Year-Round Riding
Big Kahuna HDF Member
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From: Southern Ontario, Canada...EH!
I live in Canada, but winter in Arizona. That is the place that we selected because it is a dry warm climate. In the winter you just want to stay away from the higher elevations (Globe, Mnt Lemmon, Flagstaff ...) if you want to ride.
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We get some winter days that are below freezing, but for the few of them that we get, I just dress a little warmer. I only have my bike to ride (of course the OL has her cage, but that doesn't mean I get to drive it and leave her and the kids stranded at home). We tend to get a fair amount of rain also, and during the summer we can have a couple of days in the high 90's to 100. The thing that is gonna get a lot of the people here is the humidity always high.
We get some winter days that are below freezing, but for the few of them that we get, I just dress a little warmer. I only have my bike to ride (of course the OL has her cage, but that doesn't mean I get to drive it and leave her and the kids stranded at home). We tend to get a fair amount of rain also, and during the summer we can have a couple of days in the high 90's to 100. The thing that is gonna get a lot of the people here is the humidity always high.
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From: Blairsville GA
NO!, NO!, NO! Don't fall for the propaganda. North Georgia is a hellhole. The roads are all flat and straight. The cost of living is through the roof. There is nothing to look at and nothing to do. Our last doctor moved away, and the flesh eating virus is back in spades!!!!!!
J/K.
We have a lot of Canadians around here. Most of them are "half-backs" that had moved to Florida and decided the weather was just a little too hot and humid. We have 4 seasons, but no extremes. Possibility of snow, but 12 month riding for sure, just not 52 week, 365 day riding.
J/K.
We have a lot of Canadians around here. Most of them are "half-backs" that had moved to Florida and decided the weather was just a little too hot and humid. We have 4 seasons, but no extremes. Possibility of snow, but 12 month riding for sure, just not 52 week, 365 day riding.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Tucson,Arizona
Tucson, Arizona has what you claim you want...year round riding and low humidity.....I moved here from Milwaukee...so know what ya mean...although Milwaukee was a great area to live in and raise a family....bigal v GO PACKERS!!!
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From: FL
Here in FL we will soon be into the best riding weather of the year. As for the summer...well you're gonna get wet be it rain, or sweat. Don't know if it will ever happen and I know it's not perfect out there, but I'm dreaming of moving to the southwest one day.
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From: Colorado Springs
I won't suggest Colorado but will tell you about it and you can decide. If you want to commute to work and need to leave early in the morning, riding is out of the question here in the winter time but, it warms nicely in the late morning and afternoon. Since it is dry, 40 degrees and sunny is just a jacket and chaps riding day and it is always sunny here. Do a google search and you will see that southern colorado gets more days of sunshine a year than So. Cal. It's true!
Also, maybe you will get more riding in an area like Phoenix but, the shorter riding season in Colorado far outways a longer riding season in Phoenix. JMO
Also, maybe you will get more riding in an area like Phoenix but, the shorter riding season in Colorado far outways a longer riding season in Phoenix. JMO
