Ride the Snow Storm

Good times in Toronto yesterday I tell you, good times. There's nothing like getting caught out in a snowstorm on your road bike, it doesn't make for a great day out. Of course, you're probably thinking that I'm a fool for going riding when we were expecting snow. The only thing is that it wasn't supposed to come until the afternoon (isn't the forecast always 100% accurate?) and we were only supposed to get flurries.

I rode north yesterday and the storm came in from the south, over Lake Ontario. I was still a good hour and a half from home when I saw the first snow flakes falling. No worries, I thought, it's just the flurries staring early. The snow was blowing about and not really bothering anyone, that was until I headed a little further south. Every kilometre closer to the lake the amount of snow on the road just kept increasing. By the time I was in the city proper, still thirty minutes from home, I was riding in the wheel tracks of the cars.

What was so scary was not being able to see what was under the snow. The weather here hsa fluctuated a lot and there are all kinds of cracks and chunks of pavenment missing, perfect traps laying in wait for me. Add to that all the ice in certain areas from the recent thaw and you've got one dicey situation. With much allowance from the cars around me, I was after all riding in their part of the road, I was able to make it home in one piece. All the time though I was thinking, if you're going to fall, fall on the right side, just don't smash the left hip again.