Riding on ice

Being a bit of a newbie I am finding it quite difficult riding on this ice
and snow, it's not too bad on the dual carriageways but I have to stick to
the soft stuff and stay below 60 because the braking is a bit more
difficult... as I say I am a newbie, you guys probably go a lot faster than
me.

Also the bends can be a bit tricky when they have ice and snow on them... I
have to slow down quite a bit and avoid braking too hard.

Can anyone give me a few tips for when the snow gets really deep and would
it be best to use Bridgestone BT010's or BT020's on the sheet ice and really
thick snow?

TIA, D

 

lol,

Tyres with spikes in are the ones you want. 010 or 020 won't make the
slightest bit of difference on ice or snow.

 

David Thomas wrote:
[snip]

You want these, you do:

http://www.hextent.co.uk/athiebault1.jpg

HTH.

 

Nah... I want these:

http://home.inreach.com/marthac/toes.html

D

 

You want a nice little sidecar, you do.

 

You sound like a Troll.
If not, just don't.
Small bike, preferably Trials, with proper trials tyres. Ruts left by larger
vehicles in deeper snow are your only worry then.

 

If you get the backk wheel spinning fast enough, it'll melt through to the
tarmac and you'll get plenty of grip[1]




[1] Albeit for a fairly brief period.

 

On my red bandit... It would look a bit Wallace and Grommit ;-)

D

 

The only problem being, that we aren't allowed spikes on tyres here.

That reminded me of seeing a pizza delivery guy in Sweden on his XT600(I
think), with spiked tyres having lots of fun on the snow and ice.

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Spotted an old Rover of some sort going up the country lane I used to live
on doing just this to try to get up the hill. It actually got a few meters
up the road before a neibour came out to stop the show because of the
noise and smoke. ))

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Thats what I was waiting for... now I can say "I'm not a wuss, I advised on
UKRM not to ride in bad weather"

D

 

I think he meant 'forwards' not 'sideways out of control...'

 

....by and AOLer on a toy bike.

 

What would Andy know about that?

 

David Thomas wrote

Not by me you weren't.

 

Nah, he's not a troll.

I once watched somebody on a trailie riding in the snow, except, for some
reason, he was standing up on it.
Then I watched him fall off.

 

Yebbut, standing up moves the CofG up and makes it even more unstable and
likely to slip.
Also, more weight may be transferred to the back, but the same amount is
taken off the front.

 

What for? Isn't it blindingly obvious?
Body stands up, CofG moves up

They do this on ice?

 

I've thought about this for a bit and I'm now entirely convinced that it's
bullshit.

 

Ah, but standing up gives the rider greater control of the front end
while allowing the rear to move around without the rider actually losing
control of it

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