Snow! :eek:

[Duck on Wheels]

It's been snowing since 6pm! This is not record early, but definitely a surprise after a record warm and long Summer and Fall. Guess that's it for my riding for a while. I managed to get in a couple of 3-mile commute rides after the long wait for my bike to get delivered. Now it's time to put her in the dry, cool basement until Spring. DH put studded tires on his bike this morning, but that's not for me. I'm scared enough just walking on black ice.

[chickwhorips]

welcome to my weather!

come on its not that bad...

[BadgerGirl]

Snow and blizzard conditions here too! But, thankfully, it will be in the 60s tomorrow and into the weekend. They always say, if you don't like the weather here, wait 5 minutes and it will change. I love Colorado!

[Bikingmomof3]

I am so envious. I want snow and ice. Send it this way, please.

[chickwhorips]

if i knew it would last in the mail, i would send ya some, but it would probably be water by the time it got there.

[emily_in_nc]

I am so envious. I want snow and ice. Send it this way, please.

Not me -- we've had our first burst of fall weather here in NC, low temps in the thirties, and I find myself really hating it already. And we still have winter to get through! No cracks about North Carolina not having a real winter!!

The older I get, the more I enjoy warm weather (though anything 90+ with humidity is miserable too) and the less tolerant of the cold I seem to be. If my DH didn't insist on hiking (which I love once I get going - it's just hard to get started when it's cold out), I'd probably just go to the gym and ride on the trainer all winter long. I do not like riding outside when it's cold, no matter how many layers of high-tech cycling gear I wear.

I could never live in Alaska...but I'd love to visit one day - in the summer, of course!

Emily

[uk elephant]

Yay! Snow!! Keep it coming! I want lots of snow when I come home for the holidays! So I can take BF out skiing again.

UK Elephant, daughter of Duck on Wheels

[Duck on Wheels]

Yes, Yay snow! And yes, it's still coming down. Plenty of time for it to rain away before Xmas, but we can always hope it'll stay. I'm not complaining about snow. Snow reflects light, which helps brighten things up in this dark time of the year. It's also great to play in (today's snow is called "slapps" -- the packswellintosnowballsandrollsupforsnowmenbutnotallthatgreatforskiing kind; it's also very heavy to shovel). I don't mind the driving conditions, since we have 4wd. And I can manage to stay on my feet walking most of the time. I just don't dare bike in it. For instance, the kind of snow we have today would stick to your tires and spokes and build up like a snowball there, unless you tried riding where others have trompled or driven before and packed it down, in which case it's the consistency and slipperiness of wet soap. So maybe I need to get rollers or a trainer stand...? There's a thought. And I also need to look for a gym with a good spin instructor to get me through winter without totally losing what little I have of biking skills and muscles.

[Kimmyt]

DuckonWheels... what are the other words you have for types of snow? Those names for specific types of snow fascinate me. I was happy because I learned what graupel was a few weeks ago!

(Around here we just have have three kinds: sleet, ice, and the rare one: real snow)

K.

[Duck on Wheels]

DuckonWheels... what are the other words you have for types of snow? Those names for specific types of snow fascinate me. I was happy because I learned what graupel was a few weeks ago!

(Around here we just have have three kinds: sleet, ice, and the rare one: real snow)

K.

Hmmm, I'm not a snow expert, but I do know a few snow varieties: puddersnø (powder), kornsnø (grainy stuff), sludd (mix of rain and snow), kjerringer (literally "old ladies", also called "filler" (rags), which is big broad wet flakes of snow, and results in a variety of slapps), fokksnø (the fine powdery kind that blows into hard-packed drifts), skaresnø (the kind with a thin crust of ice on top that can really cut you up if you fall on your face on your way down a slope). People also refer to snow conditions by the color of ski wax that suits, e.g. a combination of snow type, air temperature etc. that calls for blue Swix or purple Swix or red "klister" and so on.