@MarkBrigham has a poll:
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@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite The coldest I've biked is 14 feels like 6 which was in January here in Atlanta. I was starting to suffer a bit for sure when it was that cold but luckily it doesn't get down that cold very often around here. I think if it was regularly that cold or colder I'd need some more winter gear to make it bearable.
@wesley @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
Reading that and thinking that's not cold at all then remembering, Atlanta, that's F not C, anything below 32 is below freezing.
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@wesley @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
Reading that and thinking that's not cold at all then remembering, Atlanta, that's F not C, anything below 32 is below freezing.
@the5thColumnist yeah I probably should have specified haha. That's -10 Celsius
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@MarkBrigham has a poll:
Q3. How low do you go? (Coldest temperature in which you willingly cycle).
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite A3. Somewhere between 0F & 32F. I’d probably be willing to go below 0F, but we thankfully rarely get close to that. I’ll definitely ride down to 15F to get to work/school, but probably not for a fun ride. For fun rides? Around 32F. #BikeNite
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@MarkBrigham has a poll:
Q3. How low do you go? (Coldest temperature in which you willingly cycle).
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale maybe we could do the flip of this one for a future #BikeNitePQ poll - how hot will you ride? This was a fun poll!
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@MarkBrigham has a poll:
Q3. How low do you go? (Coldest temperature in which you willingly cycle).
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale
I haven't found my lower limit yet. The lowest I've gone so far was a wind-chill of -40F (the polar vortex winter of 2018-2019) and I have much better equipment now than I did back then.
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@MarkBrigham has a poll:
Q3. How low do you go? (Coldest temperature in which you willingly cycle).
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
#BikeNite A3x:
One other item to remember about cold weather riding: You generate additional windchill by your movement. In my case when riding my fatbike or studded tire gravel bike, I'm averaging 9 to 11 mph. So even in calm, very cold weather, I figure out the equivalent windchill at the 10 mph mark. -
@the5thColumnist yeah I probably should have specified haha. That's -10 Celsius
As a Canadian I never realized it actually got that cold down in the land of peaches.
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@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
#BikeNite A3x:
One other item to remember about cold weather riding: You generate additional windchill by your movement. In my case when riding my fatbike or studded tire gravel bike, I'm averaging 9 to 11 mph. So even in calm, very cold weather, I figure out the equivalent windchill at the 10 mph mark.@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite @MartyCormack FINALLY a windchill chart with a suitable scale for
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@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite A3 #BikeNite I have not (yet) had the opportunity to bike at 0F, but I've been out in 4F, and 32F is not even worth a second thought (to me). I quit growing a winter beard after covid (for mask use) but I own a few balaclavas and scarves.
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@MarkBrigham has a poll:
Q3. How low do you go? (Coldest temperature in which you willingly cycle).
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite I find precipitation deters me more than temperature that said I'm not taking many joy rides under 15f and the total distance I want to go decreases. Luckily most things I need are not too far.
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The Schwalbe studded tires aren't that good. When the temperature is under -10C the rubber gets hard and you have no grip. The spikes don't help much either. The older version lasted for one season and then the studs would eat themselves through the rubber and make punctures. The later ones are a bit better against that though. I bought Nokian tires instead, much softer rubber and more grip and lasts longer than one season.
@eq thanks for the tips! One of these years I’ll give em a try
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As a Canadian I never realized it actually got that cold down in the land of peaches.
@the5thColumnist not very often for sure. Typical January/February we would usually start the day around 32F/0C, and it warm up a bit from there.
Still I'd say we get at least a couple days that cold a year.
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@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite The coldest I've biked is 14 feels like 6 which was in January here in Atlanta. I was starting to suffer a bit for sure when it was that cold but luckily it doesn't get down that cold very often around here. I think if it was regularly that cold or colder I'd need some more winter gear to make it bearable.
@wesley @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite I'd definitely get pogies if we got under 20F regularly. I remember my hands getting chilly under my "colder" gloves that day.
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@MarkBrigham has a poll:
Q3. How low do you go? (Coldest temperature in which you willingly cycle).
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @andrew773 @MarkBrigham @bikenite For pleasure? 12+° C. For travel/commute? Yeah zero °C
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@MarkBrigham has a poll:
Q3. How low do you go? (Coldest temperature in which you willingly cycle).
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale I found at approximately 20°F where I live, with wind chill, it passes the "not worth it" point. Snot freezing to my nose, shifters jamming, and my eyes get pretty raw. Plus, ice... slipping on ice is not worth it, but studded tires are not quite justifiable most winters for me.
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@gcvsa @rey @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite Also tried that, but much too sweaty inside, even without the visor which goes completely blind fogged in a minute anyway.
Now I ride this one: https://www.alpina-sports.com/de/rootage-evo-a9750180.html
@blechterror @rey @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite One of the things you have to learn about riding in the cold with a face shield is that you have to direct your breath downward, in order to avoid fogging the shield.
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@yantor3d @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
Get yourself a set of these:
@the5thColumnist @yantor3d @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite #BikeNite A3 followup: I currently have Schwalbe Marathon Winter Plus on my Brompton Electric G-Line and rode some very bumpy frozen hiking paths with it:
https://chaos.social/@xtaran/115952039173167004 (Text in German, but the pictures say most.)
The rear wheel still occasionally slipped, but it was no comparison to riding on ice without studded tires.
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@MarkBrigham has a poll:
Q3. How low do you go? (Coldest temperature in which you willingly cycle).
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
80 percent of the world’s population is willing to bike as cold as freezing temperature (or melting temp, depending on your perspective); 32 percent claim to be Zero Heroes on the Fahrenheit scale.
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@MarkBrigham has a poll:
Q3. How low do you go? (Coldest temperature in which you willingly cycle).
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale my record is -32C (-26F). My partner's record is -37C (-35F). But we've moved since then to a much warmer city that never even gets to -20C (-4F). I don't miss -30C. #BikeNite
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@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale my record is -32C (-26F). My partner's record is -37C (-35F). But we've moved since then to a much warmer city that never even gets to -20C (-4F). I don't miss -30C. #BikeNite
@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale these values don't include windchill, because once you cover all your skin (necessary at these temps) windchill doesn't matter anymore. And there's no humidity in the air at these temps, so humidity doesn't matter either.
