Friday, January 20, 2006
Frigid
We're getting a good old fashioned winter this year in Fairbanks. Not like past years where it'd get maybe down to 30 below once or twice. Brr! We were just talking about how good this winter is for the permafrost yesterday. So, for better or for worse I'm further developing my relative temperature scale. Here's the long standing one for riding a bike in the winter (or at least my bike, been consistent across a couple winters)
0 to -5 Somewhat hard to change gears but pretty easy to change between 3 to 4
-5 to -15 Pretty much down to a single gear but can be changed with difficulty
-15 to -30 Only have one gear to pedal with
-30 cogs in the freewheel stop clicking
-38 to -45 cogs in the freewheel stop clicking in about 15 minutes when the bike goes from room temperature to the cold.
Here's the rough walking scale:
0 to -5 time for a mouth cover
0 to -15 glove liners good enough for the hands
-15 to -25 frost build up on eyelashes
-15 to -32 Heavy gloves to keep the hands from freezing
-32 switch from heavy gloves to super mittens
Anyway, I think this station of GWs shows pretty close the temperature at my place (don't mind the 2005 they're always slow about changing the years to the current one):
0 to -5 Somewhat hard to change gears but pretty easy to change between 3 to 4
-5 to -15 Pretty much down to a single gear but can be changed with difficulty
-15 to -30 Only have one gear to pedal with
-30 cogs in the freewheel stop clicking
-38 to -45 cogs in the freewheel stop clicking in about 15 minutes when the bike goes from room temperature to the cold.
Here's the rough walking scale:
0 to -5 time for a mouth cover
0 to -15 glove liners good enough for the hands
-15 to -25 frost build up on eyelashes
-15 to -32 Heavy gloves to keep the hands from freezing
-32 switch from heavy gloves to super mittens
Anyway, I think this station of GWs shows pretty close the temperature at my place (don't mind the 2005 they're always slow about changing the years to the current one):
