Ten Steps of Winter up north.

t-homo · 11-19-2008, 12:24 PM

I am pretty sure as long as its above 45-50, I am going to ride my bike the 3 hours back home for thanksgiving. Fuck paying for gas in my car.

NONE_too_SOFT · 11-19-2008, 12:30 PM

i would. although gas is hardly an excuse. paid 1.75 for it yesterday.

Archren · 11-19-2008, 12:51 PM

Move south is right. I rode this morning to work. A little chilly.. 45 on the outskirts.. 50 once I got on the interstate. It'll be a gorgeous 70-something degrees this afternoon, though.

t-homo · 11-19-2008, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

i would. although gas is hardly an excuse. paid 1.75 for it yesterday.

That's about where we are too. It is still a usable excuse to ride. You know, most decisions are made on 90% emotion and just enough logic to justify it to others.

Porkchop · 11-20-2008, 02:28 AM

When i go to school, I always park in the parking garage, and there is bike parking right at the exit of the garage. In the warm it was always interesting to see the different bikes parked there. But now that its cold its a game between me and my friend to guess how many bikes there will be parked there. Recently there have been no bikes at all, so today we were leaving and i flashed a 0 to him in my rear view mirror, and he gave a 0 too. We pulled around the corner, and I am not joking..... a guy was pulling on his helmet and jumping on his 08 Ninja 250. Followed us all the way to the highway before we gave him the right-away and a wave....

Now for those of you that were not in ohio today... it was in the 20's and just standing in the middle of campus there was probably a windchill of single digets! Let alone riding a bike at highway speeds!!!

THAT is dedication...... or wait, was it stupidity?

I cant remember....

t-homo · 11-20-2008, 02:57 AM

There are a few guys around here who ride no matter what the temperature. I was talkin to some guys at a bike shop who said that 7/8 of the guys who worked there rode to work when it hit 5* last year and the roads had just gotten clean. Pretty badass.

NONE_too_SOFT · 11-20-2008, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Porkchop

When i go to school, I always park in the parking garage, and there is bike parking right at the exit of the garage. In the warm it was always interesting to see the different bikes parked there. But now that its cold its a game between me and my friend to guess how many bikes there will be parked there. Recently there have been no bikes at all, so today we were leaving and i flashed a 0 to him in my rear view mirror, and he gave a 0 too. We pulled around the corner, and I am not joking..... a guy was pulling on his helmet and jumping on his 08 Ninja 250. Followed us all the way to the highway before we gave him the right-away and a wave....

Now for those of you that were not in ohio today... it was in the 20's and just standing in the middle of campus there was probably a windchill of single digets! Let alone riding a bike at highway speeds!!!

THAT is dedication...... or wait, was it stupidity?

I cant remember....

08 ninja? thats the new rider bug he's got.

Porkchop · 11-20-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

08 ninja? thats the new rider bug he's got.

Yea, 08' because it was all green. No all green in 09'.... it looked pretty clean though. Had a Two Brothers can on it, sounded kinda funny, but I guess better than stock..... I wish i would have stopped to talk, but i had to get to work... and I was freezing.

NTS, have you ever been in Grove City??? Just asking...

NONE_too_SOFT · 11-20-2008, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Porkchop

Yea, 08' because it was all green. No all green in 09'.... it looked pretty clean though. Had a Two Brothers can on it, sounded kinda funny, but I guess better than stock..... I wish i would have stopped to talk, but i had to get to work... and I was freezing.

NTS, have you ever been in Grove City??? Just asking...

yep been there plenty of times. ride past it on the bike, and have shopped atthe outlet malls a handfull of times. not too far from me.

Ducati Diva · 11-19-2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

i would. although gas is hardly an excuse. paid 1.75 for it yesterday.

We still paying $2.14

11-19-2008, 12:51 PM	#3
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11-19-2008, 12:24 PM	#1
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	I am pretty sure as long as its above 45-50, I am going to ride my bike the 3 hours back home for thanksgiving. Fuck paying for gas in my car.

11-19-2008, 12:30 PM	#2
NONE_too_SOFT Chopstix / \ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Akron OH Moto: 03 CBR RR Posts: 5,350	i would. although gas is hardly an excuse. paid 1.75 for it yesterday.

11-20-2008, 02:57 AM	#6
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	There are a few guys around here who ride no matter what the temperature. I was talkin to some guys at a bike shop who said that 7/8 of the guys who worked there rode to work when it hit 5* last year and the roads had just gotten clean. Pretty badass.