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When is it too cold for you to ride?
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Kristopher
This is my Car!
Never too cold but sometimes snowy or icy and then I'll be forced to drive. They have a habit of salting and cindering the roads until they are like dirt roads around here and I don't care much for that either.
Roy.Jackson55@aol.com
You stupid, fix it!
womanridge
New member
I remember seeing a picture of that tire. Wasn't it from the winter ride of the European couple. He on his R-1, she was on an F-800GS? Loved their blog and videos.
Look more like carbide tipped studs.Pop rivets?
Kristopher
This is my Car!
That's the spirit! I'm with you. Accept when I say that to my friends only my brother partakes.
Woodbutcher
New member
To me it isn't temperature so much as it is road conditions. I don't ride in snow (we don't get much anyway) or ice (we do get that). We seldom get daytime temps below freezing so my heated jacket liner and grips pretty much do the job.
It's when you're out of gas that it becomes too cold to ride.
I think with the really good heated gear that's available, cold isn't an issue...until you run out of gas and are stranded on the side of the road with nothing to power that once warm riding suit. I'm happy riding when it's cold; but, seriously consider where I am and how quickly I can get to shelter if I have a mechanical issue. A stiff wind will take the heat right out of any suit quickly. Be warned, prepare for that and go have fun!
I think with the really good heated gear that's available, cold isn't an issue...until you run out of gas and are stranded on the side of the road with nothing to power that once warm riding suit. I'm happy riding when it's cold; but, seriously consider where I am and how quickly I can get to shelter if I have a mechanical issue. A stiff wind will take the heat right out of any suit quickly. Be warned, prepare for that and go have fun!
bob_m
Active member
Several years ago I decided that cold was not going to stop me from going out on a ride. I had a 1996 R1100RT with the heated grips cranking, and the Widder electric vest toasty I ran up I-5, north of Portland, to look at a project. As I motored north, a bank of fog had settled in the flood plain of one of the many rivers the freeway crosses (Cowlitz, Lewis, Kalama or Toutle). The fog got real thick, so I decided to change into the slower, right lane. As I usually do, I accelerated a bit with the lane change and the rear wheel just spun. I was on black ice. I continued moving to the right all the way into the shoulder and slowly idled to the next onramp where I turned around and went home. At no time was I cold, however it was too cold to ride.
dieselyoda
Active member
-26C with the wind, -42C, too cold to do anything.
Temperature today is -26C with the wind, -42C. I saw on the news that kids were skating in Dallas outside on the streets? Everything is parked. Every vehicle I own is making odd noises and some noises don't sound too good.
Square tires is not an urban myth.
In this weather, if you have any health issues, the cold will force your body into using more energy, making problems you might have feel worse.
This weather can be very dangerous.
Temperature today is -26C with the wind, -42C. I saw on the news that kids were skating in Dallas outside on the streets? Everything is parked. Every vehicle I own is making odd noises and some noises don't sound too good.
Square tires is not an urban myth.
In this weather, if you have any health issues, the cold will force your body into using more energy, making problems you might have feel worse.
This weather can be very dangerous.
dieselyoda
Active member
-40C is way colder in Canada than -40F in the USA.
The reason why it's way colder in Canada at the same temperature is because I have never heard of anybody in the USA complaining about frozen hockey pucks breaking. Yep, they do.
And, if you need to snowblow your driveway after the kids have been playing hockey, you should probably expect at least one stick will go through the machine like it's a wood chipper. You can't be mad at them, they are after all younguns that need love and tenderness.
As you drag your blowed-up snow blower through the snow to where you can fix it, just remember, we are CANADIAN and that's what we do!
The reason why it's way colder in Canada at the same temperature is because I have never heard of anybody in the USA complaining about frozen hockey pucks breaking. Yep, they do.
And, if you need to snowblow your driveway after the kids have been playing hockey, you should probably expect at least one stick will go through the machine like it's a wood chipper. You can't be mad at them, they are after all younguns that need love and tenderness.
As you drag your blowed-up snow blower through the snow to where you can fix it, just remember, we are CANADIAN and that's what we do!
pradinc
Fahren Away
When I was a kid, I rode my Cushman year round. Had to, to operate my paper route and keep up the payments.With it's small wheels and low centre of gravity, riding on ice was doable.
The -25 F days were tough, and I had to be careful not to get frostbitten.
As a kid in the midwest, I rode a Cushman Eagle year round to grade school, work, high school, work and treks into the country. It taught me the importance of keeping your core warm. These days, if the temps drop below 35F and/or the roads ice up, I won't ride. Otherwise, it's fun to get out and ride with the kids whenever possible, winter included.
bikerfish1100
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roamingbeemer
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arthurdent
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Rode my 1150 GS to work today (10 mi). Fleece hood inside the helmet was OK, but rode up leaving me with a feeling like an ice cold spike pressing into my forehead.
Then there was the issue of getting my helmet straps through the D-rings with numb fingers.
All this so I can say I rode today cause I won't be able to tomorrow with the snow coming?
Then there was the issue of getting my helmet straps through the D-rings with numb fingers. All this so I can say I rode today cause I won't be able to tomorrow with the snow coming?
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