You are absolutely right on the cold weather gear. My ride is about 20 minutes and I'm still young enough (read: ignorant) to think I can tough it out. I have the gear, I just hate putting it all on. Besides, my wife is trying to cut back on my coffee intake and this is one of the few excuses I have left to enjoy more than one cup in the morning. LOL! I grew up in New England in the mountains of New Hampshire. Also I did a few semsters of college in Helsinki Finland, and was stationed in Fairbanks Alaska for a while. I love the cold; I always have. It's gonna take a little more than snow and ice to get me to cut back on outdoor activities. The chattering teeth is more of a badge of honor (read: ignorance, LOL!) Joey
--- On Mon, 9/21/09, markhas <[email protected]> wrote: > From: markhas <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Who can do the math??? > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 8:17 AM > > I grew up before this silly thing "WIND CHILL FACTOR" came > to be > used. I knew what to expect from just relating the > temperature on the > thermometer with the real body sensation from being outside > in the > weather and this includes the relative humidity > influence. I think > the wind chill factor is just plain silly because it > doesn't tell > anything and is misleading. Something for City > Slickers from New York > City LOL. It wasn't something that was taken > seriously by educated, > self-sufficient, people. > > If it takes multiple cups of coffee and a half hour for > your teeth to > stop chattering after a ride in cold weather you need to > learn how to > dress for the weather. It's called layering. > You can protect > yourself easily with the abundant choices available from > motorcycle, > snowmobile, outdoor recreational suppliers like > Cabals. I've ridden > in sub-zero temps and remain comfortable all day, just > dress properly > and you'll be safe. Unless your just making a joke > about riding in > winter weather this is really a non-issue in today's > world. > > WIND CHILL, PHEWY! > > On Sep 19, 3:17 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The math is great, the explanation a good thing to > know. What nobody has mentioned is the non-linear effect. > After a certain speed (50+) there is no appreciable change. > It's just TFC. > > My corner space is reserved. > > > > --- On Fri, 9/18/09, sfox618 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > From: sfox618 <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Who can do the > math??? > > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, September 18, 2009, 5:02 PM > > > > OK this math is WAY over my head - I just rode over a > mountain pass in > > 44 degree weather in the rain. That was 3 weeks ago > and I'm still > > cold. > > > > S > > > > On Sep 17, 12:46 am, NytWing <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > If the outside temperature was 44 degrees this > morning when I left the > > > house, what did it feel like with the wind chill > at 65 miles per > > > hour??? For those of you in the south who don't > know what wind chill > > > is, when it's cold outside, the harder with wind > blows, the colder it > > > feels on the body. Those of us up north know > what I'm talking about... > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
