I went from Chicago (birthplace) to Philly (college) to Bay Area (grad school).  The Bay Area ain't cold!  

Where did you live in the Bay Area?

Daly City is f%$king cold.

It darn tootin' gets cold in Cali...and the Bay Area! :P:P

When I lived in Pacifica, I kept the heat cranked full blast all summer. The summer fog was ICY!

Cold is relative...it's in the low 50's in the AM at the moment, and we've gotten used to days that are in the 80's and 90's. September is usually a hot month for us, and it's been about 15 degrees cooler than normal.

We may not be as cold as Washington or Canada or the North Pole, but we're cold here. :P:P  :lol:

I lived in Berkeley and went to SF a lot.  I don't think it ever got below 30F, and rarely got anywhere near there.

Chicago saw -45F a few times a winter, and I remember one day, winter 1993-4, when the wind chill got to -70F.  Now that is cold.

Yeah... And space is cold too.  

35 is cold when you live in SF...  With the nasty-ass wind chill there...  It gets plenty cold.

Yet another excellent reason for me not to live in Chicago...bRRRRRr!  

of course it gets cold in southern cali! why, it once hit 65! brrr! we had people runnin around in ski jackets! =P seriously tho, i'd rather have the cold, so long as my hands can stay warm =P speakin of which, i hear that if you wear latex gloves underneath your riding gloves, that helps seal in alot of your body heat =)

hot any time any where i love the heat. see ya

Quote from: AgentNitzof course it gets cold in southern cali! why, it once hit 65! brrr! we had people runnin around in ski jackets! =P seriously tho, i'd rather have the cold, so long as my hands can stay warm =P speakin of which, i hear that if you wear latex gloves underneath your riding gloves, that helps seal in alot of your body heat =)

Yeah, that's because your hands can't breathe! I'm using silk liners, and soon I'll be putting on the handguards. Anything below 50 is cold to my 125lbs butt.

Quote from: scratchI'm using silk liners on my 125lbs butt.

See...I knew this was a kinky group.  :lol:

I will not ride in the cold. I'll drive my truck. I'm OK down to the high 40s. I'm OK up to 105. So I guess I prefer the heat. Hey, I live in Az.

But, as they say Arizona is a dry heat, so at speed you don't really sweat, it evaporates that quick. Over 105 and it's just a blast furnace. It might hit 105 a few days here. In the winter it gets into the 20s, so Nov - Feb there are plenty of weeks I don't ride other than a warm afternoon. :mrgreen:

For me:
Hot = uncomfortable, but the ride can be fun
Cold = miserable, just plain miserable, plus you can lose skin without even crashing

Pandy - this am was 51 degrees on the way in - BRRR! I have to put the liner in my jacket

Quote from: Maduro MistressPandy - this am was 51 degrees on the way in - BRRR! I have to put the liner in my jacket

I'd probably have had my liner in when the temp hit 65!  :lol: You're tough!!  

My feeling on the hot/cold issue is that it depends on how much I expect to be moving.  I have yet to find a way to prevent it from feeling like 1000 degrees out when I'm not moving, but with any speed my gear ventilates pretty well.  I generally find it's much easier to get warmer than to get cooler, assuming you plan ahead...perhaps it's more accurate to say it's easier to prevent getting cold than to prevent getting hot.  I'm a cold-weather person (native New Englandah) and don't react well to heat.  Last year my job took me to Florida for about 6 months and I thought I was going to die...going back and forth between 90 degrees/90% humidity and 30 degrees/6 feet of snow is hard on the soul.