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, Chalo wrote: Jorg Lueke wrote: Tim McNamara wrote: -1F for the high today, -14F predicted for the low tonight, and the cold part of the winter yet to come. *Ed and I have finally found something to agree on. *Minnesota winters suck. It kills the bugs Here in Austin, we use Mexican Free-tailed bats for that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_Avenue_Bridge Chalo hey, that's pretty cool! In the Contented People's Republic of Illinois, it was 7F today, with very much ice on everything. I wouldn't want to have had to walk on what i rode over. Hazardous for walking, the sheets of ice were crudittes* for my Nokian's. ..max *chicken nuggets in French -- This signature can be appended to your outgoing mesages. Many people include in their signatures contact information, and perhaps a joke or quotation. |
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On Dec 15, 5:38*pm, Mark wrote:
Jay Beattie wrote: I feel for you, really. *We got snow over the weekend and are in the middle of a cold snap -- but no where near single digits F. The snow is only an inch or two downtown and has been reduced to sheet ice in many places. I rode to work on my cross bike and had to get off and walk in a couple of spots. I am going to have to pick my way home until I get off the main roads and in to the hills. *I can't gain too much elevation, or else I'll be sledding home. I'm probably going to have to drive tomorrow or take the bus. On a somewhat tech note, I went to put on my (car) snow wheels on Saturday, [...] Heh. *Last night I put on my /bike/ snow wheels. *Nokians work great:http://www.icebike.org/Equipment/nokian106.htm Tomorrow I gotta try a bit lower pressure, though. *On the bike/ped bridge facility, the footprints make hard-sided craters that you really bounce through. *Crossing the bridge is quite a pounding. Mark J. - 50 miles south of Jay, with a lot less snow. Hey, I made it home last night on the sheet ice without any major crashes, but I decided to take the plunge and buy some cheap studs (Innova) from Bike Tires Direct (over near the airport) -- and after my super-duper VIP discount, they were only about $26 a tire, which I thought was not too terrible, even if I only use them a few times a year. Beautiful blue skies today, but It's supposed to snow again tomorrow, so I'll be really, really ready this time. Last night, some guy yelled at me that I was supposed to be using chains. I assume he was joking, but with all schoolmarmish behavior towards bicyclists around here, I'm not quite sure. For you people who see real winter weather, you would get a laugh out of the drivers in PDX who panic over an inch or three of snow. The place practically shuts down, and it turns to weather hysteria on the local news channels.-- Jay Beattie. |
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There's more cold to winter in other places for which Carl Fogel
kindly found some URl's for a couple of ice.pps files that I had in my collection of weather phenomena: http://www.elanguages.org/files/42213 http://www.tom-phillips.info/powerpo...e.festival.pps Jobst Brandt |
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On Dec 16, 4:24*pm, A Muzi wrote:
wrote: There's more cold to winter in other places for which Carl Fogel kindly found some URl's for a couple of ice.pps files that I had in my collection of weather phenomena: *http://www.elanguages.org/files/42213 *http://www.tom-phillips.info/powerpo...ow.ice.festiva... Jobst Brandt Winter riding you say? Make your travel arrangements now for the 2009 New Year's Ride:http://www.yellowjersey.org/ny8.html High Noon. No reservations, no registration fee, show-n-go. -- Andrew Muzi * www.yellowjersey.org/ * Open every day since 1 April, 1971 ** Posted fromhttp://www.teranews.com** Hey, Portland looked just like that (minus the snow drifts) on Monday -- but with more ice patches. I got those Innova studs. That's a lot of rubber -- they weigh about two pounds apiece. I'm going to give them a whirl in the much anticipated snow storm tomorrow. --- Jay Beattie. |
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:25:07 -0800, Jay Beattie wrote:
snip for clarity On a somewhat tech note, I went to put on my (car) snow wheels on Saturday, and my aluminum rims had welded to the iron hubs. Should have used my anti-seize! Getting those mo-fos off was a monumental PIA, but finally got it done. actually pretty easy to do this - simply loosen the lug nuts a couple of turns, then go drive around the block. a couple of hard braking episodes will break free the stubbornest of rusted wheels. |
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On Dec 17, 7:41*am, jim beam wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:25:07 -0800, Jay Beattie wrote: snip for clarity On a somewhat tech note, I went to put on my (car) snow wheels on Saturday, and my aluminum rims had welded to the iron hubs. *Should have used my anti-seize! *Getting those mo-fos off was a monumental PIA, but finally got it done. actually pretty easy to do this - simply loosen the lug nuts a couple of turns, then go drive around the block. *a couple of hard braking episodes will break free the stubbornest of rusted wheels. God Danged Jim. Thats the only intelligent thing you've ever posted on this forum. |
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On Dec 17, 6:08*am, "
