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Post subject: Re: What's the coldest temp you'll ride in?
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:58 pm
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5-10 above celcius
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Post subject: Re: What's the coldest temp you'll ride in?
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:50 pm
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Joined: Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:52 am Posts: 48 Location: Riverside, Southern California, US of A
I have been riding to work at 4:30 am and it's been as low as 38F for the past week or two. I do not have adaquate cold weather gear so I wear my army PT jacket under my thin leather jacket as an extra wind buffer. I have ridden in weather as low as 32-33F which I don't mind as long as I'm bundled up properly.
Post subject: Re: What's the coldest temp you'll ride in?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:47 am
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Splinter wrote:
-4 degrees Celsius so about 25 F.
I am also in Canberra, and I dont have any other form of transport so the lowest temp I'll ride in is however cold it gets.
I have heated grips and when it gets really cold I use "Oxford Muffs", which look really naff but they allow me to ride without my hands going numb from cold. Other than that, I just keep throwing on more and more layers till I am warm enough.
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I've only gone down to about 7 degrees Celsius but that's mainly because I currently have a GS500 with seems to really hate being started in anything colder. (especially when it has to sit outside while I work all night)
Post subject: Re: What's the coldest temp you'll ride in?
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:29 am
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About 30F is my limit in the PNW. The DOT likes to put down tons of sand and snot like deicer all over the main roads. Any twisties are covered in half wet, half frozen leaves, moss lerking below and high-wind tossed limbs and branches. Really no fun to hit a corner with the natural and unnatural debris around during late fall and winter. Until next riding season I'm just a riding commuter.
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Post subject: Re: What's the coldest temp you'll ride in?
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:46 am
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Joined: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:12 am Posts: 51 Location: Canberra, Australia
Human Potato, yep every day rider too, no matter the weather. Hot Grips, Dri-Rider Highlander gloves, Dri-Rider Dual sport jacket with rain and quilted liner fitted, jumper underneath, Quilted waterproof Aquastar pants gets me through the colder mornings. Neck sock also helps.
Post subject: Re: What's the coldest temp you'll ride in?
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:19 pm
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The coldest temps I rode in last winter were 17F or -8C. I only had problems keeping my fingers warm, but I have electric/heated gloves this year! I ride every day to work, but it is only about 25 minutes one way, so I am not exposed for too long.
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