Gears are a good invention, superior in my mind to the fixed wheel or single speed currently in vogue. Spiked wheel ready for the morning if necessuh
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Posted 9 years ago #
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"currently in vogue"
You sure about that...
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Fo' shure now that PY has reopened for skinny students with three pounds to burn ( and their own wi fi)
Someone must have said something similar in about 1915?
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Spikies on for tomorrow then!
I was in two minds about whether spikes would be necessary or not, but I reckon I'll play it safe. MTB lubed up and ready to roll with spikey front tyre for tomorrow.
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Well said Gembo :-)
Going back to the topic of wx, snow lying on the high ground above Falkirk this am, but the roads are just wet once you get to the Polmont area, I await Edinburgh with interest!
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No spikes for Beano...just marathon+. Need to leave Dunfermline in next 30 mins. Should I bother chancing it?
Never cycled in snow but only dusting here. Don't want to be like bambi on ice!
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Icy on untreated roads around Eskbank this morning. Given the snow forecast and general inertia, I've plumped for the bus. It might be quicker walking; the traffic is awful #newhouses=morecars
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@Beano IMO cycling in proper snow is brilliant whether you've got thick or thin tyres. But this fake sludgy stuff is no fun at all. Tread carefully.
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Slippy ice on Meggetland Wynd and the towpath on-ramp at Meggetland at 0730.
Big slushy puddles on the towpath past Wester Hailes, but no ice that I noticed.
Shared-use pavement/bike path on Gogar Station Road seemed slippy (although it wasn't a sheet of smooth ice like it's been in the past). GSR itself over the M8 was passable with care, but icy.
Health Warning: all this observed from a bike with ice tyres, so I may be underestimating the amount of ice.
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I think I am going to try and build a bike that will take studded tyres. It will be a bizarre looking machine with the parts I have lying about in the garage but I have to do something as I am too woosie these days when the temperature drops. Clerwood down to St Johns road on 23mm tyres was a nightmare this morning (for me anyway)
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Clear of snow but icy patches in Colinton, fine on spikies but personally I wouldn't take normal tyres today.
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Brrr.
Actually I was fine on my unspiked Brompton, after a bit of testing of the Livingston North station car park for slipiness!Still contemplating spikes. I think SRD runs one spiked and one normal tyre? If one were to go down this route, which wheel should be spiked? (I'm kind of assuming rear, because that's the drive wheel, but there might be some counterintuitive reason why not.)
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"Fine" out west.
I say fine. It's not icy, but I feel like I've been slapped repeatedly about the face with a half-frozen salmon due to the driving sleet.
Had a moment when I thought my glasses had completely fogged, but it turned out to be clumped hail.
Deep, deep joy.
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@fimm, the advice from Peter White Cycles (the modern-day Sheldon for certain things) is that one spiked tyre isn't worth bothering with. You can either pick steering (but no drive) or drive (but no ability to stay upright), neither of which is overly useful.
See "One tyre only in front?" 2/3s down this:
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/studdedtires.asp
Edit: that being said, he is in proper snow country. If SRD finds it works OK, go with that! Maybe if you only need it to keep you upright on unexpected patches, a studded front would be enough...
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@fimm, front tyre spikey so that you don't slip out on corners. Drive wheel matters less as you'll be cycling super gently.
But just get two!Posted 9 years ago # -
Stepped onto the pavement outside my house and nearly fell on my back. It's very icy in patches. Take care.
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@fimm Teeth should be on your front wheel if only one. When your front goes the rear doesn't help. If your rear loses traction it tends to be recoverable or easier to bail in a safe fashion...
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Any signs of gritting on NEPN, Innocent, MMW etc?
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My husband reports gritting at the entrances to the NEPN but no gritting on the paths itself.
Useful.
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Yeah, I thought the same. I followed the gritter down the path but got no sense that it was leaving anything behind.
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Ice and no treatment on the Restalrig Railway path, including the Restalrig Road and Hawkhill Avenue slopes.
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No signs of grit on NMW. West side fine, East side quite icy.
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Having said that, today's two tumbles (neither of them mine) were at the end of the little Cramond Brig Brig and on Barnton Avenue West - untreated roads not the paths.
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Chris Bruntlett (@modacitylife)
12/01/2015 23:12
Dutch cities go through incredible lengths to ensure every citizen's mobility after it snows:https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/how-to-make-cycling-possible-in-the-snow/
http://pic.twitter.com/Y4SwCkP6di
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Having decided to go on the NEPN to try and have a more relaxed ride into the headwind, I thought I had made a bad decision when I hit frost on Montgomerie Street which continued all the way to St. Marks Path, whete it turned to ice.
Fortunately the dusting of salt on the NEPN made all the difference and it was free from frozen water in all forms, apart from a patch between the red bridge and Telford Road bridge where they appear to have run out (or turned the gritter off).
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Ah, I knew it would be one of those things where the obvious answer is the wrong one!
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THE cold snap currently sweeping Edinburgh and the Lothians will last until at least Thursday, forecasters believe.
A spokesman from the Met Office said the average temperature on Tuesday would be 3C.
There will be snow on the higher ground around Edinburgh, but he said it was unlikely to cause disruption in the city itself.
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http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-weather-snow-and-ice-sweeps-lothians-1-3658834
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I decided to cycle this morning with an unexpected level of confidence despite having been ultra-cautious and not cycled for the entirity of the week of ice etc. warnings towards the end of last year. As it turns out I made the right decision and didn't feel any slippage at any point between town and Heriot-Watt (via MMW/NMW and the canal as usual) on standard 32C tyres despite frosty patches, unavoidable slush puddles and maybe the odd bit of ice. The only gritting that was evident was at Heriot-Watt.
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The many puddles were freezing over on the Kirkliston to Newbridge Railway line about 7.45 and a thin layer of snow. There was a hard frost and ice on the A8 path especially around the airport rounabout and slip roads. Always 2-3 degress colder out there than in Fife.
A lovely ride in, with my ice tyres and new Xmas overshoes proving their worth.
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What are spikey tyres like on icy surfaces going downhill?
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