http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: snow! en Thu, 21 May 2026 14:27:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686&page=2#post-50227 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:52:11 +0000 crowriver 50227@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's some rig! </p> <p>Either this guy works in a bar, or he waited for months, saving up his recycling, until the snow fell, just so he could get this photo taken and show off to everyone. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686&page=2#post-50214 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:38:28 +0000 chdot 50214@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.cyclorama.net/images/galleryImages/img135-lrg.jpg"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6509925447_69e3a3ae0a.jpg"></a></p> <p>Seen at <a href="http://www.cyclorama.net/viewArticle.php?id=80">http://www.cyclorama.net</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686&page=2#post-50207 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:12:56 +0000 Cyclingmollie 50207@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like an army of chimney pots coming down from the hills. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50200 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:43:56 +0000 DaveC 50200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Chdot's photographic style makes Morningside appear to be in the Alps"...</p> <p>Apart from the Victorian &amp; Georgian chimney stacks... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50198 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:41:07 +0000 kaputnik 50198@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Chdot's photographic style makes Morningside appear to be in the Alps! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50193 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:30:00 +0000 DaveC 50193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is this on the Pentlands chdot? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50189 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:03:25 +0000 chdot 50189@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6509745229/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6509745229_30582d70d4.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6509745229/">Some snow</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50187 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:55:00 +0000 Dave 50187@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nothing much happening here still (although it was a bit breezy yesterday pm).</p> <p>Got the rear studded tyre on now too, and this really makes much more noise (sounds like I'm riding on rice krispies now...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50186 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:52:47 +0000 chdot 50186@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Yesterday afternoon, the Met Office upgraded its warnings from yellow (“be aware”) to amber advising people to “be prepared” for heavy snow in Lothian and Borders, south-west Scotland, Strathclyde, Central, Tayside and Fife. </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://scotsman.com/the-scotsman/scotland/weather_road_and_rail_chaos_returns_as_gales_and_blizzards_batter_scotland_again_1_2006628" rel="nofollow">http://scotsman.com/the-scotsman/scotland/weather_road_and_rail_chaos_returns_as_gales_and_blizzards_batter_scotland_again_1_2006628</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50047 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:41:46 +0000 Smudge 50047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mine were a mixture from the centre and the side, must really count up how many. Seem fine now though (Marathon Winters)<br /> Note to cat, attempting to sit on the keyboard, however "purry" does not help our message writing skilz :-)) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50046 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:27:31 +0000 Min 50046@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Funny, I only lost ones from the outside. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50045 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:19:25 +0000 Dave 50045@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, they're all studs from the central pairs that I've lost. I figure that if I replace any that weren't properly seated, pretty soon I should wind up with a tyre full of well-seated studs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50036 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:22:54 +0000 crowriver 50036@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It may also be the specific model of tyre. I have Schwalbe Snow Studs, which have relatively few studs, and they are on the outer edges of the tread. They were all I could find when the blizzards hit last November. Marathon Winters have twice as many studs, some more central in the tread and perhaps more likely to pop out. The real champion stud encrusted tyres are Schwalbe Ice Spikers, I can imagine they'd be very noisy on the road! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50031 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:44:19 +0000 Uberuce 50031@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't keep a proper running count, but it seems to me( and I think Smudge noticed it too) that all the studs you're going to lose pop out in the first couple of days and from then one you're pretty set. </p> <p>I didn't lose any from going round Arthur's Seat on them*, for example, but I'd lost five in the proscribed 40km of very gentle and cautious pootling around.</p> <p>*not that I was capable of any great speed either up or down, but I guess in terms of torque the uphill would have been a reasonable stress test. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50025 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:12:22 +0000 crowriver 50025@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't know why you folks are having issues with studs coming out. I bought my Snow Stud tyres last year, rode them straight away on icy roads. I've had no issues with missing studs. Maybe I'm a more cautious, less aggressive rider than you lot? Or maybe I was just lucky with a pair of tyres that didn't pop studs over the road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50017 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:05:53 +0000 Dave 50017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have had to ask Schwalbe for new studs though, as I pulled a couple out already (oops!).