Someone on a bike forum I frequent asked for pictures from the inmates of the unusual southern weather they're experiencing now. I posted:
"8 deg out there right now with a wind chill putting it at 0. We got the snow on Sat/Sun followed by sleep and freezing rain. That white stuff out there has about a 2" crust of ice on top of it. Our road hasn't been touched. Reports say the main roads are "okay" but I haven't been out there to see. While we haven't had any issues in the past, we still have the faucets constantly dripping and the cabinet doors wide open as a precaution.
The car headlights you see across the street is a neighbor trying to get out of his driveway. Now he's trying to get a second vehicle out (on the far right) without much success.
"Back when I was working, I had studded a set of tires for my KLR so I could continue to commute to work on 2 wheels. If I was working today with that same bike and tires, I'd have been gone an hour ago. I still have the bike but sold the tires a long time ago."
Today, with the Ryker, it stays put. I ventured out one day last year into some light snow and got about 20 feet out off the garage apron. It does not like snow and I'm not so sure studded tires would even help in the stuff we presently have on the ground. So, we sit.
"8 deg out there right now with a wind chill putting it at 0. We got the snow on Sat/Sun followed by sleep and freezing rain. That white stuff out there has about a 2" crust of ice on top of it. Our road hasn't been touched. Reports say the main roads are "okay" but I haven't been out there to see. While we haven't had any issues in the past, we still have the faucets constantly dripping and the cabinet doors wide open as a precaution.
The car headlights you see across the street is a neighbor trying to get out of his driveway. Now he's trying to get a second vehicle out (on the far right) without much success.
"Back when I was working, I had studded a set of tires for my KLR so I could continue to commute to work on 2 wheels. If I was working today with that same bike and tires, I'd have been gone an hour ago. I still have the bike but sold the tires a long time ago."
Today, with the Ryker, it stays put. I ventured out one day last year into some light snow and got about 20 feet out off the garage apron. It does not like snow and I'm not so sure studded tires would even help in the stuff we presently have on the ground. So, we sit.
