Lucky #7 EC Roll Call 2013-14!

[Cocximus]

Actually I find snow tires don't grip that well on dry cold roads. My all season tires are much better.

Still, I rock snows in the winter. Not needed, but it's awesome. I used to drive a supra with high performance all season tires and I survived. Quattro + winters = awesome. Wish I could stud them.

[icelanticskier]

Snows? Well there is one rationale....make that two, that you missed.

1) being a cheapskate, I find that I get more miles out of my "all-seasons" when they spend the winter months in the basement. It delays the need to replace by as much as three years. The snows last a good long while, three seasons or more.

penny wise, pound foolish? doing that^^^^^^^you hafta buy more stuff, store more stuff, and pay/spend more time to swap stuff back and forth every 6 months.

rog

[Jonathan S.]

we are both entitled to our own opinion.

The Dynafit Snow Leopard looks at that with some skepticism:





(TC, loving the detailed images from that massive camera of yours -- although next time, can you do something about my receding hairline?)

[Cocximus]

penny wise, pound foolish? doing that^^^^^^^you hafta buy more stuff, store more stuff, and pay/spend more time to swap stuff back and forth every 6 months.

rog

You have to buy even more shit when you put your car in a ditch... if you like to have fun while driving

[Peruvian]

Nice TRs and photos over at Telemarkeast from the weekend. I'm a little surprised that such a lame sight is kicking ECRC's ass.

Oh and good luck getting up my driveway without AWD/4WD and snow tires for much of the winter.

[strawjack]

luv all youz with the snow tire blah blah blah. most of us didn't get our drivers license last year! wtf...this place is full of kooks!

[GetAmped]

Did another day of trail work at Hickory yesterday. Got a little better beta on the failure to open last year. Apparently the pomas were never inspected (doh!). Things are looking better for this season. And, even if they don't "open," plenty of people skinned and skied it last season and will this season. For anyone who skis Winfall this year, you're welcome:

[Adrider83]

Nice man. I cannot remember which trail I took this picture on last year (you could probably tell better-maybe Winfall). Anyways, some last season pics from Hickory. I was the one that provided the pics from Saturday for facebook- sorry I missed the trail work last weekend- I'll have to make it up for one of the next ones.

[frecnhy.]

East coast rulez

[robrox]

Free seasonal swaps, only cost is just the balancing. The commuter rail station is just down the street from the Tire store. Drop off on the way to work, pay over the phone and pick up on the way home. It is literally no hassle and no extra time....well, not quite...I do have to carry the tires (in tire bags) into and out of their basement storage. Big deal...

Since the purchases are a few years offset, it works out the same as for any family getting milage around 20k/year and instisting on tires fresh enough to resist hydroplaning and have seasonally appropriate grip.

What about the added safety of season-specific rubber compounds providing better adhesion? Look it up, the difference is huge.

Triple-Treads in the three seasons and Altimax Arctics in the snow season...there are better tires but these work great and don't break the bank.

[GetAmped]

Nice man. I cannot remember which trail I took this picture on last year (you could probably tell better-maybe Winfall). Anyways, some last season pics from Hickory. I was the one that provided the pics from Saturday for facebook- sorry I missed the trail work last weekend- I'll have to make it up for one of the next ones.

Maybe the Hare? Skier's left of poma 2 off the top. Hard to tell.

Cut trails are looking pretty good now. They could certainly open with the amount of clearing that's been done so far. Not sure how the trees are looking; probably could use some love. One of the guys who leads that effort has been recovering from carpal tunnel surgery and hasn't been able to do anything this year. I'm not sure if I'll get back up again since it's looking like just about every weekend day in Nov is already booked.

[Adrider83]

I think Hare is probably right. Things definitely looked good on the trails. See you up there sometime soon.

[icelanticskier]

Free seasonal swaps, only cost is just the balancing. The commuter rail station is just down the street from the Tire store. Drop off on the way to work, pay over the phone and pick up on the way home. It is literally no hassle and no extra time....well, not quite...I do have to carry the tires (in tire bags) into and out of their basement storage. Big deal...

Since the purchases are a few years offset, it works out the same as for any family getting milage around 20k/year and instisting on tires fresh enough to resist hydroplaning and have seasonally appropriate grip.

What about the added safety of season-specific rubber compounds providing better adhesion? Look it up, the difference is huge.

Triple-Treads in the three seasons and Altimax Arctics in the snow season...there are better tires but these work great and don't break the bank.

do you have to have bought both sets of tires from the same place to get the free swaps? I bought Dunlop snows for my old accord wagon and the tire place wanted to charge me regular price cuz I only bought the snows from them as I was still using the all seasons that came on the car when I bought it. they ended up doing the swaps for 1/2 price as I asked them to as I had at least bought that set there

holy fucking wordy^^^^^sorry.

gonna be a chilly night

rog

[Bottleman]

^^^^Weak sauce. I want the old Rog back.

[icelanticskier]

careful what you wish for

rog

[Vt-Freeheel]

Mid page chatter[rollseyes]



And I do

[the Cock]

Some stoke amongst the Rog.

http://vimeo.com/m/53551115

[lynchdogger]

^^^ sickness! That takes a big fin giant set of brass balls. 180mph!? F me! The recovery on the green bike - wow! Thanks.

Snow tire talk? Get outside for christ sake!

Going to find some winter at the end of the week - very excited!

Cranked up the stove tonite!

Got the fever for the flavor!

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[lynchdogger]

Go Sox!

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[oldirty]

so ready for snow on the EC...go sox

[Vt-Freeheel]

Absolutely clear blue skies this morning, not a branch stiring. looks wonderful out although a bit nippy at 23`. Picked the last of my tomatoes last Tuesday and now looking at snow covered slopes.

[icelanticskier]

white George:

http://www.mountwashington.org/weath...es/ravines.jpg

picked up a nuther 5 inches over the last 4-5 days or so. makes 7.1" for the month. just over half of the annual October average. may pick up a nuther inch or so in the next 36 hrs. don't think we're gonna make average for like the 62 month in a row, save for a few. ah well boy would I love a nuther spring of 08' up high. c'mon average snow!

1st hard frost/freeze here seacoast. riding's gonna start getting real good now.........

rog

[strawjack]

Some stoke amongst the Rog.

http://vimeo.com/m/53551115

That vid was sweet! High speed wobble

[mtnbiker/boarder]

always wanted to go to the TT....even better would be having the balls to fly through those streets........defidently on my bucket list of things to do...spectator of course ,... maybe we could get a few mags to go one year....VTF I am sure would be interested.........nothing like horse power on two wheels..........

Strawjack...tank slap sucks....been there and not fun.....

[Peruvian]

17 degrees early this morning at 1600' in SoVT.