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Congrats, Brad. Phucking cold.
Congrats, Brad. Phucking cold.
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Well, it was 19F this morning and I didn't ride in today. Although, that has more to do with the hole in my hand and not being able to wear gloves than the ambient temperature.
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It was 10 degrees when I left home according to the online weather. My heated grips just came in yesterday and I won't get to install them until Saturday, but thankfully I have hand guards on the F650 so that helped a little. It's supposed to go to 37 or so today so the ride home will be better 
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you wish? whats wrong with you. thats worse than me riding in the rain with my rainpants stuffed in my tankbag. after enough of those i now err the other way
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Yeah, the bike stayed in the garage yesterday and today. Even with heated grips, a balaclava, and a home-made heated vest.
The road surface was pretty nasty, still a lot of snow/ice covered parts, and lots of gravel.
My ride is 45 minutes long. I'll do mid 20s, but that's about it. I'm man enough to admit that sometimes it's just too cold.
The road surface was pretty nasty, still a lot of snow/ice covered parts, and lots of gravel.
My ride is 45 minutes long. I'll do mid 20s, but that's about it. I'm man enough to admit that sometimes it's just too cold.
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Dude, there is too much ice out. I'm not sure about your commute but mine is definitely 70mph average and 18* almost killed me (no heated vest).
You've lost your marbles.
(and your bike isn't buried under the snow that the parking cleanup crew moved in front of it. :-/)
You've lost your marbles.
(and your bike isn't buried under the snow that the parking cleanup crew moved in front of it. :-/)
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I literally laughed out loud at that one.Roads are frozen even at 100F, though they're a bit soft...
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my coldest ride ( I don't consider it a ride unless your out for 100 miles or more) is -15°F, with proper gear & equipment, now problems
tried going out at -25 once, but couldn't get the bike started till it warmed up to -10
gear
thin silk longjohns & longsleeve T
military surplus thermal longjohns
gerbings jacket liner
firstgear HT pants & jacket w liner
windstopper balaclava
Sorel 1964 boots w -100 white felts instead of blue -40 normal felts
Snowmobile helmet w double pane visor
Gerbings gloves
HotGrips
Duct Tape around waist to seal jacket to pants
Pirelli MTR60-Corsa tires (knobs actually allow tires to get warm, you see steam rolling off them when you pull over to a snow covered shoulder)
yup, got a lot of strange looks
2½ hours later when I got back home from my approx 100 mile ride, I was sweating my butt off
Cold Air = Free Horsepower, so much so that a quick roll on even in 3rd gear might loft the front wheel a bit, throttle response is unbeleivable at that temp;D
tried going out at -25 once, but couldn't get the bike started till it warmed up to -10
gear
thin silk longjohns & longsleeve T
military surplus thermal longjohns
gerbings jacket liner
firstgear HT pants & jacket w liner
windstopper balaclava
Sorel 1964 boots w -100 white felts instead of blue -40 normal felts
Snowmobile helmet w double pane visor
Gerbings gloves
HotGrips
Duct Tape around waist to seal jacket to pants
Pirelli MTR60-Corsa tires (knobs actually allow tires to get warm, you see steam rolling off them when you pull over to a snow covered shoulder)
yup, got a lot of strange looks
2½ hours later when I got back home from my approx 100 mile ride, I was sweating my butt off
Cold Air = Free Horsepower, so much so that a quick roll on even in 3rd gear might loft the front wheel a bit, throttle response is unbeleivable at that temp;D
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