Snow biking

No, it's not another new sport, but something rather challenging at the same time. Since I got my bike, there's been an incredibly heavy snowfall to complement the already thick layers of compacted snow and ice in places.

Unfortunately, cycling it is proving to be a little difficult. A combination of factors ranging from me not being used to the new position, to the skinny tyres over powdery snow have combined to leave me face down in a pile of snow on more than one occasion. Cycling along, nice and slow, feel a bit of a skid on the back, slow down a little more, feel a lot of a skid, then WHAM; tangled in bike and eating snow. Not cool.

Hopefully I'll get a little better with the controls over the next while, but I'm also hoping that there won't be much of an option and this damn precipitation will back off. Then I can really put the Kona through its paces. Brief stints on the road, however, have been fabulous. The bike really accelerates when I put the foot down. Out of the saddle is fantastic, the hybrid just doesn't compare at all.

On flipping the stem over so it rises up, it seems that the sizing is pretty spot on. When I get around to ordering my road bike (with gears) I'll know exactly what size to get :) I think I'll wait for the snow to clear for that, though. Whatever chance I have of getting about on 28 mm tyres, 23 mm will just have me on the floor instantly.

A mountain bike is what I need. Yes. For the snow. That's it. I guess it'll just have to go on the wishlist. And while I'm at it, I'll find some nice trails as well. When I have it and all... It'd be a shame to let it go to waste.