KrisA

This morning was my coldest yet, -21C (-6F). The only things that got cold were my feet, might invest in some good socks this weekend.

roadrage

Mike and MikeyC - Cool, I'm from Prior Lake, MN. I ride all winter(on weekends). It has been a great winter so far for riding, huh? Although, it
seems this weekend will be a colder one, but I'll be out there. Good to hear others are out there too. It gets a little lonely at times it seems

BTW- I also have a white helmet(2 of them actually), but the winter jacket is black/yellow

Natophelia

Only somewhere in the 30's. I'm not sure that it even got to freezing. I don't think it's gotten much below that yet this winter.

Gojohnnygo.

I just had to try this today I went for a 12 mile ride.It was -33F below zero(near Saranac Lake, NY USA) when I left the house early today.I had 10-15 mph winds.I had no goggles so my tears had frozen to my face and then melted as soon as I walked inside this was very strange.

Machka 

-22C/-8F with a windchill of -32C/-24F

jacques

probably today,-24,windy. My black lab supported me,he grew a white frozen goatie while running,but always managed to run as fast as the bike.We went around the lake,wich is about 7 km.I wasnt cold,but i sweated so much.You dont see much people outside.Only motorists watching me as if i was a moskito in the middle of a storm. The seat was so cold and hard ,my but feels a bit numb. Its now time for a hot chokolate .

Machka 

And then there was that century I did in February.

The day started at -32C and reached a high of -20C. Brrrr!

Don't think I would ever do a century like that again.

lsd87

-5 and windy...after about 1 1/4 hrs I was an ice mound

Chris L

All I know is that morning in Black Duck Creek Valley absolutely slaughered my previous coldest of -4C. I didn't bother to find out the exact temperature - I don't think I really want to know.

pinerider

Chris - Not to say that you deserve almost freezing to death, but... I do recall some of your posts last winter (our winter up here, your summer down there) in which you almost seemed to mock our cold temperatures. A little justice perhaps?

Any idea of what the temp actually was? I've found that underestimating the cold when temperatures are around 0 C (especially when it is damp and/or windy) feels far colder than dressing warmly for -15 C. What were you wearing?

FreeRider69

my coldest ride was in quebec at my dad's house during the big ice storm in '98. our whole back field was pure ice about 5 inches thick and we had no power so i went for a ride with studded tires on my giant iguana se. it was -45 degrees in canadian measurment. it was so cold my spit froze be for it hit the ground, anyways thats my big story. see ya

Chris L

Put it this way: When I did the -4C a few years back - I did it in two thin layers without any problems.

On Sunday (I think) I had three layers on, and it felt worse.

belfast-biker

Biking on a 125cc scooter 100miles from Belfast to Dublin at 4am in the morning, freezing cold night, wind howling, pissing rain, floods under bridges, visor had to stay open coz I couldn't see otherwise, all to meet my wife for the second time ever when she was tearsome. Gear I had at the time was awful too, cheap everything, not suitable for even a light drizzle.


That was Gods way of saying "Don't even go there", the b-i-t-c-h.

Gojohnnygo.

Riding in cold temps is something you have to acclimate yourself to.Take it slow or it will bite you in the @$$.