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Hi guys and girls,

 

How are you?

 

Hope you are having a fantastic new year :)

 

Tomorrow, I'll got to the office for the first time after 2 months, and I really would love to go by bike.

It is a 35 mile trip, from Croydon to Horsham.

Well, the reason tell me not to , temperature tomorrow will be no more than 3 degrees, so , there is a high risk of ice. 

I was thinking to stick to bus roads, but still, there could be patches of ice.

Reason says to use the car, my hart says to use the bike, what you would do? I have a small cruiser, so my tyres are not really for slippery sirfaces.

I know, sorry for the rant, I should get the car.... :(

 

 

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11 minutes ago, GiorgioG said:

Hi guys and girls,

 

How are you?

 

Hope you are having a fantastic new year :)

 

Tomorrow, I'll got to the office for the first time after 2 months, and I really would love to go by bike.

It is a 35 mile trip, from Croydon to Horsham.

Well, the reason tell me not to , temperature tomorrow will be no more than 3 degrees, so , there is a high risk of ice. 

I was thinking to stick to bus roads, but still, there could be patches of ice.

Reason says to use the car, my hart says to use the bike, what you would do? I have a small cruiser, so my tyres are not really for slippery sirfaces.

I know, sorry for the rant, I should get the car.... :(

 

 

this time of year go with four wheels and a heater i would no doubt about it, i have done my time going to work on icy roads and on a bike there is no joy in it 😐

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2 minutes ago, skyrider said:

this time of year go with four wheels and a heater i would no doubt about it, i have done my time going to work on icy roads there is no joy in it 😐

What he says.👍

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There was a time I lived in a village with poor public transport, and I didn’t own a car, so riding the bike was the only option to get to work on those days where the train times didn’t provide a practical alternative. I rode in all weathers as a matter of necessity. It was an utterly barking situation. I reality I should have flogged the bike and bought a little car. 

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If there are patches of ice then stay off the bike. Not worth it. But if the roads are well used and gritted then it's a question of whether you have the right gear for cold weather. It is silly to ride in cold weather if you don't have the right kit, when you are cold you lose concentration and dexterity. Both are needed on a bike.

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I won’t take my bikes out if the roads have been gritted, you can hear it eating away at it nasty, plus I don’t like the cold and I don’t have to use them so they stay laid up and sorn.

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2 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

If there are patches of ice then stay off the bike. Not worth it. But if the roads are well used and gritted then it's a question of whether you have the right gear for cold weather. It is silly to ride in cold weather if you don't have the right kit, when you are cold you lose concentration and dexterity. Both are needed on a bike.

and cold hands mean slow reflexes 

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I used to ride in all weathers, literally, and an unplanned ride in heavy snow is still recounted in my family. Nowadays, I admit I'm a fair-ish weather rider. One thing I'd say is that the bike was always better than expected in everything other than ice and snow. 

 

Have a bit of Nottignham Roadcraft in the snow :thumb:

 

(39) Motorcycle riding tips : Another scary snowy ride - YouTube

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10 minutes ago, ZX7R said:

I used to ride in all weathers, literally, and an unplanned ride in heavy snow is still recounted in my family. Nowadays, I admit I'm a fair-ish weather rider. One thing I'd say is that the bike was always better than expected in everything other than ice and snow. 

 

Have a bit of Nottignham Roadcraft in the snow :thumb:

 

(39) Motorcycle riding tips : Another scary snowy ride - YouTube

Here's another on from Russ (Nottingham Roadcraft) from when he was out last week!

 

 

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5 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

Oooh, on a planetary level there's much, much worse than Croydon. :classic_unsure:

Tis a matter of opinion and partly based on what the river Wandle smelt like back in the 80`s lol.

Cheers

Ian

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2 hours ago, Ian Frog said:

For what it`s worth I got out of Croydon over 30 years ago and never regretted it.

I am sure it is where they will stick the tube when they give the planet an enema!

Cheers

Ian

There a story, no doubt apocryphal, of an admiral who was hosting a huge banquet on board a naval vessel visiting Liverpool. Unfortunately the weather turned nasty so the posh bash was cancelled and the ship towed out by tugs to anchor off the bar.

 

As he stood in the pouring rain watching guests disembark onto a filthy quay the admiral turned to the pilot and said,

 

"Pilot, this proves it, Liverpool is the ar*ehole of the world."

 

To which the pilot calmly replied,

 

"Well never mind Sir, you're only passing through it."

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Hmm, Port au Prince, Haiti before the earthquake was pretty poor, wouldn't like to guess now. Pointe Noire Congo with the dead bodies wafting up and down on the tide was quite a low light as well. Paradip, Karachi,  Caracas now, and any number of other hell holes cross my mind.

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