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Post by Bing » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:03 pm

That's proper - it was like that up through Glendevon and on towards Crieff last Christmas when we went to visit my grandparents in Comrie. Beautiful.

Meant to say after your first vid - I love your grumpy satnav :thumbsup:
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Post by a11y » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:46 pm

teamemmenracing, Is that footage taken from your Roadhawk? Very impressive if so :)
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Post by sars » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:36 pm

Now that's proper snow, thinking of swapping out my winter wheels because its so mild :)
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Post by Bing » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:40 pm

sars wrote:Now that's proper snow, thinking of swapping out my winter wheels because its so mild :)
As soon as you do that it will snow. Guarranteed :D
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Post by teamemmenracing » Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:34 am

a11y wrote:teamemmenracing, Is that footage taken from your Roadhawk? Very impressive if so :)

yup .... thats straight off the road hawk .......

click the link and you can see both cameras in real time.

http://www.bikeshite.com/forums/showthr ... #post25315
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Post by teamemmenracing » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:21 pm

heres another one...... check out the boy overtaking .....

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Post by Bing » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:56 pm

teamemmenracing wrote:
a11y wrote:teamemmenracing, Is that footage taken from your Roadhawk? Very impressive if so :)

yup .... thats straight off the road hawk .......

click the link and you can see both cameras in real time.

http://www.bikeshite.com/forums/showthr ... #post25315
Can't see the link to the vid in the page... Do I have to sign up to see it ?
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Post by Finisterre » Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:56 pm

Bing wrote: so the top will be going down when I nip out in half an hour to pick up the wide from the station :thumbsup:
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Post by Bing » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:48 am

Finisterre wrote:
Bing wrote: so the top will be going down when I nip out in half an hour to pick up the wide from the station :thumbsup:
Has she been abroad?
:rofl: very good :thumbsup:

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Post by teamemmenracing » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:10 am

I sh*t thee not ......... this is the main road Norway/Sweden and the average speed these guys are driving is 45 mph ....... trucks included.
These are the conditions that Winter tires are made for ......

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Post by Bing » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:25 pm

So the new thread on winters has prompted this post - temps have been heading back up here, and my car's been getting a little skittish on my winters as it's too warm for them (forecast is 16 degrees here tomorrow :o )... Anyone thinking of changing back yet, or do you reckon we're not out the woods yet ? Is it worth keeping them on for another month or so whilst the weather is pretty wet ? Just interested as it's my first time going post-op :P
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Post by PawnSacrifice » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:05 am

Bing, mine's been feeling a little floaty lately - warmer and damp. Part of my problem is the geo setup - a lot of negative camber, they didn't feel this skittish last year. Think I'll switch back any day now, or after my holiday.

I don't know the science of the tyres, but I suspect putting the power down when it's a little warmer will accelerate the wear, so while they are still on and it's warmer I try and be a little lighter on the throttle.
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Post by oli445 » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:40 am

I think I'm gonna swap over on Monday, think we're out the woods now!

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Post by cj_eds » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:45 am

Close to putting my normal wheels back on the wife's car, I can't remember the last journey we did were it was under 7 degrees up here in Scotland.

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Post by a11y » Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:06 pm

I changed backlast night. Decided summers would be more appropriate for this weekend's forum drive given the forecast temps. Of course, last year I swapped back to summers and it promptly snowed within the week, so what do I know :lol:
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