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Re: how many ride all year?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:57 pm
by heynez
I ride all year but found this bike for sell. Whoever this person is. Incredible!!! Check out the miles. So awesome.
I want to meet this person.
https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/201 ... 5019439755
Re: how many ride all year?
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 6:52 am
by Happy-Shrapnel
Yup all year, except in icy/snow or below 8c
Re: how many ride all year?
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 10:59 pm
by TJRL
Yes, all year round and since starting a new central London based job in September, 2k miles per month (50 miles/2hours each way).
I would not ride in "real" snow or ice but this winter we have not had either and the lowest temperature was only -4c so even that was not too daunting!
Re: how many ride all year?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:08 am
by Steve398
I went out for an early coffee meet recently and discovered the bike had an ‘ice warning’ icon that appeared onscreen at 3c, it was a bit chilly… but heated vest/seat/grips were a godsend!
It’s not the cold that would keep me off the bike so much as the damned salt they insist on chucking all over the place.
Re: how many ride all year?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 4:40 pm
by Doctor T
As my RT cost me under 2 grand( bought it from a trade site only) the road salt and cold don't really bother me. But if the bike was worth more i would be washing it down after any ride.
Re: how many ride all year?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 6:43 pm
by RT in BC
The stuff that is constantly applied to our roads in town and to the highways here keeps me off during the colder months. It is a "brine" mixture applied with a spreader from the backs of tanker trucks. It is known to be kind of sticky, and tremendously corrosive. Our outside taps ("hose bibs") are shut off over the cold months due to freezing, so it isn't very convenient to wash down a bike after every ride. Needless to say, our trucks and cars suffer the effects of winter.Cheers to all,