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kobyj
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 Posted: 11/30/03 - 15:56 Post subject: Icy roads
Any of you ride your bicycles on icy roads? I rode mine on Saturday morning before the ice melted and had quite an experience. My bike with knobby tires was fine (for the most part). However, my commuter bike was not fine. I will admit, I came close to falling once, but recovered without hitting the ground.
I think I understand riding on ice well enough to make it to work and back on the bike with knobby tires. There may be some other finer things that can only be learned through experience. Do any of you know of those things and could give me (and anybody else here) some advice?
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TriBob
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Posted: 11/30/03 - 19:32 Post subject:
If you are expecting any amount of ice a road bike will not be good. With MTB tires you have more surface area to work with. Since you have both kinds of bikes, you may want to head off-road. Some people also spike there tires with sheet metal screws for MTB in the winter.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 12/01/03 - 09:25 Post subject:
http://users.rcn.com/icebike/ - They've got sections on equipment and technique.
(Given the opportunity) I wouldn't ride my bike in traffic on the ice. Finding some deserted road and riding around might be a lot of fun though. Dark and icy might be even more fun.
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kobyj
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Posted: 12/03/03 - 18:40 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | http://users.rcn.com/icebike/ - They've got sections on equipment and technique.
(Given the opportunity) I wouldn't ride my bike in traffic on the ice. Finding some deserted road and riding around might be a lot of fun though. Dark and icy might be even more fun. |
Thanks for the link. I'll read over that.
I'm not going to be riding in traffic when it is icy. If I do end up riding on ice, it will be on my way to work in the morning. I never see cars at that time. By the time I head home, the ice should be cleared off of the roads.
The *-mart special MTB is going to be my icy day transportation it looks like. Maybe I'll make my bald back tire into a studded tire. 
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