Veej
Well-known member
Re: Oh joy ....such lovely riding weather coming..NOT!
The funny thing is this winter being so long and crap is what got me to stop bitching about it and got me to dive into colder temps, I became more resilient to negatives and even cold rain when temps where just 2 - 3c with rain, and when the temps hoovered around 0 -2 they seemed nice an balmy compared to the -7 and -8.
For the last 9 years my normal season is March to December every year, usually by the time we get into December I start missing a few days here and there starting in November due to early snow and slush, but always have a few days into deep December, and then back out in Late Feb or early March.
This year rode in late Feb when we had that week of awesome weather and then March started crappy and missed the first 2 weeks of March and by the 3rd I was fed up since I had a taste of the late Feb ride, therefore mid March I just started riding again with early morning temps some days at -8 and evenings at -3, and ever since then have been commuting, minus this Monday and Tuesday due to Ice Storm Slush on the roads.
I'm just saying we all should just get out there if we can, the ride is still so much fun than the TTC, just got to bundle up and ride accordingly.
The funny thing is this winter being so long and crap is what got me to stop bitching about it and got me to dive into colder temps, I became more resilient to negatives and even cold rain when temps where just 2 - 3c with rain, and when the temps hoovered around 0 -2 they seemed nice an balmy compared to the -7 and -8.
For the last 9 years my normal season is March to December every year, usually by the time we get into December I start missing a few days here and there starting in November due to early snow and slush, but always have a few days into deep December, and then back out in Late Feb or early March.
This year rode in late Feb when we had that week of awesome weather and then March started crappy and missed the first 2 weeks of March and by the 3rd I was fed up since I had a taste of the late Feb ride, therefore mid March I just started riding again with early morning temps some days at -8 and evenings at -3, and ever since then have been commuting, minus this Monday and Tuesday due to Ice Storm Slush on the roads.
I'm just saying we all should just get out there if we can, the ride is still so much fun than the TTC, just got to bundle up and ride accordingly.
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