Rockies regional randomness

[atokad]

Originally Posted by Blakebird

Rode south thru the ozarks - not a cloud in the sky all day. Stopped in Shawnee, oklahoma - apparently a huge ice storm coming thru around midnight...blizzard action. Might be here at the motel a couple days

I am sure your wife is filling you in on conditions. I am about 5 miles straight west of your house (right along the power line corridor) on top of the hill in Castle Pines and we must've had about 12" and lots of wind here all day. They are saying another 1-2 starting tomorrow night and it is all headed into the panhandle of TX.

Bring that RS in, don't let the snow cover it!

[Duck_Pilot]

Originally Posted by Blakebird

You had to travel out-of-state, to buy a bike from Lomax?

[Narsisco Lopez]

Originally Posted by Blakebird

Probably be under a foot of snow tomorrow...but it was nice here when i stopped

Ya know... there' probably a 12 Step program that could be modified for you.

"Hello, I'm Blake... and I'm a bike-aholic."

[Hayduke]

Good thing we practiced some snow riding last week, Blake.

[Blakebird]

Originally Posted by Hayduke

Good thing we practiced some snow riding last week, Blake.

Too bad I wasn't practicing with a heavier bike.
I want to ride that loop in Spring

Still just raining here, damned tempting to load up and go... but where? The snow/big weather line is <20 miles west and slooowly working it's way here. Best I could do is get farther from home.

[eddyturn]

Looks like a short gap between storms so you might get to make a run for it.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/weus/flash-ft.html

[doc_ricketts]

Originally Posted by eddyturn

Looks like a short gap between storms so you might get to make a run for it.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/weus/flash-ft.html

I don't know about that. I think I would sit tight and enjoy the tube or crackle.com. The low causing the ruckus seems to be just sitting still over Amarillo and points to the NE. The old Dodge diesel make it around the neighborhood in 2 wheel with all the drifts so that was good. Shoveled my FIL's driveway and front porch with 2 foot drifts.

[SnowMule]

Originally Posted by doc_ricketts

I don't know about that. I think I would sit tight and enjoy the tube or crackle.com. The low causing the ruckus seems to be just sitting still over Amarillo and points to the NE. The old Dodge diesel make it around the neighborhood in 2 wheel with all the drifts so that was good. Shoveled my FIL's driveway and front porch with 2 foot drifts.

Bring it.

[Blakebird]

What kind of range does a sled have...can they pull a bike trailer?

Will be interesting to see how soon I-40 opens

Originally Posted by SnowMule

Bring it.

[nwcolorider]

Originally Posted by Blakebird

What kind of range does a sled have...can they pull a bike trailer?

Will be interesting to see how soon I-40 opens

I figured out my old Arctic Cat once, is was like 10 mpg if I was not on the gas. It wil pull a sled, I still use it to feed with. Old car hood for a sled, and 10 hay bales, so about 750 lb in hay and 50 lb in the hood. Just find some gas cans and an old sled and a car hood and you are good to go!

[Blakebird]

Driving me batty waiting for it to work it's way 20 miles east
Word was it would be on top of me last night - so I hunkered down... nothing but rain here all day.

If I knew I had all day of rain I would have ridden south an skirted south and west...which means I'll wake up to 8" of snow. Feels like i'm waiting to get snowed in now

[AKASY]

I guess you could have prepared ahead and taken some accessories with you
Ride safe.
http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/3584050886.html

[Hayduke]

Originally Posted by Blakebird

Driving me batty waiting for it to work it's way 20 miles east
Word was it would be on top of me last night - so I hunkered down... nothing but rain here all day.

If I knew I had all day of rain I would have ridden south an skirted south and west...which means I'll wake up to 8" of snow. Feels like i'm waiting to get snowed in now

proof that Ullr hates BMW's.

[doc_ricketts]

Originally Posted by Blakebird

What kind of range does a sled have...can they pull a bike trailer?

Will be interesting to see how soon I-40 opens

Still closed here in Amarillo and some distance eastward. I am with my FIL just south of I-40 and we had 15" snow and 65 mph winds. I cleaned the driveway and walk and went to Home Depot nearby to buy him a snow shovel and got stuck in the entrance road in the Dodge diesel 4x4. They had not plowed the turn into the store and it was about 2 feet deep and slushy. Anyway a snowplow driver pushed me on through when my Dodgie couldn't hack it without putting chains on. All the employees were coming in a far side entrance road that had been plowed for their 4 hour shift at the store, which closed at 4 pm.

[SnowMule]

Originally Posted by Blakebird

What kind of range does a sled have...can they pull a bike trailer?

Will be interesting to see how soon I-40 opens

I've seen as low as 1mpg ... heavy wet mashed-potato spring snow, three feet deep... that was a weird day. Burned through the 11-gallon tank in 13 miles of riding.

Ripping down the trail you can see 12-15 if you're easy on the throttle.

http://www.orionsleds.com/moonwalker.html