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Who is snow riding today? I'm just about to head out. Love it!!!
Show us your photos later on!!
Heading out soon. Woburn or Ashridge?
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Up at the top of the Brinore Tramroad, although yesterday evening before the rugby. Perfect amount of snow for normal wheels! Dog definitely has the edge on me now though.
Staying in today after my epic race yesterday. 🙂
Had a go at a local ride in the snow but think it was a bit deep for normal tyres, also very powdery snow, felt like trying to ride on dry sand with the bike snaking around. Oh well at least I gave it a go 🙂
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Not quite today but this was a little video I made from an early December snow ride 🙂 No snow up in Inverness just now, must have missed it all 🙁
Off out shortly , go pro and slr in the camelbak 😉
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On the way to my local woods.
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Nah can't be bothered, what was a 2-4 inch of snowy loveliness late last night, has been turned overnight into 1-2cm of slush, bahhhh!
first snow ride for the fatbike and it did me proud. average of 3-4 inches of coverage more where it had drifted. fun but tiring. my hat goes off to the guys and girls that ride the iditarod or anything similar
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love the pics, after the "britain braces itself for an armageddon snow storm" news buliten yestrerday its pretty much gone already here. 🙁
my hat goes off to the guys and girls that ride the iditarod or anything similar
I thought the same thing as I was trudging through it 🙂
Early this morning around NW Leicestershire. Nice ride and definitely warmer than yesterday!
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Regars,
Matt.
Just got back, 2hrs hard going but great fun with loads of laughing. Hardest thing was finding the singletrack. I think we did a fair bit of woodland off-piste riding, didn't see another soul...
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I rode a couple of miles to Hampstead Heath for my first swim in the ponds. Two cups of sweet tea and an hour later, I can feel my feet again!
The riding was fun, if a little slow. 2.0 race kings on the peregrine. couple of front wheel moments, but no falls.
just got back with a very a wet arse and completely numb toes. its was worth it for the two wheel drifts :p
Lovin' the fat bike, that would have been great where we were this morning 😈
4.5 hours door to door via a Beautiful snowy Woburn. Lovely riding the virgin snow on the way out. The only exception were the trails of three mates I didn't quite catch up with.
Bit of a bumpy ride home until I let 20PSI out of my tyres.
Now waiting for the teenagers to vacate the shower as I'm sweating cobs and stink of a thousand armpits.
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Edit. 50 quid bike is holding up well.
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Riding round Melton Mowbray earlier. Just two hours was enough for me!
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I only lasted an hour before coming home, got fed up with slipping everywhere.
All melting now here 😥 but took this one of my new retro ride yesterday 😛
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[i]Quirky-angled homemade chainguide has now been adjusted[/i]
no pics but I just had a ride around the local fields, snow makes our local bridleways interesting 🙂 slow motion 2 wheel drifts ftw. My tyres are nice and shiny now.
No photos yet, however we've just come back from a snowy ride around the Roman lakes at Marple.
A bit slushy in places, but perfect 'crunchy under the wheels powdery goodness' the higher up we got.
Did have a sliding tumble on some steep stuff.
It's going to be like an ice rink tonight when the temperature drops.
astormatt
I only lasted an hour before coming home, got fed up with slipping everywhere.
What PSI were you running?
Just went for a ride around Baildon Moor, at 6:00am it was clear blue sky's.
At 8:30 when I eventually got out it was like this on the tops 🙁 The strong wind chill wasn't that pleasent either!
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Lower down, actually more snow as the wind wasn't as strong.
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Finally the sun came out.
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"I only lasted an hour before coming home, got fed up with slipping everywhere."
I was just using my normal 2.25 Nobby Nics at normal pressure, had plenty of grip if not more than usual. The grip only started going as the snow started to melt...
Hard work in north norfolk's powdery snow but a great ride - and no mud to clean off for a change
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Started off with lots of slidey snow fun, ended up with wet @rse riding in slush. All good stuff though 🙂
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Plenty of snow about in Suffolk.
@ oldgit, I am running 25psi both ends, didn't fancy going any lower on single ply's.
Great fun today on a local loop.
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Seeing the tyre tracks from other bikes weaving about all over the place and being able to ride in a straight line myself was most amusing. 🙂
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Hard going round Ladybower, it was a lot warmer this morning and the snow was very wet and sticky.
@ oldgit, I am running 25psi both ends, didn't fancy going any lower on single ply's.
Thought you were going to say 40/50. I forgot to lower mine after a road ride, when I did it was much better ride.
Did 8-9 miles around Shipley Park in 4-5 inches of soft powdery stuff. No photos here though I bumped into some mates who took some as I rode towards them, so may have some later.
Ice Spikers seem to be no better in soft snow than regular tyres, hoping they will be more useful commuting if it hangs around and freezes as they seem to be forecasting.
4 hours around Lewknor/Turville in the Chilterns, saw no one else riding - nor any tyre marks.
Mud X's at low pressure.
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I saw these guys on the way to Pooley Bridge going up high st... very committed windy and deep snow.
