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Old 11-09-15 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by night mission
Temps on the East coast seem to have returned to more seasonal. I figure the answer will (would) be different for different biking demographics; what does the over 50 crowd feel is the lower tempature limit to riding on the road?? I'm currently looking at about 40F for my limit, but if I'm comfortable with my winter kit and how I can adjust while riding, I may look at lowering the threshold.
In my 30s I'd ride down to 0F in snow. In my 40s I'd ride down to 23F in the dry. Now in my 50s, I've pushed back down to 12F and am shooting for 10F. ANd I've just purchased my first set of studded snow tires, so we'll see how that goes.
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