It's not the lube, the brakes or the tires.
It's the wind and/or your body having to work harder because it is moving the bike and keeping you warm. There is also a mental factor where when you are cold and miserable it seems like you are moving slower and it takes longer to get where you need to be.
Morgan 6 mi said:
Foofy q. 6 - Yep, that is my feeling as well. Are we running the wrong lubricants in our wheels at these temps? I took my ride in because it felt like something was dragging. Brakes were not binding. I figured my hubs were too tight. Tires had plenty of air. Nope. All good.
A silly amount of automotive traffic this morning...refreshing cool spray in the face on the way home tonight.
Several times over the last week I've got a whif of frigid evening air and caught myself idly thinking "winter is coming."
Then I remember it's January...
and today its in the 50s....
h' 1.0 said:
A silly amount of automotive traffic this morning...refreshing cool spray in the face on the way home tonight.
Several times over the last week I've got a whif of frigid evening air and caught myself idly thinking "winter is coming."
Then I remember it's January...
Yes, and I am going to whine about it, too! Last night, when the weather radar was showing rain all over the place, I had on the baseball cap with nice big visor under helmet, glasses, rain pants, tall boots. Did it rain on me as I rode home? No, of course not. So this morning the weather radar has no green blobs in the area, and I look out the window and it's not raining. Where are the rain pants--in the closet. Where is the nice baseball cap--in the closet. Where are the tall boots--in the closet. What happens when I get a half-mile from home--IT STARTS RAINING. And everything not covered by my jacket was soaked through by the time I got to work. The only silver lining is that I have a change of work clothes here and a hair dryer.
same for me, lucky i had a change of clothes. The warm rain was kind of nice once i got over the fact that i was going to be soaked.
Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi said:
Yes, and I am going to whine about it, too! Last night, when the weather radar was showing rain all over the place, I had on the baseball cap with nice big visor under helmet, glasses, rain pants, tall boots. Did it rain on me as I rode home? No, of course not. So this morning the weather radar has no green blobs in the area, and I look out the window and it's not raining. Where are the rain pants--in the closet. Where is the nice baseball cap--in the closet. Where are the tall boots--in the closet. What happens when I get a half-mile from home--IT STARTS RAINING. And everything not covered by my jacket was soaked through by the time I got to work. The only silver lining is that I have a change of work clothes here and a hair dryer.
Click here for a few more bike ride photos on a day when the weather knuckleheads predicted light, spotty drizzle here and there, and I rode in a steady rain, got soaked to the skin but stayed warm anyhow.
At least the rain made for a few pretty pictures.
I'm pretty stoked to have a clothes dryer at the office for days like today. Temperature was too tempting to not ride in but like Lisa noted it wasn't exactly drizzle...
Clothes dryer? Really? And I thought I had it good! Although my wool slacks could not go into a clothes dryer anyway. They are just laid out on the heaters along with my gloves.
Yep, I have to say that we have it made.
More than half of our folks ride to work most days. It wouldn't happen unless the owners fully supported two-wheeled commuters.
But until other places figure it out, we all do what we have to do... Cheers.
For more bike ride photos from today, click here.
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