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12-10-2012, 08:28 PM | #1981 | |
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12-10-2012, 08:33 PM | #1982 |
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Am I suppose to take a swing at this??? You've been keeping both chin and nose warm in another thread!!!
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12-10-2012, 08:40 PM | #1983 |
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41˚F is hardly cold enough to break out the balaclava.
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12-10-2012, 11:42 PM | #1984 |
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I don't know. We hit a spot that probably had 25 mph winds whipping across some farm fields early on. It was damn cold for a few miles there. I stopped and put on the half helmet ear cover and a scarf.
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12-10-2012, 11:45 PM | #1985 |
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It's like that in Iowa all the time and try it when it's 20 out. Just saying. It'll take the heat out of the body almost as fast as jumping in water.
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12-10-2012, 11:48 PM | #1986 |
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I've lived here for 13 years. That's about as cold as I can take.
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12-11-2012, 01:37 AM | #1987 |
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I'm used to the cold as I have lived here in NY State my whole life and 41 F is damn cold riding if you don't have heated gloves and a full face helmet.
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12-11-2012, 05:35 AM | #1988 |
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riding again after two months off
ive been off the bike for two months, having cataract surgery on both eyes 3 weeks apart. i really missed out on riding in some great weather conditions. went out saturday and yesterday and it was great. nice not having those darn bifocals fluttering on my nose too. work keeps me off the bike also as i work 14 days on and 7 days off. if im lucky, i'll get to ride again this winter with days in jan and feb that are tolerable.
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12-12-2012, 01:32 AM | #1990 |
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Every day, 365. I ride 24 miles r/t in Portland, Or.. Rain or Shine....we're about 5 months away from the Shiny season. Last week, while sitting in stand-still traffic, the rain was just gushing and rolling across the lanes on I-5. I'm sitting on the downhill incline of a curve and water was rolling over my boot... it was flowing about 1.5 inches deep. Since I find the best way to handle this much rain is to ride the lane hump between the tire grooves.
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12-12-2012, 02:06 AM | #1991 |
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Two Nice Rides
Yes, I rode 135 miles today through the Central Coast wine country, and 150 miles yesterday down the coast to Santa Barbara. Just out distressing from my work week.
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12-14-2012, 04:41 PM | #1992 |
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Went with some people from the Phoenix Riders Group to Coolidge for breakfast. 146 miles round trip.
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12-15-2012, 07:32 PM | #1993 |
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I pick up the bike from the dealer's shop and rode it home about 8 miles air temp was 38* but the sun was out. not bad at all.
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12-15-2012, 09:28 PM | #1994 |
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Rode with Teri Conrad (ROK) to julian for some apple pie today. 310 miles in 40 degree weather!
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12-15-2012, 10:17 PM | #1995 |
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Rained here off and on all day. A rare occurrence. Snow level down to about 4000'. Good thing I live at 1200'.
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