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Title: Ice Skating Post by evblazer on Dec 11th, 2008, 8:48am Not :( So off I go and I was dressed a little too warm but I was taking it easy. I get a little past the halfway point on my commute and take a tight left turn and just as a crest the little hill I'm floating. All I could do was think "ICE" and sliding I went. The whole lane was coated in ice from the business lots sprinkler. I crept my way along the grass and got back on to find ice all over freeport parkway from sprinklers run amuck. There was a city truck down blocking one particular bad patch and I waited for a while behind it until I could merge into the left lane and pass. Seeing an suv come up behind I knew what was going to occur so I slowed and moved into the right lane and they passed me and cut right hard. I am unsure if they even missed a word in their phone conversation as their auto slid across the intersection they had just turned into and then continued down the wrong side of the road till they could cut back across because the median blocked their path. When I got closer to work I avoided a few streets that have restaurants because I know they will have ice coated streets from past experience. I'm thinking of keeping with two panniers even if they are both half empty to soak up some energy and protect the bike. |
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Title: Re: Ice Skating Post by jcsadowski on Dec 11th, 2008, 9:18am Your a brave man to ride on all that ice. I understand that they make studded tires for bicycles. I just don't know (or desire to know) where one can get them. |
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Title: Re: Ice Skating Post by evblazer on Dec 11th, 2008, 9:25am Well I didn't want to really it just kind of materialized in front of me. I guess being on the hurricane I can't really see what is over the hill till I'm over the hill.. I used to have a pair of studded nokians for 700C tires that I used all winter back home on my ice bike (which is long gone). They would have been great for the situation I was in today except I was riding on 20" tires today ;D For the most part they let you keep going straight but you can't really turn all that well even with studs if you are on solid ice in my experience through a few seasons. They do make an awesome sound though as you go it may be worth it just to freak joggers out. :o |
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Title: Re: Ice Skating Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Dec 11th, 2008, 9:41am evblazer wrote:
Good defensive riding, Mark!!!!! Mirrors (and anticipation of knuckleheads) are vital things.... :) :exclamation |
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Title: Re: Ice Skating Post by Kwijybow on Dec 11th, 2008, 9:47am I passed a house this morning, Christmas lights blazing, and sprinklers going full tilt, turning the whole yard (and street) into a sort of Winter Wonderland. Its one thing for a yahoo house owner, but I could see that buisness getting the snot sued out of them for leaving them on to freeze like that. Glad you navigated it succesfully! I took the MTB today, as its a bit more nimble in icey situations. Take Care, Nelson. |
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Title: Re: Ice Skating Post by evblazer on Dec 11th, 2008, 11:00am Hm.. So I commented on a conference call that had one person from NY/NJ on and one person from Boston about the whole sliding on ice because of sprinklers phenomenom in Texas. It is bizare to think about as a northerner since you drain your system in winter just because that is how is since the ground freezes and often times is covered with snow for long periods. Just now my boss just calls and tells me since working from home worked out well he was talking to his boss and they said I should work from home if there are any problems with the weather or for any other reason I thought. Now perhaps their intention is that the only person who does my job in the company doesn't get go out on disability or some such but it works for me ;D Better to have a good boss then a good job :) note: my old boss said the same thing when I used to drive but later I was the only person to show up in the snow/ice because I took my icebike to the station and everyone else stayed home. |
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Title: Re: Ice Skating Post by freakflyer9999 on Dec 11th, 2008, 11:07am evblazer wrote:
I telecommute full-time now. Sure don't miss the daily commute at all. It didn't make a lot of sense anyway for me to drive 25 miles to the office in Fort Worth to connect to our data center in Denver to do my work. The company provides my high speed internet access, computer and printer. With the VPN that we use to connect, it is difficult to even notice that I'm not on the network at the office. It is actually easier to connect to some of our external servers through the VPN than it is through the office network. |
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Title: Re: Ice Skating Post by aikigreg on Dec 12th, 2008, 8:59am Oh man how great would that be? I'd love to "phone it in" from home every day..... ....but not as much as Bud would, I bet! ;) |
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Title: Re: Ice Skating Post by Bud_Bent on Dec 12th, 2008, 9:08am aikigreg wrote:
Nah, I love my dungeon cubicle and the cast iron dust covered shop I work in that's 32 degrees inside this morning and 115 degrees in the summer. Who could ask for more? |
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Title: Re: Ice Skating Post by evblazer on Dec 12th, 2008, 9:19am For those that escape the wrath of my massive front chainring. Now in 406 sizing the marathon winter. muhahahaha http://www.schwalbetires.com/files/x_img_08_marathon-winter_0.gif |
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