[Closed] whos riding tonight??

yes for sure cant miss the imitation dryness

if riding home counts, then yeah 😀

Getting foggy here,hope not foggy up in the lincs wolds later or a waste of time?

Me 🙂

I MUST remember to find my winter gloves this time too as it's going to be a chilly one - I keep on forgetting until i'm actually mid-ride and my hands are freezing!

I am looking forward to a non-muddy ride though!

....hot yorkshire tea in bladder me thinks....

Wish I could, but knackered back means i can't 🙁

Yup! Same as last night, Monday night and Sunday! Ride planned tomorrow night as well. My legs are getting a bit wobbly...

Riding home, but adding in a couple of extra loops, dont mind cold and dry weather, its the wet weather I hate.

Nah, Beavers tonight.
Have a couple of miles commute on the cargobike though, carrying two children soon warms you up.

Folk cant believe that even in this cold my lads prefer the bike to the car...!!!

Did this last night... 🙂

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Was out last night it was fricken cold on the Chase despite the weather forecast claiming it was a mere -2

Good luck if you're out tonight

Yep, I reckon I'd be a fool to miss this opportunity to not get muddy. Shame I didn't bother washing my bike from last time out 😆

Leg still unrideable from a spot of crash-action on Sunday... Hopefully will ride tomorrow 🙂

EDIT - peak district trails were riding really really well at the weekend nice and firm before the sun melted the top surface. Looking forward to a few hard trails 🙂

rocketman, where on the Chase ?
Passed a few brave souls over Sherbrook Valley way.

Ha tortoise!.... i always wash bike after claggy rides bt didnt last wk as tht a waste of time.....wish had done now too!......the snow should clean it a bit tho?

Yup, my bikes still covered in mud too from the weekend....

Never mind, hopefully it'll freeze quickly and then fall off 🙂

Gotta get home somehow.

rocketman, where on the Chase ? Passed a few brave souls over Sherbrook Valley way.

I am but I'll have a horse to keep me warm.

Isn't "minus 8+ degrees" a bit of an oxymoron?

Wots a moron?

I am out tonight, it's just the road bits that will be a bit testy, to say the least. Good luck all.

Hoping too. Went out Sunday night and had Snow all over the forks and my helmet by the time we got back my mates.

Gears weren't working too well either.

At least we could turn the lights off on the trails due to the snow 😀

looks like a temperate -1 for the GMBC club run, so summer kit 😛

At what temperature does the fluid in hydraulic brakes freeze?

At what temperature does the fluid in hydraulic brakes freeze?

Somewhere around -50C

edit - for DOT 4. DOT 5.1 is lower. Not sure about mineral oil...

At what temperature does the fluid in hydraulic brakes freeze?

but air pressure in shocks will be way down

At what temperature does the fluid in hydraulic brakes freeze?

Somewhere around -50C

oh and back on topic: maybe

Rode last night so night off tonight back on it tomorrow evening!
20 miles on lots of cheeky snow bound paths in -8 rocked up at the pub for a beer but lost track of time they had called last orders!!
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What about tubeless milkies?.... will it be frozen solid at -8deg?
Great pics!.... will post mine tomo!... pub....ye snds good!:)

I dunno wether to play it safe and just have a blast up the entire length of the canal tonight rather than some road downhills where I might come a cropper. It's ok on the straight but as soon as there's any turn...wooooshhhhhh. Came off on on ice once at the end of my road doing about 2 mph, can only think at 30 odd down a large hill I like to traverse might be considerably worse.

Yep, out in the Peak District starting off at The Grouse Inn near Froggatt.

Just sorted out some old ski-glove liners to try inside the bike gloves, might help stave off the finger pain 🙂

Will be setting off in 1/2 an hour for the ride home. Rear gear cable froze coming in this morning, fed some WD40 into it now so hopefully no freezy on the way home. Looking forward to a nice warm shower later 8)

Longridge Fell tonight. Very few days when it's anything more than a boggy mess. 🙂

Still haven't recovered the feeling in one of my fingertips from the last ride 😳

I'm tempted to MTFU and ride through the pain...!

I'm out either tonight or tomorrow night around Haldon. Weather has been quite good here in south devon, Hope it lasts.

Just done a couple of short local loops as the sun went down. About 5 cm snow on the ground so actually great grip and riding. Some of the lanes are treacherous though - black ice. Temp rose to 0 at about 1.30pm, now plummeting again, approx -6 or -7 now. Went down to about -12 last night.

Had to buy a lighter to thaw my lock at the station this morning. Heading out for the first non-muddy ride in living memory tonight (I hope). Yee-haw!

Enjoyed a crisp 8mile commute home via the canal

Fitted the studded tyres for my commute in today. I''ll need them for the ride home in the early hours tomorrow morning

Did 3hrs round Swinley tonight - riding really well. The problem I have now is that the mud has frozen onto my bike and my hose has also frozen. I have OCD about clean bikes so not in a good place right now...

GB

Y'r a brave lot...good on ya, will opt for a morning ride tomo...

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Last night. Some Mud frozen to bike. Hose was working but we had to 'defrost' the bikes before it was any use. Super rock hard on the tops, still slushy in the trees. Made for an interesting evening. Top speed coming off one of the Malvern Hills. Scariest bit was any of the roads we had to ride tho.

Tomorrow as well I think. It's like summer from the axles down!

At what temperature does the fluid in hydraulic brakes freeze?
Somewhere around -50C

you should be more worried about what temp do calliper seals fail. only happened to me once but I'm still angry about it
oh and back on topic: maybe

Shimano by any chance

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Great ride tonight,trails rock hard,bike dry!!!... bloody nice to fly along!... toes numb but soon warmed up by the fire in the white hart!...bring on the fast summer trails!... minus 6 tonight,frozen camelbak hose,shifters frozen too....had to forget big ring/granny as wouldnt budge!!.. hope u all enjoyed who did the right thing & rode out!

