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Originally Posted by ken0042
Funny, I was going to ask you guys if anybody puts on some hockey gear for winter riding. I'm thinking shoulder and elbow pads. Or are the pathways always plowed really well?
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winter biking si not without some suprrises, especially here in Calgary. I do not wear any elbow/knee pads in the winter. I do ride slower, and more deliberately.
I find that the hard thing about winter riding is the evening after it has been a warm march/February day, as the water on the path will start to freeze and it is hard to see. so your are riding and then bam - you can be down, or find your bike not going the direction your body is going and then you put your foot down and you are like bambi on ice.
if it is -20 something then usually the paths are clear, and the surface more predictable as it is ahrd pack snow. if it has snowed a couple of inches and you are riding before the path ahs been plowed, it can be hard to get up to speed, as it is work to ride in pow-pow
I should add I am talking about riding a fat-bike. I would not be keen to ride skiiny tires in the snow.