To Ride Or Not To Ride? Slippy Snow Commute?

I failed at cycling in the snow today. Even the main roads were too slippery.

It seems riding fixed makes a massive difference, a couple years ago when it snowed heavily each year. I rode 23-25c fixed and was fine, but now I cannot manage on my 32c freewheel bike.

Yesterday my play was a bmx with 20psi in the tyres going in to uni. Fucking awesome, fell over loads trying to bunnyhop snowdrifts and drift round corners.

Will driving or riding make me seem more like Ray Mears/Bear Grylls/Scott of the Antarctic to everyone else at work, who have probably all driven?

Sorry, little confused here. Are you saying that you want to arrive at work looking like a dead, piss-drinking, chubby boy scout?

Interesting ride to/from work on Friday here in Oxfordshire. Managed the country lanes fine but ate tarmac, well ice and slush, on the main road on the way home. I now have the biggest bruise on my hip but will be trying again tomorrow. Everyone at work has me down as mental.

The one good thing about the snow is it was easy to find space in the bike shed.

Had great rides on friday Brockley < > Ealing, a little slow. Fixed, spinny, 28 Vittoria Randonneurs, all good except for anything thicker than a couple of inches.

Will get the rando 37s out this week, on a very heavy bike (gotta be a good thing) which should be loads of fun.

35 mm tyres have been good to me for the past couple of days

Was fine and dandy around town today on 32mm cross tyres. Even risked a bit of leaning round some snowy corners. Pushing my luck, but so far it's holding.

2.1's for me, although we had a group crash tonight.

Whose fault? I swear I felt so solid today that someone could have slid into me and I still think I'd have stayed up.*

*properly tempting fate now. I'll be in A&E this time tomorrow.

Well We were in Hampstead Heath tonight web it was was.
Tenners was up front and we went round a slippery/icy bend too fast, his front wheel slid ou,t I was about 5 metres behind and I wanted to avoid running over his head so tried to turn but I fell too then we began to get up when my mate willing came round the comer and jumped off his bike to avoid hittin us, he carried on running and went into a bush on on foot.
Sorry if that's hard to understand, my writin is shit.

Even risked a bit of leaning

Sorry if that's hard to understand, I was drunk at the time and I still am!

ftfy

Well We were in Hampstead Heath tonight web it was was.
Tenners was up front and we went round a slippery/icy bend too fast, his front wheel slid ou,t I was about 5 metres behind and I wanted to avoid running over his head so tried to turn but I fell too then we began to get up when my mate willing came round the comer and jumped off his bike to avoid hittin us, he carried on running and went into a bush on on foot.
Sorry if that's hard to understand, my writin is shit.

You'll be needing this thread... ;)

http://www.lfgss.com/thread27103.html

^This. And since tenners was involved we expect a Warhol vs Basquiat style joint effort. And don't spare the poo!

the shit in the pic is possibly left over from bumseckz

rode home, nothing to report.

2.1's for me, although we had a group crash tonight.

*takes note

rode home, nothing to report.

Hurph. Could'nt you at least make something up?

Like, "I took out a camora of Oxford dons, off their respective faces on 45 year old port" or something else suitably entertaining.

No A* in Creative Writing for you, my man.

I've been appreciating the 56c tyres this weekend :)

you rode it down the stairs?

Whenever possible*

*not this time

https://www.lfgss.com/post3362392-794.html

I thank you...

^^ That's crap, do it again. Poo and colours, please.

i think he is too young to have been allowed the colouring in pens at kindergarten