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10-22-15 | 05:43 AM

#26

BlazingPedals

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From: Middle of da Mitten

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Originally Posted by DBrown9383

I'm not a badass but as long as it's not snowing, I don't see a problem with riding in the cold or wet. Based on the logic "stay out of the cold" we'd never do any winter sports.

LOL I don't mind riding in snow, but I won't ride in cold rain.

10-22-15 | 05:55 AM

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Jim from Boston

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Originally Posted by BlazingPedals

LOL I don't mind riding in snow, but I won't ride in cold rain.

I agree that riding in cold rain is worse than about any condition less than 32°F. The worst part IMO is the hands, and I have found some seemingly pretty good waterproof workman's glove that I can't wait to try out. I have footwear that is pretty waterproof (but retains sweat).

10-22-15 | 07:44 AM

#28

wphamilton

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From: Alpharetta, GA

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Originally Posted by chasm54

You should listen to your wife.

They're reporting on Temperature-dependent innate defense against the common cold virus limits viral replication at warm temperature in mouse airway cells (I wish they'd put these links or at least the title in articles like that).

BTW the flu virus likes it best at about 40° and 20% humidity.

10-22-15 | 09:12 AM

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baron von trail

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From: SW Ohio

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Originally Posted by DBrown9383

I was riding a minimum of 10 miles a day, eating right etc. etc.. My wife scolded me for continuing to ride when the weather turned cold and soggy... I kept riding... Now? day #14 with a bad virus that has had me off the bike for two weeks and counting. It's "going around" here but I thought I'd have a little extra immunity from being healthier than I've been in years. This virus settles in the lungs and makes breathing difficult. I still don't think riding the bike in cold wet weather had anything to do with me getting sick but my wife sure is getting some good "I told you so" s' in.

Yep, the respiratory bug going around this year is hard to shake. Two weeks sounds about right. My bout with it came and went earlier this month. No way could I ride for about 7-10 days.

10-22-15 | 10:29 AM

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McBTC

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Originally Posted by baron von trail

Yep, the respiratory bug going around this year is hard to shake. Two weeks sounds about right. My bout with it came and went earlier this month. No way could I ride for about 7-10 days.

You can forget about the flu shot. Just get what's going around, grin and bear it and you'll be better off even if you get it than thinking the flu shot is going to prevent infection. We've got people from all over the world coming through here and they're bringing bugs with them that are far worse "colds" than what most of us grew up experiencing here in the USA. I've been told that what folks here have been getting over the last year -- that's so hard to shake -- has come up from, Sudamérica.