Just MINUS

[2bikemike]

Not a record I would look to achieve but we are the coldest in the 48 states friday and today.
minus 34 official however at 6am it was minus 41 at home just outside of the city.

[Westernbiker]

Well that's NOTHING!!!!
I shoveled two feet of sunshine off my driveway this morning!
And,
I will probably have another two feet to shovel when I get home!

Seriously, I hope you and yours are warm and safe!

[Steve 0080]

79* HERE TOMORROW..... Why do you guys live up there ??????

[Ridlikhel]

79* HERE TOMORROW..... Why do you guys live up ??????

Because of the beauty and rolling hills.

[Steve 0080]

Trust me...it is beautiful.....but...I miss the point where you park your bike for 7-8 months???

[bigbird]

Trust me...it is beautiful.....but...I miss the point where you park your bike for 7-8 months???

Unless you live in the deserts or sub-arctic, no true biker parks their bike for 7-8 months. We're a lot colder than upstate NY, and mine sits from November to end of March, 5 months, and that's only because of ice and snow on the streets.
Cycle Canada magazine published an article about the riding season in the US. It was based on an algorithm from Aerostich. It's available as a poster from Aerostich for $10.
Aerostich's owner, Andy Goldfine, came up with his numbers based on " how much time and trouble one might reasonably take to dress for a typical urban-distance ride of up to 15 miles." Those assumptions were based on his riding experiences using Aerostich clothing and then applied to US Dep't of Agriculture temperature statistics. On the poster, Aerostich defines a rideable day as "a day when, with combinations of Aerostich gear, it's always fun, comfortable, safe , easy and practical to ride". That type of day would be when the average maximum high and the minimum average low is between 95F and 25F.

The bottom line here isn't about the where these numbers came from, it's about the comparison between comfort levels in riding around the US. Here's some interesting numbers:

San Francisco had the longest riding season at 365 days (duh!)
Phoenix had the shortest riding season at 214 days.
Others of interest were Bismarck ND at 222 days, Duluth MN (home of Aerostich) at 238 days, Austin TX at 229, Anchorage Alaska at 233, Tallahassee FL at 277, Los Angeles at 361, Chicago at 307, NYC at 327.

So, would you rather live in the hot desert, like Phoenix AZ (214), or more northerly states with real winter, like Chicago (307) if you owned a motorcycle?

Again, this is all one man's subjective description of a riding day. I'm just quoting what I read in the article, so don't flame me, flame Aerostich if you disagree.

[Fla_rider]

Trust me...it is beautiful.....but...I miss the point where you park your bike for 7-8 months???

Haha that's why we live here Steve. I think it hit 80 in Tampa today!

[Ridlikhel]

Trust me...it is beautiful.....but...I miss the point where you park your bike for 7-8 months???

Don't know about others, but I ride every month of the year.

50 mile this weekend, even if it's 45 degrees. It's just part of life.

[Limoles]

Well that's NOTHING!!!!
I shoveled two feet of sunshine off my driveway this morning!
And,
I will probably have another two feet to shovel when I get home!

Seriously, I hope you and yours are warm and safe!

In few month , when deserts temps will reach 120 deg. , you will dream about 1 shovel of snow .

[Westernbiker]

In few month , when deserts temps will reach 120 deg. , you will dream about 1 shovel of snow .

Arizona has elevations with roads at over 10,000 feet in Hannagen Meadow and Alpine area. We RIDE all year round. Up early as usual when it's cool, ride to the mountains nice and cool, spend the day tooling around, then back at night when it's cool. We have snow here too if that's what you like. I will take a hot day on my bike anytime over an ice/snow day in my living room!