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Coldest Weather You've EVER Ridden In?

Started by Narcissus, January 04, 2006, 12:54:29 PM

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Narcissus

Today was by far the coldest day I've ridden in yet. It was about -3* to -4* Celcius and I think I got frostnip on my fingers, of course I had to let them warm up before I could type this message  :lol: Oddly enough though, cornering wasn't as bad as I had thought, all the sunshine and salt on the road must have provided a little more grip for my tyres. Which reminds me, I should go wipe all the nasty salt off her.
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Jake D

17 degrees F.

I made it 4/10ths of a mile.  Knees and fingers were coldest.
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makenzie71

it was about 3 under a month or so ago.

natedawg120

13 degrees F, and again the fingers and knees where the coldest.
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groff22

Ahhh! Well, still a bit too chilly for me to ride... But the weather sure was nice today. I was up in Halifax at the BT show this weekend for New Years and saw some guy on a Harley/clone in the distance... Some people are built for cold temps, I put the bike away when temps started hitting bout 5 degrees celcius.

So the coldest... Probably around 5 celcius.
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60 degrees...it was wam and toasty  :mrgreen:
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bubba zanetti

Probably a bit below 0c.
It was foggy & as the mist turned to water on me it froze. The cold wasn't that bad, it was the visor with a layer of ice that was the worst.
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~35 F  for 2.5 hrs.  i stopped once for some coffee and to cry a lil.

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pandy

~35*...that's about the lowest I'll go...bRRRr!!!

I prefer 40's and up!  :cheers:
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Narcissus

After finding an online temperature converter... 13*F is frickin cold! Eh Groff, this weekend is supposed to be like 5*C, you must be itchin to get out.
04' GS500

ninja_steve

28* w/ rain/sleet mixture for ~15 minutes.
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groff22

Quote from: NarcissusAfter finding an online temperature converter... 13*F is frickin cold! Eh Groff, this weekend is supposed to be like 5*C, you must be itchin to get out.

Wish I could get out, but my bike is packed up already with stabil and this shaZam! that protects the frame (+ a 1000 other things = too much time to undo/redo!), so *choke* I won't be going anywhere :(.

... So I'll just sit back, all jealous and stuff :) Feel free to come down to yarmouth and let me ride your bike :thumb:

JG
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zukiGS500

Below freezing im sure, it was snowing a bit. It was cold enough that the nice female office let me off with warning for speeding. Even in wisconsin she was amazed i was out in such cold weather. It was my last jaunt around town before storing the bike for winter.
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Budrick320

Around 45. And that is my limit. Anything colder is too cold for me, espically on the highway, which I travel mostly.
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Quote from: Jake D17 degrees F.

I made it 4/10ths of a mile.  Knees and fingers were coldest.
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15f went 8 miles to work. truck wouldnt start, the damned harley would :x
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This was years ago, but I managed to ride my dirtbike a few miles when the wind chill was -20F. Still ride my bicycle in weather that cold. But even that sucks after awhile.
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Jake D

Mak: you didn't say whether you actually rode when it was 3 degrees.  Well?

Anyway, does anybody have a quick easy way to convert from C to F and vice versa?

I seem to recall that water freezes at 0 degrees C and boils at 100 degrees C, but I may have just made that up.

I'm curious because a lot of my friends are kiwi and they are stumped by the whole F thing.
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