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with no snow on the horizon, I'm contemplating taking the road bike out again. riding the mountain bike, w studded tires, but no ice or snow, is getting a little boring
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I've found that my blood thinners (after heart attack) have increased my intolerance to cold. Unless it's all in my mind, but I don't think so. And at 134lbs I just don't' have a lot of fat layers to help much.
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DaveQ24, where do you live? Super short cold spell and few 100 degree summer days sounds ideal. I am in Michigan and winter is long and crappy. Summers are A-OK.
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Originally Posted by TiHabanero
(Post 20726193)
DaveQ24, where do you live? Super short cold spell and few 100 degree summer days sounds ideal. I am in Michigan and winter is long and crappy. Summers are A-OK.
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Originally Posted by TiHabanero
(Post 20726193)
DaveQ24, where do you live? Super short cold spell and few 100 degree summer days sounds ideal. I am in Michigan and winter is long and crappy. Summers are A-OK.
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Originally Posted by DaveQ24
(Post 20732049)
Same place as you, MI, I’m in Metro Detroit. Winters - don’t know what to think anymore - weird weather - warmer here the past 2 weeks than almost any day last April. Summers are generally good - on average, I’d say I turn on the AC 10 days a year. |
Originally Posted by rumrunn6
(Post 20725630)
”...but no ice or snow, is getting a little boring
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Originally Posted by OldsCOOL
(Post 20738142)
I hear THAT. :lol:
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Must be the season for “I just dont want to ride in the cold/snow anymore”. Then I get to thinking about having good numbers on the next physical and blood draw numbers. |
Originally Posted by rumrunn6
(Post 20738155)
rode thru a puddle Saturday & was happy to see that there was some ice under the water. justified!
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Originally Posted by ZIPP2001
(Post 20744987)
Tons of ice on the trails in my neck of the woods, no way I can go without the studded tires. So the 29 plus is on the shelf, and the fat bike is playing on the trails right now.
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In between storms in Southern California I feel guilty posting anything on this subject, but I guess it is relative to what you're used to. Upper 40's is cold to me . A great ride though and glad to be here on such a nice day. We are getting much needed rain and cold(for us) weather. |
Jealous of all of you that got out last weekend. Sunday would have been a good day to take my old Trek with the studded tires out but I am way behind on a work project so was stuck indoors. This weekend's forecast has us in the heaviest snowfall zone so if I get outside it will likely be on my snowshoes, which actually would make me happy as they have been collecting dust since last winter.
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Originally Posted by Barrettscv
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Dressing appropriately is key.
I love riding in the winter. Just commuted to work this morning in 22°F with a wind-chill/Real Feel® of 16°F. It's brisk, it's invigorating, it makes me feel alive. But I also like riding in 100°F heat ...if it's a dry heat. The thing I hate -- and this hasn't changed as I get older -- is humidity. |
Yesterday was nice , temperature about 30F, no wind, roads clean and dry with no salt. However, the low sun is potentially blinding for drivers. Today it might get up to 40F. I prefer a milky sky for safety.
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