Team 3 – Social Igloo

[TriGirlSara]

I metro’d up to a meeting in Tenleytown today, but since the roads are looking good, I’m going to bike down to the happy hour to get in a few miles. See you all soon!

[TriGirlSara]

I’m tracking 5-10min late, but I’m on my way! To help you spot me, I have on jeans, a dark green shirt, and a black scarf w flowers.

[Felkerino]

@TriGirlSara 132921 wrote:

I’m tracking 5-10min late, but I’m on my way! To help you spot me, I have on jeans, a dark green shirt, and a black scarf w flowers.

On my way too.

[sunsoutgunsout]

Also running late, but I’m en route. I’m in a purple-ish down coat and green hat.

@Felkerino 132922 wrote:

On my way too.

[TriGirlSara]

Well, that was fun! It was pretty impressive that 9(!!) of us ditched pre-blizzard preparations in favor of a beer. Let’s do it again in 2 weeks at Bluejacket!

[Felkerino]

@TriGirlSara 132936 wrote:

Well, that was fun! It was pretty impressive that 9(!!) of us ditched pre-blizzard preparations in favor of a beer. Let’s do it again in 2 weeks at Bluejacket!

Great fun, hope you guys can make it to Friday Coffee Club one of these days. Looking forward to the next HH!

[david.helms570@gmail.com]

I am thinking about snow tire alternative for my MTB bike which has 26×1.9″ tires, but “slick”. Read a post that you can attach zip ties to the drive wheel and it will work okay with no damage to the wheel/disk brake. Worth a try, and costs about a dollar. Please be safe team!

[TriGirlSara]

@david.helms570@gmail.com 132971 wrote:

I am thinking about snow tire alternative for my MTB bike which has 26×1.9″ tires, but “slick”. Read a post that you can attach zip ties to the drive wheel and it will work okay with no damage to the wheel/disk brake. Worth a try, and costs about a dollar. Please be safe team!

Oh, that’s an interesting idea, Dave! I’m hoping I can get in a sleaze mile with the fairly knobby tires on my cx bike, but let us know if you try out the zip ties!

[david.helms570@gmail.com]

Hi Sara… Getting better at snow riding. Knobby tires with zip ties on rear wheel seem to work good. Technique is more important, keep your left hand off the front brake, slide WAY back and keep your weight on the drive wheel. No freaking when the bike decides to wiggle a bit.

Hope y’all are safe and toasty! Dave

@TriGirlSara 132978 wrote:

Oh, that’s an interesting idea, Dave! I’m hoping I can get in a sleaze mile with the fairly knobby tires on my cx bike, but let us know if you try out the zip ties!

[TriGirlSara]

@david.helms570@gmail.com 133153 wrote:

Hi Sara… Getting better at snow riding. Knobby tires with zip ties on rear wheel seem to work good. Technique is more important, keep your left hand off the front brake, slide WAY back and keep your weight on the drive wheel. No freaking when the bike decides to wiggle a bit.

Hope y’all are safe and toasty! Dave

Nice report on how the zip ties are working out! I’ve been riding my cross bike with knobby tires (and low tire pressure), which seems to be working pretty well. I’m still playing it super safe on any slushy road sections just because I REALLY don’t want to bite it on hard pavement.

[david.helms570@gmail.com]

Word of caution for the next several mornings… afternoon snow melt will re-freeze in the early morning causing black ice. Stay away from anything “shiny”, very difficult to identify in the pre-dawn darkness. If you must ride on black ice due to traffic, keep the bike vertical, especially in turns, brake before the turn, and keep your left hand of the front brake.

[TriGirlSara]

@david.helms570@gmail.com 133318 wrote:

Word of caution for the next several mornings… afternoon snow melt will re-freeze in the early morning causing black ice. Stay away from anything “shiny”, very difficult to identify in the pre-dawn darkness. If you must ride on black ice due to traffic, keep the bike vertical, especially in turns, brake before the turn, and keep your left hand of the front brake.

Yikes. Good point, Dave. I might do a slightly later departure for work to give things a chance to thaw out a little bit.

[david.helms570@gmail.com]

[ATTACH]10716[/ATTACH]still slippy out there!

[sunsoutgunsout]

I officially have low-mileage cabin fever.

It seems like a lot of snow and ice is melting now that the sun is out, so I would like to try to get in a longer ride tomorrow when the temps are warmer. Has anyone done laps at Hains since the blizzard? I’m curious if the bike/pedestrian path along the Francis Case bridge has been cleared enough to ensure safe passage.

[david.helms570@gmail.com]

Sara was out riding HP a couple days ago, and reported it okay, but slushy in a couple places. Sunday will be close to 50F so I think it will be in good shape. Happy riding Marissa!

@sunsoutgunsout 133704 wrote:

I officially have low-mileage cabin fever.

It seems like a lot of snow and ice is melting now that the sun is out, so I would like to try to get in a longer ride tomorrow when the temps are warmer. Has anyone done laps at Hains since the blizzard? I’m curious if the bike/pedestrian path along the Francis Case bridge has been cleared enough to ensure safe passage.

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