I hate the snow :(

Me too, I just want to ride my bike but can't until the ice goes. Boooo.

meh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtlfFiAYiBI

or even...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2rQo...1&feature=fvwp

then again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqHjugQDLtI&NR=1

i've just come back from London - we have snow here but all the main roads are fine. i did get some cool fishtailing on a round about but other than that s'not too bad really. My girlfriends road had not been gritted and was sheet ice - that was a bit of feet hanging off, set off in 2nd gear tomfoolery. But i don't have a car and I need the bike over the christmas period so I had no choice but to ride today. didn't see any bikes outside of London and there are usually loads on the M40

Originally Posted by philbut

i've just come back from London - we have snow here but all the main roads are fine. i did get some cool fishtailing on a round about but other than that s'not too bad really. My girlfriends road had not been gritted and was sheet ice - that was a bit of feet hanging off, set off in 2nd gear tomfoolery. But i don't have a car and I need the bike over the christmas period so I had no choice but to ride today. didn't see any bikes outside of London and there are usually loads on the M40

Agreed .... very few bikes out there at the moment ... and for good reason .....

I don't buy this ....... 'I have to ride' business though ...

I sold my car back in February, just wasn't getting used, and the thought of all that depreciation just to have a flash car sat on the drive seemed nuts .... I figured that even the road tax saved (£405 a year now) would pay for a rental car for a week or two if I needed one .... and I's still up ....

Cheap rental car - £28 a day ..... trashing the SV, and breaking a leg (or worse) ...... priceless !!!

Originally Posted by LK-SV

Agreed .... very few bikes out there at the moment ... and for good reason .....

I don't buy this ....... 'I have to ride' business though ...

I sold my car back in February, just wasn't getting used, and the thought of all that depreciation just to have a flash car sat on the drive seemed nuts .... I figured that even the road tax saved (£405 a year now) would pay for a rental car for a week or two if I needed one .... and I's still up ....

Cheap rental car - £28 a day ..... trashing the SV, and breaking a leg (or worse) ...... priceless !!!

Maybe. I wouldn't ride if I thought the main roads were bad, but as my ride back how is 99.9% A roads I can get away with it. And my bike is only worth a few hundred quid, so I'm not fussed about a low speed drop on ice. If I wkae up on Christmas morning and there is 3" of snow I'll not be riding to see my folks, but equally I think by sticking to well used A roads most journeys are OK, where the gritters have been out.

I dislike the slush more. Side roads (including mine) were full of it tonight- was a ring-gripping ride from the Ewell Road to mine and even worse up the front path. I'm praying it doesn't freeze right over tonight!

I dislike sitting in a car for 3 hours trying to get away from slough trading estate because people don't know how to drive.



Edit: It was the bosses car too and the radio doesn't work.

You guys should come to Basingstoke. Last night was hillarious. Abandoned cars literally everywhere!

It was stupid though! From my office I can see one of the main dual carriageways, and we could see that both directions were stationary, yet still half my office decided it was the right time to set off home!

Originally Posted by Sosha

I dislike sitting in a car for 3 hours trying to get away from slough trading estate because people don't know how to drive.



Edit: It was the bosses car too and the radio doesn't work.

soph, this is what you have the rat for!