Tyre frozen to the road?

hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

No really, is that even feasible?

I decided to bunk off work this morning, cos I would only have been going home by midday anyway.

So I was sitting here thinking up excuses to phone into work with, and I remembered that last week I noticed as the snow was melting off my car, it was forming icicles, and I wondered if it dripped for just long enough, whether it might ice the car into place where it was parked.

Then I wondered if that might be able to happen for the bike.

I'm convinced it would make an excellent excuse for bunking off work "Aw no, me bike tyres are iced to the ground".

Laughing

But ...

... when I mentioned it to Anita, she laughed very LOLishly and suggested I try the old "my clutch cable (which really only snapped last week) has snapped" routine.

So I used that excuse instead Mr. Green

But what do ya reckon about the tyres?
Could it be possible for that to happen, do ya reckon.

You know how bimbo-ish I am when it comes to technical things.
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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Possible, but unlikely, and very easy to get around by breaking the ice.

Better to say you're ill than you can't make it IMO, otherwise they could nab you for working at home.
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Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

They could freeze if left in a pile of slush but it wouldn't exactly make the bike imovable and would come unstuck very easily.

Better excuse would be that it's just too bloody dangerous to ride to work.

hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Hmmm, yes, I can see how that would be a laughable excuse now ...

Laughing

*doinks self on head*
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27cows · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Karma :

It probably is possible, maybe in Siberia with the temps down to minus 50 or something insane. But I think you'd then have a problem even getting the engine started, so you'd have a different (and better) excuse for not going to work Laughing

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Gone · Nearly there... Joined: 01 Sep 2010 Karma :

Hasn't happened to me yet and it was -30 yesterday. Didn't happen a few years ago at -45 either, so you'd be lucky to get away with it!

hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Bugger

The yardstick pretty much is somewhere like Finland, I guess.
Doesnt get anywhere near as cold as that round these parts.

Thanks guys Mr. Green

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kawakid · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

Well I couldn't get my key in to the bike, because the lock was frozen and that's inside my garage!

Luckily I have a hair dryer in the garage (I know that might sound strange, but I dry the dog before bringing him in to the house, after a wet walkies).

So today I had a legitimate use for a hair dryer on a motorcycle.
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