** SNOWY ** mtb night ride Mon 2nf Feb

[Sylv]

George did indeed snap his chain yesterday, reckon bursts of 900+w were needed in that snow ..

After we'd left you guys we were having fun doing powerslides on Oaks Pk rd (?) below Shirley Hills

Was the snow harder today George? I'm gonna try it out again tonight see if I can do the route we were planning on taking. It's either that or the turbo I know what i'd rather be doing!

[George]

Went out riding with Mark P from Dulwich Paragon today he was on his cross bike and me the MTB, his tyres were cutting through the snow nicely and he could go at a faster pace than me but when we got to the hills my low gearing came into its element and I could zipp up them no probs.

The snow today didn't seem to be as deep as yesterday but then we did stay closer to London

Tonight mmmmmm maybe

[kieran]

well done guys, my bike isn't near ready and I'd spent the day outdoors with the children sledging down the roads around forest hill so had enough of the snow come 5pm when we headed home.

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[Snoop Doug]

I've been out and the local roads are packed ice rock hard slippedy dippedy. Have fun if you're out later tonight

[Sylv]

The wolverines didn't get me

Another great ride last night
Lloyd Park was more rideable than the previous day, snow a bit harder
Conduit lane a well hard-packed trail thanks to all the walkers pummelling the snow
Same in Croham Hurst
Onto the golf course, snow way to high to ride in, but fortunately a 4x4 with humongous tires had had fun driving all around the course, so I followed those tracks, super hard - it was ace, like riding Santa's Scalextric. Had to go round another time to see how fast I could get to
Up to Selsdon, rode on the slushy pavement down past the Sainsbury's trying not to dab a foot, tricky
Then onto the singletrack climb on the left of the road, I almost didn't try it at all, but managed to ride all of it without stopping!
Into the nature reserve, kept going straight instead of turning right in the woods, as it's all downhill and required little effort
Then the climb, that was unrideable, it was a very long walk to the top of the golf course, punctuated with pools of hidden water
More car tire tracks on the course, this time much narrower so both my pedals were scraping on the sides
Down Rachael's, by this time I could not clip in at all, so it was a fine act of balance
Featherbed lane, totally snowy, nice
Gravel Hill, then onto the final golf course- well I opted to the road up millionaire's alley, but had forgotten how steep it was - and totally icy
Finally took our tracks from the previous day along the tram tracks back to base

[George]

well done sylv must have been quite eerie on your own glad your back with us now I was starting to worry

[Andrew G]

That's one hell of a ride Sylv. The woods/nature reserve have been my playground for the last couple of days. The bottom path is great but the fields and trails higher up haven't had the foot traffic so are still deep and bloody hard work, probably impossible at night.

[Sylv]

If you get a chance have a go at CH golf course, it is that good ... might have to ride it again on the way to the shops

[Michelle]

You guys, that looks like the best fun ever.