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WULFSTAN
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PostPosted: 11:45 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Ice caught me out twice this morning. Reply with quote
Slid the bike down the road this morning twice once on both sides damage isn't that bad and could of been a lot worst. I had almost forgot what sliding down the road felt like.
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PostPosted: 12:02 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why you no temperature check?
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PostPosted: 12:11 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
HT wrote:
Why you no temperature check?
I had no choice but to ride mate i was 15 mile from home, Though in hindsight i really shouldn't of
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PostPosted: 12:34 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
That sucks pal, at least you are not deaded or potatoed Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 12:48 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
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That's an expensive 15miles.
£187 second hand bits of ebay. Silly me i should have waited till it warmed up.
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PostPosted: 13:31 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I figure a lot of us have ridden in Icy conditions when we shouldn't have, at least fate give you a warning kick in the arse before it took your life. Smile
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PostPosted: 13:36 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
WULFSTAN wrote:
I had no choice but to ride

Who put a gun to your head?

Pro-Tip.
If it's icy outside, wait a couple of hours for it warm up.
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PostPosted: 16:14 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can sympathize with op, the ice caught me out this morning too. Embarassed Sad
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PostPosted: 16:18 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Would you both be so kind as to update the BCF 2015 spill count
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PostPosted: 16:24 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nash GT wrote:
Would you both be so kind as to update the BCF 2015 spill count
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I don't think a bit of a slip on some snow covered icy puddle while walking the dog in the park qualifies.
It turned out ok though, nobody saw.

You didn't think I'd be stupid enough to... oh, you did.
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PostPosted: 17:08 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bummer. Glad you are ok.

I rode home last night at 9.30pm. Icy conditions. Changed my route as I knew my usual tends to be affected by ice. Longer but safer... Until I got to the village where I stay.
Feet down and snails pace to the house
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PostPosted: 17:12 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I went and bought a 4x4.

Fuck your snow and ice.
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PostPosted: 17:20 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Iain. wrote:
I went and bought a 4x4.

Fuck your snow and ice.


Not a guarantee. I've got a Subaru Forester 4x4 and still managed to slide it round a corner on a country lane at teatime yesterday.

Weeeeeeeeeeee
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PostPosted: 17:46 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm smart and fitted winter snow and mud tyres to my celica! Country lanes with a dusting of snow are so much more manageable. You can still find grip and traction with winter tyres, so that gave me confidence this morning.

Definitely do not envy anybody riding a bike in the snow or cold weather in general. So take it easy on the ice.
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PostPosted: 17:53 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Iain. wrote:
I went and bought a 4x4.

Fuck your snow and ice.


Which means you have more chance of setting off and not a lot else. Still has the same four tyres so it can still slide off a corner or decided not to stop.
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PostPosted: 18:10 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Iain. wrote:
I went and bought a 4x4.

Fuck your snow and ice.


I tried that. Its front left brake caliper seized last weekend and I've just finally got it fixed this afternoon. In the meantime, we've had the probably the only snow of the winter... Evil or Very Mad Razz
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PostPosted: 18:28 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
As much as I'm missing being on two wheels so much, surely going for a ride in icy conditions means it's total luck if you you end up on you're arse or not? There isnt any forward planning involved is there, if you avoid the ice you'll stay upright if not you'll be on your arse? I too nearly ended up arse over tit when I took the hound out. Embarassed
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PostPosted: 18:58 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I wouldn't risk riding a bike I had money tied up in and I wanted to keep nice on ice sooner or later it is going down.

It is your own fault OP.


So that's why no one ever saw the R6...
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PostPosted: 23:40 - 17 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Iain. wrote:
I went and bought a 4x4.

Fuck your snow and ice.


Doesn't exempt you from the laws of physics.
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PostPosted: 00:44 - 18 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Islander wrote:
Iain. wrote:
I went and bought a 4x4.

Fuck your snow and ice.


Doesn't exempt you from the laws of physics.


I have two vivid memories of Physics 1 v 4x4 0


Before the circular car park-cum-racetrack it is today, the M25 was opened in sections; travelling on the newly opened stretch towards Sevenoaks, the day a couple of feet of snow had fallen, I'm sitting in the inside lane, along with several other cars, doing about 25 mph, which was about as fast as it was sensibly possible to go.

As we all approach the crest of a hill, a guy in an Audi Quattro (at the time, the pinnacle of car design, WRC ubermeister) whips past us, probably doing about 60.

There I am, simultaneously thinking 'wow, this 4x4 thing is the tits', and 'what a twat', when I come over the crest and see Quattroman reaching the bend at the bottom the hill and gyrating like a spinning top, while bouncing off every barrier in sight Laughing

Then, a few years ago, I'm preparing to tackle the very steep hill I live at the top of, after freak weather conditions have put the roads under a sheet of ice topped with snow, before the gritters could get out.

As I square up to take a good run at it, Mr BMW X5 decides he's better and faster than me and overtakes; as he's bouncing off the kerb and spinning up all his wheels, I wave as I cruise past in my RWD Volvo 740 auto.

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PostPosted: 01:44 - 18 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tracey Suntan-King wrote:
Not a guarantee. I've got a Subaru Forester 4x4 and still managed to slide it round a corner on a country lane at teatime yesterday.

Weeeeeeeeeeee


And have you fitted decent winter tyres to it?
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mattyfattyboomboom wrote:
As much as I'm missing being on two wheels so much, surely going for a ride in icy conditions means it's total luck if you you end up on you're arse or not? There isnt any forward planning involved is there, if you avoid the ice you'll stay upright if not you'll be on your arse? I too nearly ended up arse over tit when I took the hound out. Embarassed


You can avoid going down easily just have to be careful and use forward planning, I've ridden in ice and snow loads of times (only one majorly long journey though). Only once went down and that was my fault. Caught it just before it dropped, hence why no one has heard about it before. Luck does have a small part in it but it doesn't have to control you there are several things that can factor in a safe journey.

Changing your route is the most simple choice you can make if you can't wait till it's a bit warmer/not going to get warmer. There is no point going through little villages as a shortcut if you can get on a longer probably more gritted road. If it takes you extra time, it just takes extra time. Saves you dropping it.

Another change you can make is dropping your speed, yes a road with a speed limit of 70mph should be closely matched. However riding at a speed the conditions allow is more common sense. Even if you have to drop down to say 10mph in a 30 as long as you do it safely. Carry on if anyone gets inpatient behind you ignore them don't let it get at you.

Also riding on thick ice, you shouldn't touch the front brake at all and if possible not touching the back as well, front will make you go down. Keep it slow and steady, simple clear and precise gear changes nothing jerky. Also keep both feet out pretending they are skis. Believe it or not it does help and gives you more of a chance if you feel yourself slipping. On my ride last month I was going up my old street small hill, 4x4 was struggling and going all over the place I had perfect balance for once and made it up fine.
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South coast.... didn't even have a frost.
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