Cheer up girl! We got over 7" this past weekend and woke up to -22F without the windchill yesterday morning - smashing the record. It's WAYYY too early to be breaking cold weather temps here, but what do you do?
Remember, there is no such thing as bad weather - just bad gear
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12-07-2007, 06:20 AM #1
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12-07-2007, 07:18 AM #2
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We-e-e-e-ll, you gotta admit that certain weather is entirely inappropriate to certain sports, no matter how good the gear. Waterskiing with chunks of ice floating on the river, for example... downhill snow skiing with bare muddy patches... almost anything in a lightning storm... or road cycling with ice or salt on the road IMVHO.
Originally Posted by mtbdarby
Remember, there is no such thing as bad weather - just bad gear
But anyway, this seems like a good place to share my discovery a couple of weeks ago that sleet is actually beautiful weather!
I went outside in the sleet to pick some oregano for dinner before it got dark, and I looked at the plant and there was a perfect six-pointed star, maybe 7-8 mm across, made out of sleet. It must've started out life as a snowflake and gone through a few partial thawing/water accretion/freezing cycles on the way down. There it was, a perfect little life lesson, sitting on my oregano
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12-07-2007, 08:58 AM #3
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You know... I could probably count on one hand the number of occasions I have been in real, deep snow...
The number of times I have been in real, deep fresh snow - zilch
I know the idea of snow is romantic, and the reality of constant snow is nothing like what it appears on the movies, but this thread is making me a tad wistful - despite all the reality checks in it...
Particularly when I look outside and see the brown grass stubble and wish for a week of rain and cooler days...
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
"I will try again tomorrow".
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12-07-2007, 09:06 AM #4
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It's supposed to hit 80 degrees here today.
I'd like to see some snow...post your pics....it's been a long time since I've seen snow. I used to live in PA and loved the look of freshly fallen snow. sighAs we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence." ~Benjamin Franklin
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12-07-2007, 06:01 PM #5
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VB, I know you're a roadie, but you could always go this route:
https://www.ktrakcycle.com/index.html
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12-07-2007, 07:03 PM #6
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hey yellow- thanks for the link- that ktrak looks like it would be a blast!
I don't think we have quite enough snow for it here- too many bare spots...do you really think they'd let you take it on a ski hill????
I want to try it
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12-08-2007, 12:01 AM #7
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Had some freezing rain yesterday morning but it turned to rain. It's now raining, so I'm hoping that I will be back outside on a road bike tomorrow.
If the rain stops this morning, I might go on a MTB ride.
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