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Any mountain bikers??

#821
Mark Reccord said:
:D

I usually wear shorts down to about freezing, below that I wear a pair of nylon pants over lycra bike shorts. If it's really cold I'll wear thermal underwear. I wear a thin wool base layer, a long sleeve jersey and a waterproof cycling shell up top. If it's really cold I'll wear a thin wool beanie under my helmet. If it's really cold I'll wear a pair of light ski gloves. I stick to the wooded trails to stay out of the wind. The coastal trails along the tops of the cliffs are too exposed and there's a lot of salt spray for winter riding. Our trails are low speed and super tech so I don't find it hard to stay warm. Another pic from Friday looking out towards the coast. Those cliffs are 500' high so you can see that those are pretty big waves out there. Look how high the white reaches up the cliffs. There's a trail running along the top. Not very pleasant on a day like this.

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Killer shot. Are there spots where you can ride those wave?
 
#822
Mark Reccord said:
:D

I usually wear shorts down to about freezing, below that I wear a pair of nylon pants over lycra bike shorts. If it's really cold I'll wear thermal underwear. I wear a thin wool base layer, a long sleeve jersey and a waterproof cycling shell up top. If it's really cold I'll wear a thin wool beanie under my helmet. If it's really cold I'll wear a pair of light ski gloves. I stick to the wooded trails to stay out of the wind. The coastal trails along the tops of the cliffs are too exposed and there's a lot of salt spray for winter riding. Our trails are low speed and super tech so I don't find it hard to stay warm. Another pic from Friday looking out towards the coast. Those cliffs are 500' high so you can see that those are pretty big waves out there. Look how high the white reaches up the cliffs. There's a trail running along the top. Not very pleasant on a day like this.

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Dude, it's quite green out there, and zero degrees Celsius is not cold! Try riding when it is minus 18 and windy!! :)
 
#823
MakiSupaStar said:
Killer shot. Are there spots where you can ride those wave?
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There sure are, but you need a heavy duty wetsuit because the water's cold. Really cold. Apparently Newfoundland is one of these "well kept secret" sort of places for surfing. There was a video done by a couple of pros surfing big waves up here a while back but I can't seem to find it. This is a video of a friend of mine surfing 5 minutes from where I grew up. Best I could find... :D



Duke21 said:
Dude, it's quite green out there, and zero degrees Celsius is not cold! Try riding when it is minus 18 and windy!! :)
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It was -5C with 80km/h winds when that picture was taken. The snow started just as I was getting off the trail. Not -18 but bloody well cold enough out in the open. :D Much more pleasant in the woods.
 
#824
Mark Reccord said:
There sure are, but you need a heavy duty wetsuit because the water's cold. Really cold. Apparently Newfoundland is one of these "well kept secret" sort of places for surfing. There was a video done by a couple of pros surfing big waves up here a while back but I can't seem to find it. This is a video of a friend of mine surfing 5 minutes from where I grew up. Best I could find... :D





It was -5C with 80km/h winds when that picture was taken. The snow started just as I was getting off the trail. Not -18 but bloody well cold enough out in the open. :D Much more pleasant in the woods.
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looks pretty fun. :)
 
#825
MakiSupaStar said:
looks pretty fun. :)
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Wider view of the same spot. We spent plenty of time playing chicken with those waves but never thought of surfing. It wasn't on the radar in Newfoundland in the 80s. Too bad because it something that I could have been good at. After 15 minutes of on-beach instruction at Waikiki, I was able to reliably get up and ride for a good distance and was able to turn reasonably by the end of the day (small waves, warm water). I dug it.
 
#829
bassteban said:
[whine/sigh]
Sick. Was a mild cold-ish thing, it's turning into a lower intestinal nachtmare... plus my bikes are all down. Poop
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I can relate. Everyone in my house has been laid low with a gastrointestinal virus since new year's eve. Today's the first day I've felt normal since then. Haven't ridden since the 28th.

I'm in trail building mode again now. Got 2km of new trail marked off, ready to start clearing a corridor. Hoping to get most of that done over the winter. Should be mostly easy building, there's a lot of open/partially open area with lots of whaleback rock outcrop and not much really tight woods. Couple of spots where I'm going to need to build pretty hefty switchbacks to get up to the open areas on top of the ridge. Love scoping out and building new trail!
 
