I rode my bike yesterday, @ 9°F
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From: Kansas
The next part isn't about cold weather.
I DID ride in a tornado once. Not on purpose, though. (Duh.) I was northbound on KS HW 7 south of White Cloud. (Incidentally, that's where much of the movie, "Paper Moon" was filmed, and also the town in which the piggy bank was invented.) Anyway, it was a very rainy season and there had been lots of flooding. Both ditches were full of water up to the roadway from the over-flowing river on the immediate east side of the road. There were bluffs on the west side of the highway that obscured my view of the sky. I got to White Cloud and saw a big storm cloud heading my way from the west. I decided to hot-foot it back south with the hope of outrunning the storm. No such luck. About 4 miles south the rain came in sheets and the wind became fierce. I could barely keep it on the roadway even though I was creeping along in 1st and second gear. Both ditches were deep with water so I had no place to stop. Then I noticed branches beginning to fall from the sky onto the roadway in front of me. Being a Kansas lad, I knew that wasn't a good sign. Finally found a paved road off the highway with a farm house about 100 yards west. I beached the bike in front of the barn and headed for the house. The residents saw me and waved me over to their porch. We saw a few trees blow over and debris in the air. In about 10 minutes it was over and the sun started peeking out from the clouds. I rode back towards White Cloud and took a few photos of a home that I had ridden by just minutes before.
Last edited by Frank the Real Biker; Dec 26, 2022 at 05:56 PM.
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When I was a youth of about 14... we all had dirt bikes. I lived in upstate NY in a city on the shores of Lake Ontario... I don't miss "lake effect" snow at all.....
But I remember one such storm, where a friend showed me how to wrap our knobby trail tires with rope... it acted like chains for extra traction... We then went trail riding in 3' of snow, in about 20° weather.... funny, I don't remember being cold... but then I was very young, and very stupid....
Yet I remember we had a blast!
But I remember one such storm, where a friend showed me how to wrap our knobby trail tires with rope... it acted like chains for extra traction... We then went trail riding in 3' of snow, in about 20° weather.... funny, I don't remember being cold... but then I was very young, and very stupid....
Yet I remember we had a blast!
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From: Charleston, SC
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Sorry for my post. I replied this morning(Tuesday) before I read the entire thread. There were a lot of folks that missed reading that he posted degrees in C, not in F.
But it WAS a darn funny joke he plAYED.
But it WAS a darn funny joke he plAYED.
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I've been riding my bike to work in 25 degree weather for the last month or so. I think this morning it was closer to 40 degrees, which is much more comfortable than 25. I'm not sure that 9 would feel any different than 25; 25 is cold enough.
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I am a fair weather long distance tourer.
Unfortunately, someone did not get the memo so my 32 degree clothing as well as my 110 degree clothing as well as everything in between is constantly being tested...
Unfortunately, someone did not get the memo so my 32 degree clothing as well as my 110 degree clothing as well as everything in between is constantly being tested...