Today's 20-mile ride @ -20 WC

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Well, make that 2.0 (what's a decimal point here or there?)

I turned 60 today, so decided that 0 degrees F, -20 wind chills, and
snow covered roads here in northern IN were NOT going to confine me.
Belive me though, 2 miles was plenty. I would be interested in
hearing from those of you who commuted today (or did an otherwise
"honorable" ride) despite sub-zero temps.

 

[Joel]

[email protected] wrote:
> Well, make that 2.0 (what's a decimal point here or there?)
>
> I turned 60 today, so decided that 0 degrees F, -20 wind chills, and
> snow covered roads here in northern IN were NOT going to confine me.
> Belive me though, 2 miles was plenty. I would be interested in
> hearing from those of you who commuted today (or did an otherwise
> "honorable" ride) despite sub-zero temps.
>
I went out for a ride today, it was 17° which felt like 25°below 0°, I
rode about 1 mile and I had it, the ice was hanging from my Baclava, and
I looked like a Walrus. I won't try that again. At least the groundhog
said winter is almost over.

Joel

 

[32GO]

Hey guys -

Grey (Meredith? Joel?) commented:

> ... -20 wind chills, and snow covered roads here in
> northern IN were NOT going to confine me.

To which Joel (Grey? McRae?) replied:

> I went out for a ride today, it was 17 which felt
> like 25 below...

Well, I don't know if it might serve as a kind of
vicarious inspiration, or just make some folks feel
grumpy, but there are some pix from our local recumbent
group's ride this weekend in SoCal on our website, with
this lead-in link:

http://www.vcrr.org/news.htm

Our wind chill factor was also a little below 20 degrees,
but that's PLUS twenty Celsius, of course. Seriously, we
did see a bit more warm clothing than usual, with some
folks popping in and out of extra layers through the day.
Enjoy...

Regards,
Wayne

 

[[email protected]]

[email protected] wrote:
> Well, make that 2.0 (what's a decimal point here or there?)
>
> I turned 60 today, so decided that 0 degrees F, -20 wind chills, and
> snow covered roads here in northern IN were NOT going to confine me.
> Belive me though, 2 miles was plenty. I would be interested in
> hearing from those of you who commuted today (or did an otherwise
> "honorable" ride) despite sub-zero temps.

I just don't get it- the temps down in parts of Australia were about
104 degrees,almost 90 degrees in parts of Los angeles, Belgium is
freezing (as are most people in the US) and I enjoy blissful miles
while the super bowl makes for very quiet streets. I should hang my
head down in shame.....but you don't do that on a recumbent for very
long or you might crash. That is a 10 - speed thang!

 

[Larry Webber]

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:05:26 -0800, greyfx2 wrote:

> Well, make that 2.0 (what's a decimal point here or there?)
>
> I turned 60 today, so decided that 0 degrees F, -20 wind chills, and
> snow covered roads here in northern IN were NOT going to confine me.
> Belive me though, 2 miles was plenty. I would be interested in
> hearing from those of you who commuted today (or did an otherwise
> "honorable" ride) despite sub-zero temps.

I live in Indianapolis and bike commute year around - including this
morning. I only live a little over 3 miles so it was no real issue. We
don't have any snow to speak of right now. That is suppose to change
tomorrow with 3 to 6 inches of snow in our forecast. In the rare event
we do get significant ice accumulation I walk and push the bike in the
morning. The city usually has the ice melted by the time I come home. In
snowy or icy weather I use an upright bike with fat knobby tires. For the
record I am 57 years old.

Larry Webber

 

[Ben Goren]

[email protected] wrote:

> Well, make that 2.0 (what's a decimal point here or there?)
>
> I turned 60 today, so decided that 0 degrees F, -20 wind chills,
> and snow covered roads here in northern IN were NOT going to
> confine me. Belive me though, 2 miles was plenty. I would be
> interested in hearing from those of you who commuted today (or
> did an otherwise "honorable" ride) despite sub-zero temps.

Y'all are gonna hate me for this, but it was somewhere 'round 80o
F today here in Phoenix. I wore a light jacket on the ride in to
work this morning, more out of habit than anything else. The ride
home I would have shed a layer, were it not for indecent exposure
laws.

Cheers,

b&

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[Joel]

Ben Goren wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Well, make that 2.0 (what's a decimal point here or there?)
> >
> > I turned 60 today, so decided that 0 degrees F, -20 wind chills,
> > and snow covered roads here in northern IN were NOT going to
> > confine me. Belive me though, 2 miles was plenty. I would be
> > interested in hearing from those of you who commuted today (or
> > did an otherwise "honorable" ride) despite sub-zero temps.
>
> Y'all are gonna hate me for this, but it was somewhere 'round 80o
> F today here in Phoenix. I wore a light jacket on the ride in to
> work this morning, more out of habit than anything else. The ride
> home I would have shed a layer, were it not for indecent exposure
> laws.
>
> Cheers,
>
> b&
>
Well the weather stayed nice a lot longer this year so riding season was
extended. I hope winter is over soon, even a few months without riding
outside is hard. The weather this whole week is calling for the single
digits, so riding is out of the question.