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Jedi Knight
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I was in downtown rush hour this morning and saw the usual collection of dedicated cyclists (one on a skinny tired road bike vs the usual mountain bikes) plus a guy on a motorcycle with a side car.
Fine, except this is Calgary; temperature was -27C (about-16F)according to the read-out on the car; last night, Edmonton's airport (about a 2.5 hour drive north) managed the coldest point in Canada at -46.1C (about -51F). Wind chill was worse. I went to University in Edmonton in the 60s and temperatures in this range weren't unusual back then, but the motorcycle sure would've been.
Our bug-eye was our only car for a couple of years, back when we were younger. Put a battery the same size as the engine in it and tried to be gentle scraping the frost off the side-curtains (we kept the top up, but didn't take a chance scraping the back window).
At least we didn't have to worry about the humidex back when I used to run year-round!
Doug (Boston Marathon 1997)
Fine, except this is Calgary; temperature was -27C (about-16F)according to the read-out on the car; last night, Edmonton's airport (about a 2.5 hour drive north) managed the coldest point in Canada at -46.1C (about -51F). Wind chill was worse. I went to University in Edmonton in the 60s and temperatures in this range weren't unusual back then, but the motorcycle sure would've been.
Our bug-eye was our only car for a couple of years, back when we were younger. Put a battery the same size as the engine in it and tried to be gentle scraping the frost off the side-curtains (we kept the top up, but didn't take a chance scraping the back window).
At least we didn't have to worry about the humidex back when I used to run year-round!
Doug (Boston Marathon 1997)