Do you go on your bike when the roads are covered with thin snow ?

[Pat "5mph"]

On Monday I walked to work. Getting on for 3 miles.

Minimal risk of harming others, but far more of a slip and fall risk than driving down the gritted dual carriageway...

Chapeau to you for walking 3 miles on those icy pavements: I tried to leave my housing estate on foot on Sunday, gave up.
Much safer riding the roads on my studded tyres!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Another photo from today’s outing. This is once I’d reached gritted roads. A veritable winter wonderland. The average temp was -2C and min -4C. Grit is good down to -10C or so. Started sunny before freezing fog settled in. Enough to have lights on.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

MTB with studs yes, not worth the risk on the road. Our estate get's very icy as it's not gritted, so I'll take the MTB. Better than having a car slide into you.

I lead a bike ride once in home counties. No snow - had frozen overnight but we thought it clear by the time we set out.
Someone riding ahead had studded tyres and at moderate speed in a straight line fell off.
I will ride in all weathers, cold doesn't bother me but any chance of ice and I stay in.
(I once skidded off on black ice with someone else on a dark busy traffic road - we were OK but could so easily have been killed by a following driver it would have been difficult to blame - that incident was really the fault of the ride leader)

 

[Caperider]

Only my fat bike with an inch or two and usually in the woods. I live across from 1600 acres of conservation land and there just happens to be a trail across the street from me. Anything deeper causes issues with pedals hitting the snow.

 

[fossyant]

Four riders were killed one winter near Prestatyn in Wales due to a car skidding on ice. Car slid into a club run ! Be careful. Minus NINE this morning.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chapeau to you for walking 3 miles on those icy pavements:

In Finland they prioritise clearing pavements and cycleways. Plus some of the cycle ways are heated to keep them clear. Different priorities for ways of moving about.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Four riders were killed one winter near Prestatyn in Wales due to a car skidding on ice. driver behaving recklessly in the conditions. Car slid into a club run ! Be careful. Minus NINE this morning.

The driver of the car involved in the crash, Mr. Robert Alan Harris, admitted that he was driving too fast for the weather conditions. His car had three defective tyres. A collision expert, PC George Skinner, blamed Mr. Harris for failing to drive at an appropriate speed for the road conditions. The ice on the road was patchy and there were enough dry patches for Mr. Harris to regain control of his vehicle. PC Skinner said that if Mr. Harris had paid attention to the freezing conditions and not driven at 55mph, which was his estimated speed before the crash, it might not have happened. He said:

“It would have to be accepted that he failed to observe the ambient temperature display in his vehicle. He set off on his journey having scraped ice off the window of his car, and subsequently drove through countryside where visible frost lay.”

He also said:

“He drove in an inappropriate manner for the prevailing conditions”

but added:

“In my opinion, there was sufficient grip available to the driver to control the vehicle. Had he driven according to the prevailing road conditions, as had the vast majority of motorists before this collision, then I am of the opinion this collision could have been avoided.”

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2007-07-17/debates/07071760000005/CyclingDeaths(Abergele)

 

[Oldhippy]

UK is positively backward in so many ways sadly.

 

[Brandane]

In Finland they prioritise clearing pavements and cycleways. Plus some of the cycle ways are heated to keep them clear. Different priorities for ways of moving about.

That's great, until all those cars, buses, and HGV's on the untreated roads start sliding onto the pavements and cycleways.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

That's great, until all those cars, buses, and HGV's on the untreated roads start sliding onto the pavements and cycleways.

In most of Sweden, studded winter tyres are compulsory. I would guess Finland is the same.

 

[FishFright]

That's great, until all those cars, buses, and HGV's on the untreated roads start sliding onto the pavements and cycleways.

Snow / winter tyres and chains are normal there , probably madatory.

 

[ColinJ]

That's great, until all those cars, buses, and HGV's on the untreated roads start sliding onto the pavements and cycleways.

Won't they have to use suitable winter tyres there?

 

[Vantage]

Just been reading up on this.
Less traffic there. Harder test to pass. Winter/snow tyres are mandatory. Lower speed limits.
And then we have the UK. Ugh.

 

[pawl]

Did you ever go youth hostelling in the winter when young. Sometimes it was white outside. You had no options , only way was to cycle home.. . People are getting soft today,😄

Yes I did Ilam hall .See my report up thread.

 

[Kingfisher101]

No not now as I know your tyres can slip and I'm not spending time in A and E when its totally avoidable. Other people can do what they want, its upto the person.Also its too cold for me at the moment on a bike.