Ice; a thrill a minute...

Almost took my first fall today. Hit a patch of ice and darned near lost it.
I was turning at a corner in my neighborhood and the whole intersection was a skating rink. I tried using only the rear brakes, got slowed to walking speed and was making the corner when the front wheel went where I didn't want to go. Got my feet down and things under control but ended up about ten feet from the rear bumper of my neighbor's big Ford pickup. I think it outweighed me by about three tons. Don't think it would have given much if I'd hit it.
Scary. I think I'll hold off riding until the ice is gone. Supposed to be near 50 tomorow. Merry Christmas to all.
Tom

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Age and Treachery Will Always Triumph
Over Youth and Skill

Glad to hear you didn't get too up close and personal with the bumper.

Merry Christmas!

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I want 2 ride my bicycle

Like anything the best way to not fall down is to practice a lot.

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If it ain't broke, and you mess with it long enough, it will be.

Joe,
Does that mean I gotta go back out there? Brrrrrr. It's 26 here and getting dark.

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Age and Treachery Will Always Triumph
Over Youth and Skill

We used to ice race....once you get out there and really start to get into it, you forget about the cold.

Just don't build too big a fire on the lake...

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If it ain't broke, and you mess with it long enough, it will be.

I have fully studded tires from finland at 125 each but -17 celsius today way too cold-not so much the cold but snow slush.see why?

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Where can a guy get those tires? EBay perhaps?

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Don't feed the bears....

Try a snipe on this set Innova Studded Ice Tires Pair 26 X 1.75 and 26 X 2.1 NR - eBay (item 180318028977 end time Jan-07-09 23:42:55 PST) Studded bike tires wear forever. Regular price for the Innova's is about $50. Nashbar has studded tires also. Peter White Cycles carries the Nokians. Schwalbe makes studs also.

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Mabman


"The future is already here, it is just not evenly distributed"

no sthit ith ist thlik! i rid on bb4

I have the nokian tungsten carbide tires 396 studs per tire-got them at local bike store

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