35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, around 16". I'm a bit too decrepit, thanks to old bike injuries, to try this stuff. Even my cross country skis are idle. John Wilson Greensburg, PA USA
On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 9:03:32 PM UTC-5, ascpgh wrote: > Pittsburgh was 6" and done by noon today. Most of that was on the ground > by 0600 when I headed out to work. No plowing of snow mass, just wheel > paths smashing it down into flat cakes that were not adhered to the super > cold pavement below. Like a pile of small shale, but slipperier. > > Agree with Deacon, a bit more speed gave way to more stable tracking and > steering. Slow and harsh simply separated my wheels' contact patch from the > underlying pavement and both those plaques of flat snow and I travelled > unintended directions. > > So with a hearty "arrrgh" I was off on the untreated, unplowed rutting > snow covered roads of the city to go to work. > > Return trip much different; sun down, temps plummeting, moon full-ish and > road wetness doing its best to freeze. Packed fenders, until a bump. > > Home now. Dinner and a nap ahead, then again tomorrow. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 9:36:30 PM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo wrote: >> >> I figured it would be fun to start a thread for those of us in the >> Mid-Atlantic area as we get to see whether or not this big blizzard >> actually show's up on Friday or not... and it'll be amusing for list >> members in area's of the country that get REAL snow all the time to hear >> about how we deal with it. :) If we actually end up with the 10-30" >> currently forecast for DC it'll make for some memorable pictures to share! >> >> Today's commute home got a surprise flurry which snarled up traffic >> across the region. Needless to say I was VERY happy I rode in today. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RT5lHeFQOhc/VqBDCsykosI/AAAAAAAAMO0/W-jR7kTEwEE/s1600/12552792_10153349941186299_6943453500029120961_n.jpg> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3eD9VfvZtRQ/VqBDw397ACI/AAAAAAAAMO8/OZUyae9G4sw/s1600/DSC_0831.jpg> >> >> >> More photo's on flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonydefilippo/> >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
