Mike Measer dogs me out bad for my previous video on winter bike riding. He is doing a great job of making me look foolish. Great work Mike!
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Riding in the snow can be miserable, but it can also be a ton of fun. This bike setup probably wouldn't work to well out on the trail, but it is working pretty good on the snow and slush covered roads of Buffalo. I highly recommend using a bike that you are not terribly fond of, because the salt just eats away at it. Also, the headgear and lights are not a joke, because cars are not used to seeing a bike in these conditions. It may not be safe for you to be out there if the car can't see you far enough in advance.
I can't tell you how much I have been enjoying my commute. It's nearly the end of Feb now, and I have 2 months of commuting under my belt, in some of the worst conditions imaginable. Yet, its all manageable if you have the right gear!
What I can't seem to find is a riding buddy...
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This is a little video showing the newly mounted roof rack. I had the cross bars for this rack for a number of years, and have used them in many variations of bike racks. My wife uses the Xterra right now for her main transportation, so the bike rack off of the trailer hitch was getting in her way for groceries and stuff.
The front crosspiece bolts right into the existing mounts for the factory basket on the roof. It required going to a hardware store for the exact match on a new bolt that would be long enough to go through the crossbars. The bolt is fine thread and metric, which makes it difficult to match, but the guy at the hardware store was able to do it in just a few minutes.
The rear cross piece required drilling through the factory rails, which I would have preferred not to do, just because it makes it pretty permanent. However, this is a budget rack, and buying the clamps from Yakima would cost nearly $100 apiece, so the $1.75 I spent in hardware was a great alternative.
Here is the video. Sorry I did not shoot it in landscape mode, I was still trying to get used to me new iPhone.
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