29ºF, sunny, wind picking up again.
Originally Posted by
tractorlegs
Amazing. Here in El Paso we're experiencing a snowstorm that will give us 1 to 2 inches accumulation, current temp 27 degrees - and I have chopped my bike up into firewood! I have resorted to the warm car in what may seem to you a warm spell.
After this past November, it
is a warm spell; but it's all about acclimation and what you're used to. I spent a few years down in Tahoe, on the CA side; we'd get tourists up from Vegas and Sacramento in the depth of summer gushing about how lovely and cool 95ºF felt, while I would be standing in an ankle deep puddle of my own sweat whenever I'd stop moving for more than a moment.
Originally Posted by
gecho
Whenever I get on that kind of shiny ice I can't resist spinning the rear wheel.
I like to build up a head of speed approaching a controlled intersection, then put both feet down on the ground and slide to a stop with the bike; it's kinda fun, but mostly it freaks out cross traffic because it makes it look like you're sliding towards the intersection out of control. Can't do it after the gravel trucks have been out, though.