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[Brutus]

(11-22-2010 01:28 PM)NWoBHM Wrote:  I have riden in what was the UK`s coldest Winter 1980/1981, when it hit minus 20degrees Centigrade.

What I have been really curious to find out is - what would the wind chill affect be at those temperatures - not that we dared ride fast, but I have riden at say 60mph when there is a couple degrees of frost.

All this before the thermal gear you can get now. I was always frozen, shivering, and 9 stone in weight - all the fat was burned off keeping warm!!

I'm trying to remember an old joke that has the line, "What's a hen weigh?" That's just a preamble to my question, "What's a stone weigh?"

But to answer your wind chill factor question I'll suggest this link and as a reference point, the temperature here in Cowfart today when I was out shoveling the sidewalk (they have sidewalk police here that will give you a ticket if you don't clear the snow in front of your home!) the temp was -22 C with a windchill factor of -32. But it was windy and that seems to be the determining factor, especially on a bike. Speed Chills!

http://www.sciencealberta.org/res/Februa...0Chill.pdf

Drive carelessly.

B

[Neilbubbachuck]

Holly Cow did ya see the size of that HenWay?
-Wha? Wat the heck is a HenWay?
Ahh ya stupid bastige it's bout two or three pounds.




Solid!

[NWoBHM]

Quote:What's a stone weigh?"

14lbs to a stone so I was 126lbs and 6ft tall - or as a mate would say, "like a match with the wood scraped off"

Yeah - like the Hen Weigh, like a Hammer For.

[Brutus]

It is now -33 here in Cowfart and the wind is blowing. Something about it being -44 with the windchill. Thank god for block heaters, remote start and heated seats. But still......enough already!

[Neilbubbachuck]

(11-23-2010 10:34 AM)NWoBHM Wrote:  

Quote:What's a stone weigh?"

14lbs to a stone so I was 126lbs and 6ft tall - or as a mate would say, "like a match with the wood scraped off"

Yeah - like the Hen Weigh, like a Hammer For.

What in bloodyhell is a hammer for? Lol

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(11-23-2010 12:26 PM)Brutus Wrote:  It is now -33 here in Cowfart and the wind is blowing. Something about it being -44 with the windchill. Thank god for block heaters, remote start and heated seats. But still......enough already!

10 bucks if ya run out to the mailbox in just your skivvies!!!

[Brutus]

Don't want to get frost bite on my brass monkey! Do they sell heated skivvies? Must call Gerbing....

[NWoBHM]

Bloody hell - Canada sounds cold. Have you ever parked next to a lorry in a traffic jam just to get some heat from it`s exhaust - and clutched like a maniac to your bikes engine cylinders just to get some warmth?
In those days the only way to warm up was a hot bath when you got home - the thought of having to go out again was so depressing.

[Neilbubbachuck]

(11-23-2010 02:07 PM)Brutus Wrote:  Don't want to get frost bite on my brass monkey! Do they sell heated skivvies? Must call Gerbing....

http://www.origami-instructions.com/orig...a-hat.html

[RN-PRN]

(11-23-2010 07:29 PM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote:  

(11-23-2010 02:07 PM)Brutus Wrote:  Don't want to get frost bite on my brass monkey! Do they sell heated skivvies? Must call Gerbing....

http://www.origami-instructions.com/orig...a-hat.html

But is it heated?