Fall setting sun angles

[Omega Man]

Man,
It's that time of year again for those currently riding...or driving

Just back in from a late start sunny day ride on several two-lanes in the hills.
That pesky sun, we haven't seen it in a week, was LOW on the horizon and with the leaves thinned makes it even more fun on twisty familiar roads...which are not as familiar or predictable with Winter sun angles.
I altered my routes to avoid the school bus routes where I knew the sun was straight on.... traffic is always light until a school bus starts the flashing STOP! sign and a vehicle come roaring up behind.

Having the sun blast you thru the trees on your peripheral vision flank mid afternoon just isn't right I called it a day...evening and came on home.
How many days before we start GAINING daylight again?

Out here we have the Tip O'Neil Tunnel. It's a rather long run from the x-way to Logan underground until there is an open area of full sun a dip to florescent lights then dirty florescent lights then full sun.
I guess they are just smarter in Texas and get their blinding light- naturally. It cost us billions
OM

 

[dieselyoda]

The sun rose at 8:20 this morning

I had to go for a service call this morning with one of my guys who was having a bitch of a time cracking the controller on a hoe. We had all should be good, battery voltage, fuses and so on but she wouldn't pop smoke. The usual stuff, fuel filters, charge pressure, etc. told us she should light up. Still no good smoke.

We needed into the controller. Thank god for CAN-BUS, it's contributing to my semi-retirement goals of drinking on a beach somewhere. It was cold, not horribly cold like my friends to the south refer to hell hath frozen over cold but cold, about -14C. We just couldn't get communication and we both had at least a few cups of coffee in us.

Time to pee. So I am a manly man and not penis shy at all. My subordinate needs a pee as well. Just whip it out in the pit and go for a whiz, right?

Well, we whip it out and start to relieve ourselves and he looks over and says, "looks like a penis only smaller. How cute is that?"

Now I'm faced with a dilemma. The sun set about 4:05 today, should I put tape over my subordinate's safety glasses to cut the glare of light when I fire his butt?

For those that might believe hell can freeze over, get ready, the Maple Leafs can make the playoffs this year. God Bless.

 

[Firenailer]

Don't really know how to follow THAT one but.....

Has anyone tried the strip sold by Aerostich on an Arai Helmet and how did it work?

Sun just about blinded me yesterday and it was only 1:45 PM!

 

[98lee]

I carry a roll of 1" blue painters tape with me at all times. It comes off clean no matter how long it's been on.

I put it as low as I can without blocking forward vision. I've come to like it so much that I just leave it on.

 

[BMARC153920]

I carry a roll of 1" blue painters tape with me at all times. It comes off clean no matter how long it's been on.

I put it as low as I can without blocking forward vision. I've come to like it so much that I just leave it on.

I do the same thing with black electrical tape. Two or three rows of overlapping tape block the low setting sun in the evening ride home and stay on through rain and washing for YEARS! Yet they come off pretty clean, any glue left over wipes right off with a bit of WD40 or kerosene, which in turn cleans right up with a shot of Plexus.

 

[KenDittrick]

Yesterday was of course the first day of Winter and the end of Fall. The sun angle in my southern Canadian city of Calgary Alberta at its maximum elevation was 15.60 degrees and now will continue to rise until June 21st when the angle tops out at 62.47 degrees.

The sun angles for corresponding dates for those us riding in Los Angeles California are 32.52 and 79.38 degrees whereas Fairbanks Alaska values are barely over the horizon at 1.73 degrees in the Winter Solstice and 48.60 degrees in June!

(Data per Sun Seeker iOS App)

 

[henzilla]

We are south of the LA latitudes, I shouldn't be griping it seems

We haven't seen the sun for a week yeah, I know

I changed a few sets of tires this AM and the sun came out...by the time I went for a short ride it was cloudy and late in the day again.

 

[henzilla]

I saw my shadow yesterday...I don't play a groundhog but it seemed to be a bad thing
I had the sun in my eyes right around sunset...and it wasn't on a road that is fun on in those conditions...blinded in a blind corner never good



not a bit of sun in the state...check out the temp difference from north to south today.

 

[dieselyoda]

That's North to South?????

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I saw my shadow yesterday...I don't play a groundhog but it seemed to be a bad thing
I had the sun in my eyes right around sunset...and it wasn't on a road that is fun on in those conditions...blinded in a blind corner never good


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not a bit of sun in the state...check out the temp difference from north to south today.

You may not love us Canadians like you should, we are a lovable bunch but dude, your fellow countrymen say in North Dakota or even further, Alaska, you didn't even consider their weather. Shame on you.

If you come to Canada, I'm not going to tell you how wonderful Poutine is. It's a Northern thing you see.

 

[henzilla]

That was heading almost due North late in the day.
The weather map was the N/S reference. Below freezing in the panhandle and shorts and beach weather in the Valley & coast .

We spent not enough time up in your Northeastern lands this past summer...and a few other years in the Western Provinces...always a great time

Your neck of the woods

I just need a better understanding of French so I can poke back whilst in Quebec...it was brutal But still a fun adventure.

We were amused poutine was a McDonalds item....around here it's breakfast tacos EVERYWHERE anytime. Man that stuff could clog an artery or two...but most things that make one smile/full often do.

My friends in Wisconsin and N Minnesota are not kind this time of year...even the Iowa guys are grumpy...I was today thinking of those S CA and FL who were out ridin' and got grumpy as well

 

[dieselyoda]

We have a "Visitor Centre"???

That was heading almost due North late in the day.
The weather map was the N/S reference. Below freezing in the panhandle and shorts and beach weather in the Valley & coast .

We spent not enough time up in your Northeastern lands this past summer...and a few other years in the Western Provinces...always a great time

Your neck of the woods

I just need a better understanding of French so I can poke back whilst in Quebec...it was brutal But still a fun adventure.

We were amused poutine was a McDonalds item....around here it's breakfast tacos EVERYWHERE anytime. Man that stuff could clog an artery or two...but most things that make one smile/full often do.

My friends in Wisconsin and N Minnesota are not kind this time of year...even the Iowa guys are grumpy...I was today thinking of those S CA and FL who were out ridin' and got grumpy as well

Holy crap, who knew?? Where is it..................Ahhhhhhh, I get it, our "Visitor Centre" has to be in somewhere nicer than it is here right now. I bet our visitor centre is in like Kansas or Tennessee.

 

[lee]

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not a bit of sun in the state...check out the temp difference from north to south today.

That's a huge difference in one state.

 

[lee]

.even the Iowa guys are grumpy...

We got to see the sun two days in a row

 

[jeffd]

We have seen the sun on and off for the last 2 days but at 14F the bikes are staying in the shed