Its Snowing in CHCH

[Sniper]

I believe it worse out Rangiora way (Biff, Dangerous and Rashika) but I was lucky enough to get someone to pick me up for work otherwise I would have been on the bike.

Has anyone ridden in snow before? Whats it like?

[k14]

Yeah it is indeed, think ill make the decision and call off uni for myself today :drinknsin

[scumdog]

Yeah, wee skiff of snow (like you guys got) down here too.

K14, that doesn't look like enough snow to stop you going to uni. ya big jessie!!

[Virago]

Same in Dunedin - photo from my lounge window

[**R1**]

I believe it worse out Rangiora way (Biff, Dangerous and Rashika) but I was lucky enough to get someone to pick me up for work otherwise I would have been on the bike.

Has anyone ridden in snow before? Whats it like?Yup i rode in snow once, and would never make that mistake again!!

[k14]

K14, that doesn't look like enough snow to stop you going to uni. ya big jessie!!
Im fucked if I'm gonna cycle to uni in that, stay home and watch tv me thinks. :buggerd:

[scumdog]

Yup i rode in snow once, and would never make that mistake again!!

It's only a problem when you can't see road markings, signs kerbs etc - and it doesn't look too bad in those pics.

[ben444]

I have to put the wheel on my bike before I go anywhere...

[White trash]

You lucky, lucky bastards! I 'aven't seen snow for years. Except driving through a healthy sprinkling through National Park on the way down to Manfield last year.

Can someone send some up here please?

[scumdog]

It's in the mail - along with that beer I owe ya! :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :bleh:

[**R1**]

If it carrys on hardcore then who's keen for some dirtbiking this arvo?

[ben444]

If it carrys on hardcore then who's keen for some dirtbiking this arvo?

I'm in.... can i use your R1???

[**R1**]

I'm in.... can i use your R1???pilot powers are good but i think u will still be lacking some grip, i do have a spare klx300 sitting in the shed, its a girly 4stroke, but at least it has more suitable tyres...

[Sniper]

If it carrys on hardcore then who's keen for some dirtbiking this arvo?

Fuck yea, Im getting sent home soon, I'll be more than happy to come along :wari:

[TwoSeven]

Well, I have to say - christchurch bikers are poofy wimps.

Took the bike out for a ride this morning, got to tech for a class - only one other biker there. Had a quick ride around to see what the rest of the city center was like. Did I see any other bikes on the road - no. Poofs the lot of em :)

Its only a foot deep.

Rain has kicked in heavy now, so will all probably be gone by a little after lunch. Also a bit of lightning.

[Wolf]

It's in the mail - along with that beer I owe ya! :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :bleh:
At least the beer'll be cold when it gets there...

[ben444]

I got bored...

[matthewt]

How does it compare to the dump in 92 ??

[Sniper]

Nothing like it apparently. I wasn't here so I don't know.

Ben, you must be bored

[Joni]

Im sure it must be pretty cold down there.... but damn I wish I was there, I have never seen snow. The closest I have come was the snow on the mountains when I was down in Chch a while back... :rolleyes:

[scumdog]

Didn't like the snow we got so I had it melted, all gone now!

[Sniper]

Didn't like the snow we got so I had it melted, all gone now!
Must be all that hot air, hehehe :chase:

[merv]

Has anyone ridden in snow before? Whats it like?

Great fun - on a trail bike!

Like in these old shots I posted http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11857

[crashe]

Didn't like the snow we got so I had it melted, all gone now!

TV1 news and weather update at midday says more snow heading to Dunedin later today...

[merv]

How does it compare to the dump in 92 ??

I went back down there on holiday just as the 92 dump landed and it was the biggest I have ever seen especially out on the Peninsula towards Akaroa. Not sure how it compares to today the locals will have to tell us that.

