Yes I actually got my Mt Bike out and took it off road today, even with the 2 feet of Snow on the ground.
you see a whole bunch of us have been snow shoeing on some trails right here by the office ( and some from other companies , and 1 XC skier ) . so after a week + of this I decided the trails are pretty packed down, they should be ridable. welll.........
I go out there , got on it and was doing pretty good for the first 100 yards, it was a lot of work but them I hit a soft spot and my wheel droped 1 foot plus through the snow. , trouble getting started again on the narrow snowshow path but finally did , now I have gone may be 50 yard more and there is a small down hill ( nothing really) but I start down it it, my front wheel sinks and over the top I go. Glad the snow was soft to land in. I managed to do this for about 500 yards and decided enough of this.
I hopped onto the road , and rode over to Lake Chaucy in Westboro, where the Snow Mobiles frequent. on my way over there I saw anothe one of our trails had had alot of foot traffic dso I try it , I didn't even get 20 feet in before my front wheel sank and over the top I go for endo # 2 , Ok back to the road I got to lake chaucy and the snow mobile trails were ridable !!!
I rode them for a mile or 2 before heading back, the lake also looked ridable , but I did not have my studded tires on my hard tail, so I didn't try. but even though most of it was road riding it felt good to get out .
and here is my art work for the ride
you see a whole bunch of us have been snow shoeing on some trails right here by the office ( and some from other companies , and 1 XC skier ) . so after a week + of this I decided the trails are pretty packed down, they should be ridable. welll.........
I go out there , got on it and was doing pretty good for the first 100 yards, it was a lot of work but them I hit a soft spot and my wheel droped 1 foot plus through the snow. , trouble getting started again on the narrow snowshow path but finally did , now I have gone may be 50 yard more and there is a small down hill ( nothing really) but I start down it it, my front wheel sinks and over the top I go. Glad the snow was soft to land in. I managed to do this for about 500 yards and decided enough of this.
I hopped onto the road , and rode over to Lake Chaucy in Westboro, where the Snow Mobiles frequent. on my way over there I saw anothe one of our trails had had alot of foot traffic dso I try it , I didn't even get 20 feet in before my front wheel sank and over the top I go for endo # 2 , Ok back to the road I got to lake chaucy and the snow mobile trails were ridable !!!
I rode them for a mile or 2 before heading back, the lake also looked ridable , but I did not have my studded tires on my hard tail, so I didn't try. but even though most of it was road riding it felt good to get out .
and here is my art work for the ride
