Today’s bike ride was one thing, cold! I bundled up more that usual and felt super comfortable climbing as long as I was able to ride. As soon as I had to hike, my feet were getting awfully cold. The snow still sits pretty lose on the ground and is extremely treacherous, so walking was necessary at times. I made it up to the Place Centrale, where I spent a couple of minutes just enjoying the snow world. Had there not been a cold wind howling across the mountain, I would have just relaxed in the sparkling snow for a while. A few hikers had made their way up there as well, but other than them this usually busy spot was deserted. The ride down to Les Prés d’Orvin was freezing to the point where it hurt. My fingers got numb, so did my toes and I lost any type of smoothness on the bike as I stiffened up entirely. I needed to warm up so I threw in another short climb and decided to hit a slow, technical descent. In Orvin, I merged onto the road climbing to Evilard. Temperatures were a few degrees higher so I added another fun loop through the snow. The funny thing about riding this time of the year is that people always ask whether I’m riding a special snow bike. Ha, the Air 9 Carbon is a “special” bike and a fun one to ride in the snow. The one thing I consider changing is my front tire, a WTB Weirwolf. It’s voluminous and generally rides well, but it lacks some big side knobs. For the remainder of the winter, a Continental Mountain King 2.4 will be called to active duty. Come January, WTB’s new Bronson should become available. This will be another tire hopefully joining my rubber arsenal soon.
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pls do more of this….
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