wrote: On Dec 17, 7:41*am, jim beam wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:25:07 -0800, Jay Beattie wrote: snip for clarity On a somewhat tech note, I went to put on my (car) snow wheels on Saturday, and my aluminum rims had welded to the iron hubs. *Should have used my anti-seize! *Getting those mo-fos off was a monumental PIA, but finally got it done. actually pretty easy to do this - simply loosen the lug nuts a couple of turns, then go drive around the block. *a couple of hard braking episodes will break free the stubbornest of rusted wheels. God Danged Jim. *Thats the only intelligent thing you've ever posted on this forum. I did that, and it worked with the front wheel but not the rear wheel. I had to take additional measures for the rear wheel, including putting some Liquid Wrench between the rim and hub and engaging in the telephone book rhumba -- you loosen the lug nuts and then drive the stuck wheel over a phone book, back and forth. Then you kick the wheel in strategic locations. That finally worked. Or maybe it was the swearing that did it. Anyway, I rode to work on my new, cheap-o Innova ice tires today. Not going to win any races on those fatties, but, wow, they really do work well on ice. I was getting a little too cocky and almost wiped out. They are not good on dry pavement, though. They squirm and float quite a bit, and the tread is not that straight -- or else it looks crooked because the tires are slowly blowing off my svelt Open Pros. That happened when I was blowing one up, but the tube is so beefy that at 60psi, a 4" section just bulged out and sat there. It's near white-out looking out my office window, so I guess I will have plenty of fresh snow and ice for the ride home.-- Jay Beattie. .. |
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"Jay Beattie" wrote in message
... On Dec 17, 6:08 am, " wrote: On Dec 17, 7:41 am, jim beam wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:25:07 -0800, Jay Beattie wrote: snip for clarity On a somewhat tech note, I went to put on my (car) snow wheels on Saturday, and my aluminum rims had welded to the iron hubs. Should have used my anti-seize! Getting those mo-fos off was a monumental PIA, but finally got it done. actually pretty easy to do this - simply loosen the lug nuts a couple of turns, then go drive around the block. a couple of hard braking episodes will break free the stubbornest of rusted wheels. God Danged Jim. Thats the only intelligent thing you've ever posted on this forum. I did that, and it worked with the front wheel but not the rear wheel. I had to take additional measures for the rear wheel, including putting some Liquid Wrench between the rim and hub and engaging in the telephone book rhumba -- you loosen the lug nuts and then drive the stuck wheel over a phone book, back and forth. Then you kick the wheel in strategic locations. That finally worked. Or maybe it was the swearing that did it. My 4lb club hammer was bought specifically to remove a wheel from my car. I'd tried the 1lb one, no joy, no matter how hard I went at it. 4lb one, smack, wheel off. |
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On Dec 17, 1:59*pm, Jay Beattie wrote:
On Dec 17, 6:08*am, " wrote: On Dec 17, 7:41*am, jim beam wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:25:07 -0800, Jay Beattie wrote: snip for clarity On a somewhat tech note, I went to put on my (car) snow wheels on Saturday, and my aluminum rims had welded to the iron hubs. *Should have used my anti-seize! *Getting those mo-fos off was a monumental PIA, but finally got it done. actually pretty easy to do this - simply loosen the lug nuts a couple of turns, then go drive around the block. *a couple of hard braking episodes will break free the stubbornest of rusted wheels. God Danged Jim. *Thats the only intelligent thing you've ever posted on this forum. I did that, and it worked with the front wheel but not the rear wheel. *I had to take additional measures for the rear wheel, including putting some Liquid Wrench between the rim and hub and engaging in the telephone book rhumba -- you loosen the lug nuts and then drive the stuck wheel over a phone book, back and forth. *Then you kick the wheel in strategic locations. *That finally worked. Or maybe it was the swearing that did it. Anyway, I rode to work on my new, cheap-o Innova ice tires today. *Not going to win any races on those fatties, but, wow, they really do work well on ice. *I was getting a little too cocky and almost wiped out. They are not good on dry pavement, though. *They squirm and float quite a bit, and the tread is not that straight -- or else it looks crooked because the tires are slowly blowing off my svelt Open Pros. That happened when I was blowing one up, but the tube is so beefy that at 60psi, a 4" section just bulged out and sat there. *It's *near white-out looking out my office window, so I guess I will have plenty of fresh snow and ice for the ride home.-- Jay Beattie. .- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I'm using my new Schwalbe Marathon Winter 700x35 studded tires. They ride perfectly fine on dry pavement. In loose snow, such as on the side of the road after the cars have pounded it for awhile, they can get squirrely. Ice or dry pavement, great traction. They are slower than regular tires. Partly because I only put 35 psi in them to allow them to flatten out as much as possible and get all 4 rows of studs in contact with the ground. http://www.amazon.com/Schwalbe-Marat...9551993&sr=1-2 http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/studdedtires.asp |
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