aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,503
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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My theory is that a fraction of the population in a given area people can't stand the coldest temperatures that are common. But the range of temperatures they can't stand depends on where they are. So around here, when it gets below 30 or 40F and people see me cycling in it, they say I'm crazy. I'll bet that Minnesotans will say the same thing when they see a cyclist riding at 10F. And in Georgia, they probably say the cyclist is crazy at 55F.
This is why we get the "you're crazy" talk in all places.
What do you folks think of my theory?