One of the things that makes winter fun for me is riding in the snow. It makes all the gloominess from the cloudy gray days almost worthwhile. Lots of people worry and fret over it, but the snow turns all the roads into off-road trails. Fun! The snow also dampens all the sound around, so it becomes very quite. Almost something reminiscent of the middle of the Yukon kind of quiet or so I will pretend.
The Ural doesn’t do many things well, but I think it does well in the snow. The narrow tires and high ground clearance work well, and the torque from the 2WD provides some surprising traction as the tires cut through the snow rather than plow it like a wider tire would. You can see I was having a bit of fun this morning.
It was snowing when I woke up, and it is still snowing now. It looks like it’s snowed over twelve inches today. I wonder how much we’ll get.
Finally.
ReplyDeleteyay!
DeleteYour Ural looks like its in its element. How oold was it?
ReplyDeleteyes, the ural in its natural element: snow. it's a 2009.
DeleteTypo, how cold was it that day?
Delete30F that day. 12F yesterday and today.
DeleteI fell on my expensive ass, twice, in the Cub parking lot tonight. Lots of ice under that snow and tomorrow it will be worse. Be careful out there.
ReplyDeleteouch. hope you didn't break anything expensive. yea, i noticed the ice under the snow when i was riding around playing yesterday. it was fun. I expect the commute to be an exercise in patience.
DeleteChris, you got a lot more snow down there than we did up here. I just measured in the backyard, and we have 4.5 inches.
ReplyDeletewow! we get more snow than you guys up there did? i guess that works. did you goto the areostich customer day on saturday?
DeleteI didn't know about it. I could have picked up a few Christmas presents for myself!
DeleteChris, you get over a foot of snow, we get maybe an inch where I live.....where's the justice I ask?! Went into the nearby mountains and found barely 3 inches of the stuff!
ReplyDeleteI bet you were having a blast!
Dom
lol. you have mountains, so there is the justice! the foot of snow is just a meager 900 miles east. start riding! ;)
Deleteyes, it was quite fun. the roads were empty and full of snow. it was fun.
Love, love love that first picture.
ReplyDeleteIt needs to be on a calendar Chris.
I like it too. I'll have to think about the calendar idea.
DeleteNice to see someone enjoying a ride in the snow. That was cool...am afraid of riding in the snow though. Looks like your Ural does a good job in the snow
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