Your bike must have nice fat tires with a decent tread on them, to be
able to mush through.... :) A pair of good boots might have made a
decent alternative, to make walking possible... ;)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-13-20 07:47 <=-
Your bike must have nice fat tires with a decent tread on them, to be
able to mush through.... :) A pair of good boots might have made a
decent alternative, to make walking possible... ;)
At the time I had a mountain bike with those fat tyres.
Actually its easier for me to ride on ice (unless I have to make a
sudden turn) than snow. Riding through snow is like riding through so much sand. Of course now that I'm a bit older (and maybe wiser) and retired, I don't go out in that unless I have to. :)
My street is bound on the north and south by Rt 60, four lanes, one
way. The state takes care of them. The city has responsibility for my street. The city's snow removal program is called Spring and happens
every year around March. :)
Having never managed to learn to ride a bike, I have no experience with either good weather or foul weather riding
So then, as long as you can manage to get yourself to the state road, you canride pretty easily... :)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-18-20 06:39 <=-
Having never managed to learn to ride a bike, I have no experience with either good weather or foul weather riding
I generally ride mine regardless of the weather. I just dress for
it. But if I had to chose one, I would rather ride home in rain/snow
than going to work since once home I change into something dry. :)
So then, as long as you can manage to get yourself to the state road,
you can ride pretty easily... :)
Except for the crazy drivers, yes. :)
They are bad enough in dry weather but one flake falling and they're
off the rails.
I live about five or so blocks from campus. The grounds people are usually good about cleaning sidewalks so once I got to campus the rest
of the ride was a breeze.
The grounds people are usually good about cleaning sidewalks
That's not all that far... and when you know there will be cleared
sidewalks once you get there..... not bad...
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-23-20 05:58 <=-
The grounds people are usually good about cleaning sidewalksThat's not all that far... and when you know there will be cleared
sidewalks once you get there..... not bad...
I've mentioned this before I'm sure.
One day we got a snow, the light fluffy kind.
I watched as the grounds people spread down salt with one of those
push salters and following right behind was a guy with a blower. One
put down salt, seconds later it was blown off the sidewalk.
I asked why they didn't blow off the snow first then salt? They
said they were told to "salt and blow" not "blow and salt". ==sigh== State worker mentality. Ya gotta love it. :(
They are bad enough in dry weather but one flake falling and they off the
rails.
State worker mentality. Ya gotta love it. :(
Yup... you've mentioned that before.... As I probably said before, what
a waste of the salt... and the workers' energy.... And such a minor NB>adjustment to make the orders make sense..... ;)
State worker mentality. Ya gotta love it. :(
Your tax dollars at work. :P
That's as bad as the picture of the sign "END ROAD WORK", noting that construction zone is now behind you.
But, when I first saw that, I thought "Darn...even the orange barrels
are protesting now". <G>
One day a fella said he didn't have a shovel to lean against and I
suggested he file a grievance.
That's as bad as the picture of the sign "END ROAD WORK", noting that JM>> construction zone is now behind you.
But, when I first saw that, I thought "Darn...even the orange barrels JM>> are protesting now". <G>
LOL
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