BISavage
champion rider
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BISavage
champion rider
So, anyone gone on any rides lately?
Edit: still got a couple days to go... before I start counting down hours.
Edit: still got a couple days to go... before I start counting down hours.
Ben Oldschool
top rider
Nothing but cold snow & rain here… Er…..
nampus
top rider
Winter here as well. Last year we had 2 or 3 fantastic days end of February, if that happens again I'll go out. But I'm not holding my breath.
Most years my first ride is in March, sometimes even April
Most years my first ride is in March, sometimes even April
BISavage
champion rider
What about "southern hemisphere'ers", isnt it prime season for street riding this time of year?
Dr.Shifty
expert rider
The temps here in Oz are up but so is the rain. We are in what's known as a La Nina weather patterh. Depending on how the air and water currents move around the Pacific we oscillate between hot dry summers (El Nino) and hot wet summers (La Nina).
The east coast especially is very wet and we've had floods that have taken lives in the last month or so. There is a weather warning on the radio in the next room warning people somewhere to head to higher ground as I'm typing this.
Getting a decent day ride in is troublesome. No rain for me so far today (8am) but the humidity is up towards 100%, which makes wearing jeans and jacket exhausting. I'll probably head into the city for lunch with friends just to get out of the house. Sometimes I envy those foolhardy Vespa riders I see with short pants and tee shirt and no shoes.
The east coast especially is very wet and we've had floods that have taken lives in the last month or so. There is a weather warning on the radio in the next room warning people somewhere to head to higher ground as I'm typing this.
Getting a decent day ride in is troublesome. No rain for me so far today (8am) but the humidity is up towards 100%, which makes wearing jeans and jacket exhausting. I'll probably head into the city for lunch with friends just to get out of the house. Sometimes I envy those foolhardy Vespa riders I see with short pants and tee shirt and no shoes.
Dr.Shifty
expert rider
OK, update. I just checked the weather. Our whole east coast has a tsunami warning issued early this morning. Apparently an underwater volcano near Tonga has caused major earthquakes and much of the south western Pacific region is under the warning. I suppose we can't blame that one on the rain.
BISavage
champion rider
So, wave riders are in today?
Dr.Shifty
expert rider
I rode around the city beaches. Lots of cars parked there but only a few surfers. Most of the beaches were closed for safety until the afternoon and lots of people had driven in to see if there was anything to see - there wasn't. The surf was very messy and choppy and the roads were packed with traffic. The haze was so heavy that it looked like we were going to have a mid-day fog roll in from the sea.
BISavage
champion rider
By wave rider I meant something more along these lines:
"Ride on, Wave Rider, ride on."
"Ride on, Wave Rider, ride on."
Dr.Shifty
expert rider
The dad could drop that kid out towards Tonga and he could ride the wave all the way to Australia.
A few years ago a big storm pushed this coal ship up onto one of the city beaches. I think the locals had this in mind and hoped there'd be something mildly spectacular to see.
A few years ago a big storm pushed this coal ship up onto one of the city beaches. I think the locals had this in mind and hoped there'd be something mildly spectacular to see.
BISavage
champion rider
Looks like those sailors had an exciting ride... better coal ship on sand than oil or cruise ship on anything point / obtruse.
Dr.Shifty
expert rider
They did manage to drag it off over many days of waiting for high tide etc. At one point they thought it was going to break in half but luckily that didn't happen. The ship was the Pasha Bulker. There is a parking area at the end of the beach and the street through it was then called Pasha Way but people kept on stealing the sign off the post.
It also produced a good surfing wave with the right wind.
www.visitnewcastle.com.au
It also produced a good surfing wave with the right wind.
A look back on the Pasha Bulker storm
In 2007, the coal ship Pasha Bulker ran aground on Nobbys Beach making headlines around the globe.
www.visitnewcastle.com.au
BISavage
champion rider
Wow, do you have heated cloths?
Yes, I use a heated jacket and heated grips. It’s a heavy situation to drive for several hours at temperature between -4 and +2 Celsius. Honestly, yesterday in the sunny temperature was incredible high for the season. In the shadow zones, as the picture, there is still cold and ice. This requires a lot of attention while driving, because you go continuously from dry to wet and dirt to ice. Not having to worry about the cold allows you to focus better on driving.
Also, in this period, I prefer to avoid eating indoors. I bring something from home - a sandwich, water and a thermos with coffee - and eat outside. Windy yesterday, but it was 5-6 degrees, three weeks ago at lunch it was -2 ... I'm not very happy with this, I hope to return to normal soon.
BISavage
champion rider
Yes that is hard. For me I have not had good experiances anything below -7 degrees; and very windy is especially tough...
How much hours can you make in that cold with the proper gear like that on you new Norden before it gets tough?
How much hours can you make in that cold with the proper gear like that on you new Norden before it gets tough?
-7 is already a very complicated temperature ... at first I found myself facing these temperatures without equipment and it was very heavy. Now, if everything works - the heated vests have the connection cables a bit fragile and after a while they usually get cut - I found myself having whole days always below zero. Not that it's easy, and sometimes - in addition to being afraid of the road conditions - I also wonder why I'm there instead of watching TV ... but maybe then you manage to get to the top of the pass and it's just you, the motorbike and the sun... the picture is at Fedaia Lake, Dolomites, six pm of February 2020. I have several days on th Dolomites that winter, before the Covid. Going down from Fedaia I read -8 °C.... and the heated vest doesn't work!!!! Even today I wonder how I got up and down that day, there was a span of water and snow all along the valley road ... today I don't think I would be able to do it again, I'm getting older!
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Dr.Shifty
expert rider
Riding in those temps is Superman territory.
I once led a few riding mates over a mountain road (here in Australia we don't get high altitudes) and the weather started to go bad. We stopped to put on wet weather gear and as we rode upwards the rain turned to sleet, then hail, then snow. We had temp displays on our bikes and it got steadily down to zero c, then minus 1, and I knew that when we stopped the others were going to kill me.
We topped over the range and headed down into better weather. Our lunch stop was at a little town where the pub had recently been modernised. We walked into the warmth of open fires and a top level kitchen. My mates decided I would live to see another day.
I once led a few riding mates over a mountain road (here in Australia we don't get high altitudes) and the weather started to go bad. We stopped to put on wet weather gear and as we rode upwards the rain turned to sleet, then hail, then snow. We had temp displays on our bikes and it got steadily down to zero c, then minus 1, and I knew that when we stopped the others were going to kill me.
We topped over the range and headed down into better weather. Our lunch stop was at a little town where the pub had recently been modernised. We walked into the warmth of open fires and a top level kitchen. My mates decided I would live to see another day.
