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    HardcoreCokerRider
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    After NYC was blanketed with nearly 30 inches of snow, I thought it
    would be an ideal time to enjoy the weather. I still haven’t got my
    airfoil rim Coker back on the road yet (it’s gonna have the street tire
    on it, anyway), so I had to use my good ole stock Coker that has a
    completely bald tire on it.

    Out of necessity I learned how to do a new kind of mount… the sliding
    mount! It starts off as a rolling mount, but when you hop aboard the
    Coker, it slides anywhere between a foot and about 3 feet (depending on
    how much momentum you use to mount). It was really cool! Of course I
    couldn’t nail it every time, but I was amazed at how often I did nail
    it. I got lots of practice, though, because there were some roads that
    didn’t have any bare pavement at all, so there really was no other way
    to mount!

    Slip-sliding around on my Coker in the snow (snokering) has got to be
    one of my favorite things to do on my Coker. Sorry I don’t have any
    video to post, being that I don’t own a video camera (where’s Brian
    MacKenzie when you need him?)… but about a dozen or more New Yorkers
    have me on -their- video cameras! It seemed like nearly everybody who
    braved the weather to go outside in NYC today were out there taking
    pictures and video… and so I was a natural addition to their
    photographic mementoes – and they sure did get a kick out of it!

    I had tons of fun sliding and skidding. I certainly got a good
    appreciation for how to apply torque gingerly… but it was also fun to
    spin the wheel. One time I think I spun over two full revs without
    going anywhere and then I eased up, caught some traction, and rode
    away! It was also really cool to be able to see the skid marks in the
    snow so that I could see exactly how far I skidded! Can’t wait to go
    out again, tomorrow... I just wish I could find someone to shoot some
    video! Anyway, I think I may have to add “snokering” to my tagline,
    because I had way too much fun 😄!

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  2. markf
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    awsome. i've always like snow muni, especially to and from class.

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  3. harper
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    HardcoreCokerRider said:

    (where’s Brian MacKenzie when you need him?)…

    I'm trying to picture using the word "need" and Brian MacKenzie in the
    same sentence. It's not working for me. Snokering is a peachy term
    indeed. Work a chopper in there for pull gliding and you've really got
    someting.

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  4. HardcoreCokerRider
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    harper said:

    I'm trying to picture using the word "need" and Brian MacKenzie in the
    same sentence. It's not working for me. Snokering is a peachy term
    indeed. Work a chopper in there for pull gliding and you've really got
    someting.

    I don’t think pull gliding would work out too well in the snow… pull
    sliding, perhaps. Pull gliding using a chopper would make a great scene
    for a movie, though (especially since a chopper is prolly the only
    aircraft that can fly low and slow enough)… and I’d love to be the
    pilot for that scene – I’ll just have to get my external load rating
    first! All these darn ratings!

    Brian must have proven his usefulness in your presence on at least one
    occasion, no???

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  5. HardcoreCokerRider
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    harper said:

    Snokering is a peachy term indeed.

    Thanks, harper… I had a feeling snokering might be a peachy term, but I
    wasn’t 100% sure. Now that you have confirmed that -it is indeed- a
    peachy term I feel a lot more confident with its usage.

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  6. David_Stone
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    Yup, Andrew -- snokering is a blast. Most of my most memorable Coker
    rides were in the snow.

    As for freemounting and riding, I was amazed to find that the best way
    to get on is to jump mount (rather than to take a big step as we often
    do in good conditions). Riding on the snow is actually easier than
    walking because the tire tends to cover a large area AND because the
    rider is forced to stay almost straight up. OK, turning or stopping
    short are pretty much out of the Q, but maintaining an even speed and
    direction isn't too hard.

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  7. HardcoreCokerRider
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    David_Stone said:

    Yup, Andrew -- snokering is a blast. Most of my most memorable Coker
    rides were in the snow.

    As for freemounting and riding, I was amazed to find that the best way
    to get on is to jump mount (rather than to take a big step as we often
    do in good conditions).

    I agree 100%... my rolling mount technique consisted of pushing the uni
    in front of me at a decent pace and then jumping on with the intent of
    landing with the frame being as vertical as possible and then gently
    accelerating away. For me, that was the only way I could mount. After
    unintentionally sliding on the snow when I landed on the uni and then
    riding away succesfully, I thought... wow, that was a lot of fun! And
    then from that point on I looked forward to falling off so that I could
    practice my "sliding mount." I got consistent at it enough that I
    boldly told an onlooker who asked me how I was going to get on that
    thing that I would do it by sliding... and then I pulled off a nice
    sliding mount right there in front of him to his amazement. That was
    one of the highlights of my ride! I hope we get at least one more snow
    storm so that I can get some more snokering in this year!

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  8. Brian MacKenzie
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    harper said:

    I'm trying to picture using the word "need" and Brian MacKenzie in the
    same sentence. It's not working for me.

    Ask leeanne, you think SHE scrapes the car windows?

    Snokering is fun indeed, I'd love to do some, but we don't really have
    any snow.

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  9. JustOneWheel
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    Simply put, There is nothing better.

    With a fresh Coker tyre, Turning and stopping are much better than
    would be expected.

    Next snow, lets get all the local NY'rs out to Central Park for some
    group Snokering.

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