Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zen Cycle Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Getting old is not for sissies Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:43:01 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:43:02 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ee02ee049f78361c7d4f9a98483f4412"; logging-data="3897948"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+PGfJBsqLGOxDox91LxAgtl8MLDdtK+WE=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Mxa18thN28xgJWaVV1mRoi/b344= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3262 On 2/28/2025 4:39 PM, AMuzi wrote: > On 2/28/2025 1:02 PM, Roger Merriman wrote: >> AMuzi 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. >>> >> >> In my experience seems to tally with that, longer bikes with fatter tyres >> and so on, only make a difference on areas with marginal grip not zero >> grip >> or near zero! >> >> I’ve been caught out even off road with ice on a old Tram road which the >> ice had at one spot reached sufficient thickness not to crack under my >> weight, so I tipped over an cracked my wrist which was seriously painful, >> not helped by me riding home on it which really wasn’t wise! >> >> Catstrike bike is probably quite fun on ice, though I’m told that studded >> tyres are good on ice. >> >> Never tried it as well it doesn’t get cold enough for frequent ice around >> London on the roads, though do get snow and ice to varying degrees, >> but bar >> my experience above ice off road isn’t a problem and the MTB in >> particular >> can just plow though the Snow. >> >> Roger Merriman >> > > Amen to that. > I couldn't manage mine into the overcoat so I rode back to work with > that sleeve in my teeth. I can't imagine holding a handebar with a wrist > fracture. > Why do I have an image of Aqualung on a bike in my head? -- Add xx to reply