I went ice cycling on Leksdalsvatnet in Norway during a rare full freeze. It’s a fairly large lake (21.7 square-kilometre / (8.4 sq mi) and doesn’t usually freeze solid enough to cross everywhere.
Conditions were calm with a bit of wind, but once you’re far out on open ice you hear everything — wind, ice movement, cracking, water moving under the ice. With no trees or terrain, the sound really carries.
It felt fine to ride, just very exposed and different from normal winter riding.
Curious if anyone here has ridden frozen lakes or rivers this far from shore, and how common that kind of riding is where you live.
by FactDue945
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For context, the lake is usually only used near shore in winter, so this was one of the few times it froze solid enough to ride far out across it.
I see it some winters here in Stockholm
I had one opportunity to ride a clear water body like this. We had a peculiar dry winter in MN and I was a young’n experimenting with self made studded tires.
It was weird fun and only a small slice of what is presented here. The sounds are fun.