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- From: ercn72@festival.ed.ac.uk (R.J.Hare)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.misc
- Subject: Riding in icy conditions
- Message-ID: <29806@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:23:43 GMT
- Sender: nntpusr@castle.ed.ac.uk
- Lines: 16
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- Thanks to all who responded to my recent query about 'winter tyres' (though
- that post may have been to rec.bicycles, can't remember now).
-
- I have another query. When riding in icy/frosty conditions, is it better to
- stick in a low gear or a high gear. I ask this because when I came of my bike
- in the ice a fortnight ago, I was in a low gear (on a hill), and seemed to
- come off the bike when I exerted pressure on the pedals to get moving up the
- hill. Would I have been better off in a higher gear? Is this a meaningful
- question?
-
- Please excuse my denseness - I've always put the bike away in the wintertime
- in the past.
-
- Thanks
-
- Roger Hare.
-