[scumdog]

Must be all that hot air, hehehe :chase:

I'll 'hot air' you matey-flip! :bleh:

[Sniper]

I'll 'hot air' you matey-flip! :bleh:

Lol, I was hoping for a good reaction. :killingme

[maddog007]

I went back down there on holiday just as the 92 dump landed and it was the biggest I have ever seen especially out on the Peninsula towards Akaroa. Not sure how it compares to today the locals will have to tell us that.

I dont think its really that bad now,but i havent seen what the hills are like yet. although it was pretty bad driving around this morning.
I also must have counted about 4 bikers in my travels this morning. In full blizzard conditions. :shutup:

[ben444]

Nothing like it apparently. I wasn't here so I don't know.

Ben, you must be bored

yep... day off work.. I'm still still a kid at heart... flatties are home now.. so we're all bored... and beer in the fridge.. mmm wat to do????

[matthewt]

I went back down there on holiday just as the 92 dump landed and it was the biggest I have ever seen especially out on the Peninsula towards Akaroa. Not sure how it compares to today the locals will have to tell us that.

Looking at the webcams it's not as bad.

In the 92 one I had to dig 2 feet of snow from the front of the garage so I could get the car out. That was a wild drive let me tell you. I went to my parents and was the first loon to drive most streets. Had to stop partway down their driveway as the powerline was down and in the middle of the road. That explained why I couldn't ring them. The board that had power/phone joining the house had ripped off. I spent the rest of the day folding sheets at the hotel where my girlfriend (now wife) worked. At least it was warm with all the industrial dryers going flat out.

[Rashika]

Looks interesting out there but nothing like the big snow of '92...THAT was way more exciting...what with no power and all...and having my mum wake me up at 6am to dig her out so she could out on chains and go to work. I was at uni then and enjoying a sleep-in on the holidays.

here a few pics taken about 9 am this morning, in Spreydon...we often get it a little heavier over that way.
Note my wee baby getting a chill...nah she loves it! :2thumbsup

[manuboy]

Waitaminute... Are those neons decorating that ulttra dodgy looking "ute"?


And you call that a dog? C'mon - i'll show ya a dog! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

[Sniper]

I thought they were LED spots

[matthewt]

Hmmm Spreydon, I spent a bit of time art my grandparents near barrington park. The brother now lives in Garnett Ave which backs onto the park.

[Rashika]

Waitaminute... Are those neons decorating that ulttra dodgy looking "ute"?

And you call that a dog? C'mon - i'll show ya a dog! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

no its a bitch....ya wanna find out just how much of a bitch she is????
your thing ...well... (what a woooss this morning when Dangerous growled at it, just about climbed into your arms!)....hmmm well I GUESS you can TECHNICALLY call it a dog? :p


I thought they were LED spots

The neons is a long standing joke regarding Dangerous (haven't you seen his 'Storm at night) :motu:

[Paul in NZ]

Hmmm Spreydon, I spent a bit of time art my grandparents near barrington park. The brother now lives in Garnett Ave which backs onto the park.

Scary

I grew up there.... Well I lived there, apparently I never actually grew up...

[SpeedyGirl]

The snow is fantastic!!! Wahooooo, got sent home from work....... too bad there is nothing to do inside either!!

[ben444]

go play in the snow and get creative...

[SpeedyGirl]

go play in the snow and get creative...


Already done the snowbitch thing :lol: sorry, snowman thing.......now all my shoes are covered in snow........

[dangerous]

The neons is a long standing joke regarding Dangerous (haven't you seen his 'Storm at night) :motu:
I hate the fuking stupid things on vehicles including bikes.... so dont you lot start that shit all over again :blip:


The snow is fantastic!!! Wahooooo, got sent home from work....... too bad there is nothing to do inside either!!
Now what is it with schools closing people being sent home from work bloody hell the city grinds to a hault just cos of a bit of white shit on the ground.

Other parts of the world have a shit lot more than 50mm of snow on the ground 6 months of the year.... and nothing changes there life goes on.

