roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
I've personally no answer to ice but spikes. So maximum respect! I am a pussy.
Your Favourite Bits of Winter Cycling Kit
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I've personally no answer to ice but spikes. So maximum respect! I am a pussy.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Does that mean, to you, not riding when there is a danger of ice? It does to me, I wouldn't dream of riding in those circumstances.
Ridgeway
Veteran
- Location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
My far and away my favourite winter kit item is the plastic box labelled “winter clothes” so i can put them away and forget about them😂
Beyond that idid pick up a craft icebreaker vest for last winter and found it very useful. It has a wind stopper type front on it, sort of double layer material that is very useful in colder temperatures.
Beyond that idid pick up a craft icebreaker vest for last winter and found it very useful. It has a wind stopper type front on it, sort of double layer material that is very useful in colder temperatures.
On that basis my favourite is the puddle of water on the garden table cover and whether it is frozen or not.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
My Stanley travel mug. Fits in the bottle cage, keeps coffee warm all day, very robust with a lifetime guarantee.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
I go out for leisure or to commute when there is ice. In fact I prefer it if there is definitely ice, rather than a risk of ice. It just means I have to ride accordingly, with greater care. Not as quick, but often not much slower than 'normal'.
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
By the time it’s bad enough that I take the car you can’t move by bike. If I’m really lucky I can’t even get the car out of the drive and get to spend the day at home relaxing…
after digging out.
have you ever been able to walk up a snow drift and step onto the roof of your house?
grldtnr
Über Member
Now, that's winter cycling!
- Location
- Glasgow
I've got a bird bath for this purpose
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
No, but you wouldn't be taking the car out in those conditions either.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
This is the first suggestion in this thread that has had me online shopping.
You mean you didn't immediately reach for the foil lined heat reflective thermal codpiece catalogue?
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
Nope… you walk… slog really, very slowly.
my dad and I went for groceries during that particular storm. while walking down the middle of the street I snagged my foot on something quite solid, tripped and fell on in the snow. Wondering what had tripped me I clear the snow away to find the “taxi” sign on the roof of a cab which been snowed in during the night. Yeah, I walked up onto a full size American car without noticing. Screwed up part of the world.
grldtnr
Über Member
Hmmm, got mine here, choices ,choices!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Having seen the consequences of commuting when Icy, I just pop on my spare wheels with spikes.
Last year someone broke their hip on my route. Despite being near a hospital, the poor guy was there for a few hours before an ambulance turned up, in sub zero temperatures (he was 100 yards from a major road). A chap I know assisted the person.
I've had the tyres years, and my route is on un-salted paths. I originally purchased them in 2010 due to the predictions of a very harsh spell for a few weeks - I didn't want to resort to the car, and low, and behold, we had snow on the ground for 3 weeks.
I can't avoid riding over water run off from fields. When my route was on main roads, I used to commute as normal, but much of my 'morning' route isn't near any main roads, and is icy. They come into their own when it's snowy.
Never mind any time off work - managers and colleagues presume I've had a bike crash if I'm ever off. I was WFH for a week as I'd strained my foot and couldn't walk - nothing to do with bikes. Anyway, someone told all the senior managers I'd come off my bike. Hissed off I was...
Last year someone broke their hip on my route. Despite being near a hospital, the poor guy was there for a few hours before an ambulance turned up, in sub zero temperatures (he was 100 yards from a major road). A chap I know assisted the person.
I've had the tyres years, and my route is on un-salted paths. I originally purchased them in 2010 due to the predictions of a very harsh spell for a few weeks - I didn't want to resort to the car, and low, and behold, we had snow on the ground for 3 weeks.
I can't avoid riding over water run off from fields. When my route was on main roads, I used to commute as normal, but much of my 'morning' route isn't near any main roads, and is icy. They come into their own when it's snowy.
Never mind any time off work - managers and colleagues presume I've had a bike crash if I'm ever off. I was WFH for a week as I'd strained my foot and couldn't walk - nothing to do with bikes. Anyway, someone told all the senior managers I'd come off my bike. Hissed off I was...
