what are your favorite conditions?
winter riding means being prepared for a wide range of conditions, right? sub freezing!, 20s & powder, 30s & rain, deep stuff, mushy slush, ice pellets, glare ice, glorious hard pack, sun, clouds, high winds, cross winds, you name it, we face it. NE still hasn't seen a bad winter in my opinion, no blizzards yet & still haven't had a giant dumping requiring roof raking. oops just jinxed us. who knows what the rest of February & dreadful March will bring our way. get your winter cycling in before it's gone! you know you'll miss it! :foo:
so far, this year, my favorite condition, has been 20s (F) & hard packed snow |
I like sunny, slight breeze, 30s F
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So what do I hate the least about winter riding? Clear, clean, and dry pavement at any temperature and no precipitation.
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74 F a couple days ago. |
Originally Posted by mcours2006
(Post 20785179)
So what do I hate the least about winter riding? Clear, clean, and dry pavement at any temperature and no precipitation.
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Originally Posted by alan s
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74 F a couple days ago. |
Originally Posted by parkbrav
(Post 20785138)
I like sunny, slight breeze, 30s F
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Ice, ice and more ice, when the entire landscape is frozen hard as a rock...Seriously the hardest part to ride through is deep snow and deep slush. It's a lot easier to ride over everything when it's frozen solid. That's exactly what we had today in my area.
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I've been enjoying riding with temps in the 20's and frozen trails.
Don't worry rumrunn6 snow will be back before we know it, winter isn't going away that easy. |
Originally Posted by ZIPP2001
(Post 20786015)
I've been enjoying riding with temps in the 20's and frozen trails.Don't worry rumrunn6 snow will be back before we know it, winter isn't going away that easy.
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what are your favorite conditions?
Originally Posted by rumrunn6
(Post 20785062)
winter riding means being prepared for a wide range of conditions, right? sub freezing!, 20s & powder, 30s & rain, deep stuff, mushy slush, ice pellets, glare ice, glorious hard pack, sun, clouds, high winds, cross winds, you name it, we face it.
NE still hasn't seen a bad winter in my opinion, no blizzards yet & still haven't had a giant dumping requiring roof raking. oops just jinxed us. who knows what the rest of February & dreadful March will bring our way. get your winter cycling in before it's gone! you know you'll miss it! :foo: so far, this year, my favorite condition, has been 20s (F) & hard packed snow
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 18582935)
I have previously posted to this thread, ”Why didn’t I ride”
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 18456163)
My job; either too much to do, so I stay (comfortably) overnight and resume very early in the AM, missing my commute; or have to travel afar for a meeting.
Having a mileage-based training schedule however, effectively motivates me to make time to ride… And to a lesser extent, family activities. … In reality though, I probably get in about 20-30 miles per week during the winter, and maybe about 75-100 during the nice weather (to include early evening rides). I guess my favorite Winter conditions too are mid 20’s with hardpack snow. It’s best when the winter challenge is just enough to be comfortable, and:
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 17306058)
… I will admit that maintaining my “tough guy” image is an important motivation to ride, though I have also been called “a saint.” I always anticipate that perennial question, “You didn’t ride your bike today, did you?.”
Always asked with amusement and respect.
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 17306058)
…“You just want to ride so you can write about it on Bike Forums.” :notamused:
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55 F to 75 F, sunny, dry with a light breeze. I actually like riding in rain/snow as long as it is not real heavy and the wind not more than 15 mph.
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Not much of a winter to write about here this year, but my favorite conditions to ride in during winter are days with no wind, temps above the single digits, and most importantly a consistent ground cover - icy, powder, or dry are all fine by me, what makes winter riding frustrating are the days when there's patches of ice, but not enough to make the studded tires useful, or the persistent patches of ice and deep wheel-catching ruts that the freeze-thaw cycle produces.
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Dry pavement, no salt, anything above , say 25F, and slightly overcast with no blinding sun, no wind, and some sporting event such as football or Nascar races or tractor pulls keeping the pick-ups and SUVs off the road.
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Originally Posted by ironwood
(Post 20786708)
Dry pavement, no salt, anything above , say 25F, and slightly overcast with no blinding sun, no wind, and some sporting event such as football or Nascar races or tractor pulls keeping the pick-ups and SUVs off the road.
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Today came pretty close to an ideal winter day for riding. Temp was just below freezing, no wind, dry. I'm pretty much acclimated to the cold by now, and I put on a silk layer under all the wool: warm as toast.
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Originally Posted by ironwood
(Post 20788329)
a silk layer under all the wool: warm as toast.
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Dry , about 10C that's the best winter high and the summer low around here..
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My ideal conditions are 80ºF, sunny, dry, and not too much wind.
Oh, you asked about favorite winter conditions? |
Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 20789286)
My ideal conditions are 80ºF, sunny, dry, and not too much wind.
Oh, you asked about favorite winter conditions? |
Originally Posted by pdlamb
(Post 20789293)
80ºF is getting a bit warm, 65º is better. Had that last week. ;)
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Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 20789286)
My ideal conditions are 80ºF, sunny, dry, and not too much wind. Oh, you asked about favorite winter conditions?
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Originally Posted by ironwood
(Post 20786708)
Dry pavement, no salt, anything above , say 25F, and slightly overcast with no blinding sun, no wind, and some sporting event such as football or Nascar races or tractor pulls keeping the pick-ups and SUVs off the road.
I generally accept wind as it comes, though I record:
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 20127547)
So do you track? How do you track? and what do you track?
On my Excell spreadsheet I track [including]…:
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 12114335)
My saying about wind chill is, “Wind chill is for wimps.” There always will be a wind chill when you cycle, and in the summer it can be beneficial.
So I dress for the actual temperature rather than "feels like..." |
@Jim from Boston, where do you get wind speed and direction? I haven't found an accurate web site. Maybe it's hard to do here, as the wind speed and direction varies from one spot to another because of how the terrain shapes the wind. There are some spots that normally have wind in reverse direction at almost all times, so I'm observing eddies.
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I really enjoy towards the end of the season where there is some melting during the day and all the slush turns to ice as the sun goes down. Riding around with my studded fat bike tires making loud crunching noises. Early morning the deflating snow drifts have set up hard enough overnight to ride on top of.
Generally during the winter I'm just happy if the wind is light, which is a rarity. |
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