That's what was yelled at me by two kids walking past the lake on their way back to school. "You know it" was my reply.
I headed over to the Kinsmen lake for some laps on the
ice spiker. When I was in town over the weekend, I noticed that there were some gents on quads with snow blades clearing skating paths that went all over the lake. Lucky for me.
I was exhausted by the time I got to the lake. We've had about 4 inches of snow in the last 24hrs. I think that
screws coming out of the tires add massive rolling resistance. It's brutal to ride this thing around town. Traction is superb though. Once on the ice, I was more than impressed. I crashed a few times, but never due to lack of traction. Just due to riding too fast into a snow bank, somehow thinking that I would casually roll up and over it. It was good.
I (heart) icebikes.
I headed over to the Kinsmen lake for some laps on the ice spiker. When I was in town over the weekend, I noticed that there were some gents on quads with snow blades clearing skating paths that went all over the lake. Lucky for me.
I was exhausted by the time I got to the lake. We've had about 4 inches of snow in the last 24hrs. I think that screws coming out of the tires add massive rolling resistance. It's brutal to ride this thing around town. Traction is superb though. Once on the ice, I was more than impressed. I crashed a few times, but never due to lack of traction. Just due to riding too fast into a snow bank, somehow thinking that I would casually roll up and over it. It was good.
I (heart) icebikes.
4 comments:
I stare at the photos of you snow-cyclists in fascination. What kind of brain does it take to do that? I hope you were wearing those way-cool custom socks.
Cool...thanks for the snow photos...I miss my Pugsley...=-)
Hey Christopher. It's a normal brain, just thourouly frozen. It's also a move out of sheer desparation. I won't say that I love riding in the snow and on ice, but I love the fact that at least it keeps me riding year 'round. Also, I save those socks for days when I won't be being mean to them. Mostly days when I'm just sitting in my office.
Hey Vik, don't miss it too much. You've got some nice riding right now. I can't say I miss my endomorphs in the snow, just because I sold that snow bike too fast. I'm sure that if I were to have tried it in the snow, I'd have kept it at least until spring. With my snow bike though, chain line/tire rubbing was at critical clearance. Setting it up was a pain and I had to be so precise, or the sidewall would get chewed up. I suppose that's why Surly made the Pugs with the clearances they did huh?
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