Wonky this is a thread to previous snowy discussion.
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb...ML/000346.html
I can vouch for alibaba's low pressures, use knobbie tyres if you can, and stay in the soft stuff, the wheel tracks are just ice and impossible to ride on.
Watch out for trucks and cars, I saw heaps of accidents on my Turkish snow ride, speeding cars sliding helplessly into oncomming trucks that couldnt stop, and trucks sliding bacwards down the hill with wheels (snow chains on) driving forward. Sometimes I would ride around a truck sliding back towards me....my brain had clearly frozen by this point.
Use handle bar muffs to keep your hands warm and carry as little as possible. I rode at walking pace and i was alone often at the tops of passes, this didnt really help when I rode into the culvit on the roads edge.
Itll be fun.
cheers
alec
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