avoid cycling in frozen conditions."<br /> Couldn't she urge local authorities to listen to weather forecasts and grit cycle-paths in frozen conditions? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1730#post-17128 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:39:38 +0000 chdot 17128@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/get-ready-for-spike-in-tyre-sales" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/get-ready-for-spike-in-tyre-sales</a> </p>