On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 4:10:46 AM UTC-7, Duane wrote:
James wrote:
On 14/04/18 22:42, AMuzi wrote:
Cold, windy, sleet, grey, dismal, blecchhh.

https://www.channel3000.com/news/loo...hail/729197821



Nope. Clear blue sky. Hardly a breeze. 31 degrees C. Very little
traffic. One other bike rider, an 80 year old fellow out for a 30km
ride on his electric assist bike.


Give it 6 months and report back. :-)

Snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain and rain here in the last 24 hours. And
45k winds to churn things up.
We are also waiting for spring in June. But we’re taking this wait and see
approach...

It's not so bad here. The people in Minneapolis mock us -- as they should: https://blogs.mprnews.org/statewide/...o-bad-weather/

Rain and even light snow is no big deal if you're dressed right. The second I feel freezing rain, I turn around and go home. Even with studs, freezing rain and sheet ice is a no-go. Apart from crashing, it is also the worst possible riding condition -- freezing and wet.

The deal is that no rain gear keeps you dry forever. You will soak through eventually, and then its a matter of whether you can stay warm. In freezing and near freezing rain, I'm miserable after soak-through even with poly pro, wool (name the magical fabric). Throw in a descent in freezing/near-freezing rain, and I go hypothermic. I did a day-long ride in near freezing rain with snow at the top of a climb (Larch Mountain). Climbing was easy because I was generating heat, but the 14 mile descent about killed me. I was shivering so hard I could barely hold my bars. I tried to channel Andy Hampsten, but it didn't work. https://tinyurl.com/yd53bgul


-- Jay Beattie.