</p> <p>Probably it will be a year before we get snow again, so they'll have plenty of time to bed down before then... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50016 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:56:20 +0000 Dave 50016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For some reason I expected it to be much noisier on tarmac than it is. I don't really notice unless I pay attention.</p> <p>Coming off the Roseburn down that steep hill with the trailer on, I was quite happy even though I still had a slick on the back. I can't imagine being able to ride *up* again, mind you!</p> <p>The nice thing I hadn't realised is that even when they skid, they don't shoot off like a normal tyre. It's just like the braking gets a bit slower (I guess it never truly slides while the studs are tearing into the surface). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50006 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:08:51 +0000 Uberuce 50006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of us!<br /> One of us!<br /> One of us!<br /> One of us!</p> <p>&lt;/Freaks&gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-50005 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:03:13 +0000 Dave 50005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I did grab a pair of studded tyres from the Bike Chain in the end, and was amazed at how nifty they were riding up the Roseburn (especially as I started on 35mm slicks and changed halfway under a bridge). It really is like riding without snow when you get them on :)</p> <p>Now, we just need a harsh winter... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49982 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:41:13 +0000 DaveC 49982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We had a few drinks in South Queensferry last night and on the return over the bridge we saw them spraying the road surface of the bridge. They must use alcohol as I guess salt would corrode the metal. We commented that it was not cold enought to freeze but when we got up It had laid here in Fife. Its starting to melt now but it does look lovely out there.</p> <p>Dave C </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49971 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:00:41 +0000 custard 49971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was heading for work at 0330 when the snow was starting<br /> wasnt too bad but i stuck to main roads where i could </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49968 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:23:43 +0000 crowriver 49968@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was glad of the snow tyres this morning. Hooked the tagalong on as normal, just took it gently along to Portobello. Made sure No.1 son had wellies and waterproofs on, though his crud catcher kept most of the spray off him. Main roads largely clear though some slushy snow at edges, especially in the cycle lanes. Prom almost deserted and covered in melting snow. "Look, a snow beach!" exclaimed No.1 son. Majority of roads completely clear by 1pm due to rising temperatures, salt and traffic.</p> <p>Oh yeah, wore my polystyrene hat thingy for the first time since January. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49962 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:13:21 +0000 amir 49962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Seen in George St (at the Dome) snow-making machine project snow over the street. Also pack of near nude students dancing in front of the registry building. Is the centre always like this? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49955 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:48:40 +0000 chdot 49955@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Good day to get rusty bike!"</p> <p>Try the Bike Station.</p> <p>Boom boom. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49953 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:44:25 +0000 amir 49953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On bus into town. Main roads fine for cycling in the main, pavements not so good. Good day to get rusty bike! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49951 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:40:05 +0000 chdot 49951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Temperature now a whole 1 degree (0 at 7AM) and rising!"</p> <p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6486206269_8d8ed22029.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49950 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:36:03 +0000 LaidBack 49950@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>First task was to clear pavement at the showroom. Got salt too.</p> <p>Had call from someone coming up through Alnwick - think roads are ok.</p> <p><strong>Winter tyres. </strong>With drums or disks then teh answer must be a mini snow tread thing that can be removed quickly? </p> <p>I tried zip ties last year on back of trike (not used for braking). They survived about a week - long enough really. </p> <p>Studded tyres lose studs too if run on tar. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49939 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:43:11 +0000 kaputnik 49939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Temperature now a whole 1 degree (0 at 7AM) and rising! Snow appears to be turning to slush in back green from the melt dripping down from the roof </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49934 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:59:58 +0000 Nelly 49934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>These guys have a garage - bikes will be in good condition by march.........</p> <p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6485759271_50794cd55e.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4686#post-49933 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:43:00 +0000 wingpig 49933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bagh. I am missing this snow. Despite it being below freezing upon arrival last night there is no snow in Ayr. </p>