Winter!

[milez1987]

Noooo it's almost winter. Just curious if anyone here still rides during the icy morning months. Personally I do but try avoid it when it's raining and it gets nicer in the afternoon sometimes. Any tips for winter riding would be awesome. I can't keep off my bikes

[SMOKEU]

I avoid twisty roads whereever possible in winter due to all the gravel on the roads. I still ride the straight roads.

[Flip]

Ice, I laugh in your face!

Having 3 wheels helps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a10oI4uPyuw

[Muppet]

Noooo it's almost winter. Just curious if anyone here still rides during the icy morning months. Personally I do but try avoid it when it's raining and it gets nicer in the afternoon sometimes. Any tips for winter riding would be awesome. I can't keep off my bikes

I ride in winter. Here's some tips;

-Keep tyre pressures to manufacturers recommendations (spreads tread and allows water to escape)

-Avoid white painted lines/arrows manhole/drain covers etc

-Most importantly relax.

-It's even more important in winter to adhere to the stay-to-the-left (or right)-as-late-as-possible-then-turn-in rule. Because if like 90% of riders you (including myself) turn in too early, you'll exit the corner wide and then be afraid to lean over hard to make up for the error because it's wet.

-A riding instructor told me to say the word "pause" to myself when I was about to turn into a corner from a straight. He said the extra 5 to 10 metres that I would gain prior to tuning in would set me up in a better position for the exit. Takes a bit of getting used to, but it works for me.

-I would also use the engine braking more. When approaching a corner roll off the throttle rather than use the brakes which causes weight transfer. I would also be a gear higher than normal ie: 3rd instead of 2nd. Coast around the corner and accelerate gently out of it. If you've stayed as far to the left or right as is practical before entering the corner, then your exit will be a piece of piss.

-My two cents worth

[Stirts]

Make sure your tyres are warm



And don't forget to wave

[Clockwork]

My advice for winter riding?


Move north!

[Str8 Jacket]

Noooo it's almost winter. Just curious if anyone here still rides during the icy morning months. Personally I do but try avoid it when it's raining and it gets nicer in the afternoon sometimes. Any tips for winter riding would be awesome. I can't keep off my bikes

I don't have a car license so have to ride rain hail or shine. You get used to it.

[Bald Eagle]

My advice for winter riding?


Move north!

cant afford Fiji :-(

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[Asher]

This will be my first winter riding but already I don't see myself riding very often. All the good roads are already stay wet all day in shaded areas

[Str8 Jacket]

You guy's should stop psyching yourselves out. A bike is made to stay upright and go forwards despite of weather and dampness etc. The best thing I ever did was to learn how to control and ride my bike comfortably (ish) is all weather. The bike will only react how you react.

[DODO``]

My first winter too, i plan to keep riding.. I don't mind the wet road surface and I think I'm over that mental fear of wet road too.
But I hate getting soaked wet in heavy rain and not being able to get changed when I'm out! Haha I need a rain suit.. lol

[Maha]

Ride to the conditions/have good wet weather gear. A spare pair of gloves is not a silly idea.
I have been caught in some atrocious weather on a several occassions, a few adjustments made and its not a problem.

[nodrog:Me]

Yoo giyz r goin 2 krash an syrsly dye if U r1de in wiNt3r.

[jrandom]

Yoo giyz r goin 2 krash an syrsly dye if U r1de in wiNt3r.

Isn't that what happened to you?

[nodrog:Me]

Isn't that what happened to you?

Yerp!

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