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Snow

Chilterns cycling challenge called off in icy conditions

Other races, including Ghent-Wevelgem one-day classic, went ahead

aaahhhhh bleedin Snow

Aaahhhhhh - threw open the curtains this morning to a covering and continued snow fall. I live in London so it isn't much fun and no lovely country tracks for my mtb, crap. WHo else has been thwarted by the weather?

frustrated city dweller

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Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne cancelled as snowfalls make conditions too dangerous

GP Lugano in Switzerland also falls victim to weather

January reflection

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Surviving the winter

Hooray, January is finally over. I say finally, because it’s been an especially testing time on the bike. The climate has thrown the full gamut of weather at us, from snow to howling winds, sub zero temperatures to prolonged rain and everything else in between. Sometimes all at once within one ride.

road.cc's tips for riding on ice and snow

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Riding on ice and snow

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Icy bike

Before you set off…

Maximise your contact patch. Road bike tyres have a larger contact patch on the road than a more knobbly mountain bike tyre, and you can maximise that precious contact further by fitting a wider tyre, and/or not running it at quite such a high pressure. That said, in snow or looser conditions a treaded tyre or even a lightly knobbed MTB or cyclocross tyre will give extra grip.

Snow forces cancellation of Tour of California opening stage (+ 1988 Gavia video)

Delay to start and shortened course fail to save day as organisers put rider safety first

What to wear when it's freezing

What do you wear on your commute when it is zero degrees outside? Is it different to what you wear out training in the same temperature? The difference for me is in footwear and that depends on what bike I choose to ride.

here is what I wear:

woolie boolie socks
merino pants
rapha 3/4
merino base
merino track top
soft shell jacket
specialized sub zero gloves