Commuting - you know it was a cold ride when . . .

you get into the shower, and the water that's warm as it hits your head is stone-cold by the time it runs over your feet. and your toes still tingle.

you get into the shower, and the water that's warm as it hits your head is stone-cold by the time it runs over your feet. and your toes still tingle.


Boy do I know what that feels like :)

In the late autumn we rode 100km in a down pour rain. When I got home I jumped into the shower, and while the water was hot, it felt cold against my body. Common sense told me the water is steaming hot, but my body was telling me it was ice cold.

I can see how Hypothermia can set in on a person :eek:


....It's Balaclava time.

I love that feeling.

You know it's cold when boogers freeze in your nose.
Yeah, it happened to me. :)
Steven

When perspiration from your hands freezes on the outside of your gloves.....

When perspiration from your hands freezes on the outside of your gloves.....You got good gloves!

snotsickles on my mustache.

You got good gloves!

That's what I was thinking! Good gloves.

"You know it's cold when you give your bicycle a good morning kiss and your lips freeze to the down-tube."

When...

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You have trouble removing your balaclava because the front is a solid sheet of ice.

Hasn't happened to me in years, bl**dy global warming!

..When I decide to go hit the slopes rather than spin on pavement.

-D

When you get a slick coating of Ice on the front of your coat and jeans.

When you come home and take a shower and the water feels like molten steel on your frozen feet!

...when your eyes freeze shut...

The weather channel tells you. As you dress for conditions, you really don't care anyways and usually are breaking into a sweat by the time you get to work. A frozen moustache is also a good sign.

Your balaclava stands up on it's own after you take it off!

I went to school up at Michigan Tech. Since moving to the Ann Arbor area 13 years ago, I haven't seen anything I'd call really cold. The worst I've seen here is -10*F.
I once tried to go out to my car to get something out of the trunk while at school. My car was about 300 feet from the door in a parking lot. I didn't make it, I had to turn around and get a balaclava and heavier boots, I was worried about frostbite in the 5 minutes I'd be out. I think it was about -40*F with a good stiff wind.

Your balaclava stands up on it's own after you take it off!Nope, mine does that in the summer. Maybe I should wash it this year.

...when you get home and the warm water feels like hot water on the hands, forearms, crotch, calves, and face.

...when you've just blown your nose and you don't have a cold but about 5 mins after you blow your nose you're drooling again.


...when you take a fall and you're so chilled out numb that you don't even feel the fall at all (sans body armor).

...when the waterbottle mouth piece is frozen shut



Zero_Enigma

...when the waterbottle mouth piece is frozen shut

Heh, I stopped bothering carrying water a couple of winters ago. I'd fill my bottle with warm gatorade and it'd be frozen solid by about halfway through the ride. It's amazing that it can go from 100*F to frozen in 30 minutes, but it takes 2 hours to thaw again once I get to work.

I bought a polar bottle, but I only have one bottle cage that will fit either that or my light battery, and I need the lights more.

Since stopping, I don't carry water at all anymore unless it's over 90*F. My ride is only 45 minutes, so it's no big deal anyway, and it's one less thing to worry about.

when you take your computer out of the pannier, turn it on and it tells you that it can't detect a hard drive because it's still waiting for its guts to thaw out.

I nearly panicked when I saw that message. Instead went to the locker room, took a shower, came back and it started up fine. phew.

(here I thought that freezing the computer would make it run faster ... assuming, of course, that the disk platters don't shatter or anything)

When your daddy bits decide to wait out winter in your stomach.

When your daddy bits decide to wait out winter in your stomach.

:roflmao: Got to protect the boys!

when you take your computer out of the pannier, turn it on and it tells you that it can't detect a hard drive because it's still waiting for its guts to thaw out.

I nearly panicked when I saw that message. Instead went to the locker room, took a shower, came back and it started up fine. phew.

(here I thought that freezing the computer would make it run faster ... assuming, of course, that the disk platters don't shatter or anything)Word of warning – DO NOT start up a cold computer!

Not until it has had time to come to room temperature. Have you ever seen what happens to a cold surface when you bring it into a warm room? It gets condensation on it. That's what happens to your circuit boards in the computer. If you get enough condensation in the right place you will short something out and blow you power supply or (worse) the motherboard. My daughter blew mine up that way.

