No worries, rain saturday evening - sunday morning
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Who's still riding? (Fall 2017 / Winter 2018 edition)
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No worries, rain saturday evening - sunday morning
You fail to see the point that rain turns into ice when it drops below freezing, which is fine by me considering we are still in winter lol
Fresh brine on the roads here last night/this morning, but didn't see any salt in the neighbourhoods/main streets anyways, it stayed just warm enough.
Not far too the north though, sheets of ice. 35/115 was closed in one direction for a few hours at one point today because of it.
The weekend looks like it has a few opportunities for riding. I'll probably go out tomorrow (5 degrees and sunny, light winds) in case Sunday (9 degrees, but breezy, and chance of showers) doesn't pan out.
SO looking forward to backing the scoot out of the garage and gearing up. Haven't ridden since late October after my shoulder surgery.
Not far too the north though, sheets of ice. 35/115 was closed in one direction for a few hours at one point today because of it.
The weekend looks like it has a few opportunities for riding. I'll probably go out tomorrow (5 degrees and sunny, light winds) in case Sunday (9 degrees, but breezy, and chance of showers) doesn't pan out.
SO looking forward to backing the scoot out of the garage and gearing up. Haven't ridden since late October after my shoulder surgery.
Whispers starting about a possible "significant impact" winter storm next Friday/Saturday.
It ain't over yet.....
It ain't over yet.....
Riceburner
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March coning in like a lion?
Iceman
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Oh sweet. I'm heading from Barrie to North Bay and back on Saturday to pick up a new bike for a friend. Should be a good trip.
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bigpoppa
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a lot of rain next thursday/fri
That just means there wont be any salt afterwards
Sounds like there’s a round of freezing rain coming again tonight. Decent chance the roads will be salted again by the AM, so I guess today is the day for me at least.
Just rode into the office, new cold weather gloves worked well. After 30 minute commute the finger tips were still 'cold', but not to the point where i would feel it inside the glove (if that makes sense). If i were doing a tour/long trip around this time id invest in some heated gear, but for commuting/short jaunts this seems adequate.
Happy with the results over the summer gloves for sure.
fyi i hear tomorrow will have gusts of 60km/hr
Happy with the results over the summer gloves for sure.
fyi i hear tomorrow will have gusts of 60km/hr
bigpoppa
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Better check your chain bro, every time iv ridden in the winter (200km on bike now) put lube and clean bike after, still
Found a bit of rust building up on it.... spend the weekend cleaning and relubing chain/front sprocket
It might also be possible the bike came like that but who knows
Don’t believe all that “it won’t melt with a little salt on it” ********
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Yeah, that's why I'm aiming for today still...just waiting for the forecasted sunny conditions to show up - starting to wonder if that's going to happen, looking at the satellite imagery.
It won't. Any rust on your chain is gonna be surface rust easily taken care of with either a little pre or post ride maintenance, and a bit of surface rust isn't going to instantly result in chain failure so long as it's been maintained correctly.
And ultimately, chains are wear/replacement items anyways.
blackcamaro
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I won't ride my stuff when there is still salt out there so I'm with you but dude the pics of the chain you posted....ride the bike for about 3 minutes and that tiny amount of surface rust will come off.
My thoughts exactly. Your chain probably gets just as rusty riding in the rain in the summer, assuming you're not someone who never rides in the rain.
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