View Single Post
Old 01-27-15 | 08:01 AM
  #254  
noglider's Avatar
noglider
aka Tom Reingold
Titanium Club Membership
15 Anniversary
Community Builder
Community Influencer
 
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,223
Likes: 6,480
From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA

Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

I was seriously considering riding to work yesterday in the snow. The deal breaker for me wasn't the snow, it was the cold wind. The gusts were bad and forecast to get much worse. It seems my tolerance goes down to a wind chill of 20° or so. So I took he subway.

The college closed at 3pm and remains closed today, so I have a day off. I'm tempted to try riding in the snow just for fun. Last night in the way home, there were lots of delivery guys still riding bikes. God bless them. One of them appeared to have no gloves! Remind me never to complain about discomfort.

My regular bike has fenders, and snow could get jammed in there. I might play on my Viscount which has no fenders and has a fixed gear. Fixed is good for snow. But the tire clearance in the back is tight. Oh well nothing is perfect. I should just see how it goes, if it goes at all.
__________________
Tom Reingold, tom@noglider.com
New York City and High Falls, NY
Blogs: The Experienced Cyclist; noglider's ride blog

“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author

Please email me rather than PM'ing me. Thanks.
noglider is offline  
Reply