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Riding in snow. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by plactagonic@sopuli.xyz to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

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So I comute by bike and this week I ride through fast changing snow condition. It got from completly covered cycle route, to badly cleaned roads, to mushy brown sludge, and today there were loads of frozen bits of snow and ice patches.

I managed to fell only twice - inertia is your best friend and worse enemy at the same time. And I hope that these conditions will be over soon. Most annoying part is that I dont know what to expect and how to prepare because conditions vary from day to day.

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[+] Gonkulator@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It doesnt make sense for me, these conditions are max 10-15 days per year.

This weather is just unusual in my region early in winter. Winter here is usualy dry or too mild to get some snow let alone to have snow cover for few weeks. Last winter there were 10 cm of snow for 1 week.

[–] real_ted_yogurt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Max out your tire size. Like big fat tire style. You can sometimes get really big tires depending on your setup. Schwalbe Fat Frank 26´´ x 2.35 was the biggest I could get and they where great.

Let some air out for snow. Works especially well with packed snow and ice.

Probably not as good as studs, but works for me.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

On ice it doesn't matter much how big tires you have. I've got 4.8" wide ones on my efat that I ride with extremely low pressures, but on ice they're just as grippy as the 2.5" ones on my mtb. I mean yeah bigger tires are obviously better but as is the case with cars too; on snow all tires work more or less but on ice you need studs.

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly my personal advice is "Always be ready for just get off the bicycle and push it instead" for when the snow gets too bad.

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it happened - i didnt thought about the wind and got on road that was covered in 50 cm of snow.

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that's practically undrivable haha. don't get yourself hurt!

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And unpushable I had to carry my bike.

I thing that the bike gets most of the beating and as much as I try to take care of it something will need replacing in the spring.

[–] Froyn@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"replacing in the spring"
So you'll have 2 bikes. Use the older one, with winter tires, for "bad days". Shiny new one as the daily driver.

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I have 2 bikes one disasambled in non ridable state and one for everything. I mean replacing parts.

[–] mysteriousquote@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

As someone who biked year round while at college in Wisconsin, congrats on making it with minimal falling, it’s not easy.

Echoing what someone else said, sometimes you just need to hop off the bike and walk it for a little.