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Its not really a street ride when the streets are covered in layers of sand, snow, ice, and mud , its more like dirt riding .
It was above freezing when I left this morning, driveway was clear but still a lot of snow on the ground
the roads how ever were not so clear .
I had to do a U turn at one point, the bridge was out, I didn;t go up to see if there wa sa way around , I didn;t feel like picking the 500 LB bike up if I dropped it in the stream
I might go back when the snow has melted to check it out .
most of the riding in the morning was like this , frozen road, covered in ice with sand on top, traction wasn;t too bad.
once I got through what I have named K9 alley the road was a bit more snow covered , but hard enough to get forward drive on it
time for a snack and some water
random waterfall pic
afternoon thins started to soften up a bit which made traction harder to come by
I got a mile or so down this road and ended up turning around as there was a hill I knew I wasn't going to make it up with my 1 wheel drive vehicle
this one was interesting as the top layer was soft and muddy with tire ruts that grab your wheel , then the under layer is ice.
I went a couple miles on it to find that the middle section wasn;t plowed, but was packed down by sleds, 4x4's and quads.
I had a bitch of a time on this section , it was about 2 miles of loose sloppy snow with all sorts of tire ruts, I did get swapped up a few times but managed to keep it up on its wheels.
I didn't want to stop for pics because I wasn't sure I could get going , and remember momentum is your friend.
here is a shot looking back at it, I needed to get a drink and let my arms relax a bit
It sure was a nice day to go out for a ride
speed was certainly not a factor today . I was out for 4 hours , of that 3.5 hrs was actually riding , I managed 93 miles for the day .
Studded tires would have helped some , but the challenge with out them was worth the effort.