Playing with the Coefficient of Friction

[StuckMTB]

It’s a fun game.

[Nauraushaun]

scares the hell outta me. one mistake and you're on your side before you know it.
do the same thing in a car and you're in a slide - not a bad result

[VincentMalamute]

@stuckmtb

Coincidentally, my biking buddy sent me this yesterday. Until then, I didn't realize it was even legal to be out mtn biking on snow. He stayed off the steep technical stuff. I believe I'll have to try it too.

I don't, however, feel any need to add to the thrill (terror) by doing it at night!

[spacekraken]

@stuckmtb hell yes. Need to get into this once I get a FS.

[BeaterGT]

Wet wooden planks? No thanks!

[BaconSandwich]

@stuckmtb I played that game once, and lost. It was probably the dumbest looking bike accident ever. I was going slowly around a paved corner, and both ends slipped out sideways, and I fell on my side. When I was falling, I reached out to try to prevent myself from hitting the ground, and somehow managed to whack my middle finger knuckle really badly. It swelled up about twice the normal size. Helmet smacked the pavement as well. I never got it checked out, but I am pretty sure the finger wasn't broken. I did buy a new helmet, though.

[StuckMTB]

@Nauraushaun @VincentMalamute there's a suprising amount of slip that you can manage before you tumble, but a lot depends on how slick the surface is beneath. Conditions were pretty good yesterday, with a good 1/4" of fresh snow ontop of compacted snow and choppy ice.

I definitely don't ride when it's snow on slick ice. That's when you go down quick like @BaconSandwich is talking about.

It all boils down to trail conditions before the snow falls.

[BicycleBuck]

@stuckmtb said in Playing with the Coefficient of Friction:

@Nauraushaun @VincentMalamute there's a suprising amount of slip that you can manage before you tumble, but a lot depends on how slick the surface is beneath. Conditions were pretty good yesterday, with a good 1/4" of fresh snow ontop of compacted snow and choppy ice.

I definitely don't ride when it's snow on slick ice. That's when you go down quick like @BaconSandwich is talking about.

It all boils down to trail conditions before the snow falls.

The tricky part is knowing what the trail conditions are in all locations on the trail before the snow falls. Just like @BaconSandwich, I took a hard fall on ice that was hidden under fresh snow. Things were going great until I crested the hill and discovered the ice. That was the last time I tried riding in the snow.

[CobraJoe]

That reminds me, I really need to get a new headlight for my bike.

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@stuckmtb That's a nope, even with chicken wire or that sandpaper grippy stuff stuck to the wood.

Even trying to turn slightly, the front end will wash out and down you go, painfully. Quicker if you touch the brakes.

Trails are fun in that condition though, as long as you have the right tires and there's not a lot of wood / roots to go over.

[ibRAD]

Get some studded tires and ride it like it was dry!