and so the winter blues begins....
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Yeah man, gets miiiiighty chilly down here at times too. Hoping I can ride on into late november, maybe early december, before it gets to be too much. Need to acquire some long johns...early mornings with just jeans is flippin' COLD!
Nice I got the Chamberlain as well, but it was like $228 but came with the myq system, 1.25hp and a bunch of other nice features.
Belt driven ftw!
Good thinking! the point for me of riding is to have fun. No fun to be had once the temp drops too low, and for me that's around 60!38 degrees for me, you win
I don't have heated gear. Once the temp stays in the 30s and 40s consistently, or drops below 30, I stop riding. My bike slid out last year around 30. I lack all sense of confidence at these temps and basically try to ride the bike straight up. No use riding when I'm afraid of sliding out and freezing my b@lls off.
AMEN BROTHER!, Don't have to worry about our pipes freezing or oil turning into a popsicle
4 what, degrees????? HOLY S*** I would die instantly. I don't know what our record low is but here in so cal it very rarely would hit say 40 during the middle of the night. Even at 55 or 60 average winter temp im still looking at some heated gear lol
Yeah, 4 degrees!
Coldest I've ridden, it was about 22 degrees at noon in direct sunlight. I remember braking and the rear tire coming loose, and almost sliding into the person in front of me. It had started snowing, so I was trying to get home before death was imminent.
Record Lowest Temperatures by State | Infoplease.com
Colder there than in VA, but we also don't have deserts or bigger mountains like the Rockies here. That's just general, by state, though.
Colder there than in VA, but we also don't have deserts or bigger mountains like the Rockies here. That's just general, by state, though.
wow that's crazy those are some loooooww temps. I of course was speaking about the city areas. if you travel up the mountain to big bear or mt. baldy it gets plenty cold. I have actually been up in the snow in the mountains in the morning and then down at the beach in the sun on the same day. The location with this rec. temp is up by Lake Tahoe which does get very cold but that's also about over 500 miles from L.A.
29F this morning when I left for work... The heated gear is keeping me toasty! Literally, I think my shirt smelled a little fried all day long. Maybe shouldn't turn it up quite as high as I had it... I'm desperately trying to get to say I rode to work in November, we'll see how it goes.
I'm desperately trying to get to say I rode to work in November, we'll see how it goes.I pulled this up on the average temp. The record low or high temps don't mean much, our record low was back in 1932 (28F).
The coldest month we have is December, the average temp during the day in December is 67.7 degrees with the average temp at night being 47.5
I actually live in the valley outside the city which is usually about 5-10 hotter than the city which is really close to the ocean.
The average for Baltimore is 45 during the day and 28 at night.
I dont ride on days when the temps are forcast to be in the mid 30's. I feel that there is too much risk in finding a area that is just cold enough and that moisture would freeze and it would be just my luck to find it.
I have a columbia 3-1 jacket and I took out the warm liner for it and used it in place of my Tourmaster Transition 3 liner. It actually works very well, much warmer.
I also took my bike out the other day and started putting Stabil in the tank in case it gets to a point where there are no more days popping up to go for a ride.
I have a columbia 3-1 jacket and I took out the warm liner for it and used it in place of my Tourmaster Transition 3 liner. It actually works very well, much warmer.
I also took my bike out the other day and started putting Stabil in the tank in case it gets to a point where there are no more days popping up to go for a ride.
must be nice latony.... out here (only a few hours a way form you) ours drops a lot more in winter and rises a lot more in summer. gay!
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justBlue
Cool weather here in Houston would be a nice change. Winter is the only time you get to ride without sweating like a raped ape!
There is a potential job change coming.... and with that comes more $$$ so this is looking like a real posibility!