Ice on Auckland roads?

[jrandom]

Riding in snow is OK.
As long as it's either fresh, or very old.

What 'e said.

Riding when it's snowing is a bit more tricky.

Still what 'e said. It's a bitch on the visor innit.

Oddly enough, the only snowing-snow I rode through on the weekend was on SH1, north of Taupo. Haven't seen snow on or around road level there before. By the time we got to the Napier-Taupo road, it was just clear skies and picture-postcard drifts alongside the tarmac. No visible grass, etc.

I stopped, wanting to take a picture of Betty in the snow, but Jody was unwilling to take her glubs off and get her cameraphone out from under fifteen layers of zipped-up jacketybits.

[vifferman]

I stopped, wanting to take a picture of Betty in the snow, but Jody was unwilling to take her glubs off and get her cameraphone out from under fifteen layers of zipped-up jacketybits.

That's not very sporting. I hope you severely chastised her for that.
I saw a guy on a Guzzi up at Whakapapa skifield in midwinter once. He said he "was just having a look around", but I saw him on the ski slopes in his bike gear later.

[alanzs]

I used to work in Montana. It would get to 50 degrees below 0 (f), without taking into account the 120kph wind, blowing snow. Made the nipples hard for sure.

Auckland's pretty temperate, but it's a joke when people call this semi-tropical.

[Swoop]

By the way Swoop have you got any tips for not rubbing off your lip gloss when you do that? Happens every time.

Ummm,

errrrrr,

Can honestly say that I've never had a lip gloss problem...
(one small advantage to being a bloke...)

[gijoe1313]

Heh, it was a timely reminder from Donor this morning before I beetled to his place ... he mentioned ice and summit but I fergits.

Anyhoos, firing up the Big Ol'Hornet and backing it out, I remembered his words of caution.

When I stuck my foot down, it went skating on a patch o'ice fortumately, I was well prepared and with a slight skip in the heart beat, saw off that first hazard!

Did make me dang cautious and I avoided the shaded bits on the road and any suspicious glitter on it. I think it may be time to pull out the ol'thermals again! and some HTFU pills!

[klingon]

I'm thinking of attaching some skids to the Volty and converting her into a snowmobile...

[vifferman]

Did make me dang cautious and I avoided the shaded bits on the road and any suspicious glitter on it.

Hmmm...
Reminds me of when I lived in Chch. One morning was reeeeeaaaalllly cold, and I thought, "That's strange - there's no frost..."
Girded my loins to take the VF500 to work, and got as far as the road, before realising everything was frozen, but so skillfully as to be invisible. No glittery bits thoughtfully sprinkled by The Frost God.
The Dreaded Black Ice.

I did a very careful u-turn (with dangly feet), and took the 4WD. Even that was a-slippin' and a-slidin'....

[slopster]

went for a jog yesterday morning early and my legs kept trying to do the splits. So yes it was icey - first time I've seen more then a good frost here. Funny though hearing all us aucklanders complain about this marginally cold morning, while half the south island is covered in snow and no ones complaining there.

[gijoe1313]

I think the Mainland crew are just double 'ard bastards and know the soft northern cuzzies are all soy-decaff latte, Remuera Wagon riding, power guzzlin' social welfare bludgers!

[Biggles2000]

Frost in Auckland, really, no rearly. Hell I'm still driving through snow just to get to work after last weekend.
One year we went to the Brass where there was a -14 frost. The following monday I had to be in Texas for work where it was +36. The locals couldent understand why I was having problems with the heat as to them it wasnt summer yet.