[Ducati] A ride...to winter blues!

[Stephen Abramson]

Ah yes, back in the aamrr/ccs phase of life we used to have it snowing on
one side of Loudon (the real one, the old one....) and merely oppressively
overcast on the other. VIR and S. Carolina certainly have brought the
opposite to my racing experiences as well. Those of us who work outside for
a living in N. Jersey have good legs when it comes to bearing the heat.
Speaking for myself, the second half of the really hot days are when I had a
great advantage on many others who would experience doubt as to their
competence going out in the heat. Ah, youth! Wait, we still have that, don't
we? Experience and treachery will almost always trump youth and
fearlessness.

Ride till you can no longer safely do so,

Steve




I'll freely admit that I'm a fair-weather rider -- the car just seems like a

much better idea if it's too hot or too cold, rainy, etc.  However, I've 
raced in every kind of silly weather.  Racing in the rain is not unusual, 
but I've also raced in the rain when it was so cold that flurries were 
coming down and your face shield  continually iced over.  Or when it's so 
cold that you have to roll your bike into your motel room at night so the 
water in the radiator (no anti-freeze allowed) doesn't freeze, and people 
are crashing before they even get out of the pits because their tires and 
the pavement is so cold.  Of course, I've also raced when it's so hot and 
humid that the track got shut down because both ambulances were gone 
transporting racers with heat exhaustion/heat stroke to the hospital.

Mark Hatten
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Peter Egan




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alec Moss" <amoss at coastside.net>
To: <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] A ride...to winter blues!


> To me, 60-65 degrees is perfect.  It's pretty easy to stay warm, and
> overheating in your gear is not a problem when you stop.  Sixty degrees on

> a
> clear sunny day is awesome.  Sixty degrees in damp air is not quite as
> comfortable, but usually feels fine.  I no longer ride on 30 degree days 
> as
> I did when young and stoopid.
>
> Tomorrow, no shopping, so I'll take the long way to work.  It's normally 
> ten
> miles, but there's a 50 mile loop and a 100 miler to choose from.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alec
>



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