Pre Snowstorm , Thursday Night ride Pics for Girly girl

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I think that description about fits it all .

suppose to snow tommorow , so lets get ride in tonight.

It was chilly out , about 23.5 degrees out

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ther ewere 4 of Us , Ben-o, Berkshire_rider , and SloMoJo


We barely got into the woods when we came upon Bambi. She was a big Doe and was no more that 25 feet from us . it was amazing how close we were and she did not bolt .

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Here are all Are Slomo Jo and Ben-O side by side , NIce comparision of teh light from Dual HID's against a single Halogen . Berkshire_rider is behind Ben-o so you can't even see him.

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Berkshire_rider , coming down a small rooty snow covered , rocky chute.

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Berkshire_rider riding down the rickety pattlets of Death

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SloMoJo goes up the palletes

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Ben-O getting a little bit of Air

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SloMoJo, same rock different angle

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Well 3 of Us were running Studded tires, and a couple times they were nice , but overall I don't think we needed them ,but here is a spot were they gave some nice re-asssurance

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and it may have only been 1 -2 incehs of snow on the ground, but boy did it make you work a little over 7 miles in a alittle over 2 hours.
and finally , here is slomojo , JRA

[girlygirl]

THANKS!!
I really get jealous when I see some of these ride pictures...I want to be as good as you guys and be able to ride over the "big" rocks ::)
Maybe some day....?

[Ben-O]

Nice photos, Splatman. 8)

I agree, I think the conditions allowed for studs or without. Although a couple places I was praying for no ice patches.

Looking at that picture of me on the rock--I've got a lot of slack in my chain. I should measure it and see if I can remove a few links.

That headone picture of me and SloMo cracks me up for some reason. Teh HID rules. ;D

[Bikenow]

Looks like you guys fit in the ride just in time! Time to XC ski until the snow mobilers get out and pack it down. Ben O, I also ride a Heckler and run a e13 DRS to help with the chain tension. If you are running two rings you should check it out.

[C.P.]

Looks like you guys had a good ride.

Ben-O - dont remove too many links, I did on my heckler, and discovered that there's quite a bit of "chain growth" as the swingarm goes through it's stroke. It could be a real pain if you break a chain and need to make a trailside repair by removing offending link...

[Jisch]

After too many trailside repairs my last chain was too short. If I accidentally shifted into the big ring while in my lowest gear in back, it was a mighty struggle to get it off the ring.

Keep the links in there.
John

[ktmsx]

nice pics....sounds like another good ride.... A friend called me yesterday around lunch ...and said he was up for a ride....we ended up doing just around two hours also...no studds and no problems.....not to cold after about ten minutes....my friend did have problems with his brakes though is there anything you can do with the v-brakes to help from icing up??????

[Ben-O]

my friend did have problems with his brakes though is there anything you can do with the v-brakes to help from icing up??????


Replace them with disc brakes... ;D ;D ;D

[Jisch]

is there anything you can do with the v-brakes to help from icing up??????


With the little amount of snow on the ground last night, I have to assume the problem was with going through water, then the water freezing on the rims. The best way to fix this is to get discs. ;D

Other than that the best thing to do is to apply your brakes right after going through the water, using the pads to wipe the rims of as much water as possible. If you're lucky you'll end up with just a thin coating of ice, which will melt quickly when you apply the brakes on the downhill. Of course you'll get nothing out of the brakes the first few seconds, which can be pretty scary depending on why you're braking!

John

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is there anything you can do with the v-brakes to help from icing up??????


With the little amount of snow on the ground last night, I have to assume the problem was with going through water, then the water freezing on the rims. The best way to fix this is to get discs. ;D

Other than that the best thing to do is to apply your brakes right after going through the water, using the pads to wipe the rims of as much water as possible. If you're lucky you'll end up with just a thin coating of ice, which will melt quickly when you apply the brakes on the downhill. Of course you'll get nothing out of the brakes the first few seconds, which can be pretty scary depending on why you're braking!

John


I went through way too much water last night,

My pedals were getting all fouled up with Ice, My derailers were having issues Big time !!! and even at one point I had a little bit of glazing on the disk brakes. But it is issues like those that make Winter riding such a challenge

[Ben-O]

My pedals were getting all fouled up with Ice, My derailers were having issues Big time !!! and even at one point I had a little bit of glazing on the disk brakes. But it is issues like those that make Winter riding such a challenge


My derailleur was sluggish at the end too, and I was extremely careful around water.

[Slider]

I have no problem with getting off and walking across rivers, no matter how tempting it might be to try to clean them. I've done too many of those "when will I stop?" downhills to want more. And the sudden lockups when the glaze melts are another issue that can bring some pain.

But Jisch - weren't your discs glazing over last ride at the Snip?

As for the derailler - let that WD40 flow freely!

Slider

[C.P.]

Anyone ever tried one of these deraileur rubber covers? I wonder if they'd do anything to help with avoiding freezing up yer drivetrain...


http://www.velotique.com/images/grung-guard.jpg

Grunge Guard - Lizard Skins

[Jisch]

But Jisch - weren't your discs glazing over last ride at the Snip?

It wasn't my discs, it was ice on the cables and actuators. I've had that happen a couple of times. the solution would be hydros instead of these cable actuated Avids.

John

[ktmsx]

my buddy just called and said his knees were shot today ??? I know he had to wait for me a couple times last night...bastid....how long is it going to take untill I can pedal and pedal.....??

[CouchingTiger]

A few of us rode last night also. It was darn cold. 19 degrees by the time we got back. Cold feet and everything.

-Couch

[fvh420]

I have hydraulic hayes brakes and they too are effected by the cold/ice. The pads and the rotors can glaze over causing the nice sensation of no brakes. They are less prone to icing than my cable driven Avids.

[Jisch]

Anyone ever tried one of these deraileur rubber covers? I wonder if they'd do anything to help with avoiding freezing up yer drivetrain...


Grunge Guard - Lizard Skins


On that same ride where I was having issues with the Avids, my bottom pulley was getting iced up as well. Seems the water was just that deep! This caused skipping.

John

[splat]

My brakes are hydro's and they weregetting affected. , the other thing I forgot to do , was spray my Pedals with PAM.

I have found that really helps keep the snow from stickingto them.

[Ben-O]

My brakes are hydro's and they weregetting affected. , the other thing I forgot to do , was spray my Pedals with PAM.

I have found that really helps keep the snow from stickingto them.


http://www.krachtvoeding.nl/catalog/images/pam_cooking.jpg
I really worry about you sometimes, splat....

[radair]

No, Pam really works! Good for mud as well.

I suppose if your one of those folks who feels the need to use brakes, what , for slowing down, ppppffffft.

But i figured i would give you guys the benifit of the doubt and I tried the Pam and the WD40 on my brakes and i swear it made things worse.

I'm sticking with the 44mm snocat rims, nokians at 8-10psi, and when i stop pedaling they stop rolling. Downhill too.

bill

and dont think i didnt notice this should be in the tech thread, ya bunch of threadjackers.