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Old 11-23-13 | 02:23 PM
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FBinNY
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Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

Originally Posted by tsl

As for 6" deep, this is another case where bikes are better than cars. I can clear almost 8" before I'm dragging the lower RD pulley, and 10 or 11" before I'm dragging the BB through the snow.

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I've also ridden in deep snow, but at anything over 4-5" my pedals drop into the snow, and since the pedal is moving forward even at 6 o'clock (the bike is going forward faster than the pedal is going backward) I end up snowplowing with my feet with every stroke, scooping up snow and pushing it to my ankles where it gets my socks wet.

So while I still ride in snow, I don't do it as much as I did decades ago, and now reserve that kind of thing mostly to frozen lakes.
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