Post your winter bike pics.
11-30-11, 10:28 PM
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New winter beater, unknown 70's-80's frame, just gotta slap some fenders on her and she'll be good.
12-04-11, 11:49 AM
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Here is what Xtracyle/Surly troll looks like when It is not under 4 inches of ice.
12-07-11, 05:45 PM
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I realized that even if I've been riding in the winter for quite a few years, I never actually took pictures of it. So I went for a little ride today up a mountain road. It was -10C outside my place, so I figured it was around -15-18C with the winds up the "pass". hehe
The bike did well, but going up a road with icy washboards without studs is a real pain haha, still not as bad as I expected it.
Enjoy.
The bike did well, but going up a road with icy washboards without studs is a real pain haha, still not as bad as I expected it.
Enjoy.
12-09-11, 12:58 AM
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I realized that even if I've been riding in the winter for quite a few years, I never actually took pictures of it. So I went for a little ride today up a mountain road. It was -10C outside my place, so I figured it was around -15-18C with the winds up the "pass". hehe
The bike did well, but going up a road with icy washboards without studs is a real pain haha, still not as bad as I expected it.
Enjoy.
The bike did well, but going up a road with icy washboards without studs is a real pain haha, still not as bad as I expected it.
Enjoy.
12-10-11, 01:30 PM
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Damn you people and your picturesque winter scenery! My commute's all grey sky and potholes.
Looks like this:
Looks like this:
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12-12-11, 11:59 AM
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No, I didn't, and it might be Iceland, and we do have buildings in Iowa, but still!
12-12-11, 12:54 PM
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12-12-11, 03:10 PM
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I think one of the reasons we like this picture so much is because of the dream-like blur. Maybe caused by water on the camera lens, but it gives the viewer a sense of another world. This effect can also be caused by poor quality lenses, and the use of cheap cameras with similar quality glass, has been quite popular with artistic photography for awhile now. I mean, let's face it...the picture is of a dirt/muddy road, with nothing really of beauty in it. But a skilled artist knows just how to touch the soul of the viewer with characteristics that we wouldn't otherwise consider beautiful.
12-13-11, 01:30 PM
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12-16-11, 05:50 PM
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This is my new around town winter beater...I still need studded tires for it:
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12-17-11, 08:31 PM
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Bike: Soma Double Cross
Tires: Schwalbe Marathon Cross 37x700 (and Schwalbe Marathon Winter 35x700 on another set of rims)
Fenders: Planet Bike 45mm
Lights: Planet bikes 1 watt flasher & Portland Design Works Radbot 1000 1W LED Tail Light for daytime
Tires: Schwalbe Marathon Cross 37x700 (and Schwalbe Marathon Winter 35x700 on another set of rims)
Fenders: Planet Bike 45mm
Lights: Planet bikes 1 watt flasher & Portland Design Works Radbot 1000 1W LED Tail Light for daytime
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
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12-20-11, 09:36 AM
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12-28-11, 12:55 PM
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Here's mine:
It's the green one in the foreground. Pic was taken a couple weeks back before it got cold here. Bike is an old 80's hard tail, repainted Kawasaki green by a nephew this fall. Panniers are plastic buckets from a grocery store deli (they had muffin mix in them), clipped on with hardware from MEC. You can see the silver reflective tape glowing from the flash on my camera phone. I have similar red reflective tape on the back sides.
I just added Schwalbe Ice Spikers over Christmas. Today we've had about 3 inches of snow so far, but we had a flash freeze last night, so there's some good ice underneath. Pretty steady riding so far!
It's the green one in the foreground. Pic was taken a couple weeks back before it got cold here. Bike is an old 80's hard tail, repainted Kawasaki green by a nephew this fall. Panniers are plastic buckets from a grocery store deli (they had muffin mix in them), clipped on with hardware from MEC. You can see the silver reflective tape glowing from the flash on my camera phone. I have similar red reflective tape on the back sides.
I just added Schwalbe Ice Spikers over Christmas. Today we've had about 3 inches of snow so far, but we had a flash freeze last night, so there's some good ice underneath. Pretty steady riding so far!
12-29-11, 03:48 PM
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Someday, there will be enough snow here for a photo of my winter bike doing winter things. So far, still using the summer bike with road slicks.
12-29-11, 06:36 PM
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Same here, just no snow. The studs are mounted and it's ready to go! All this week I've riding on the road in 40 deg temps. Last year this time we had 2 feet of snow.
12-29-11, 06:44 PM
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Was a little wet today...
