Riding on snow and ice.
dsmith@cs.unm.edu
Sat, 5 Feb 1994 12:26:34 -0700
I was scared to ride on ice at first, then I tried it and was amazed
how stable I was. I used to ride two wheels to work and there was
a patch of 'teflon'-mud about 20 yards long after a rain storm. It
was very difficult to ride through, so I expected the same on one wheel
on ice--but no, much more stable.
I was pretty much riding along the flat, just the occasional ramp. My
only spill was going sideways across a hill over rough ice.
A fun trick that was much easier than it sounded was to get up speed
then lock the wheel and slide.
Oh this was with a regular smoothish tire.
derek