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Posted by 49Reo
- December 18, 2014, 14:15:51 PMSo what arw you doing with the wheels...powder coating, painting, re-chrome, new booties? Don't be keeping us in suspenders, now! 
Posted by Troll
- December 18, 2014, 13:06:49 PMGot up to 50 for a while last Sunday, but rain and fog all week....now it's 25, and going down more. They are calling for a warm up to freezing by the weekend. I was hoping to get the W out, since there are no wheels on the Drifter just now, but the rain and generally wet and messy streets are keeping my CLEAN spare bike garaged....
Posted by gdrudd13
- December 18, 2014, 10:09:06 AMLucky. It's been really cold here for awhile or just kind of nasty out so I haven't been riding. The biggest here issue isn't necessarily what the temp gets up to, but what it would be when you're riding. It might get into the 40s, but it might not even be 30 when you go to leave. Yesterday and last night we got attacked by white stuff so no riding in that for sure. Getting dark so early doesn't help either. Throw all the deer I've been seeing and I'm not real excited about riding this time of year. I haven't seen 8 yet, but in the 3.5 miles to work I saw 4 (2 different groups of 2) a week ago or so. Winter needs to hurry up and go away. I want to ride.
Posted by pcarrell
- December 18, 2014, 08:50:49 AMYeah, that cold weather riding really demands the right gear. Glad you made it home in 1 piece though!
Posted by greenbarn
- December 17, 2014, 22:22:49 PMI took advantage of a chance, thinking it could be my last chance until spring, for a ride Sunday. Our church had a Christmas program in the evening going on, and since the Missus GB was already there, I was driving up by myself. It had gotten up to the mid-high 40s in the afternoon - I had seen a couple of bikes out early afternoon on our trip to town. I checked the weather and the weather liars said it would be down to 40 or so by 9PM, so I thought I'd take the bike out for a ride.
Left later than I wanted to - so it was dusk on the way there - 8 deer ran out in front of me, but I saw them in time. Chilly, but not bad at all.
Coming home, much different story! A really heavy fog set in - I haven't seen fog this thick for several years. Really weird fog, too. Most of the time I could only see about 25 yards, but sometimes the fog was just above my head and the road was clear for maybe 100-200 yards. Then sometimes I couldn't see more than 3 feet in front of the windshield, but I could see stars brightly above me!! I've never seen such a thick - but shallow (low to the ground) fog! And it was 33F when I got home! So much for the 3 degree guarantee!! I'm just now warming up!