Schnee

Das Fixie.  Die Backerei

It snowed last night so everything is once more covered in a blanket of white.  I rode my bike to die Bakerei this morning, it is less painful for me than walking.  Riding through the fresh snow was entertaining, never really knowing if I was going to be lying in the snow at any moment.  I still have my road slicks on the fixie and they don't inspire confidence in the snow.

Das Fixie.  Die Wohnung

I have just returned from riding around through the park.  I had gone out to drop off the recycling but I enjoyed riding through the snow so much that I stayed out and rode aimlessly through the park.  I was rewarded by seeing the woodpecker (unfortunately I didn't take a camera) close up instead of high in the trees and spent my time enjoying the light snow falling on my face and practising propping on my bike.  Propping is a skill that I have always wanted to master.  Propping is when you can balance the bike whilst stopped without putting either foot on the ground.  Whilst trying to master this life skill I discovered that I could spin the back wheel on the ice if I tried to accelerate hard.  This led to me practising this quite a bit, much to the consternation of the other people using the park.  Ultimately I discovered that I could do quite good fixed wheel skids on the ice as well so this led to whole lot more practising, also to the consternation of the other people using the park.  I wished Annika was there to enjoy it with me.