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Riding in snow. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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