Weather where you are?

I would much rather ride in cold weather than hot, it's good when you ride all year round to have gear that allows you to be comfy in both. My coldest ride was last year's Brass Monkey ride. I had a front tyre blowout late in the first day, luckily we had a trailer on that ride and even luckier we scrambled and got the flat fixed. The next 180ks happened late in the day as the sun set. I was geared up for a warm day and the headlight on the bike was well off aimed well and bolted up too hard to move. That resulted in me following that car and trailer in pitch dark, as close as his headlight allowed me to see, and me quickly getting very cold. I was in a bad way when we arrived in Walcha. To add to my misery the heated grips had also failed. I couldn't take a trick that year. Contrary to what most might think, we have ridden a few times with Snow along the side of the roads. And strangely enough, that's been usually in November, Spring in the Southern Hemisphere
 
Holy Shit I just looked at Ventusky and Australia is the HOTTEST place on earth right now - Like 44c Plus.

In the USA the East Coast is in a Deep Freeze right down to Florida and the West Coast has California burning off the map - GEEZ!
 
It hasn't been too bad in Sydney heat-wise this Summer. We have had a few close to 40 days and a few pissing down rain days, Oz is a big place though. and I am sure plenty copped long 40 plus stretches It has been a very mixed bag-weather wise in Sydney but nothing consistent. I finally Mowed today. We got a day with mid-20c. The weather has been good for the grass, it was well knee-high Buffalo and even the Atlas struggles to cross Buffilo that thick.
 
Windy, rainy and in the upper teens/low twenties here in Taupo, NZ. I guess we brought the rain up from the South Island with us. Yesterday was warm and sunny when we visited the Historic GP at Hampton Downs.
 
Bright sunshine the last 2 1/2 weeks here in Vancouver, slightly lower than normal temperatures, 5c to -3c at night. Just the same, salt brine dust all over the place, so haven’t been taking any of my bikes out. Very surprised to see 100’s of bikes out and about this weekend. Stopped by two of the local shops , both busy as summer!! One specialized in BMW , Ural and Royal Enfield, the other Indian, Piaggio including MV, Vespa, MG, Husky, Gas gas, etc.
 

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5c and sunny again, Vancouver Harbour, and Harbour Air terminal busy as ever. Looking north to the richest neighborhood in North America, the British Properties of West Vancouver.
 

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41C forecast for Melbourne today. Just had about 30 seconds of rain before the heat sets in ... very odd.

Good to see you're out on the pedals, Steve! Good gloves eh?!
 
That I can believe after seeing the Private Lodges at Whistler. Ski Resort Jaw-dropping buildings. Megabucks. Makes Thredbo look like a shanty town.
 
Was ( kind of ) watching Final Score on BBC 1 last Saturday when I heard presenter Jason Mohammad say a game had be postponed due to storm damage ......... About five minutes later he said it again ........ another different game cancelled due to storm damage .........

Now for a second I thought he was referring to Storm Damage ......... some latest named storm which had escaped my attention , and was now wreaking havoc on football fixtures .......

Of course this wasn`t the case , but it did set me wondering that instead of giving storms girly , poncy names like Eunice , Fabian , Deidre or whatever , why not give them names which accurately describes their true nature ?

I mean , if you hear an Amber Warning has been set in place because Storm Damage is on it`s way ........ well ....... you`re going to make damn sure you put off that stroll along the seafront , or unnecessary car journey tomorrow aren`t you ? .......... After all , no one messes with Storm Damage ........

Tell it like it really is ........ that`s what I say .........

Just a thought really ...........

Anyway , now that Storm Damage has been and gone , I`m preparing for the arrival in a couple weeks time of Storm Howler ... ( high risk of structural damage and tree up-rooting ) ........... followed closely by Storm Noah`s Ark ......................
 
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Bright sunshine the last 2 1/2 weeks here in Vancouver, slightly lower than normal temperatures, 5c to -3c at night. Just the same, salt brine dust all over the place, so haven’t been taking any of my bikes out. Very surprised to see 100’s of bikes out and about this weekend. Stopped by two of the local shops , both busy as summer!! One specialized in BMW , Ural and Royal Enfield, the other Indian, Piaggio including MV, Vespa, MG, Husky, Gas gas, etc.
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What do you know about the Dustbin fairing bike? Looks interesting
 
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