Popular Post shootingstar Posted February 22, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted February 22, 2022 It was -30 degree C. this morning @7:30 am, when I trudged about 2 km. through snow, ice and later, sun to the ..podiatrist to be fitted for next set of custom orthotics. It would have been just as cold to wait for bus --without a bus shelter. ***Thank god for a coffee shop with donuts, muffin. It's not fine dining, but it's super relief for the body. In my life, at times, those shops have been god-send: during a long summer bike ride in rural areas especially in the middle of nowhere (too possible in Canada). Places for drink, sustenance, warmth or in summer, protection from heavy rain. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 22, 2022 Share #2 Posted February 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, shootingstar said: In my life, at times, those shops have been god-send: during a long summer bike ride in rural areas especially in the middle of nowhere (too possible in Canada). Places for drink, sustenance, warmth or in summer, protection from heavy rain. If you watch any British cycling video, they ALWAYS stop for tea or coffee and snacks like baked goods. Sometimes beer. I need to add more of that to my riding. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted February 22, 2022 11 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: If you watch any British cycling video, they ALWAYS stop for tea or coffee and snacks like baked goods. Sometimes beer. I need to add more of that to my riding. But that might ruin your good eating habits. To remain svelte. I realize one should be cost-effective by carrying from home, a drink or banana. Sure. However the point of cycling for longer distances, is to enjoy mindlessly and then get energy refreshed midway..at least for me. Cycling to me, doesn't need to be a fitness/utilitarian transportation trip chore. Since my non-winter lifestyle and mode of transportation has been primarily cycling for past 3 decades, I take a less obsessed exercise-speed approach. It helps me..then cycling becomes enjoyable and I keep doing it. Ergo, without exercise mind-focus, I become a bit more fit and happier. (I never said fantastically fit.) But back to coffee shops, we've settled for the food at gas stations in rural areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 22, 2022 Share #4 Posted February 22, 2022 11 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: If you watch any British cycling video, they ALWAYS stop for tea or coffee and snacks like baked goods. Sometimes beer. I need to add more of that to my riding. you are going to get very wet riding to England on a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 22, 2022 Share #5 Posted February 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, jsharrwick said: you are going to get very wet riding to England on a bike. But, a wicked great workout! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 22, 2022 Share #6 Posted February 22, 2022 It's great when you find just the right treat at the right time. I usually don't eat when I'm running errands, but every so often on a very hot day in the summer I might find myself near someplace that serves tasty ice cream, or a banana pineapple smoothie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted February 22, 2022 Share #7 Posted February 22, 2022 Coffee shops are a bikers best friend. They also serve as a helluva destination for those times when you jump on the bike and lack direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted February 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, Dottles said: Coffee shops are a bikers best friend. They also serve as a helluva destination for those times when you jump on the bike and lack direction. Until we did cycling out in rural areas, I didn't quite see those shops like that. Near lifesavers. Such a relief to find one during those near desperate times. Today felt vaguely desperate, @7:30 am I was downtown, yet hardly anything was open. lst coffee shop was for hospital employees only..it was inside a hospital. 2nd one was 15 min. walk further...thank god not any further. It's not pleasant walking for half an hr. when it's deeply cold enough for frostbite on your face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted February 22, 2022 Share #9 Posted February 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Until we did cycling out in rural areas, I didn't quite see those shops like that. Near lifesavers. Such a relief to find one during those near desperate times. Today felt vaguely desperate, @7:30 am I was downtown, yet hardly anything was open. lst coffee shop was for hospital employees only..it was inside a hospital. 2nd one was 15 min. walk further...thank god not any further. It's not pleasant walking for half an hr. when it's deeply cold enough for frostbite on your face. They work great in suburban biking as well. I'm not much of an urban biker anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted February 23, 2022 I guess everyone is else is so well-disciplined or they often carry food on themselves, on long rides (and no one goes out for -30 degrees C winter day for a long walk like crazy me). When I think of the unexpected Country Donut chain shop out somewhere on edge of a city (not our region).