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12-18-08, 03:41 PM
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We had ice the other night, and supposed to get around an inch or ice tonight, might have to go out for a spin. Any links to homemade studded cross tires?
12-18-08, 04:56 PM
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tomorrow in Boston is supposed to be crazy. I'll be sure to snap some shots If I get out.
12-18-08, 05:08 PM
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Columbus had some ice on the roads on Tuesday night, Wednesday morning. I slipped on my ass Wednesday but that was because I was on roads that hadn't been iced.
I got some fenders for my bike the other day. No more wet feet!
I got some fenders for my bike the other day. No more wet feet!
12-19-08, 10:48 AM
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It doesnt snow much where i live. Question for you guys who ride in snow and on ice. What tires are the best for grip in the cold frozen streets? I was thinking either knobby CX tires or Schwalbe Marathons. There are some studded Marathons at my LBS. Which tires do you guys ride?
12-19-08, 11:15 AM
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It doesnt snow much where i live. Question for you guys who ride in snow and on ice. What tires are the best for grip in the cold frozen streets? I was thinking either knobby CX tires or Schwalbe Marathons. There are some studded Marathons at my LBS. Which tires do you guys ride?
12-19-08, 02:25 PM
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got out for a short ride to the store today, got my brother to snap a few shots of me riding in the snow!
its fun, but stopping is impossible. I skidded down my entire block
its fun, but stopping is impossible. I skidded down my entire block
12-19-08, 02:40 PM
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you could easily do seated skids in the snow but probably wouldn't slow you down at all either haha Then again skidding with balls to the stem hardly stops you when it's dry.
12-19-08, 02:43 PM
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I was just doing that for fun. I could also ride forward with the rear wheel going in the opposite direction. Seated skids werent that tough. I was talking about the actual brakes, not skidding though. the calipers just glide along the rim like it was greased.
12-19-08, 05:27 PM
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haha. yeah pretty much resistance is the only decent way of stopping in snow unless you have nice brakes with machined sidewalls
12-19-08, 06:33 PM
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12-19-08, 08:20 PM
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12-19-08, 08:26 PM
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12-19-08, 10:28 PM
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Where you live j3ffr3y? I rode around my neighborhood today (medford) and it was awesome
12-19-08, 10:32 PM
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But I wanna be able to plow through some stuff, not just tip-toe around the winter, y'know?
12-19-08, 11:28 PM
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i took my $5 craigslist special magna MTB out for a run today.
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12-20-08, 07:23 AM
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12-20-08, 09:44 PM
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12-20-08, 09:49 PM
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Anyone else having issues with cities not plowing the side roads? Most of my routes around town are on side roads and I'm running into 2-3 inches of rutted roads and im running 23's.
I heard Chicago is cutting back on the plowing too(to save money).
I heard Chicago is cutting back on the plowing too(to save money).
12-20-08, 09:52 PM
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12-20-08, 10:13 PM
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yeah man, I live in NW, Indiana, and none of the side streets are plowed, its bumpy to ride and all ice and snow mix on roads, not even plowed. its really bad
12-21-08, 10:33 PM
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Fixed mtb.
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