Weather where you are?

That's the camp I was at, near the winter ice bridge at Ft McKay, that led to the winter road to Ft Chip , early 70s.
Stu
 
Yes I know, in Canada it has to be 99 below before they even put on a scarf, but me coming from the tropics to this arctic land I have still after almost 20 years not got used to the cold. And now that I can neither go to Spain, nor spin at the gym thanks to the Pangolin slaughtering Chinese, I want to try to keep my legs in shape so that I can still go fast on my Laverda if we are allowed to race again this year (that?s my excuse anyway). This was yesterday and only minus 6C, my hands fucking froze so next time it is heat elements in mittens, and maybe a bit lower tyre pressure as it skated everywhere on the polished ice.
You lucky devils who can ride your Laverdas all year.
 

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Tippie said:
This was yesterday and only minus 6C, my hands fucking froze so next time it is heat elements in mittens, and maybe a bit lower tyre pressure as it skated everywhere on the polished ice.
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I just took up winter mountain biking this year... absolutely love it!  Put some "elephant ears" (https://barmitts.com) on the handle bars and drop your tires to 20 psi and you can have a ton of fun.  With the current lockdown here in western Canada, it's about the only thing keeping me partially sane. 
 
Tippie said:
And now that I can neither go to Spain, nor spin at the gym thanks to the Pangolin slaughtering Chinese,
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Expecting an apology from the CCP any day now Tippie,  ::) ::)
::) ::)

Either way, well done on getting out on two wheels in the snow (bigthumb)
 
Tippie said:
Yes I know, in Canada it has to be 99 below before they even put on a scarf, but me coming from the tropics to this arctic land I have still after almost 20 years not got used to the cold. And now that I can neither go to Spain, nor spin at the gym thanks to the Pangolin slaughtering Chinese, I want to try to keep my legs in shape so that I can still go fast on my Laverda if we are allowed to race again this year (that?s my excuse anyway). This was yesterday and only minus 6C, my hands fucking froze so next time it is heat elements in mittens, and maybe a bit lower tyre pressure as it skated everywhere on the polished ice.
You lucky devils who can ride your Laverdas all year.
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I hear from one of my Viking chums that it dropped to -25 more recently so I guess you must be near the sea?
 
Almost all of Norway is near the sea. The little fat bit down the bottom has some inland that gets wicked cold, around R?ros, Dovre. And of course Finmark in the far north above the circle is a bit nippy in winter.
 
Very mild Winter here on the North Shore of the Great Lakes - Like between -10 to +3c every day and really not more then 8" of snow on the ground - We really haven't had a big Winter storm yet - Nor the Cold !

I always said the North Shore of Lake Huron has a great climate, A couple more weeks heading into March and Spring - Fingers Crossed ;o)
 
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Laverda SF said:
Very mild Winter here on the North Shore of the Great Lakes - Like between -10 to +3c every day and really not more then 8" of snow on the ground - We really haven't had a big Winter storm yet - Nor the Cold !

I always said the North Shore of Lake Huron has a great climate, A couple more weeks heading into March and Spring - Fingers Crossed ;o)
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We have another 6 weeks until March over here.

Paul
 
Something for everybody here in the SI of NZ today.
Locally, Nor'west gales - 146k - and small fires breaking out all around Christchurch...
I fuelled the van on the way home from ChCh and it's the first time I've ever had to hang onto the vehicle while doing it....

Over the hill on the west coast the usual heavy rain. Nor-west here, rain there. Fact of life.

Couple of hours south Queenstown had snow.

And this is mid-summer.
 
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