[slartibartfast01]

It's all good and fine if the skis and you stop. If the skis stop and you don't.....

It can be a long embarrassing climb . I was lucky and a friend brought mine down when it happened to me.

[MarkJerling]

It can be a long embarrassing climb . I was lucky and a friend brought mine down when it happened to me.

Been there, done that!

[lesmore49]

I've never tried skis, I was more of a wooden toboggan, man.

Although out here on the flat land prairies, the only toboggan slide we had when I was a kid, was the river bank. You had to trust that river freeze up had taken place before your first toboggan 'slide down' in the early stages of winter or you might get a case of hypothermia if you went through new ice.

Not much downhill skiing either as the nearest hills were about 200 miles away.

I ended up snow shoeing through deep snow in the forested areas and heavily snowed in golf courses at night...golf is shut down November till April out here in the land of long winters.

Still have my hand made (someone else's hands made them ) snow shoes and they are of the Huron style.

[savoche]

What you need is some nitrous oxide.

Wouldn't a good helping of chili con carne do the same service?

[savoche]

I ended up snow shoeing through deep snow in the forested areas and heavily snowed in golf courses at night...golf is shut down November till April out here in the land of long winters.

Still have my hand made (someone else's hands made them ) snow shoes and they are of the Huron style.

I got myself some snowshoes recently, definitely not hand made. Some aluminium and plastic ones, with serrated frames and sturdy crampons. Not quite big enough for deep, fluffy snow, though. Then I'd need some properly long shoes, like you have.

[bertwert]

Downhill skis have brakes. As soon as your boot comes out of the binding those two wires with plastic tips drop down, and the ski stops traveling down the slopes.

Fancy telemark bindings there. Nice.

[bertwert]

Another haggis lover other than Bert?

I don't get why people don't love haggis! It's amazing stuff.

[MarkJerling]

I don't get why people don't love haggis! It's amazing stuff.

Amazing is not the word I'd use, but OK!

[MarkJerling]

According to this article on ScienceDirect there is a whopping 95%(!) energy saving at the back of a big (perfectly formed) peloton. I find it fascinating that even the lead cyclist can save up to 14% compared to riding alone.



Even in a simple paceline you can see a 50+% saving at the back.

That's pretty interesting. All the stuff I've ever read said 15-20% but this indicates much more! The study, unfortunately, could have been much better had the authors made allowances for different size riders and also for a more realistic cyclist position or varying positions in the peloton. For instance, the starting point appears to be a cyclist in a time-trial body position and no one rides in a time trial body position in a peloton (except perhaps for the rider at the very front as there's not enough control over the bicycle to do so safely. Likewise, the overall width and number of riders abreast which is likewise not a real-life scenario. with a more realistic spacing in a "tight" peloton being probably 700mm c/c and not 575mm as shown. Be that as it may, it certainly raises some interesting points and reminds me why I should hide at the back instead of lead at the front!

[lesmore49]

I got myself some snowshoes recently, definitely not hand made. Some aluminium and plastic ones, with serrated frames and sturdy crampons. Not quite big enough for deep, fluffy snow, though. Then I'd need some properly long shoes, like you have.

I like my wooden snow shoes. Aside from their function, they are art in my view. I have them hung on the wall, beside my workbench.

A lot of Canada and for that matter the USA, in the early days was explored by people using hand made snow shoes in the winter, and birchbark canoes in the non winter months.

One thing to note with snow shoes though. You have to be careful that you don't snow shoe on cross country trails, as the cross country skiers get their nose out of joint....as it can become skier gridlock when a snowshoer is out front on the trails.

I'd rather not say how I know this.

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I don't get why people don't love haggis! It's amazing stuff.

It is.

For early Scottish settlers in North America, haggis was a multi function product. It could be used from everything from food, to filling in the gaps between logs of the log cabins. Very good insulation that keeps the cold, northern winds out.

[Parallax]

I don't get why people don't love haggis! It's amazing stuff.

I'd love to try it sometime but it's my understanding that it's illegal in the U.S. as livestock lungs cannot be sold/served (commercially) for human consumption.

[robtcorl]

I like my wooden snow shoes. Aside from their function, they are art in my view. I have them hung on the wall, beside my workbench.

We have a very long pair of antique wooden snowshoes next to our fireplace for decor purposes only.

[lesmore49]

We have a very long pair of antique wooden snowshoes next to our fireplace for decor purposes only.

Same deal here. I'm not out there much in the deep snow in forested areas....tramping around in mid winter anymore.

BTW, lovely fireplace scene.

[Ex Finn.]

Not buying the 3K, spent my camera fund on ARB Simpson III... Windy day at Oregon inlet camp ground, NC.

[lesmore49]

I'd love to try it sometime but it's my understanding that it's illegal in the U.S. as livestock lungs cannot be sold/served (commercially) for human consumption.

I did not know that.

When I was young my grandmother used to make me lunches. Tuesday was usually pancake day, which was always good but about once a month she would make me Black Pudding, which I looked forward too. Loved it, but it is hard to get nowadays.

Black pudding - Wikipedia