Winter riding

[GasGas]

Hope to get out this weekend for some riding on the new tires. How many other guys in here ride in the winter?

[nambo-trev]

Me and my buddies ride, 2 weeks ago we had a huge crew of 13 of us out. Seems everyone up here rides in the winter now

[GMP]

Trevor, I think I would too with winter being that long up there! Here its hit or miss. You need a lot of snow to cover the rocks or you trash the spikes, that we do not get all the time. Usually get enough to partially cover them, and make knobbys/trials tires useless because of the steep slopes. No winter racing here either.

[nambo-trev]

I just cannot believe how popular it's become over the last 4 years here. I remember when I started you'd rarely see anyone, now every racer and weekend rider is out once or twice a week. It's really quite cool to see 15- 20 bikes getting unloaded on a Saturday morning when it's -12C and a foot of snow on the ground!

[andoman]

Originally Posted by GasGas

How many other guys in here ride in the winter?

Someone has to be the first smartazz: Yeah, I ride in the winter. Does it count if it's sunny and 60 degrees?

To be fair, I live in the mountains and last week the low was 5 and the high was 20. Lots of snow on the ground. I didn't ride...

Tomorrow, Jan 17th, the forecast is for a high of 50. Spring will be here! But today we'll see a high of only 48, so I guess I'll get one last winter ride in......

EDIT: Hey, GasGas, aren't those spikes a little abusive to that nice hardwood floor?

[bukwheat]

Originally Posted by andoman

Someone has to be the first smartazz: Yeah, I ride in the winter. Does it count if it's sunny and 60 degrees?

To be fair, I live in the mountains and last week the low was 5 and the high was 20. Lots of snow on the ground. I didn't ride...

Tomorrow, Jan 17th, the forecast is for a high of 50. Spring will be here! But today we'll see a high of only 48, so I guess I'll get one last winter ride in......

EDIT: Hey, GasGas, aren't those spikes a little abusive to that nice hardwood floor?

Ahhhhh, you beat me to it, andoman! I do have grip heaters on my bike though...

[Cruiser]

I'm thinking about doing a winter ride also.. down to SC! somewhere warmer!!

[Longboardr]

I've put the studed tires on and pulled them back off again. Wish it would make up it's mind and pick frozen or thawed.

[Wimpy525]

Netra's snow run is the 27th hopefully they have snow planning on going up for that.

[GMP]

Thats the problem here, rarely is the right amount of snow so you don't trash spikes, and often something so knobbys won't do.