Ice on the driveway

[slofox]

I live on a gully section. The driveway dives down quite steeply to the garage round the back. Which is where the bike lives under lock and key.

This morning I was on for the ride despite the frost..ahahaha. Silly twisted fool. The driveway was iced up, wannit and I couldn't get the fucking bike up the slope could I...back wheel rotated without the slightest hint of grip. I just about dropped everything all over the place...had to wait half an hour for the ice to thaw and some grip to reappear...guess I should have expected something like that when I nearly arsed over going down to the garage in the first place.
First time that's ever happened.

[The Baron]

It does make me wonder at what stage it is just to cold for us to ride.

[xwhatsit]

Awesome! You just need more approach speed :D

[p.dath]

Time for a bucket of warm water, or throw some salt over the ice?

[Harvd]

If its on the driveway... then maaaybe its on the road too! means i drove to uni today

Good to see the determination

[slofox]

Awesome! You just need more approach speed :D

Sadly, there's no room for that - there's no run up space at all...


If its on the driveway... then maaaybe its on the road too! means i drove to uni today

Good to see the determination

The driveway is on the south west corner of the house and is overhung with trees so never sees the sun at this time of the year. Hence is always wet and does ice up a lot. The rest of the roads, once I did get out, were fine...I think. Didn't fall off anyway.

[Mschvs]

I live on a gully section. The driveway dives down quite steeply to the garage round the back. Which is where the bike lives under lock and key.

This morning I was on for the ride despite the frost..ahahaha. Silly twisted fool. The driveway was iced up, wannit and I couldn't get the fucking bike up the slope could I...back wheel rotated without the slightest hint of grip. I just about dropped everything all over the place...had to wait half an hour for the ice to thaw and some grip to reappear...guess I should have expected something like that when I nearly arsed over going down to the garage in the first place.
First time that's ever happened.

Get a big bag of salt, and salt your driveway ... problem gone!

[fatzx10r]

you should of tried riding in dunedin at 6am this morning, bloody ice

[vifferman]

It does make me wonder at what stage it is just to cold for us to ride.
Depends.
If it's localised frostiness (which is what Slofox's situation sounds like), it's not too cold, or it IS, but only until as thawing starts. However, if it's regionalised, like in Dunedin this week, that's a different kettle of penguins. You can't ride if you have no grip.

I rode most days I lived in Christchurch, with one notable exception. I couldn't work out why is was SO cold, yet there seemed to be no frost. :blink:
Black ice, so called, because unlike normal frost, it doesn't tend to have the telltale little white crystals visible.
I set out to ride, the brain thawed out enough for me to twig that there was ice, it was just hard to see, and it was everywhere, and I carefully u-turned back into the garage.

Riding in snow is OK, as long as it's fresh, and hasn't had time to get compacted and icy.

It's not the temperature that's the problem so much as what water's around before it goes below 0 Celsius.

[vifferman]

you should of tried riding in dunedin at 6am this morning, bloody ice
No thanks.
Studded tyres FTW?

[slofox]

It's not the temperature that's the problem so much as what water's around before it goes below 0 Celsius.

Perzackerly. The driveway in question, as I have already said, is, at this time of the year, always wet and shaded. So when the frost comes down, it converts to a sheet of ice. No often as bad as this morning though...once out on the roads that were dry before the frost, there is no problemo....

[Mschvs]

Even riding up the Kaimai's at around lunchtime puts the shits up me ... mostly it's fine, but it's the little shady spots on the left hand corners that you just don't know what's gonna be there when you get round! Wouldn't even consider heading up there on a frosty morning .... F*&K That!:argh:

[popa griffin]

Rode to work at 4am with a nice warmer cold air as aposed to riding home at 7am when it was freezing i was wearing my summer gloves and there was frosty ice all over the roads.

[slofox]

Rode to work at 4am with a nice warmer cold air as aposed to riding home at 7am when it was freezing i was wearing my summer gloves and there was frosty ice all over the roads.

The Oxford grips paid their way this morning...

[popa griffin]

Im to manly for heated grips, instead i just bitch about how cold my I am when i get to my destination.

[YellowDog]

Slofox mate, you need to move house.

BTW: You can get an ABS version of your SV.

[slofox]

Slofox mate, you need to move house.

BTW: You can get an ABS version of your SV.

I like my house...
ABS huh? Now that would be useful...

[YellowDog]

I like my house...
ABS huh? Now that would be useful...
When I was looking at new bikes at the end of 07 I was looking at the SV and Bandit options ('cos I couldn't afford a Tiger) and the guys at Colemans were explaining that the ABS SV is not an NZ model, but they could import it at a slight premium.

[slofox]

When I was looking at new bikes at the end of 07 I was looking at the SV and Bandit options ('cos I couldn't afford a Tiger) and the guys at Colemans were explaining that the ABS SV is not an NZ model, but they could import it at a slight premium.

Mmmmmm...I really want a Daytona next...

[LaytonNZ]

Sadly, there's no room for that - there's no run up space at all...


Of coarse there is, drop the clutch!


bruuuummmm bruuummm:bye::bye::bye::shit:

[cerberus]

...However, if it's regionalised, like in Dunedin this week, that's a different kettle of penguins. You can't ride if you have no grip...
Someone should tell that to the guy who dropped his bike outside my place yesterday morning, I'd have though the 4cm of snow on the road would've been enough of an indication that there might be ice.

[monkeymcbean]

Have a look at

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FOR SOME ROAD BIKE ICE RIDING

[sil3nt]

I am considering riding my bike to work once i sort out a battery. However slofox you are really putting me off with all this talk of ice! Some dude is already riding his Hyo 250 in so i guess it cant be that bad.