Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > So what am I missing with this bike riding when snow turns to ice? > > ted When snow turns to ice ... that's not a big problem. The BIG problem is when it snows again lightly and covers the icy patches ... take a curve on one of those spots and ... I got into to winter bike riding in order to keep peace in the family. I built my own bike a few years back (ok, I didn't make the frame, I special ordered it). I built up all the wheels, ordered a special frame from England (Holdsworth) since this was before the mountain bike days and the only quality frames I could get here were dimensioned for racing. Campagnolo hubs, bottombracket, etc ... Cost a small fortune (made Leica's look reasonable). So to justify the cost, I rode the bike year round until I figured out it paid for itself by me not buying monthly passes. I had a limit a -20C. You could dress for the temperature, but it hurt my lungs to breathe air that cold. I had 40km round trip to work. Now I can't get sprockets (they're getting worn down) and had to special order chain-wheels. I better buy a batch of spokes and a few rims. After all these years, I've never had to rebuild the wheels and they're still true. That day will come. When it comes to keeping warm? Nothing beats wool. We can buy wool long underwear that is knitted as finely as t-shirts ... leads condensation away from your skin, hardly ever has to be washed. All the synthetic stuff is just an attempt to duplicate wool. Great stuff. Daniel - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html