666pack

sirs,
last week you may be aware that i made some comments as to the temperature and weather in my moderately temperate location in the great peoples' commonwealth of pennsylvania. as canadians, finns and various other forum members grumbled about their cold weather, i had a good laugh to myself.

i recant my whimsy at your misfortune. today when i got up to ride to class it was 16°f, with a wind chill of -2°. the winds gusted up to 40mph, and were sustained at 25mph. i ride up a steep hill for about two blocks in the beginning of commute that i usually power up as fast as i can. however, today i was already shivering and worn out by the time i got halfway up the hill! the wind was gusting so hard right into me. i'm used to this, but the cold wind just penetrates everything. then as i got the top, my nose turned into a faucet that let out a river of snot. as i bombed my next hill before i roll up to class, the winds froze the mucus layer on my upper lip.

anyway. i've ridden in this type of weather before. but never the cold! and i think the fact that we were having 60° days last week kinda led me to believe spring was on its way. now i just remembered march.

dayvan cowboy

You know what makes the cold weather runny nose worse? Having a beard.

ryansexton

I have lake effect where I live (niagara region, right inbetween Lake Ontario and Lake Erie) so our temperatures are moderate. I feel shame for anyone that lives anywhere else in Canada though. Today was sunny, still cold, though.

wroomwroomoops

But the weird and sad thing is, here in Scandinavia we are having probably the warmest winter in living memory! I mean, we should be having -10C solid with several -20 to -27 days in February. And instead, the snow is almost all melted away and all we get are effing rains (not pleasant at +2).

This is bad. As much as I hate frostbites (yeah, one winter I got a frostbite on the tip of my nose - idiot!), this weather is neither pleasant nor good for the environment. Much more likely to have ice (as temperature yoyos between - and + ) with a wet layer above, and the trees will begin to bloom way too early - which then a cold spell will destroy.

Oh, and BTW: 666pack, we forgive you.

Oh No

****ing a dude. today was too ****ing cold. I'm not about this weather.

Metricoclock

hahah yes, welcome to the frigid north, even though PA is fairly south.

we had -10F yesterday, that was with out wind chill i believe regardless my hair froze during my 20 ft walk from my door to my car.

666pack

seriously, ****ing a dude.

Oh No

**** cuts like a knife. and it was like 60 over the weekend and i was riding in short sleeves and all that. **** winter.

UTJeff

High of 73 and partly cloudy here in Texas.

ryansexton

I've had no problems riding in the cold, though. Put on a balaclava, grow a beard, and ted shred.

nayr497

666 pack,
As long as one can realize their myopia, that is all another forum member can ask of you

I'm a few hours north of you up here in NYS and it was pretty cold today. But, that wasn't the worst part. What was truly awful was that after a few weeks of putting my nicer bicycles through the sand and salt on the roads I couldn't bring myself to subject them to that treatment. I rode my true beater bike (an old mountain bike with enormous studded tires and a bottom bracket that swings side to side like a metronome) and rolling along at around 8 mph and not being on one of the bikes I love was the worst part.

But, I'm doing it on purpose to push me to get my halfway decent winter bike built up.

And beware the black ice! A cold ride gets that much worse when you go down, rip some clothes, bloody some skin, and then have to start from a dead stop on a hill.

seagull_bags

I did not understand cold until Stupor bowl 07. Those guys are ****ing crazy. Ohio isn't hot in the winter, but its not even close to the life crushing cold in Minneapolis

wroomwroomoops

oh no!! not while...

paulwwalters

SW Missouri was 20's-30s today, it iced all morning, the power was out a few times. It was fun riding my mtb on the ice. The cold is nothing like Ohio was though.

dayvan cowboy

Today was pretty rough in the buckeye state. I mean, we're not Minnesota but still.

shants

yeah, the ride to (and from) work was pretty brisk.

operator

I agree. It's way to ****ing cold to **** a dude.

kidtwisty

JACQU3S

Sixty Fiver

Ah... it is balmy -1 C / 30 F here in Canuckistan as we speak.

I feel for ya man.

Elderberry

I don't even know what the temp was here in St. Paul, but I was glad to have every square centimeter of my flesh covered up real nice. The wind was blistering and I showed up at the office with a string o' snot sticking to my scarf, but all my fingers remained attached and all was well.

The "you biked here!?!" look on everybody's face is totally worth it once I'm inside. Good stuff.

Thisisit

Yeah we luck out pretty hard. It was pretty cold though, top 5 coldest days I've commuted. Tomorrow should be interesting with the snow, I'll be out there though, haven't missed a day this month, and I'm not stopping now.


Yeah, always rewarding.

blackblood

i love that look.

solveg

I get a kick out of all the southern people who chirp the warm temperatures while we're freezing with snot frozen to our chin. They have no memory at all! In 6 months we're going to hear endless complaining about how hot* it is and it's too miserable to ride!

But do we* make perky little comments about our perfect riding weather in August? Nooooooooo.

ryansexton

Also, we need to ride soon. I haven't been out in a couple days, too salty.