Now the dumbest shit I saw this morning (while carrying on as a normal day :yawn: ) a chick had a full covering of snow over her wind shield and car and was hanging out the drivers window while cornering on Moorhouse ave with one arm out wiping a 100x200mm patch on the windscreen to see out off...... fuk wit :shutup: I shit you not

[ben444]

we're having bets at the flat on how long the neighbours gutters will last before they collapse... they got a bit of a bow going on :scratch:

yes we're bored...

[scumdog]

I hate the fuking stupid things on vehicles including bikes.... so dont you lot start that shit all over again :blip:


You don't have neons on your scoot?, shit man, I thought if Dangerous has 'em they've got to be cool so I draped them all over the Sporty, NOW I find out you DON'T have them and I'll have to take mine off.!! (might stop the local crop-duster trying to land on me at night too!)



Should have thrown a large-size snow ball through the window of that dozey bitch you saw driving with snow on her 'screen - it couldn't make her drive any worse!

[campbellluke]

Has anyone ridden in snow before? Whats it like?

I get the opportunity to do it a few times each year. Such as this morning at 20 to 6 when it started snowing. I happened to be riding back to work.

I quite like riding in snow. Only if it's only once or twice a year though. Good fun challenge. Except this morning because I wasn't wearing my motorbike jacket. So I was cold.

It's like slinging through gravel at speed where your backwheel is spinning too fast for your front wheels liking. If you know you are in control it can be fun. - (I probably need medical attention?)

When I go down hills I litely tap my back brake only. Probably no fun riding with double disc back brakes.

[Rashika]

me thinks there is more on the way, its got damn dark again.
....and to think yesterday I was contemplating taking my bike out...huh yeah right...i'd have to clean it again :msn-wink:

damn I wanna take my bike on a nice day...yet to happen, bugger it all :(

[Kickaha]

How does it compare to the dump in 92 ??

Not even close, in 92 all the snow was dumped overnight and there was a lot more of it so it was fairly thick trying to drive to work, today it didn't start until about 7.30 so the traffic was already on the road and it wasn't getting a chance to settle with the vehicles driving through it all the time, still it gave me an excuse to go home early :yes:

I can see blue sky and sunlight outside so I guess I will have to turn up tomorrow though

[White trash]

Probably no fun riding with double disc back brakes.

Wouldn't mind seeing one of them fandangled contraptions.

[gav]

I think the weather predictions were for this snow dump to be worse than the 92 lot, but must admit seems unlikely now. But we've closed for the day at work about 1.30 (err just when the snow stopped and it started clearing) but apparently theres another dump on its way with high winds as well. Dunno if going to work tomorrow or not?

[ben444]

Wouldn't mind seeing one of them fandangled contraptions.


yeah you get them on those triple sided swing arms i think???

[maddog007]

I think the weather predictions were for this snow dump to be worse than the 92 lot, but must admit seems unlikely now. But we've closed for the day at work about 1.30 (err just when the snow stopped and it started clearing) but apparently theres another dump on its way with high winds as well. Dunno if going to work tomorrow or not?


Yeah its getting dark again now, i reckon buy dusk it will be snowing again, hopefully all night too.

[GNR]

ya snow, dam lambs, why did they have to be born yesterday, now they are gonig to be real cold,

the winds getting up in rolleston, ::O:O, more snow more snow, ya, just then., more snow ! ! , i don't wanna go back to school tomo, i mean work.

snowboreding behind the cars today :D:D:D

[gav]

Now the dumbest shit I saw this morning (while carrying on as a normal day :yawn: ) a chick had a full covering of snow over her wind shield and car and was hanging out the drivers window while cornering on Moorhouse ave with one arm out wiping a 100x200mm patch on the windscreen to see out off...... fuk wit :shutup: I shit you not
Saw something similiar too, what happens is they have the windscreen clear, but when they stop at the lights a bit too quickly, the lump of snow on their roof slides onto the windscreen, leaving them looking puzzled as what to do next! :shit:

[maddog007]

Saw something similiar too, what happens is they have the windscreen clear, but when they stop at the lights a bit too quickly, the lump of snow on their roof slides onto the windscreen, leaving them looking puzzled as what to do next! :shit:

