dbworld4k
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Yeah
It's depressing. We enjoyed a mild winter only to have it prolonged into April...Next week doesn't call for any significant rains either. It's a shitshow.
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Anyone else out still riding on the nice days?
- Thread starter PhinX404
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Yeah
It's depressing. We enjoyed a mild winter only to have it prolonged into April...Next week doesn't call for any significant rains either. It's a shitshow.
We got out for a quick ride last Friday. Was nice to get the new bike out and see how the mods performed. Our beloveds thought we were crazy riding in 3c temps but it was sunny and didn't feel too bad. This Sunday and Tuesday look decent for another scoot.
There was freezing rain for 15min last night so of course they salted
They didnt salt the whole roads tho. Just the hills and corners. Because everyone knows bikes love surprise salt patches in the corners.
There was a lot more than 15 minutes of freezing rain in many areas. And I don't think inconveniencing motorcyclists (in March) is top of mind when it comes to the consideration of road salting & sanding.
Looks like the crap is over with, big warm up on the way - 12 degrees in Windsor, and amazing enough the south shore of Erie and about 30 minutes south of Rochester/Buffalo on the other side of Lake Ontario it's over 20 degrees right now! They're also calling for quite a bit of rain overnight into the morning, so that may wash away a lot of the crap. I may try to get out for a ride Saturday, and temps on Sunday are looking quite appealing, although we have family commitments....
Looks like lots of rain is coming overnight, and the worst of the storm was north. Sister's family is in Florida so we're doing a "delayed Easter" which means this weekend is open, and the forecast actually looks okay after this storm blows through. Ready to go!
Zx Damien
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itll really be nice to not have to worry everytime you lean into a corner
Hard to say about the rain, the warm front screeched to a halt (would you believe it's 20 degrees C just 20 miles south of Buffalo right now?) and the result is that the storm is pushing east faster than originally expected - the western edge of the precip is now between London and Mississauga, and there's nothing behind that, so it's going to be gone inside a few hours. Hard to say if that'll be enough to wash things clean or not.
But, much of the salt that did get laid down, at least out this way, melted and is gone, so there's not huge piles/trails of the stuff everywhere, so I can't see myself not riding Sunday at least - the weather looks beautiful.
Hopefully this is the last gasp of winter. At 2PM this afternoon I was in Madoc, it was freezing rain like hell, windy, cold..just generally miserable. I'll admit I've had enough of this crap, easy winter or not.
Zx Damien
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strongly agree, we ll just have to take it easy on the corners
Recon run in the car. Main roads are mostly dry. Shady spots have some wet spots and ice patches but ice is melting fast. Tomorrow and Sunday should be good to go. Few small branches down and I saw one road-closed sign - probably a tree down.
+7 tomorrow, and +13 here in Ottawa this weekend...and +8 and raining mostly all next week. With a few days of +10 and sunny mixed in.
Time to start doing plug chops!
catzo
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There was a lot more than 15 minutes of freezing rain in many areas. And I don't think inconveniencing motorcyclists (in March) is top of mind when it comes to the consideration of road salting & sanding.
When I become Prime Minister theres going to be some changes around here...
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