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Yup, good ole Chicago.... I work in Chicago Heights.... The wind chill was brutal, as Joe mentioned, about -45....

 

LOL. Good to know I wasn't the only one out in it this morning. My boss was laughing at me. He didn't even consider pulling his BMW out the garage.

 

Ya, people call me nuts. But as long as it isn't painfully cold and roads are good, I ride. I remember riding in WI with snow on the ground. Coldest I have rode recently was 21 degrees.

 

29 on my way home at 5am in Florida................

 

It was 8 degrees this morning, but the truck was warm. I rode the other day when it was 25, and I bought a good pair of gloves at our first stop!

 

35 and nice, not a bike in sight all week. Did I forget to mention the rice grinder with all the god damn neon stickers. lol

 

It was about 15 degrees here in central Al. at 5:00am, I was a bit cold even with heated gear.

 

No car = no choice.

Yes, I live in Texas, but we are in some sort of cold funk right now. It was around 34 when I left for work today at 1pm, and around 36 coming home at 11pm. "Feels like" was a few degrees less each time.

Thing to dress for isn't the ambient temperature, but the actual temperature your body feels at speed. I read an article once that said at 30mph you subtract 12 degrees from the actual temperature and another 2 degrees per 10mph after that. Meaning at 70mph you are experiencing temperatures about 20 degrees colder than the standing air temperature.

Not sure how accurate that is, but seems close enough to me. Oh, I've also found that layers of useless clothes do nothing but bulk you up and you end up nothing more than cold and funny looking. I personally wear one of those "freeze out" jackets (super thin under-layer) from Cycle Gear under my leather jacket, non-heated thermal lined gloves, textile over pants at 35 and below, and my FXRG-3 boots (awesome boots, btw), as well as a Freeze Out balaclava and I'm usually good to go. Very few layers, I don't look like Randy from A Christmas Story, and I stay warm because the gear is designed for it.

 

About 65 mid day in San Jose, CA. Very nice riding to golf course.

 

Who you kidding buddy!!? It's -14 here every day!