Commute Underwater + Ice , Anyone Else

[Deleted member 35268]

My towpath route to Reading is underwater and impassable, though I did it this morning as I was running out of time to re-route.
The addition of ice around the watery depths added even more fun to the experience.
Anyone else got this problem ?

 

[Arjimlad]

@Rooster1 golly no way I'd try that even with the studded tyres!

 

[Oldhippy]

Cool, I like a challenge.

 

[ColinJ]

My towpath route to Reading is underwater and impassable, though I did it this morning as I was running out of time to re-route.

That is a new definition of "impassable" then!

Maybe "inadvisable" might be more like it?

 

[fossyant]

Skin is waterproof !

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Should you fall in that, you'd freeze! 😱

 

[dan_bo]

Eee I can remember doin Failsworth- Wythenshawe with ice gathering round me ankles... but nah. Stuff that.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That is a new definition of "impassable" then!

Maybe "inadvisable" might be more like it?

Inadvisable is possibly the best word, I wouldn't go near that.

 

[steveindenmark]

Its good fun until it all goes wrong and then it leaves you wondering "Why am I such a twit.

 

[biggs682]

Its good fun until it all goes wrong and then it leaves you wondering "Why am I such a twit.

And we have all been there for sure

 

[matticus]

My towpath route to Reading is underwater and impassable, though I did it this morning as I was running out of time to re-route.
The addition of ice around the watery depths added even more fun to the experience.
Anyone else got this problem ?

Similar, yes. A few miles upstream from you. Thames is creeping across the roads I ride on (and my usual Sustrans route is a total no-go). I mainly commute around dusk, so below freezing. This is not a good combo! Folks always say "cold is OK, as long as it's dry!"; well floods-followed-by-cold-snap is becoming a feature of our winters now ...

I scrounged a lift-share today, no shame whatsoever in my mind!

 

[EltonFrog]

My towpath route to Reading is underwater and impassable, though I did it this morning as I was running out of time to re-route.
The addition of ice around the watery depths added even more fun to the experience.
Anyone else got this problem ?

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I cycled that on the Brompton last week, it was challenging.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Pah I could wheelie down that