First day since June I haven't ridden in to work

Fireskull · 1 Dec 2010 at 10:46

I would love a 400 Supermotard in this weather with some spiked boots!
I find its not the sliding around that's the problem but putting your foot out when it does and your boot slips then your on the floor

MouseMat2004 · 1 Dec 2010 at 12:28

I used to ride all year round, about 5 years, not any issues and only couldn't make it to work once due to the conditions and I'm not talking about city riding, it was 15miles each way from a small village, but moved close enough to work to walk.

Walking to work makes you really look at the road surfaces and has put me off

Although down here, it rarely snows - we've not had a single drop this winter. I would be a little nervous about having to ride to work every day now.

apatia77 · 1 Dec 2010 at 13:49

Damn I didn't know there was going to be so much snow on the way back home. The forecast in the morning was light snow and there was so much snow I couldn't believe. I was so crazy to take my bike yesterday to work but there were no buses etc on the way back home so I would have had to walk 9 miles

and nobody at work warned me that there was so much snow. DAMN YOU!!!! And nobody asked anyone if anyone wanted to finish work earlier etc.

Took me 2 hours to get back home as the road where full of cars, nothing was moving, everything was at standstill.

The worst part is that I dropped my bike 200 meters from home. No kidding. I couldn't lift it on my own but luckily there was just someone nearby. Doesn't look I made any damage but the gear leaver seems to be bent a bit.

I hate myself now for dropping my bike, this morning the bike wont start

I dunno if this is due to weather as its quite cold and I drained the battery so I just gave up. I am staying home today, f.... this weather and my employer.

Felix · 1 Dec 2010 at 15:57

18 inches of snow here, so I don't think it will be going out! Tried convincing a local farmer friend if I could take his quad though but he wouldn't have any of it.

apatia77 · 5 Dec 2010 at 21:41

Taking a bus to work tomorrow first time ever, this is going to suck. I managed to fix the bent gear leaver and took the bike for a spin this afternoon, main roads were fine but my close where I live still has 1 inch of hardened snow so I feared the worse but managed to leave it safely. Went to check the local roads this evening and all iced up even though main roads look to be fine I am not going to risk it tomorrow due to the local 300 meters I need to ride to get to main roads.

Damn living in Surrey sucks, London has hardly any snow.