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Stormy Cycling
No - not one of Trump's "friends"
I often get asked by non-cycling people "Do you cycle in the rain?" I'm a stubborn sort, so I cycle in any weather. Rain doesn't bother me at all (or the dark, which is a weird question I get asked too)
Storm Agnes is inbound here in the UK and it made me think back to Storm Dudley & Eunice, when I got blown sideways across the cycle lane. It was the one time the weather made me think "I possibly shouldn't be cycling in this."
Does anyone abide by rules for what weather they won't cycle in?
Is it just wind that creates a hazard - or is snow a problem too? (I've not cycled in deep snow before)
It there a particular technique to cycling in adverse weather?
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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Spike tyres make ice fun. Bit of an investment, but they stop you falling hard, and the control and traction...
I've equipped a bike with a pair of the Scwalbe spiked tyres for this winter, so I'll let you know if that's all people crack it up to be.
I usually consider myself defeated if the three foes of wet, dark and very cold/ very windy are all present. Urban rain seems to make a lot of drivers even more incompetent than usual.
High winds can bring fallen trees, particularly when they're still in leaf and after a lot of rain. I've had to clamber through what was the upper branches or over the trunk a couple of times.
How do fix a puncture in the proper dark? It's not befallen me so far.
Night cycling on country lanes can be a joy and I used to find most drivers are as wary of those bright lights I run as I am of them - for once, the dark evens things out as they don't know what's approaching and they don't know with any accuracy where the edge of the road is.
ohh - I'll have to have a look at the spiked tyres. I run 32c Schwalbe Delta Cruisers when its dry and put a 38c Schwalbe Marathon on the rear when it gets wet (I put it on yesterday)
Hopefully not tempting fate to say I haven't had to fix a puncture in the proper dark since I moved to the anti-puncture tyres!
An excellent point about the levelling of the field when it gets dark. Makes me more glad I upgraded to a Cateye AMPP500!
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