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 23, 2022 Share #11 Posted February 23, 2022 You are quite amazing. Forecast is 5 F tomorrow. I am not looking forward to waiting for the bus in that weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted February 23, 2022 Share #12 Posted February 23, 2022 Our low may be close -20F in the morning. Our high today was -3F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted February 23, 2022 12 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: You are quite amazing. Forecast is 5 F tomorrow. I am not looking forward to waiting for the bus in that weather. Well, no. I felt the skin under my bum cheeks, start to get cold...dry..skin was starting to hurt abit. So I went to washroom, to put on body lotion. I should have worn long underwear also... Sorry...I also DID NOT expect this at all. Then I later noticed today, while sitting inside coffee shop, alot of women wearing bulky down/parkas past their bum ..in our region of Canada. Albertan women get super practical with boots also...clumping around in fake fur lined long boots, etc. Forget the unlined fashion leather riding boots today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 23, 2022 Share #14 Posted February 23, 2022 16 hours ago, Razors Edge said: If you watch any British cycling video, they ALWAYS stop for tea or coffee and snacks like baked goods. Sometimes beer. I need to add more of that to my riding. if you watch me on Strava, I do too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 23, 2022 Share #15 Posted February 23, 2022 11 hours ago, shootingstar said: Well, no. I felt the skin under my bum cheeks, start to get cold...dry..skin was starting to hurt abit. So I went to washroom, to put on body lotion. I should have worn long underwear also... Sorry...I also DID NOT expect this at all. Then I later noticed today, while sitting inside coffee shop, alot of women wearing bulky down/parkas past their bum ..in our region of Canada. Albertan women get super practical with boots also...clumping around in fake fur lined long boots, etc. Forget the unlined fashion leather riding boots today! The weather cracked me today. I just drove the Trail boss to work and I will use the vehicle to drive myself to work. It felt weird. I have not driven a vehicle in at least 6 months. There are a couple ways to get where I am going. I took the route that is 30 mph tops. HAHA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share #16 Posted February 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: The weather cracked me today. I just drove the Trail boss to work and I will use the vehicle to drive myself to work. It felt weird. I have not driven a vehicle in at least 6 months. There are a couple ways to get where I am going. I took the route that is 30 mph tops. HAHA Dearie mentioned that when his driving a rental, fell to 1-3 times annually for past decade of his life. All his choice. Home was close to LRT, shops, services, cycling paths. Same for a good friend who is a cyclist and lives in a Toronto neighbourhood close to subway, shops, services. She uses carshare services...several firms in Toronto. She has an income (no children), now retired...and you can imagine, can direct/invest her money differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted February 23, 2022 Share #17 Posted February 23, 2022 mr. and I call those stops “donut care.” We “do nut care about calories or macros.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 23, 2022 Share #18 Posted February 23, 2022 17 hours ago, shootingstar said: I guess everyone is else is so well-disciplined or they often carry food on themselves, on long rides (and no one goes out for -30 degrees C winter day for a long walk like crazy me). When I think of the unexpected Country Donut chain shop out somewhere on edge of a city (not our region).. If it hits -30oC where I live, I'm not going out for a ride. Probably not a walk either. I don't think this area has ever hit -22oF (-30oC), but we do go negative in wind chill every so often. That's a brutal temp, and I would stay inside and drink coffee in peace From my nearby airport, the most record low was -18oF (-27oC) through 1993 (1962-93). I moved to the area in 1994, and it has gotten cold, but almost never as cold as you're talking about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share #19 Posted February 23, 2022 For about a wk. or so after this past Christmas our winter temp. dropped as low as -37 C degrees = -34 F , even -40 C degrees = -40 degrees F. When metric - imperial. We get such temperatures for a few winter days....every winter. And this is not measuring just at our airport...where there is wide open space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted February 23, 2022 Share #20 Posted February 23, 2022 0F with the sun shining just now felt pretty nice after our -24F low this morning. Looks like we have a warming trend on the way. I mentioned in another post, that record lows for yesterday's date were set in Miles City, Billings, and Livingston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share #21 Posted February 23, 2022 2 hours ago, sheep_herder said: 0F with the sun shining just now felt pretty nice after our -24F low this morning. Looks like we have a warming trend on the way. I mentioned in another post, that record lows for yesterday's date were set in Miles City, Billings, and Livingston. yes, we shot up 15 degrees in the past 8 hrs. today....kinda crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted February 24, 2022 Share #22 Posted February 24, 2022 2 hours ago, shootingstar said: yes, we shot up 15 degrees in the past 8 hrs. today....kinda crazy. Pretty normal pattern for here. We get the wind and the snow, and then we get clearing with a drop in temperature. Sometimes it drops more than in others. This was pretty severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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