Hi Everybody- I hope everyone had a pleasant Holiday and is looking forward to a great New Year. I've been off work for the past week and a half. Not much...
Tom, Wow! More power to you! I'm riding in the dark both morning and night, these days. I do not get the peace and serenity I do during daylit rides, so while...
Jim Getaz
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Jan 5, 2004 12:00 am
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Jim - It's dark on both ends of my ride, too. for the past month I've been coming home later than 9 pm, too, so it;'s cold to boot. Well, as cold as it gets in...
ATM it's 14 degrees here in kansas with a nice brisk 15 mph wind-- yeah, that's about 0 with the windchill. It's so friggin cold that my knees just about...
Ted - Oh my God, that's cold! I remember as a kid in Eastern Montana it would get so cold that it wouldn't be able to snow. The winds came down out of Canada...
This morning in Erie, CO, it was supposed to be 5,F, but the sky gods fooled us, it was -15,F at the house. I'm mad. Mike ... -- "Puritanism - the haunting...
At noon, it is a sunny 82 F here in St Petersburg, Florida. Last night on my commute home from work, the bank showed 70 F at about 1 AM. I don't miss the 20...
Ted The T800 looks to be a nice bike. Storing bikes in an apartment is a real bear sometimes. They make storage racks that look pretty nice, but they are a bit...
Missed my first day riding in this morning. 20 degrees and driving snow here in Grand rapids Michigan. Hopefully tomorrow will be able to get back on the...
Tom, where were you in Eastern Montana? I grew up at Chester, up on the highline north of Great Falls, where it got down to 63 below one day in the early '50s....
I still have relatives out there. I've had two reports of 30 below today -- from Fairfield and Belgrade. Make Louisville seem toasty. -Joe ... From: Joe Ward ...
Joe - I'm from Sidney, the seat of Richland County. That's right up next to North Dakota on the Yellowstone River. Near the confluence of the Missouri and the...
* Missed my first day riding in this morning. 20 degrees and driving snow here in Grand rapids Michigan. Hopefully tomorrow will be able to get back...
I'm pretty sure I just saved some guy's life, speaking of temperature--well hopefully. I got off work at 1 AM-- there's a guy outside the building laying on a...
I've heard of Sidney. I don't think I've been there, unless it is on U.S. 2. I worked as a reporter on the Missoulian when I was in college, and I used to do...
Joe - To get to Sidney take the 2 east to Culberston, turn right at Culbertson onto the 16. About halfway down the 16 on your way to the 95 you'll find Sidney....
Another list, based on record temperatures, has a couple of hits out in your stomping grounds, though: Coldest US Cities based on Record Temperatures [Deg F] ...
Also of interest, is this information from USA Today's weather page: The lowest ever recorded in the conterminous 48 States, -69.7 degrees - rounded off to...
Joe - I believe that the wind chill factor was conceived during WWII, and by 1954 was probably not in widespread use yet. The -63 degree temperature would have...
Hi all- I've been riding the past four months on my regular road bike using a backpack. Prior to that I was riding my mountain bike using a set of rear rack ...
... From: Tom Schmitz I believe that the wind chill factor was conceived during WWII, and by 1954 was probably not in widespread use yet. The -63 degree ...
This goes back to a thread of emails a couple of weeks ago discussing banks that do not allow cyclist in their drive through. The Adventure Cycling Bike Bits...
For me riding a bike is about doing something physical that I enjoy and it is a positive choice for my own health. Recently I have been plagued with knee and...
I also have found that the more frequently I exert myself physically, the less pain I experience. But...if I lay off for any reason, watch out! Getting back...
For myself, I find that I have to do a regular set of (mostly stomach) excercises and a couple of stretches, or I have MAJOR problems with back pain -- to the...
I do them frequently, and stiff legged stretches, they hit my lower back as well. Getting old sure does suck! Especially after what I have done to my body...
Are these the ones you do where you put your stomach on a surface, hook your legs into something, point you upper body toward the ground, and raise your upper...
You'll love cross-country! It's such a great sport if you like the outdoors -- it's hard to find more peaceful and beautiful scenery -- and the aerobic...
... Knee and shoulder problems can sometimes stem from the fit of the bike. You may be over-reaching to the handlebars and your seat may be a bit on the low...
