@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 I love polls - thx for this!
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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. As a rule of thumb, I won't ride in below freezing temperatures, because in Portland, that usually means the roads are sheets ice, and my e-bike back tire likes to slide out from under me if I brake too hard when it's slick.
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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
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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. The lowest I have had on a ride close to Basel, Switzerland, was -11C. I was dressed well enough, and it was good.
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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.
Probably down to freezing, weather permitting -- but weather is important. I won't ride on slippery roads, icy or snowy.
#BikeNite -
@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've biked down to -20C with low winds but I am looking forward the minus single digits starting Monday
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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
When I lived somewhere we reached these temperatures I had some rules: if it was first thing in the morning it had to be above ~20F, if it was going home from work (and the bike was already at work) it had to be above ~10F. It has to do with the convenience of having my bike where I'm located (don't want to walk it somewhere or leave it somewhere) and whether I was showering in the morning and would have wet hair. My hair might be pretty short, but even pretty short hair will literally freeze if it's ~10F and you ride for 15 minutes. It was kind of disturbing to take my helmet off and have my hair feel crackly as the ice broke up.
TLDR: The difference from 32F to 0F is pretty big from a comfort perspective.
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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 We don't get colder than freezing around here, and I'm very unlikely to go on holiday somewhere that is colder.
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@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite A3. As a rule of thumb, I won't ride in below freezing temperatures, because in Portland, that usually means the roads are sheets ice, and my e-bike back tire likes to slide out from under me if I brake too hard when it's slick.
@yantor3d @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
Get yourself a set of these:
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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 For me 0/32 is quite comfortable but -18/0 is impossible.
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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: Zero "hero" I guess, though there's more to it than temperature. Depends on wind and humidity (and sometimes whether the sun is out). Single digits F is common around here right now and I ride every day. Below zero or serious windchill means more layering and planning. #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
@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale
#bikenite A3:
My coldest ride this season was -11F, with -31F wind-chill. I bailed after 3 miles for a 6 mile round trip. -
@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: The big deal for me is "is there ice and is it invisible?"
I do ride below freezing, but I've got to trust the trails not to be iced over or I'm noping out.
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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 A3. Though, prefer high 50's and 60's. Will briefly go out in much colder temps, as long as it's not raining.
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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 q3
#bikenite
personal record is 11 below F done twice, after which I decided it just took tooo long to put that many layers on and it was risky, and tehre's this bus thing. It broke my "would you be satisfied saying why you were out there if something landed you in ER?"
Ice/snow? Why should I take *those* risks? It's tricky enough to drive without having to go around me in the snecked down roads.
Occasionally -- maybe twice a year -- I think, "oh, this would have been better if I had a car." -
@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. It doesn't get below freezing where I live now. In my time in Minneapolis, though, 32°F/0°C was my cutoff for riding for pleasure. On a rare above-freezing day in January, I would go for a long ride to savor it. Below freezing, I would only ride where I needed to go as quickly as possible and then hurry inside to warm up; that, I still did as low as 8°F (it was a relatively mild winter). #BikeNite
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@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite A3: Zero "hero" I guess, though there's more to it than temperature. Depends on wind and humidity (and sometimes whether the sun is out). Single digits F is common around here right now and I ride every day. Below zero or serious windchill means more layering and planning. #BikeNite
@josh @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite Yes, my tights and winter jersey are black, and it makes an enormous difference when the sun is shining.
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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 A3 only seem to get a couple of frosts a year here, so down around 0-2°C is my typical lowest. Where i lived when I rode to highschool it was down to -5°C, sometimes slightly lower
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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 We rarely get -15 "C or -20 "C in Berlin anymore due to manmade climate heating, but some days to -10 °C and some weeks to -5 °C we just currently have.
And many cyclists still do their regular commute ( #mdRzA = mit dem Rad zur Arbeit = with the cycle to work // #mdRzE = …zum Einkaufen = …to shopping) here, including me.
️Some even longer tours ( #FrostPendeln = frosty commute // #mdRddG = mit dem Rad durch die Gegend = …around the scenery).
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@josh @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite Yes, my tights and winter jersey are black, and it makes an enormous difference when the sun is shining.
@oheso @josh @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
(Sorry, this movie clip came to mind immediately on your comment)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
