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    Snowy lanes (Sorry its not a Honda!)

    Snow day "working at home"

    The lanes are very different when snowy, you can't see the ruts!


    Road to the lanes.


    Virgin snow.


    Hill top - took masses of in gear ride/push to get here, like sand only colder.

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    Better than building a snowman anyway !!
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    Is that as slippery as it looks?

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    You jammy git, I dropped the tyre pressures and kitted my DR 350 last night ready for todays commute and what did we get in Bristol...............





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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete Rock
    Is that as slippery as it looks?
    If not more slippery! It makes the just mud seam like a road. Getting to the top of the hill was a big push with the bike running, snow on chalk being a low friction combination. I'm not sure I could have got the TA up there at all.

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