Couple of hrs of crispy dry trails at Mugdock 🙂 even had a few flurries of snow. Ace fun.

yup, just back in from an 18 mile mainly road ride, lots of ice about, had to turn round down a few lanes. Had a great time, loved it.

did the monkey trail tonight. my hands hurt. it was scary cold.

stunning last night. Weird ice crystals everywhere.

I went out on a locla night ride last night. It was great! The trails were as fast and dry as summer and there was no bike cleaning to do when I got back.

Had a great 22 mile ride last night. I LOVE this weather for a good blast on the bike.
So far - 78 miles in three evenings this week, with another 20 odd tonight.

-7.7 up by us managed around 14 miles - but it was hard going, snow still kinda fresh, so grippy on the descents, but spinny on the climbs..feet were fine and toasty, as were hands right until the very last descent, which goes on for a mile ish at speed

my bikes making all sorts of pinging/tinging clikcing noises in this extreme weather (sounded like spokes pinging), someone please tell me im not the only one???? it sounds like its about to fall apart, yet my mates didnt really make a sound, it was silent on sunday in 'normal' temperatures, worried ive now gained a few new creaks 🙁

Well, it wasn't as cold in the forest as you guys endured - but still a bit chilly! Tricky riding too as the mud was only half frozen, meaning that you often had one wheel in thick gloopy mud and the other on ice 😯

Cold enough to freeze gears and to take lots of care on the roads, but not too bad actually. Bring on the snow tomorrow!!! 🙂

Had my best ride yet on the Unit last night. The mud had been making singlespeeding hard going so having a firm surface to ride on was ace. It was made even more fun when my lights packed up on me 😆

[EDIT] only having one gear did mean I stayed pretty warm at least

Whitbarrow Scar in Cumbria for a Wednesday night 2 hour special through the snow and ice. The beer free sandwiches and wasabi peas were fantastic!

my bikes making all sorts of pinging/tinging clikcing noises in this extreme weather (sounded like spokes pinging), someone please tell me im not the only one???? it sounds like its about to fall apart, yet my mates didnt really make a sound, it was silent on sunday in 'normal' temperatures, worried ive now gained a few new creaks

Mine does this in really cold weather too (it is a 5 though so to be fair it generally clunks a lot anyway 😕 ) - it was a weird *twanging* sound last night though!

It was a very expensive nightride for me 🙁

Big stick into mech, into spokes, pulling a nipple through the rim.
Needs new mech hanger, new XT mech (cage mangled), new Flow rim and rebuild (or maybe just go the whole hog and get new wheel)
So I think I'm looking at £150 to £250 damage. ARGH!

Pisser mate!... keep an eye on classifieds..er..my bike fairly quiet,but the amazing sound of riding over frozen puddles was great when they give way!!...hope is like this for next wednesday nights ride out! :))

I should be depending on if I can get out of work on time

my bikes making all sorts of pinging/tinging clikcing noises in this extreme weather (sounded like spokes pinging), someone please tell me im not the only one???? it sounds like its about to fall apart, yet my mates didnt really make a sound, it was silent on sunday in 'normal' temperatures, worried ive now gained a few new creaks

You want ice tyres - the racket they make on any sort of hard surface means you can't hear anything else at all... Bonkers solo ice-surfing night ride above Hayfield last night. 🙂

Chilterns for me tonight 🙂

last night - sub zero, full winter kit, icy trails, mucho fun

tonight's plan - subtropical, bib shorts and short sleeves, mucho fun

😆

Velodrome time 😛

Tried skipping over a semi-frozen swamp and ended up OTB with mate behind landing on me from a height. He was rolling around in agony and my already titanium-reinforced finger is an interesting shade of purple today. All good fun : )

He was rolling around in agony and my already titanium-reinforced finger is an interesting shade of purple today.

so where did you stick your finger when he landed on you ? 😆

also out in the chilterns.

ratscocks, ive not charged my lights......

Out for a spin in the new forest.

First night ride of the new year after new years day crash,

So last night in the snow and ice on the MTB, and tonight on the turbos at the clubhouse with the coach.

Spice of life and all that

Pub ride tonight so not many miles but several beers will be sampled!

Commute was pretty brutal tonight, snow hitting my numb face at a rate of knots was like being hit with spikes! Strangely enjoyable though!

Went out last night. The mud was frozen, so didn't get muddy for the first time in ages.

My rear mech became a bit intermittent though and the water froze in my Camelbak tube. I had to put it down the inside of my jacket for a quick defrost.

Went out last night above Hayfield, lots of snow and black ice but a fantastic ride, out til just after 11!

Was out on the SS. Got very cold feet but the frozen ground was fast. Roll on the summer!

Just done 3 hrs up Rivvy, nr Bolton. Bike is clean, no mud, all froze solid, blowing a blizzard and quite a bit of snow. Five of us out and it was superb, more again tomorrow! Big smile on face now!!! 😆

Nice ride out to Wheelcraft - cold but not madly so. Had to bed in my ice tyres. Cracking tailwind on the way back. Sweet!

Does the commute home count? Icy cycle paths were scary on slick tyres, ended up on the road for one section! Wish the council would grit them too.

Was out last night, frosty under tread, but not that cold as long as you kept spinning hard and attacking the climbs. Still got muddy though, bike was filthy.

Just back in from some bone dry trails in Fife. Tailwind on the way out and a bit of shelter from the trees on the way back.

Oh and a Pterodactyl was roosting in a tree, scared the life out of me when it took off.