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Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - Nemo_imp - 11-21-2015
Hey... I'm Puerto Rican, anything below 70*F feels kinda' Artic to me.
RE: Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - the Ferret - 11-21-2015
poor baby. We are looking at the 20's in the morning..and did you see CA's pic in the weather thread?Anyhow nice looking jacket and gloves! What does the Butane mean?
RE: Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - Rocky_imp - 11-21-2015
Nice gear, but a brutal winter in Florida???
If you want to see brutal, this was my driveway last February.
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RE: Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - Scoobynut_imp - 11-21-2015
It stays so cold for so long in our North Dakota winters, that when April rolls around and the temps get into the 30s you see a lot of people wearing shorts and T-shirts, including me. After many months of sub-zero temperatures your body really does adapt to it, and anything over 30 seems pretty livable, I kid you not. Still, I'll be happy to trade places with you , Nemo!
RE: Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - redbirds_imp - 11-21-2015
A riding buddy from Maine once told me there are only two seasons in Maine, July and winter. Any day below 50 is a cold one at my place.
RE: Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - Nemo_imp - 11-21-2015
Don't hate, guys! I've seen temps in the teens here in JAX and one of those nasty cold days I think I saw flurries outside my office window, but in the time it took me to take the elevator to go outside any proof had melted.
You don't understand... The record cold in Puerto Rico is 41*F for about half hour. People thought the world was coming to an end.
Ferret, the jacket and gloves are FLY brand and the jacket model is Butane 4.
Rocky, Scooby, Ferret, you're better men than me. The most I can withstand of icy conditions are the 2 cubes in my scotch. Too much of a tropical bird for that kind of climate.
Stay warm,
RE: Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - flynrider - 11-21-2015
I feel you Nemo. In the last few weeks I finally had to pull my jacket and gloves out of the closet for my daily ride to work. Today I ordered a new National Cycle Plexistar to replace the one Bambi destroyed over the summer. It's a must to cope with the brutal winter here in the desert
(11-21-2015, 05:33 AM)Scoobynut_imp Wrote: It stays so cold for so long in our North Dakota winters, that when April rolls around and the temps get into the 30s you see a lot of people wearing shorts and T-shirts, including me. After many months of sub-zero temperatures your body really does adapt to it, and anything over 30 seems pretty livable, I kid you not. Still, I'll be happy to trade places with you , Nemo!
I've seen this phenomenon in AZ. On a cold winter day at the airport (50s or 60s) it's not unusual to see a plane land and a bunch of upper midwesterners hop out wearing shorts, sunglasses and flip flops, while the locals are bundled up like Alaskans.
RE: Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - Django - 11-21-2015
Long time ago, we visited a German friend, who was working in Orlando. It was end of February, beginning of March. We also visited the Daytona bike week.
As we took a bath at Daytona beach, some locals asked us, if we would be Alaskans by any chance, 'cause these were the only ones known, to take a bath there in the Atlantic ocean during winter time.
Water temperature was about 24°C, if memory serves right.
RE: Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - Scoobynut_imp - 11-22-2015
(11-21-2015, 07:02 PM)Flynrider_imp Wrote: I feel you Nemo. In the last few weeks I finally had to pull my jacket and gloves out of the closet for my daily ride to work. Today I ordered a new National Cycle Plexistar to replace the one Bambi destroyed over the summer. It's a must to cope with the brutal winter here in the desert
(11-21-2015, 05:33 AM)Scoobynut_imp Wrote: It stays so cold for so long in our North Dakota winters, that when April rolls around and the temps get into the 30s you see a lot of people wearing shorts and T-shirts, including me. After many months of sub-zero temperatures your body really does adapt to it, and anything over 30 seems pretty livable, I kid you not. Still, I'll be happy to trade places with you , Nemo!
I've seen this phenomenon in AZ. On a cold winter day at the airport (50s or 60s) it's not unusual to see a plane land and a bunch of upper midwesterners hop out wearing shorts, sunglasses and flip flops, while the locals are bundled up like Alaskans.
Haha, that's some funny stuff. When you live on the arctic tundra you feel kind of like an animal coming out of hibernation in the springtime.
RE: Ready for the BRUTAL Florida winter! - Nemo_imp - 11-22-2015
This is good stuff!