Originally Posted by Paul And Pista
About a week ago was my first ride in snow. I really can't imagine freewheeling in the snow. My front brake clogged up and became useless within just a few minutes.
For sure. I went out for a few hours last night and I think I touched the brake once at the start of the ride and didn't use it after that. The picture is kind of trashy, but if you look closely you'll see the brake has turned into sort of a big snow hug on tire. I have the original style canti cable hanger and it was so iced over that the ice was dragging on the tire tread. I was afraid it was going to get caught, snap the hanger cable, and get caught on the wheel.
But it didn't.
It was a pretty much totally excellent ride.