Go to an Army surplus store and look for Mickey Mouse Boots. They might be expensive, but they are worth it.
Tim Heald [EMAIL PROTECTED] ColdFusion Developer Signal Solutions, Inc Work : 202-224-1224 Cell : 703-765-0618 > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:58 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: remember this as you fill your tank > > > Deanna wrote: > > Oooo, good resource. I'm definitly gonna read up on this, > cause last > > year I quit riding when it was consistently below freezing. > > > > There's 2 techniques to both the riding and the dressing I've used. > > Riding > ---------- > Ok, ice and snow are about so you need a few key things: > studded tires and fenders. There are 2 varieties of tires: > cheap and awesome. > > For cheap studded tires: buy or get an old set of MTB nobby tires. > Into each nobby screw in a 1/2" sheet metal screw. Obviously > you'll need a screw gun for this. > > Buy Nokian studded tires. These are awesome and provide for > supreme traction. The Finnish know a thing or 2 about riding > a bike on ice! > > Dressing > ------------- > There are tights and the other category. To me, tights are > not the answer so I waited until summer and bought a heavily > discounted Gore-tex shell set. Later I added glove gaiters. > Some people use the "lobster claws" by my glove system has > been fine so far. > > There's also the boot problem. For now I'm using plain ole > boots, but I'd like a better solution there. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178662 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
