@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 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.
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@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.
@xtaran @the5thColumnist @yantor3d @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite I've tried many brands/models of studded tires and these are my favorite so far. Good choice!
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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.
@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale methinks you might just be extrapolating from incomplete data here ... not entirely sure that the masodonians are representative of the entire world's population

OTOH, how high do you go?
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@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale methinks you might just be extrapolating from incomplete data here ... not entirely sure that the masodonians are representative of the entire world's population

OTOH, how high do you go?
@bikenite @ascentale @ajft Statistics don’t lie.
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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.
@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale No sampling bias at all

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@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale No sampling bias at all

None was reported.
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@xtaran @the5thColumnist @yantor3d @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite I've tried many brands/models of studded tires and these are my favorite so far. Good choice!
@josh @xtaran @the5thColumnist @yantor3d @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
I like the name of the Nokian studded tires - Hakkapelitta

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@josh @xtaran @the5thColumnist @yantor3d @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
I like the name of the Nokian studded tires - Hakkapelitta

@velospinner @xtaran @the5thColumnist @yantor3d @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
I've been through a couple of sets of W240s. For a while we had Hakkas on our car and my winter bike.
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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 Missed the poll but I’m about 5 degrees Fahrenheit. I just did a ride close to that and it hurt… #bikenite
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@velospinner @xtaran @the5thColumnist @yantor3d @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
I've been through a couple of sets of W240s. For a while we had Hakkas on our car and my winter bike.
@josh: How can that posting be from 2015 if your Pixelfed account is from 2019? Or can you set the date in Pixelfed?
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@josh: How can that posting be from 2015 if your Pixelfed account is from 2019? Or can you set the date in Pixelfed?
@xtaran I'll let you use my time travel machine if you don't tell anyone else about it.
(This from an Instagram account import. Pixelfed preserves time stamps, or at least did at the time.)
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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
Battery warming socks are wonderful. I had the same issue. It would take 4 more hours for my feet to get warm after ther the rest if me.
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@rowmyboat @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
Battery warming socks are wonderful. I had the same issue. It would take 4 more hours for my feet to get warm after ther the rest if me.
@cainmark @rowmyboat @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
#BikeNite
I agree. I did not start riding at below zero Fahrenheit temperatures until after I got my battery powered heated socks and gloves. -
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