I took my 29er and rode on the snowmobile trails in La Crescent, MN. It was pretty fun. I definitely needed to apply even pressure all around the pedal stroke. Big circles was the name of the game today. I did slide around a lot especially when the sun came out and started warming up the top layer of snow.
The trails were fairly groomed and getting up hills was challenging but I was always able to get off the bike to walk/push my bike (not saying that I did this - it was just an option). Going down hill was were the precarious nature of slightly slushy snow, speed, and lack of skill made things dangerous. I was surprised, I guess, I thought it would be easier especially with less air pressure and knobby tires.
One hill was especially scary. Normally, when mountain biking on dirt, you'd use your front brake more than your rear. Not the case on snow. This made stopping much harder, I had to stop like a hockey player pulling my bike off to the side.
All in all the ride was enjoyable and I got to see some great sites that I don't normally get to see. Elevation changes from 633ft to 1033 feet were detected by my GPS. Speeds between 7 mph and Mach 4 were also detected.
So any BHM points added to my card?
Dustin
4 comments:
Snow is for sliding on. The real hard man would be at the Y grinding out hours on the spinner with Josh S. Hours and Hours of shear mental toughness like no other!
Points awarded. Snow is definitely tougher to ride on than sliding on. No points for Captain Hard Nips. Unless he rides with two pcs of tape over them.
No worries, I have my own card and system of gaining points. Anyone want to join me on the Concept II rower?
good to hear your out and loven it, dust. with capts hot hair blowing we should be up and riding the trails in no time.
the_anti
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