Tell us about your weekend ride

Rough 200k then. Slushy at the start, lots of main road diversions, and one rather painful ice stack. Couldn't tell you if it was black ice as it was very dark by then. Still, it was worth it for some lovely Cheshire/Shropshire winter scenery and views of snow capped Welsh mountains. Might be the only finisher out of about fifteen starts, might be one other. Note to self, if the organiser send out an email advising people not to start, they may be onto something.

It was icy down south so it must've been bad up that way. I made a point of finishing yesterday's ride in daylight as last week's was pretty bad A roads at night in the pissing rain, just waiting to die. Mine was only 120k. I assume your route was a bit quieter? What sort of tyres are you running? I'm going to try Durano Plus 28s on the Kinesis - they're lighter than they Marathon Plus 25 rear I have currently and I'm hoping a bit more comfortable/safer during winter than the 23 front.