Anyone braving the cold?

[94StangFiveO]

Anybody on their bikes today or planning to be on it later? I was out earlier this morning and weather.com says it's 40* out here in Fate but feels like 34*. It was cold!!!

[cbrjames]

Well, i only work 5 minutes from my house, so no big deal to me :D

[94StangFiveO]

I work closer than that. :D I don't really have a choice though. If I need to do something I either suck it up or stay home and wait for another day.

<----Only has a bike.

[Whitesmoke]

I did and acording to weather.com it was 27* when i left and felt like 18* and boy was i sorry. even for my .75 mile ride to my new building it was too cold. i made it but im probably gona be sick now :(

[evil jose]

Fuck no. I'm not getting off from work until 11pm tonight (came in at 10am) and I work 33 miles away from home (one way). Just to damn cold. So I caged it and got to enjoy the XM Radio and a cigarette on the way in :)

[94StangFiveO]

Fuck no. I'm not getting off from work until 11pm tonight (came in at 10am) and I work 33 miles away from home (one way). Just to damn cold. So I caged it and got to enjoy the XM Radio and a cigarette on the way in :)

I just bundle up and turn up the iPod. :D

[arlockstedt]

i agree...screw it......bundle up and go for a ride. the only time i won't ride is when there is ice out on the rode....then i will keep bike in for the day.... :cool:

[cbrjames]

I work closer than that. :D I don't really have a choice though. If I need to do something I either suck it up or stay home and wait for another day.

<----Only has a bike.


I did the only having a bike thing for 2 years, and it wasn't bad. I remember going to work from NRH, to Irving, flying down 183 doing about 120, at 6am, snot frozen to my face :D Its not that bad. But then again, i snow ski in shorts :cool:

[The Raven]

Saturday I was able to get the odo up to a whopping 300 miles.:rolleyes: It was a little chilly riding home aroung midnight, so I stayed on 4 wheels yesterday.

Anyone riding 635 east out in garland keep any eye out for my phone, I left my jacket pocket unzipped, and it was gone when I arrived at my destination. I'm sure it's in a billion pieces right now. Now my dilemma is modding the bike or getting a new phone. :D :rolleyes: :mad: :(

[94StangFiveO]

Saturday I was able to get the odo up to a whopping 300 miles.:rolleyes: It was a little chilly riding home aroung midnight, so I stayed on 4 wheels yesterday.

Anyone riding 635 east out in garland keep any eye out for my phone, I left my jacket pocket unzipped, and it was gone when I arrived at my destination. I'm sure it's in a billion pieces right now. Now my dilemma is modding the bike or getting a new phone. :D :rolleyes: :mad: :(

Inner pocket?? And you can kiss that sucker good-bye. If it was a still in one piece I bet some hobo has already picked it up and has some extra cash.

[evil jose]

I just bundle up and turn up the iPod. :D

And how far do you live from work? I've got a 45 minute ride to work. Fuck freezing my ass off for 45 minutes. Plus I'm riding home after a 13 hour day at 11pm.

[The Raven]

Inner pocket??


I'm not that smart. There's a small possibility that I left it at a gas station off of 635, but if so it was gone when I went back to look.

[94StangFiveO]

And how far do you live from work? I've got a 45 minute ride to work. Fuck freezing my ass off for 45 minutes. Plus I'm riding home after a 13 hour day at 11pm.

One job takes me under 5 minutes to get to and the other takes about 20 minutes. I also don't work 13 hour days. :D But believe me, if I had the option to drive a car I'd take it.

[94StangFiveO]

I'm not that smart. There's a small possibility that I left it at a gas station off of 635, but if so it was gone when I went back to look.


Yeah I put papers, garage door opener and work phone in the outter pockets i.e. unimportant stuff. My cell, iPod, pay checks go in the inner pocket i.e important stuff.

[TurboASR]

I had to ride in 40 degree weather in the morning once from Dallas to Mansfields with wet gloves from the morning dew on my bike. I tried to keep my hands warm from the engine. I'd do it again :D

[Evile753]

I rode from the track Sat. night and that shit was cold... it took me about 30min to defrost when I got home...

