rockyroller
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- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
Always exciting when a storm blows thru. Not sure why it makes me want to ride my bike tho. Especially after just cleaning the drivetrain!
Woke up Saturday to a worse forecast than wen I went to bed Friday night. What I cared about was the timing
My preference for storm riding is to ride before it gets bad. So that I can have a little fun but get home, safe & warm to watch the worst of it from inside
Been messing w/ my light mount so was curious to ride at night in falling snow. Was it worth it? Dunno
It was a classic nor’easter, where the wind spins from the northeast. A classic combines moisture from the south & cold from the north. When that clash meets at the coast it “bombs out”. we live in a nice spot approx 20 miles inland so we often catch a good dose of snow. Friends north west of us closer to New Hampshire often get a bit more than us
Got out several hours before dark, had a good ride & got some coffee. Lots of stuff was wet so I put those things to the side in my car. At 4pm I put on the dry stuff I had but not the good bike gloves. If I had kept my hands in the bar mitts I would have been fine. But I kept wiping my goggles from the clinging wet snow & turning my cameras on & off. Pics or it didn’t happen, right? By time I got back to my car after the 2nd ride, my hands were so wet & cold I had trouble taking my helmet off. Jumped in the car & stuck my hands in my arm pits for a good long while before the pain subsided. Then mounted the bike back on the car & headed home
Was joking w/ my daughter earlier in the day, about how nice it would be to go back to bed, w/ a fire & just watch from a window … Oops, my bad
Didn’t spend time editing a video story yet, but that would be fun. Here are some pics & vid clips. Gotta run to work now
View: https://youtu.be/bP9uqq_MUys
View: https://youtu.be/pIFRXafJNyQ
slushy mud puddles
the wind was cruel
Woke up Saturday to a worse forecast than wen I went to bed Friday night. What I cared about was the timing
My preference for storm riding is to ride before it gets bad. So that I can have a little fun but get home, safe & warm to watch the worst of it from inside
Been messing w/ my light mount so was curious to ride at night in falling snow. Was it worth it? Dunno
It was a classic nor’easter, where the wind spins from the northeast. A classic combines moisture from the south & cold from the north. When that clash meets at the coast it “bombs out”. we live in a nice spot approx 20 miles inland so we often catch a good dose of snow. Friends north west of us closer to New Hampshire often get a bit more than us
Got out several hours before dark, had a good ride & got some coffee. Lots of stuff was wet so I put those things to the side in my car. At 4pm I put on the dry stuff I had but not the good bike gloves. If I had kept my hands in the bar mitts I would have been fine. But I kept wiping my goggles from the clinging wet snow & turning my cameras on & off. Pics or it didn’t happen, right? By time I got back to my car after the 2nd ride, my hands were so wet & cold I had trouble taking my helmet off. Jumped in the car & stuck my hands in my arm pits for a good long while before the pain subsided. Then mounted the bike back on the car & headed home
Was joking w/ my daughter earlier in the day, about how nice it would be to go back to bed, w/ a fire & just watch from a window … Oops, my bad
Didn’t spend time editing a video story yet, but that would be fun. Here are some pics & vid clips. Gotta run to work now
View: https://youtu.be/bP9uqq_MUys
View: https://youtu.be/pIFRXafJNyQ
slushy mud puddles
the wind was cruel
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