Coldest Ride Contest
12-02-05, 08:09 PM
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Well, it looks like winter is coming. Some of you may have noticed that it is getting colder. 
Let's see who the most extreme is this year. List your coldest ride so far this year.
Please post in Fahrenheit.
Contest is for temperature only. Windchill, and other conditions are not being considered. Simply post what the mercury read while your were riding today.
It hasn't been very cold here yet. My coldest ride so far is:
17 F
Edit> Rides less than 5 miles do not qualify.
Let's see who the most extreme is this year. List your coldest ride so far this year.
Please post in Fahrenheit.
Contest is for temperature only. Windchill, and other conditions are not being considered. Simply post what the mercury read while your were riding today.
It hasn't been very cold here yet. My coldest ride so far is:
17 F
Edit> Rides less than 5 miles do not qualify.
Last edited by Portis; 12-02-05 at 10:22 PM.
12-02-05, 08:41 PM
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Right around 10°F. The 25th was suppose to be a day off but I went to work to take advantage of the peace and quiet..
https://www.wunderground.com/weathers...y=25&year=2005
https://www.wunderground.com/weathers...y=25&year=2005
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
12-02-05, 08:56 PM
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I think it was officially 17*f for my coldest ride. I guarentee when it gets to -20*... I'll be out for at least a spin around the block..
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67 degrees. It has been colder here but on those days I was using the trainer.
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12-02-05, 10:34 PM
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-7 F on Friday Nov 25, 2005. I was out riding around in the morning. This was the windchill temp. Winds were blowing around 25 mph or more.
It was a neat ride, and one wherein I got to test out my winter riding gear for the first time. Almost everything worked as expected, except for the gloves.
It was a neat ride, and one wherein I got to test out my winter riding gear for the first time. Almost everything worked as expected, except for the gloves.
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Originally Posted by Ranger
Well, it looks like winter is coming. Some of you may have noticed that it is getting colder.
Let's see who the most extreme is this year. List your coldest ride so far this year.
Please post in Fahrenheit.
Contest is for temperature only. Windchill, and other conditions are not being considered. Simply post what the mercury read while your were riding today.
It hasn't been very cold here yet. My coldest ride so far is:
17 F
Edit> Rides less than 5 miles do not qualify.
Let's see who the most extreme is this year. List your coldest ride so far this year.
Please post in Fahrenheit.
Contest is for temperature only. Windchill, and other conditions are not being considered. Simply post what the mercury read while your were riding today.
It hasn't been very cold here yet. My coldest ride so far is:
17 F
Edit> Rides less than 5 miles do not qualify.
So far I think it's been 8 or 9 degrees, not really sure. I guess if I was being conservative, I'd say 11 or 12. But the cold weather hasn't really hit yet... We just have had a fair amount of snow and cold so far...
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Originally Posted by HereNT
I think the 5 mile limit is a bit high.
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So far this winter (since the beginning of October, 2005), my coldest ride was -9C (15.8F). It was my November century, done on Sunday, November 6th. It did warm up to -2C (28.4F) sometime in the afternoon, but I'm absolutely certain I did more than 5 miles while it was still that cold.
Accurate, confirmable, temperature information:
https://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec....Month=11&Day=6
Now if I were to include my rides from EARLIER this year, like January or February 2005, there would be some colder days ... are you just counting this WINTER or this YEAR?
Accurate, confirmable, temperature information:
https://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec....Month=11&Day=6
Now if I were to include my rides from EARLIER this year, like January or February 2005, there would be some colder days ... are you just counting this WINTER or this YEAR?
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12-03-05, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by CastIron
Anyone else here doing the TCBC Polar Bear ride on New Year's day?
Wait, sadly? Did I say that?
Coldest so far this year, 18F and winds at 10-15mph.
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Nothing big. 15F last Tuesday and Thursday.
Supposedly, we may hit 9F and 4F next Wed and Thursday. If the forecast holds I may need to bump up my next clothing purchase.
Supposedly, we may hit 9F and 4F next Wed and Thursday. If the forecast holds I may need to bump up my next clothing purchase.
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Originally Posted by Machka
Anything less than 5 miles is hardly worth all the trouble of putting on the gear and getting out on the bicycle!! If you figure your commutes will be the cold rides, just take an extra loop around the block at one end or the other.
12-03-05, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by CastIron
Anyone else here doing the TCBC Polar Bear ride on New Year's day?
Off to ride in the heatwave of 15degree's right now though
12-03-05, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by inlikeflynn
hopefully I can make it this year. It sounds like a fun ride from what i've been told by the president.
Off to ride in the heatwave of 15degree's right now though
Off to ride in the heatwave of 15degree's right now though
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Originally Posted by Machka
Anything less than 5 miles is hardly worth all the trouble of putting on the gear and getting out on the bicycle!! If you figure your commutes will be the cold rides, just take an extra loop around the block at one end or the other.
The need for a minimum mileage is because riding around the block once in 0 F weather is different than riding 30 miles.
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12-03-05, 05:47 PM
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about -26 this morning, I was going to try to get 10 miles but I changed my mind when my hands got really cold.
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Originally Posted by fruitless
about -26 this morning, I was going to try to get 10 miles but I changed my mind when my hands got really cold.
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12-03-05, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by DataJunkie
Maybe Fairbanks AK according to the signature link.
BTW fruitless,
You only need five.
12-03-05, 07:18 PM
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Thanksgiving night was 13 F with 30 mph winds. But I only rode about 4 miles before the turkey started backing up on me. I went about 14 miles on a midnight fun ride Tuesday/Wednesday, 34 F.
Few will ever beat fruitless! Very impressive.
Few will ever beat fruitless! Very impressive.
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