The Paulcb Memorial Coldest Ride, Winter 2023-2024

[the Ferret]

34 when I started out at 7am this morning but did manage to get in 276 miles today rode down to FT Thomas Ky then ran 8 all the way to maysville stopped and had brunch while it spit rain and then made a run north on 41 to home.. where I believe the high I seen was 35… but did manage to get the ST over the 130,000 mile point

You made a circle around me. That's a good ride. 41 in Ohio up thru Amish country is fun.

 

[Sadlsor]

Yesterday I rode 410 miles to the Last Ride Of The Year in Stockton AL, starting out at 37 degrees. Looking at Post #1, I've tied with @DannoVT unless he's found colder weather, and if VT stands for Vermont, then I'm sure he has. Left at 7:30am, home by 5:30pm. No
I wore Matrix 2 boots, Carhartt winter socks, Under Armor base layer under cargo pants under Olympia Air mesh pants (couldn't put my hands on my Belstaff solid pants), up to a long sleeved t-shirt under a Warm and Safe heated jacket under a Belstaff Discovery riding jacket, and the Warm and Safe heated gloves.
You'll have to guess as to my skivvies, but if you're really interested, then I don't wanna know about it.
Under my Neotec 2 helmet, I wore a Duluth skull cap, my beard, and a neck gaiter like Itchy Boots, but non- branded.
On the ST1300 were a saddlebag with 2 extra upper layers which weren't needed due to the heated jacket, but brought along anyway because I'm a chicken.
A tool tool was in the other saddlebag, with rain gear.
The windscreen was almost all the way up, almost all day, speeds were often 70-75 mph on the 2- lane back roads with almost no traffic at all.
The ride was mostly pleasant, my toes got a little cold a couple times, but my hands were fine, never got cold or even chilled, and I'm glad to have all I needed to stay warm.
Few things in life I dislike more than being really cold.
And fewer things in life I love more than day-tripping on a fine, well-running motorbike.
Even if I'm not not in the Top 10 on this list.

 

[Trvmtchll]

I screwed up and went a day early to the hangover ride in KY but didn’t realize it until I got down there but yea 41 a great ride unless your in a semi but I grew up running around those roads in sure @sirepair can comment on the mega ramp north of bainbridge

You made a circle around me. That's a good ride. 41 in Ohio up thru Amish country is fun.

 

[rjs987]

Coldest ride this year 17*. Didn't really care for it...lol

Was that since the beginning of Oct this year? or early in the year? If early in the year that could have been added to the list for last season's run.

 

[oude geit]

Lol....that was June 5th in alaska

 

[rjs987]

I wonder if we shouldn't have this game run from April 1 to March 31 of the next year... make it annual.

 

[rjs987]

I was dreaming about going out for a cold ride. But alas, not going to happen for a few days at least. Besides, temps are around 31F and dropping all day and more frozen white stuff expected to be falling for another 6 hours. Overnight had 8 inches on the driveway and 10 inches on the yard. The difference was due to the driveway concrete being warmer and what fell at first melted right away... not so on the yard.



This is all headed over the Great Lakes states picking up a lot more moisture to make a lot more frozen white stuff going east.

Next weekend and the few days after that it is expected to have some cold temps... down around -13F to -15F in the early mornings with high temps around -5F to -6F. For the last many days they WERE saying about 10 deg warmer for those days. Will see how that changes as the time gets closer. I hope the streets are clear by then.

 

[the Ferret]

Uggg from what I understand that crap is headed our way. Warm today with high of 52 but it's been raining since 3 am and supposed to rain all day before the bottom falls out and it turns to snow. Supposed to be dry Thursday though with lows in the teens.

I'm going to probably skip riding today and end my days of riding streak at 146 (last day I missed riding was Aug 15th of last year)

 

[Sadlsor]

I'm going to probably skip riding today and end my days of riding streak at 146 (last day I missed riding was Aug 15th of last year)

WOW. I consider myself a (almost) daily rider, but that is impressive.
Well done.
The cold is one thing, and can be somewhat mitigated to some extent, but all that snow is a definite deterrent.

 

[rjs987]

That 10 inches was at 7 am and the snow didn't stop until around 2-3 pm. After clearing half the driveway of the 8 inches that was there this morning I went back out after lunch and had to clear another few inches that came along. The news says 11 inches in my area. While I was using my Ego snowblower this afternoon the temps were dropping and the deep snow that had become rather wet was turning to ice... or at least getting more solid making it hard to clear. I remember using my big 2 stage snowblower in this kind of stuff and the wheels would just spin and I'd be having to push it hard in between clearing the shoot from being plugged. No difference with the little Ego single stage snowblower so I'd say my trade to electric is a win. The little one is WAY easier to push than the big one.

I'm on a corner lot and this is the side street sidewalk.


Now, if I could find a path like this on the street I could still ride the bike.

 

[rjs987]

BTW - see those boxes at the top of the light post in the picture above? Those are Verizon 5G antennas. They put those up just a few months ago and now I have really good 5G reception at home. It is also why I decided to get the Verizon 5G Home Internet setup. $45 for 350-425 mbps Internet whereas I was getting only 28 mbps for $40 on my previous provider. We also now have Google Fiber run along all the streets in my neighborhood but that would be a minimum of $70 even though it is 1GBps (1000 mbps). I don't need that fast.

 

[rjs987]

Dang!
11 inches of snow fell Monday-Tuesday. 1+ inches fell last night. Another 5-7+ inches expected tonight into tomorrow. All that leaving the driveway and streets at least partially covered enough to prevent keeping the rubber side down on 2 wheels and unlikely to improve enough to ride on for several days.

And to guarantee that situation remains the temps are also expected to plummet the next 4-5 days with lows down as far as -16F and some really low high temps as well.


Oh, well. It's only January and February is coming so maybe some of these temps will again come along without the snow pack.
I might be able to ride by Friday, Jan 19... maybe.

 

[Nashcat]

Next Monday’s forecast is in the sub-zero range, so if I can find all my heated gear, I may get in the race.

John

 

[the Ferret]

Same forecast for here. I see a -7 in the forecast, but also precip so who knows...... I might just be watching a lot of old westerns for the next couple weeks lol

 

[Williamson]

An uncomfortable 34C on my ride home this AM.

 

[ST-venture]

That is a reasonably comfortable 94°F. We will be hitting a -11°F Monday night (but snow likely).
Oh, how I wish for warm weather this time of year and cool weather in 6 months.

 

[W0QNX]

An uncomfortable 34C on my ride home this AM.

but but nevermind

 

[Daboo]

I decided I'm a wimp. The temp was 15F here, roads are icy in all the wrong places. I haven't tested my crash bars yet, and today doesn't seem like a day I want to do so.

Chris

 

[Sadlsor]

I would be deterred with those conditions.
Few of us are riding ice racers.

 

[Mellow]

Looks like I could hit #2 Monday as we will be 13 degrees.... NOT GONNA HAPPEN, I HATE THIS GAME! LOL