@MarkBrigham has a 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 @MarkBrigham @bikenite
Ice Ice -> train Baby
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@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale
A3
I used to ride down to -10C°, but my lungs and my knees, all in their eighth decade, will no longer allow me to do that.
#bikeniteA3: I'm using something called "Lungplus" for biking in cold weather. This has been a game changer for me having asthma. Now I can even do snow showeling without problems.
For the knees I use extra padding under my pants for the front of the knees to be able to bike below -5°C down to -35°C when my bike gives up the ghost. Three layers everywhere and a ski-mask for the face. Helmet with high-vis rain cover on top. Have tried bar-mitts too.
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@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite If I could just keep my damn toes warm, I feel like there is no lower limit to temp. Hands are good, head is good, face is good, core gets too hot actually, but I cannot keep my toes warm. #BikeNite
@rowmyboat @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite That's my biggest problem, too. So long as my hands, feet, and ears are warm, I'll be fine. Maybe even sweat a bit!
My usual cold weather work commute outfit is just warm socks, my usual pants, an undershirt, button up shirt, wool vest, gloves, and a wool cycling cap with ear covers. Only around 20F the wind starts to seep into my gloves.
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A3: I'm using something called "Lungplus" for biking in cold weather. This has been a game changer for me having asthma. Now I can even do snow showeling without problems.
For the knees I use extra padding under my pants for the front of the knees to be able to bike below -5°C down to -35°C when my bike gives up the ghost. Three layers everywhere and a ski-mask for the face. Helmet with high-vis rain cover on top. Have tried bar-mitts too.
@eq
Thanks, I'll check out Lungplus. -
@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@universeodon.com @bikenite A3. For me my minimum is around -25°F/-30°C. It doesn't get below that here very often. I like how the snow firms up below 15°F/-10°F so with studded tires it gets easier to grip onto than melty slop around freezing. #bikenite
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@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite A3. It hardly ever drops to freezing here, and generally always gets upto 10/50. Since I don’t have to bike anywhere, I just wait a while. #BikeNite
@rand @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
#BikeNite
Yes, when you are retired, you can always wait out the worst of the weather. The day I rode at -11F and -31F windchill, it was early in the afternoon. At daybreak it was -22F and -50F windchill. So I waited for the sun to warm things and the winds to diminish.
That was the day of the general strike and protest in Minneapolis (80 miles from here) and the protesters were out longer than me in that weather, a HUGE number of very brave folks. -
@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite A3. I answered "Freezing" only because that's the lowest I've been exposed to yet. Not sure how it would feel to ride in 0F. #BikeNite
@meganL Risk of frostbite at zero and sub zero F.
It feels cold. I hate it. You lose me quickly once the Celciuses vanish.
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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 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.
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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 #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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@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
