Comments on: Ice

By: mb

mb — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:16:27 +0000

Showers Pass. I’ve written about it here… Love it.

By: electric

electric — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:12:56 +0000

Good to see you’re on the mend. Mind if i ask about that red jacket you have? – It looks like a Shower’s Pass which i am considering.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:06:28 +0000

That’s it. Taking the MTB out in the snow today. Screw spinning.

By: greg

greg — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:09:32 +0000

Hiya!

I just got “mount&ground” today with the Nokians and bopped down the ol’ dirt roads. Super fun. We gotta do a snow ride soon. The back roads of VT are what the studded bike tires are made for!

By: Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme!

Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme! — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:20:44 +0000

Yeah, walking on ice without the proper foot gear(skates) is no fun. Ski-boots are not so great either in my experience.

Worth a try I suppose. Can’t wait to do some skiing, more riding and more PT.

By: mb

mb — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:20:00 +0000

294 to be exact. per tire. lots of work.

what i found this morning is that it works better to ride on ice or hardpacked snow. light snow + leaves + frozen roots is not very fun. its important to stay on the bike. studs have better grip than shoes.

thinking about buying some old style tele bindings from recycle north. use the front metal plate that you’d slide your boot tip into, mount these up to some bmx or flat pedals… and wear my nice and comfy back country ski boots on the bike. could be interesting.

By: mb

mb — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:17:04 +0000

vi: yeah, missed being in BTV for sure, but having fun here with the fam. lots and lots of hills around. could have brought the road bike and the mtb. 1 day here with clear dry pavement. gears would have been nice for road cruising. went to the local park for ski / hike trails. no one around save 1 other mtb guy when i was leaving. followed someone’s single track from the day before. good fun, but overgeared. probably going to make a 3spd out of it. maybe no shifter, just by hand depending on what i’m doing. or maybe a cheapo front detailer. not sure how i’d mount up the dt shifter. maybe find a thumbshifter somewhere.

steve: too much holiday pie for me. eating yet another cookie. just want to get through new years and then i’ll wrap up PT for my back and can sort out how to rebuild fitness. mmm. cookies.

By: Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme!

Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme! — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:14:18 +0000

296 studs per tire? Man, that is work.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:53:57 +0000

You’re making me feel guilty. I’m still on the couch finishing holiday pie.

By: Vanilla Ice

Vanilla Ice — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:52:21 +0000

Looks like nice riding up there. I missed rolling with youse guys on Friday and Saturday but I made up for it with some almost tumbles on the Intervale.

I have some DT shifters if you want to get gearly.