[T-TOPPS5.0]

Im like some of the other guys here and rode in........ Left at 6:30 this morning. I ride year round unless its raining or ice on the road. My trip to and from work is around 20 miles. But I also ride year round just to ride. It doesnt get cold if you have the right gear on. I also ride with my ipod if I ride alone. Must admit though, its nice having the option on what to take to work.

[94StangFiveO]

Welll I'm about to ride to backroads to Sacshe and get some Wing Stop!

[GARS04]

I rode from the track Sat. night and that shit was cold... it took me about 30min to defrost when I got home...

I meant to call you yesterday!!!! YOU ARE FRIGGIN NUTZ MAN!!

We rode through Royse City, and Rockwall on the way home from the track at well above the speed limit with Esau leading the pack, I was thinking slow down dumb ass and at the same time I was thinking hell yeah, Ill be home in about 15 minutes! We passed a Royse City cop and a State trooper, neither did a thing. And when I say well above, I mean WELL ABOVE.

[musclestang89]

heck no, its cold out there. Even though my trip to work is real close (2.4 miles round trip), I'm still taking the car.

[blazen 308]

Hell i rode to work on Sat. when it was real nice . I paid going home that night, it got cold as fuck!

[BottleRocket]

Im still riding. Its fun but I need to get some better gloves. I wear my boots and thermals now when I ride, they help tremendously

[636ryder]

I had to ride my bike to duty this weekend. Holy fuck it sucked saturday morning, my hands were like pinkish/blue when i got there. :eek: Took like 20 min for em to get back to normal.

[Evile753]

I meant to call you yesterday!!!! YOU ARE FRIGGIN NUTZ MAN!!

We rode through Royse City, and Rockwall on the way home from the track at well above the speed limit with Esau leading the pack, I was thinking slow down dumb ass and at the same time I was thinking hell yeah, Ill be home in about 15 minutes! We passed a Royse City cop and a State trooper, neither did a thing. And when I say well above, I mean WELL ABOVE.
I saw them but at that point I was like fcuk it .... I was going a little fast....Micah got pull over by the state trooper but just got a warning...

[redheadintx]

And how far do you live from work? I've got a 45 minute ride to work. Fuck freezing my ass off for 45 minutes. Plus I'm riding home after a 13 hour day at 11pm.

Steven and I were just talking about you last night...

I commented that there is a girl I work with who rides her bike unless there is precipitation in freezing weather. She rides 60+ miles from the office one way!

So... back to mine and Steven's discussion about you... assuming you had the gear that she does... full suit, heated electric gloves, ski mask under the helmet, etc... would you ride in? I said yes, he says no.

I think he might be right. :)

[evil jose]

Steven and I were just talking about you last night...

I commented that there is a girl I work with who rides her bike unless there is precipitation in freezing weather. She rides 60+ miles from the office one way!

So... back to mine and Steven's discussion about you... assuming you had the gear that she does... full suit, heated electric gloves, ski mask under the helmet, etc... would you ride in? I said yes, he says no.

I think he might be right. :)

I've ridden in temps down in the low 40's during the day (JC would know and Stephen would know, it was misting that morning). I have no problem with doing that. It's riding home at night that I have a problem with because I've been caught up here at work during a few freak ice days where it wasn't that bad during the day but froze up in the evening.

So to answer your question, if I worked days I would ride most of the time. As it stands now, I probably wouldn't. I'm not physically tired but after a 13 hour day I'm mentally tired and heading home after at 11pm (or later) at night in possible freezing conditions for 33 miles isn't probably the safest thing for me to do. If I had a full suit, heated gloves, whatever I probably still wouldn't ride in freezing conditions if I can help it.

[redheadintx]

I'm gonna' say I win then! Hearing that you would do it is good enough for me! :D

And, agreed - riding a motorcycle takes SO much mental concentration... not a good idea to ride home after a 13 hour day in the dark. ;)