Back when I was in high school in Maryland I went out riding whenever it
snowed.
I recall even riding in fairly deep snow where my pedals went down into it at
the
bottoms of the stroke. I put on a knobby tire, and sometimes wrapped wire
around
that for added traction. Basically riding in *snow* is not too bad if you
don't try
to accelerate in any direction too quickly. The problem is that if there is
*any*
ice under that snow, you cannot stay up. The uni gets out from under you real
fast. I remember riding about 3-4 miles very late one evening (around
midnight).
Me and a friend had ridden over to a party. When we arrived it was snowing
lightly. By the time we were leaving, the snow was really coming down and
there
was about 4-6" on the ground already. It was an exhausting ride, but strangely
pleasant: no cars, no noise, just two goofs riding unis through the snow in the
middle of the night...
>winter has arrived. here in michigan, this means snow. so far, not much
>to speak of.
>
>in all of my 25 years of unicycling (all in michigan), i have never rode
>through the winter, never even thought of it. well, this year is
>different. this year i plan on riding 'til i drop, continuously,
>repeatedly. so has anyone out there done any riding in the snow? advice?
>should i get knobby tires? chains? insurance?
>
>a light dusting of snow a few days ago proved little difficulty, in fact
>the light rain we have today has been more problematic. i had better
>traction on the light, dry snow.
>
>-peter
>
>
Phil West,
Senior Research Engineer,
Electronic Systems Lab, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Atlanta, GA 30332 Phone: 404-894-7289 Phil.West@gtri.gatech.edu