yay, i finally got to ride in snow! mostly it made it easier, but i had more trouble mounting, and i slipped turning onto my driveway. has anyone else gotten sufficient snow yet? the only reason it should ever snow is so unicyclists can ride in it (i dislike the cold) does anyone have any interesting snow stories to share? any advice on mounting in snow?
I’ve got lots of snow. I’ll be happy to send some if you want.
I tried some snow muni (SMUNI? SUNI? SNUNI?) yesterday. Mounting was easy the snow was so deep my uni stood on it’s own. 
sadly I couldn’t really do anything else.
I’ve had much better luck today with parking lots and now frozen muddy areas. I find I’m turning a little at a time instead of normally.
I’m using a 24x2.6 Stout tire. 25 psi and it seems to work well if the snow is fairly firm and on ice. I really enjoy going as fast as I can right into a snowbank and practicing my flying dismounts. great fun indeed.
Where do you guys live? Here in New York, we got about an inch and a half so far. The Unatics met for out first time with snow falling. It was a ball. Snow riding is loads of fun, especially when you dont have a knobby tire (you guys are cheaters). Slipin and slidin is great.
Happy Snow everyone
-David Kaplan
There was one time a few months ago, I went riding in the first snow of the season while it was coming down.
there was about an inch on the ground, and it was coming down hard. Nobody else had been on any of the trails yet. Everything looked so different that if I hadn’t known my way around so well, I would have gotten lost.
It was so quite riding in the woods with the snow all around me.
Even with just a few inches, it made everything a lot harder, especially uphills. Even just riding on the flat was more tiring.
Generally, it was an amazing experience.
Ben
i live in md…we only got abt 762000000 angstroms (.000379 furlongs, or .041667 fathoms) of snow. i actually lost the lens of my glasses while riding (i’m legally blind wo them), but fortunately i found it and got it back in.
I’m in the snowbelt in south-western ontario canada. I tried taking the uni down some hills but same problem as the trails, the uni just stood there. Gotta find some better hills.
Rebecca,
When mounting in snow, don’t make any sudden moves. Basically, anything
that puts the tire anywhere from directly under you center of gravity is
bad. Actually, most of the time it isn’t all that bad. If you can jump
mount it will put your feet in the power position to get momentum.
As far as stories? Oh, two winters ago I did a 6 mile ride (mostly on
trails) after a snowfall, thaw, freeze, thaw. So on the trails there were
some lumpy ice patches, mud puddles, snow, and dry trail. I was wearing
jeans (BAD!) and had made it most of the 3-4 miles of trail in my ride
without any UPDs. I was under a 1/10 of a mile from a dry road when I
started a section of ice with an inch of water on top followed by a large
mud puddle. Sure enough I passed the ice/water part but when I hit the
puddle the wheel shot out from under me and I fell, hard, into mud. I
stood up (wearing jeans in approx. 35 degree Fahrenheit temp) with mud
from my face to my feet.
Also, yesterday (by the way I live in southeast PA, about hour and half
from Philly) I was riding while snow was falling. I was using my brothers
20" with nearly bald tire. At a handicapped ramp on the sidewalk at the
street corner I turned to fast, the uni shot out from underneath me, and I
fell straight to the cement. When I looked up two neighborhood kids (one
can ride unis) were across the street laughing!
Jeff
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 02:15:10 +0000 (UTC) rebecca
<forum.member@unicyclist.com> writes:
> yay, i finally got to ride in snow! mostly it made it easier, but i
> had more trouble mounting, and i slipped turning onto my driveway.
> has anyone else gotten sufficient snow yet? the only reason it should
> ever snow is so unicyclists can ride in it (i dislike the cold) does
> anyone have any interesting snow stories to share? any advice on
> mounting in snow?
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thanks for the mounting advice, but the snow just finished melting:( i’m hoping we don’t get anymore until AFTER finals wk so they don’t push it back a wk like they did a few yrs ago (bc i can’t stand my moronic english tchr)
> does anyone have any interesting snow stories to share?
My favorite snow riding activity was probably snowbank-busting. We would
go to the local mall parking lot after a snow, where the snow had been
plowed into long “walls” about 3’ high of hard packed stuff. You ride at
the wall hard, bashing your wheel into it. Depending on the size of the
wall and the consistency of the snow, it might take a dozen or more hits
to finally break through.
Check the snow first. If it’s been melted and frozen since it was plowed,
riding hard into it is going to hurt!
> any advice on mounting in snow?
You have to move slowly and smoothly. Learning to do it will improve your
mounting technique.
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
“You’re not supposed to wash your Roach armor” - Nathan Hoover, bragging
about his safety equipment cleaning methods
> does anyone have any interesting snow stories to share?
My favorite snow riding activity was probably snowbank-busting. We would
go to the local mall parking lot after a snow, where the snow had been
plowed into long “walls” about 3’ high of hard packed stuff. You ride at
the wall hard, bashing your wheel into it. Depending on the size of the
wall and the consistency of the snow, it might take a dozen or more hits
to finally break through.
Check the snow first. If it’s been melted and frozen since it was plowed,
riding hard into it is going to hurt!
> any advice on mounting in snow?
You have to move slowly and smoothly. Learning to do it will improve your
mounting technique.
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
“You’re not supposed to wash your Roach armor” - Nathan Hoover, bragging
about his safety equipment cleaning methods