Got out this morning with the noSno for a go at snow mountain boarding, a first since last February when I found out that 8 inch tyres and deep snow don't mix! After the decent fall of snow 6pm last night till late, we had roughly 3 inches but this time I was armed with 10 inch tyres. Let most of the air out to give me half a chance of any grip and to hopefully ride above the snow rather than ploughing through it. First impressions, not bad! This was only on the short slope round the corner from me, but gave me the push to try the golf course tonight, remembering that the snow really lights up the terrain, even when on the middle of a golf course. Maybe the speed wasn't great, but with only perhaps 50-75% of the usual control, it really keeps the heart rate up. Brakes sort of work too - surprised me! Looks as though the snow is staying for a few days, so more soon, I hope! Just wish my bearings luck - they will definitely need a strip down with all this moisture!
3 comments:
nice looking hill and there looks to be a sweet kicker spot in the middle of photo 2 :-)
It's one of those spots that no one would ever bother to travel to and is only as good as you make it. It does have the benefit of being 100 yards from the front door with street lighting and a lovely hairpin bend for messing around on if you can generate enough speed. Only downsides are the road at the bottom (on which people like to rudely park) and the electricity box that likes to get in the way!
those are sometimes the best spots. Just some place to go and ride and forget about the day.
"Only downsides are the road at the bottom (on which people like to rudely park)"
How inconsiderate do they not know. Some kind of mountainboarding in progress sign might be in order ;-)
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