Snow!

Add to that the fact that my road never gets gritted, means i'm gonna be a public transport monkey for the next day or two.

Now where did i put that axe...

Today, I discovered that I'm a fair weather biker. Woke up thinking should I ride in or not - my gloves are really naff & I get numb fingers after about a mile. I looked outside my front door saw that it was still snowing & my bike & street & road were covered in the white stuff so I had the excuse I needed to get the tube with the common proletariat.

I am now hanging my head with shame!

[Stingo]

Originally Posted by TSM

The cold weather that arrives with snow makes the bike run rubbish and lumpy, could also be bad fuel or the fact that i have a large air filter opening. Either way it makes the bike odd to ride.

Stop putting the snow in your petrol tank - it's not big and it's not clever!!

Originally Posted by Kinvig

Today, I discovered that I'm a fair weather biker. Woke up thinking should I ride in or not - my gloves are really naff & I get numb fingers after about a mile. I looked outside my front door saw that it was still snowing & my bike & street & road were covered in the white stuff so I had the excuse I needed to get the tube with the common proletariat.

I am now hanging my head with shame!

Fear not! Discretion is the better part of valour. There's a difference between being a fair weather rider and admitting defeat when it's impossible to ride. I've ridden in snow once when i was a courier. Crashed 3 times in one day (which is worse than even MY average). The last one knackered the bike so much that I had to wait for recovery.

Which took 4 hours or so.

Did I mention that I piggin' hate snow?

Originally Posted by TSM

The cold weather that arrives with snow makes the bike run rubbish and lumpy, could also be bad fuel or the fact that i have a large air filter opening. Either way it makes the bike odd to ride.

My SV runs crap when its really cold too (standard except for the can).
Its kind of surgey at low revs.

I thought they where supposed to run better when its cold because the air is more dense ?

Originally Posted by tricky

About 3 inches here
.

no snow....its lovely out.

Took these this morning as well...

jdubya.
where abouts in Kent are you? No sign whatsoever of snow in the outskirts of
Sittingbourne - Canterbury.

Originally Posted by Steve H

jdubya.
where abouts in Kent are you? No sign whatsoever of snow in the outskirts of
Sittingbourne - Canterbury.

Just outside Dartford...near Bluewater

Originally Posted by rubberduckofdeath

Just need another 30cm's or so and I can go out snowboarding!

Off to Italy at the weekend. Bloody typical, will probably have more snow here than there!