The Paulcb Memorial Coldest Ride, Winter 2024-2025

ST-venture said:
Sorry for your loss.
But, if he said he could only ride 4 months of the year in Denver, that depends on his definition of "decent riding weather". Except for the mountainous areas, you can ride about 10 to 11 months of the year. BTDT for the last 50 years.
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He lived in Evergreen. Claimed he could have snow from Oct thru May. He moved there from southern California so he may have been jaded lol.
 
So back in the center of Minnesota we'll probably see some light snow tomorrow and the salt truck drivers gotta make money so white roads it will be after the snow melts. But today - no record, only 12 out when I opened a package with Gears Canada heated chaps in it, strapped them on, plugged in the heated socks, a vest and a thick down layer under my jacket and went for a test ride. Turned into 50 miles because, you know it fun to ride and there was something I wanted to pickup a couple towns over that had a nice twisty road leading to it.

We'll see what January and February bring. I'm off to Texas on Friday. Trailering to KC because I've not got that big of a pair of fearless and adventure. Happy holidays all!
 
the Ferret said:
He lived in Evergreen. Claimed he could have snow from Oct thru May. He moved there from southern California so he may have been jaded lol.
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Evergreen is up in elevation, so he could have a more limited ride season. And yes, we can have snow from Oct thru May (or even more months), but it is rare and usually doesn't stay around long.
Coming from S California, I could see his point of view.
 
ST-venture said:
Evergreen is up in elevation, so he could have a more limited ride season. And yes, we can have snow from Oct thru May (or even more months), but it is rare and usually doesn't stay around long.
Coming from S California, I could see his point of view.
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My experience in Calgary was much the same. One year the kids were trick or treating in 15C and the lawns were all bare, another it was -25C with snow everywhere. I remember we came out from Ontario to look for a house the July long weekend in 1999. I think the high was about 15C at the most and it was rainy and chilly. I thought I had found the promised land because Ontario at the time was mid-30'sC and humid as hell. I could sleep in Calgary :D
 
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I don't mind the cold temps (sometimes down to zero F or -18 C or below) we get up here. I also don't mind the hot/humid weather (upper 97+ F or 36+ C with 95+% humidity) we sometimes get at other parts of the year as well. And I will ride, and have ridden, in all those conditions. But if my son and his 3 kids were to move from central Iowa down to one of the southern states I know we'd be moving down south with them. I do already have one son with his wife and daughter living down south.
 
rjs987 said:
I don't mind the cold temps (sometimes down to zero F or -18 C or below) we get up here. I also don't mind the hot/humid weather (upper 97+ F or 36+ C with 95+% humidity) we sometimes get at other parts of the year as well. And I will ride, and have ridden, in all those conditions. But if my son and his 3 kids were to move from central Iowa down to one of the southern states I know we'd be moving down south with them. I do already have one son with his wife and daughter living down south.
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I'm lucky in that my kids and their family's live close (son 10 mins away, daughter 30 mins away so all 5 of the grandkids are close by). My daughter and her family did move once to the mountains in Colorado, but they only stayed a year and moved back home. Said mountains were beautiful in summer, but the weather was horrible in winter. I do think she would move to someplace southern with a beach if given the opportunity, probably once she's an empty nester.

For the most part I think the weather is fine for riding here in southern Ohio 95% of the time. I missed 14 days in January, 4 days to medical, 6 days to rain and 4 days to snow, but then only missed 3 days between Feb 1st and mid-July when I went on a 10-day Alaskan vacation with my family. Since coming back from vacation, I missed 2 days in Sept (rain due to remnants of Hurricane Helene) and 1 day in November (to an all-day rain), and I'll probably miss today December 17th also due to an all-day rain. (Don't mind getting caught in the rain, but hate taking off in it lol). Looking at the extended forecast I don't see any weather predicted that would keeping me from riding thru the end of the year which would put me at having ridden 331 days this year. Also, no weather predicted that will move me up in this cold ride contest, which really doesn't disappoint me lol
 
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