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crappy ride on the mendips today. Just ice and frozen muddy ruts. Now got a knee the shape of an egg after it met a big lump of ice on one of several stacks 🙁
edit: running 30 psi from and rear. Did wonder if I should have gone lower.
Been out for a couple of hours, didn't venture too far though as the snow was a bit to deep in places. Still had fun, though!
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10 miles in just under 2 1/2 hours :D. Riding virgin powder was good as was where other riders had been. But riding where folk had been walking was a ball ache.
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Just for an hour. Been off the bike for a month so found it especially hard!
Only a half hour local spin.
I'm sure snow riding has to be amongst the best training you can do for bike handling...?
All that drifting, sliding, weight shift and correction.
I un-bolted the trucks from my old skateboard and dragged the nipper round for a bit which was a laugh. 😀
[i]Bit snowy at ladybower today. Not many walkers been out so was hard work as the snow hadn't been packed down
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Just got in, that slows you down a bit.
Tell me you didn't just carry your roadie outside for a laugh, take a picture then carry it back inside again!
Hero stuff if not 🙂
I wish 😆 Planned a normal ride, however turned around after about 5 miles! Main roads were ok, very wet and cold, but the side roads were just annoyingly slow!
early morning in NW London
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Stanmer park in Brighton, a pathetic 5.5 miles in well over two hours but the laughs, lack of grip and the many "where's the singletrack? the trails gotta be here somewhere..." issues made up for the lack of distance 🙂
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I got out for a snow ride at 7am, but unfortunately there was more snow in Newcastle than on the hills... Still had a brilliant pre work ride and loved the sound of crunching frost...
sledging was fun 🙂
Slowish going but still a great 5hrs or so here in Notts today 🙂
Oh & softish 29" Maxxis Beavers weren't bad at all!
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There are some fabulous pictures in this thread! Nice one guys!
Went out for a couple of hours and took the bike whoose brakes do no work in the cold snow. Should have thought of that. Riing in Glesmford/Standsed/Long Melford area in Suffolk. Slow going.
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What passes for single track around here.
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Two hours round Swinley. Worn Maxis Ignitors were no match for the 2.4 inch Nobby Nics. Pretty lethal by about 4PM. But my collar bone had a thorough testing 😳
Did my usual Ranmore -> Holmbury -> Leith...good fun but hard work. Nice to get up on Holmbury to enjoy the view 😐
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A nice icy build up 😀
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Very jealous and it was just black ice here until 11am in the North West this morning, even walking the dog I was a over the place
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None of the recent snow here in Northumberland, but I went out friday instead:
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Much better with a bit sunshine 🙂
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Nice and quite in Dalby today, really don't know why 😉
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Somewhere near Darwen Tower????
SORC massive made a full turn out for both loops of Disley.
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****ing hard work in the drifts and ice
good fun though
well i was at work all day 😥
But went for a night ride 😆
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I'm sure snow riding has to be amongst the best training you can do for bike handling...?
All that drifting, sliding, weight shift and correction.
This.
Just a quick loop of some local woods for me today, but great twitchy fun with the Trailrakers proving themselves to be half decent tyres in loose fresh snow.
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slainte 8) rob
Charnwood hills of north west leicestershire.
Flippin hard work but only one off. lots of sideways action. Quite a few people out on bikes. Also the charnwood hill running race was on. That looked proper hard going.
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A great morning ride on largely untracked virgin snow with hardly anyone about in Warwickshire between Dorridge and Henley in Arden.....over 15cm deep in places with the front wheel spending as much time going sideways as forwards at times!
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Late afternoon pootle near Derby;
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It didn't do a lot for my averages...
Decent ride this morning. The aroma of the bacon was too much on the way home though....
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Nice collection of Enduros/ SX's there.
I did about 5 miles this evening and the snow had turned to slush there was no grip anywhere I was all over the place. It wasn't ideal conditions to be testing the new bike.
I had no falls but my brother had some comedy ones especially as it was his first time on SPDs.
theboatman, didn't your mudguards just clag up with snow?
god, walked most of it! was about 3 foot deep at the top of the downs!
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Sorry for appalling quality, mobile pic and the white/black didn't help!
These pics posted on another thread but here again. Was round Austwick/Clapham. Very crappy low down but clear, blue, calm up on the tops. A fantastic day.
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I'll sort the still photos later but in the mean time here's some new fangled moving pictures: [url] http://www.mountainbikerides.co.uk/video/12-leicestershire/418-snowy-local-ride.html [/url]
(includes comedy falling off)
Tracker1972 - the snow was melting, so quite sloppy if you stayed out if the white stuff.
Didn't see many people out at all - almost had the trails to ourselves 🙂
Up the Roman Road towards Hope Cross
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Looking back down onto Jagger's Clough
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Heading back into Castleton for tea and medals
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.... and a couple of Cavedale from Saturday just as it was starting to snow
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good old Council, just incase nobody had noticed the conditions
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thawing rapidly though 🙁
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