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]

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]

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.

 

[nambo-trev]

It really comes down to if the ground is frozen. I have a YouTube video of us on rubber in a foot of snow in October and it was a little gnarly but still fun to ride. After the ground froze however you could forget about even trying to ride with rubber

 

[GMP]

Problem here is big rocks, some ledges on steep slopes. They can hold a coating of ice even after most of the snow is gone. Obviously forget about rubber, but you will ruin your spikes as well. We need a lot of snow to level things out.

 

[Cruiser]

Still sounds better down south.. Was up in the 70's the other weekend. I may need to make a run down just for sanity.

 

[mcnut]

Winter riding is some of the best!

 

[byost]

It's like I told mcnut, I am a puss I don't ride or play golf until the temperature reaches my age (54)! I'll wait thank you.

 

[mcnut]

It was almost 60? last Saturday. Where were you?

 

[djroggen]

I wish, this upcoming Sunday is showing -13 for a high!!!

 

[twowheels]

Winter riding is some of the best!

Jesse's busy studying for mid-terms I see

 

[gasser]

Problem here is big rocks, some ledges on steep slopes. They can hold a coating of ice even after most of the snow is gone. Obviously forget about rubber, but you will ruin your spikes as well. We need a lot of snow to level things out.

Actually some of the studs appear to be very durable. I have friends here in Tennessee who run them year round and just keep moving them from tire to tire as the tires wear out. They do claim that the tires do wear slower due to the studs but not as much slower as you would think. They use either "Grip Studs" or "Best-Grip" which have a carbide shank I believe. They probably only run 100-150 studs in the rear and fewer in the front but seem to have no problems on rocks or the paved roads. These studs are very expensive ($1.10 -1.25 each) but quick and easy to install or take out.

 

[singletracker]

I'm going to ride around my place tomorrow for awhile. Let me know if you want to come over. zip 62458

It's probably too far for nearly everyone plus short notice.