It actually wasn't as cold as I thought this am. I stepped outside and my face told me high teens, so I put on a face mask, but my glasses were fogging too much and it didn't really hurt to breathe so I figured it was just in the 20s after all. Tomorrow should be starting from 10F though, brrr...

I actually wore my windbreaker for half of my ride this morning before removing it.
Yep, shorts, T-shirt and windbreaker cold today, must have been down to the 50's somewhere.

We hate you. We being everyone caught in the latest round of cold weather. :p

Back on topic:
When you walk into a freezer and it feels warm. Also, when you run your hands under cold water and the water feels warm. "Did I just turn on the hot water?"

I actually wore my windbreaker for half of my ride this morning before removing it.
Yep, shorts, T-shirt and windbreaker cold today, must have been down to the 50's somewhere.
:roflmao: Amen brother! This weekend it's supposed to get down to 34 at night. I'll have to break out my tights and put on a jacket. Last Saturday was a t-shirt and shorts. My son was a bit cool and put on a long-sleeve t-shirt. I love winter riding!

When your cell phone dies and the battery is fully charged. Happened to me last year.

When I've biked home after the temps dropped from 35 to 22 during the day (blame Canadian down currents :P) I've gotten home to experience cool water as scalding.

from my sister's past biking to college at the top of a mountain every day . . .

when you walk into a warm room and your glasses shatter. happened to a friend of hers.

Heh, I stopped bothering carrying water a couple of winters ago. I'd fill my bottle with warm gatorade and it'd be frozen solid by about halfway through the ride. It's amazing that it can go from 100*F to frozen in 30 minutes, but it takes 2 hours to thaw again once I get to work.

I bought a polar bottle, but I only have one bottle cage that will fit either that or my light battery, and I need the lights more.

Since stopping, I don't carry water at all anymore unless it's over 90*F. My ride is only 45 minutes, so it's no big deal anyway, and it's one less thing to worry about.

You may already know this, but if you put your waterbottles in the cage upside-down, the mouth piece doesn't freeze near as easily. The ice will form in the "top" of the bottle first, buying you some extra time.

You know its cold when your eyes tear up, you blink, and they freeze shut.

When it's warmed up 35 degrees and it's still below zero F! Check out Fairbanks weather.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/AK/Fairbanks.html

- When your derailleur cables freeze
- When there's snowmobile and x-c ski tracks on the MUP
- When you have ice on the front of your balaclava
- When you stop at a light and see your headlight start steaming (and it's not raining!)

When your breard freezes over with ice and your cheeks are too numb to care.

When the residue in your coffe mug freezes during a 20 min ride

When -16C starts to seem like a balmy temperature. Today we're reaching a positively tropical -2C, and I'm bitter because the hardpack snow we've been riding on for a week is going to turn to slush.

...the weather report warns that exposed flesh will freeze in 10 minutes. Did that ride once when I was in college, had to get to a final. Temp was about -25F and with wind chill, they pegged it at around -80. Full down parka with down hood that only left a slit for the eyes did the trick, though.

Is there a limit to cold temperatures and bikes? Like before things go wrong on it mechanically?


I remember going camping for a week in December or january a long time ago, we got out there, spent two nights and had to turn back and abandon the trip early. It was so cold the rubber plugs in the lanterns and stoves were shrinking and spewing out fuel. I remeber the day well, it was about -35 c.

Is there a limit to cold temperatures and bikes? Like before things go wrong on it mechanically?

If you're a dumbass like me and forget to re-lube your shifter cables when it changes from 38F rain one day to 16F snow and ice the next, you can freeze your derailleurs in place and be stuck mashing a 46-17 up an icy hill.

I'll tell you when you know it's cold. It's cold when you get into a hot shower and you CANNOT FEEL THE WATER AT ALL! That's cold. It usually takes me half an hour before my skin starts to pick up much sensation after a below-zero cruise.

You may already know this, but if you put your waterbottles in the cage upside-down, the mouth piece doesn't freeze near as easily. The ice will form in the "top" of the bottle first, buying you some extra time.

That's the part that will get full of slush.

It's cold when you're totally layered and your belly is as red as the Christmas lights.

When you say "On your left" but no one can hear you because your words froze in the air, fell to the ground and shattered.
:D