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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Getting old is not for sissies
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:14:41 -0500
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:36:28 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 2/28/2025 11:50 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:31:08 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2/28/2025 11:24 AM, cyclintom wrote:
>>>> On Fri Feb 28 11:14:11 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry to hear that. I was riding over lumpy wet ice in a gravel parking
>>>>> lot yesterday. I was very conscious that falls can now have much worse
>>>>> consequences than they once did.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I think it's still important to keep giving ourselves reasonable
>>>>> challenges, to maintain skill and agility.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I expect that your old steel touring bike is more apt for conditions like thqat than Andrew's higher performqance bike.
>>>
>>> Wheelbase, tire width, tread or rider position would make no
>>> difference leaning into a turn over ice.
>> 
>> I suspect that riding a Catrike on ice would be really fun.
>> 
>> --
>> C'est bon
>> Soloman
>
>+1
>
>Very different from a two-wheeler!

Very diferent indeed. Tell me that you weren't out riding your fixie
on icy roads. Riding a fixie seems risky enough without any ice.

--
C'est bon
Soloman