#834
Ziltoid said:
Heck, your city just finished getting rid of the snow left by the last storm and they got all screwed up by the last snow
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47cm in 48 hours is quite a lot!


I do commute by bike every day though , but my MTB is done up north and there is so much snow this year , it's incredible.
A record year of snow.

BTW , snow riding is one of the reason I use my avatar.
 
#836
Ziltoid said:
How are the drivers? I remember reading the news and seeing stories of people getting out of their car to beat up cyclists. Your city is batcrap crazy!
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There is stupid people everywhere.

Sadly.

Winter riding in a big nothern city asks a little bit of courage let's say because motorists kind of forget they are not alone in the world as soon as there is one snow flake.
I don't have a car , never had , I'm 46 , so I'm "immune" to cars now. I'm seeing myself as one of them. You have to or else , you'll always ride on sidewalk.
 
#837
fokof said:
There is stupid people everywhere.

Sadly.

Winter riding in a big nothern city asks a little bit of courage let's say because motorists kind of forget they are not alone in the world as soon as there is one snow flake.
I don't have a car , never had , I'm 46 , so I'm "immune" to cars now. I'm seeing myself as one of them. You have to or else , you'll always ride on sidewalk.
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Sounds good. I might try it, fix myself a winter beater sometime this summer and have a go at it next year. Québec seems to have less road-rage in general so my life shouldn't be in jeopardy :D
 
#838
bassteban said:
That sounds great, Mark! I've done a little maintenance on our locals- I tend to sneak in a little lip here & there..
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Can't wait to get this section open. I'll clear the corridor over the winter then have a couple of build days in the spring to open it up.

fokof said:
I do my trail maintenance with a snowmobile , another type of fun!

Still too much snow and not packed enough for MTB :spit:
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Fatbike! :D

fokof said:
47cm in 48 hours is quite a lot!


I do commute by bike every day though , but my MTB is done up north and there is so much snow this year , it's incredible.
A record year of snow.

BTW , snow riding is one of the reason I use my avatar.
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They're calling for 60+cm here between thursday and friday with high winds. Should be fun. I'll be out on the weekend on snowshoes compacting the tread on the local MTB trails.

fokof said:
There is stupid people everywhere.

Sadly.
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Montreal drivers are a special kind of crazy, though I actually prefer them to Toronto drivers.
 
#839
A bunch of local riders went out and "groomed" a local MTB trail on the weekend with snowshoes when it was warm on the weekend after the 70cm of snow we got thurs-fri. It got cold again yesterday. I put the winter tires on my bike the other day and changed over to a 1x10 drivetrain and rode that trail this morning. It was awesome, I probably didn't even need the studs. Awesome winter ride until I broke my rear derailleur which of course happened right at the farthest point from the trailhead. Had to mostly walk out. Grrrr. :mad:
 
#840
So, I went to my LBS and picked up a SRAM Type 2 clutch derailleur and after installing it I can only wonder why it took so long to come up with this idea. For those of you that don't know, a clutch derailleur has a roller bearing clutch in the spring assembly for the cage that keeps tension on it and keeps it from bouncing around on rough terrain. It also has a button so you can push the cage forward and lock it, leaving slack in the chain, which makes it really easy to pop the wheel on and off and to install/remove the chain.

I didn't realize how noisy the chain was on my bike until I installed this thing. There is no chain noise any more. The loudest noise my bike makes now is the shifter cable housing vibrating against the frame. Unreal.

I'm also stoked about the 1x10 setup. Running a 32t ring up front and 12-36 in the back. Still have the front derailleur on there for now as a chain retention device but I'm going to change it to an e13 XCX upper guide. Don't need the lower guide with this derailleur. 32-36 is about equivalent to 3rd gear with the 22-32 granny/largest cog combo I had running 2x10. Pretty easy to spin on most terrain. Probably going to be tough on some of the really tech climbs, but I'm hoping it will force me to get stronger and carry more momentum through the rough stuff.

From this morning: On frozen pond!
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