We do a regular workshop every year here in Anchorage. Usually it runs
for an hour or two and we cover the following topics:
-Commercial studded tires
-Home-made studded tires
-Navigation on dark, snowy streets.
-Visibility
-Proper layering techniques
-Fabric selection
-Vapor barriers (for the _really_ cold rides)
-Lubricants
-Frozen hubs
-Bike Storage (how not to have your rims freeze)
Typically it's there are several people presenting on their areas of
expertise. Each presentation is short and followed by a q/a session.
At the end we typically offer a time for people to practice studding
their own tires; however, we've been moving away from that recently as
homemade studded tires tend to be pretty poor quality.
Feel free to ask for any details.
-Ben
--
Off the Chain Bike Collective - your local non-profit bike shop
814 W. Northern Lights Blvd.
(West end of the Mat-Maid building)
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 258-OTCC (6822)
www.offthechainak.org
veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
> Has anyone ever held a class on winter biking?
>
> We're thinking of offering one, and I'm interested in what other
> people have done. I've checked out icebike.org
http://icebike.org a
> little, and done a little internet research.
>
> I was about to list the topics we're thinking of covering, but I'm
> interested what other folks thoguht was important.
>
> What were some unexpected responses or questions or things that you
> hadn't prepared for?
>
> Thanks, everyone.
>
> josh.
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