I rode to work thinking it was 4c. Turns out it's minus 4c. Not looking forward to the ride back home.
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when does every one stop riding??
- Thread starter K4D4
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Don't do it without snow tires. Hastily overtook quite a few rwd cars on hills this morning at 6am. Ill prepared, even lesser capabilities. I struggle to understand the logic of such people that go up hill in a straight line.. if it didn't work the first time, why not try zigzagging instead? O wait, something about capabilities... better try the same (failed) tactic 5 more times..
Would be brutally fun with the right tires and nut behind the wheel in a big empty lot... brb.
Yeah I passed 3 stuck BMWs on my way home. Watched a few poor saps with fwd cars still with all seasons crawl up the slight incline beside my place.
It's fun to watch the "me-first" impatient drivers really get a taste of their own medicine. Rather than queuing up like everybody else in the cleared/driven lane which actually has tire tracks... they decide to beach their cars in the snow-banked lanes. There's a reason nobody is driving on it...
They're just spinning up their tires, smoke billowing out of the hood, engine rpm red lining, reversing and trying to rock themselves out...
Anybody who witnessed their bold-headed manoeuvre wouldn't even look back to help them.
DHL driver got stuck in front my house, I chose to help shovel him out... but he lost control and beached the car on our neighbour's lawn. Another neighbour with a pickup truck wired him up and towed him out of our little side street. It simply couldn't leave, we actually hopped into the driver seat but the wheels just spun up with no traction... it's a miracle he actually got in.
He told us he only had one small package in the truck which he just delivered. Normally if there's weight in the van he can negotiate the snow.
They're just spinning up their tires, smoke billowing out of the hood, engine rpm red lining, reversing and trying to rock themselves out...
Anybody who witnessed their bold-headed manoeuvre wouldn't even look back to help them.DHL driver got stuck in front my house, I chose to help shovel him out... but he lost control and beached the car on our neighbour's lawn. Another neighbour with a pickup truck wired him up and towed him out of our little side street. It simply couldn't leave, we actually hopped into the driver seat but the wheels just spun up with no traction... it's a miracle he actually got in.
He told us he only had one small package in the truck which he just delivered. Normally if there's weight in the van he can negotiate the snow.
OnAnySunday
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OnAnySunday
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I softly chuckled inside as a started my snow blower.
It's fun to watch the "me-first" impatient drivers really get a taste of their own medicine. Rather than queuing up like everybody else in the cleared/driven lane which actually has tire tracks... they decide to beach their cars in the snow-banked lanes. There's a reason nobody is driving on it...
They're just spinning up their tires, smoke billowing out of the hood, engine rpm red lining, reversing and trying to rock themselves out...
DHL driver got stuck in front my house, I chose to help shovel him out... but he lost control and beached the car on our neighbour's lawn. Another neighbour with a pickup truck wired him up and towed him out of our little side street. It simply couldn't leave, we actually hopped into the driver seat but the wheels just spun up with no traction... it's a miracle he actually got in.
He told us he only had one small package in the truck which he just delivered. Normally if there's weight in the van he can negotiate the snow.
I drive in that lane and don't get stuck. Too many slow people on the road when the snow falls.
When I've gotten stuck or seen others get stuck I've never seen red lining or smoke billowing from the hood. Seen smoking tires but not engine. Where do you live that people are so often getting stuck and have no idea how to drive their cars out of snow?
It's fun to watch the "me-first" impatient drivers really get a taste of their own medicine. Rather than queuing up like everybody else in the cleared/driven lane which actually has tire tracks... they decide to beach their cars in the snow-banked lanes. There's a reason nobody is driving on it...
They're just spinning up their tires, smoke billowing out of the hood, engine rpm red lining, reversing and trying to rock themselves out...
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Bizarre! I've never seen the smoke stuff.. could you please take come pictures next time?
I am always blown away that people have to drive in the left lane when there is a perfectly good lane to the right. I am happy because I am usually the one in it by myself. (Although perhaps if more people drove in the right lane it would be a little more clear and would attract all those that cant drive so yeah, go ahead and stay to the left.)
..Tom
What really bothers me after the first good snowfall is the tendency of most drivers to gravitate toward the centre of the street on residential roads, leaving a single "clear" track for both directions, and the curb areas untouched by tires. I make it my personal objective to use the lanes right up to the curbing.
The storm just skirted by us here in KW. We barely got anything. Tomorrow is looking to be 2 or 3oC and cloudy but dry. Sunday may be 4 or 5oC. Going to try to get out for a spin if it stays dry. Pretty much going to try get out anytime the conditions are like this over the whole winter.
Nice for walking around but don't care for the windchill on the bike. I'll probably just wheel it out between the houses and rev the engine for a spell. Am I the only one who finds that satisfying?
Me neither. I'll wear thermal underwear, jeans and my overpants. Long-sleeved shirt & my jacket has a liner. I have a neck-tube and/or a balaclava for the head & neck under a full-face helmet. A set of Fly Ignitor heated gloves rounds out the bits that usually get cold.
I was out last weekend when it was about -3oC or so and found it was my feet that got cold first, but only after about an hour.
Yeah, it's a bit of layering and prep but a ride is way more satisfying than sitting in the garage revving it.
Riceburner
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Cold is easy to handle, snow isn't. Looks like I may be done now.
I have been thinking about grabbing a set of these tires specifically for the m+s rating. How do they handle in the snow on the Strom? Does it feel like riding in mud?
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