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Snow problem for a bullitt cargobike

5 Comments Posted by on December 22, 2010

Today we have snow, Leciester has got off lightly but with some snow in the night and snow all morning we have maybe 5cm of snow. So it was a good opportunity to try by new Schwalbe winter tyre with studs. I had decided to only buy a front studded tyre. Maybe this was a [...]

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Today I am going to drive

1 Comment Posted by on December 1, 2010

I don’t like it. I don’t want to but I am about to drive to a meeting. It has snowed again, it is snowing again but it is not the snow that means I am going to drive. It is not the distance that means I am going to drive. It is not the cold [...]

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We need less well insulated transport

1 Comment Posted by on December 1, 2010

At 10:30pm I was cycling home on sheet ice. It was no problem on a bike although walking would have been difficult. In some places the ice was under fresh frozen snow, in other places the snow had melted during the day and now the water had frozen. In other places the snow had been [...]

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39.5kg of books in the snow

2 Comments Posted by on November 28, 2010

I am just back from the morning service at Harrison  Road. As you can see from the two pictures below there is still plenty of snow and ice about. So what was it like riding a loaded cargo bike a total of 7.6 miles in the snow and cold (according to the car -9C when [...]

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Tips wanted for cycling in the snow and ice

10 Comments Posted by on November 28, 2010

Following my post Bullitt cargobike in English snow I am looking to collect wisdom on cycling in British winter conditions where there is snow and ice about. There are plenty of films on youtube showing ordinary people cycling through snow, even blizzards in the Netherlands and Copenhagen. However, things are somewhat different in the UK: I [...]

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Bullitt cargobike in English snow

7 Comments Posted by on November 27, 2010

So the Danes are used to coping with snow Saw 5 Bullitts on the streets of Copenhagent today.Though it was snowing the whole day they all drove smoothly.—   (@larryvsharry) November 25, 2010 Copenhagen has recieved between 20 and 35 cm of snow today and it's still snowing! Winter Wonderland!— Mikael (@copenhagenize) November 27, 2010 [...]

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Reliable transport needed for winter

Leave a Comment Posted by on November 26, 2010

Carlton Reid gives a good example of the most reliable transport when the weather gets bad. Q: What is better than a 4×4 at climbing hills in snow and ice? See Quickrelease.tv » Spike to School Day.

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