& another example. I was going along between hagley park near the hospital this morning & a red bus was coming the oppersite direction.He was going way fast for the conditions,all i could see was a tidal wave of snow & slush coming at me.then wack...I couldnt see sh..t ,had to hit the brakes and try to find the wipers.( i wasnt in my car ).

stupid bus drivers think they own bloody road sometimes. :weird:

[TwoSeven]

I like watching the 4-wheel-drive people speeding because they think they have more traction. Only to discover that snow on a bitumen surface works like ice. Just because it works off road in a mud-puddle, doesnt mean it works in the city. Saw two of em slide into the gutters today. Plonkers.

Noticed all the 2-wheel-drive vehicles taking it slowly - so they are not all total idiots.

[dangerous]

it didn't start until about 7.30 so the traffic was already on the road and it wasn't getting a chance to settle with the vehicles driving through it all the time,
Were the hell were you, by 7:30 3km from town (it was lighter in town) there was a easy 50mm of snow covering.... take a look at the pic of my 4x4 Rashika posted that was taken at 8:30am, ya country bumkin :blip:

I like watching the 4-wheel-drive people speeding because they think they have more traction. Only to discover that snow on a bitumen surface works like ice. Just because it works off road in a mud-puddle, doesnt mean it works in the city. Saw two of em slide into the gutters today. Plonkers.

Noticed all the 2-wheel-drive vehicles taking it slowly - so they are not all total idiots.
What a fuking load a crap man...... yeah the odd twit in a 4x4 thinks hes bullet proof, but thats just the odd Fendalton tractor owner and they were all tucked up in there mantions all day..... fuk man most idiots I saw were "NOT" in 4x4's.... give it a rest :brick:
BTW snow has good traction..... water or ice on 'bitumen'
however duh, is like ice :weird: :2thumbsup

[Kickaha]

Were the hell were you, by 7:30 3km from town (it was lighter in town) there was a easy 50mm of snow covering.... take a look at the pic of my 4x4 Rashika posted that was taken at 8:30am, ya country bumkin :blip:



How the fuck would you know, you didn't even know it'd snowed until I txt you about 8.30am cause you were still in bed, it was heavier in Chch then Rangiora

7.30 I was in Marshlands road and it was only just starting to settle and there was fuck all of it about :finger:

[maddog007]

Were the hell were you, by 7:30 3km from town (it was lighter in town) there was a easy 50mm of snow covering.... take a look at the pic of my 4x4 Rashika posted that was taken at 8:30am, ya country bumkin :blip:

What a fuking load a crap man...... yeah the odd twit in a 4x4 thinks hes bullet proof, but thats just the odd Fendalton tractor owner and they were all tucked up in there mantions all day..... fuk man most idiots I saw were "NOT" in 4x4's.... give it a rest :brick:
BTW snow has good traction..... water or ice on 'bitumen'
however duh, is like ice :weird: :2thumbsup

yeah in my travels this morning,I went by a Hummer cruising around. & thought that this is the one day of the year when its not totally unreasonable to own a hummer. :shifty:

[scumdog]

How the fuck would you know, you didn't even know it'd snowed until I txt you about 8.30am cause you were still in bed, it was heavier in Chch then Rangiora

7.30 I was in Marshlands road and it was only just starting to settle and there was fuck all of it about :finger:


8:30? 8:30? who but dead and very sick people or those who live alone are in bed at that time????

What's with you Ch-ch people???

[Sniper]

What a great day. It was still snowing this morning and here at the airport its gorgeous. :)

[Biff]

So Christchurch ground to a halt, bus services were suspended, schools closed - and all because of a little snow. Poofdas.

Yep Sniper - it was worse in Rangoon than in ChCh by about 10zm - but it was still just a smattering of snow compared to back home.

It made me wonder how much panic would set in if we were to have really heavy snow.

As for riding in the snow - that doesnt make you hard - it makes you stupid, if you've got a choice.