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Message started by Nightrain on 03/22/05 at 11:19:47

Title: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Nightrain on 03/22/05 at 11:19:47

Just found this on the web and figured I'd post it. Try not to freeze you balls off ;D

http://www.webmaster10.com/ldr/windchill.html

http://motorcyclecity.com/chill.htm

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by sluggo on 03/22/05 at 11:30:39

but it doesn't figgure in all the factors. if the winds are still and you are moving at 50 whats the wind chill because your movement is like being in the wind.

next whats the difference between riding with or against the wind that would change the equation.

to many factors to get a read. best way attach a thermometor (sp) to you chest and read it. :o

just a thought.

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Michael on 03/22/05 at 12:03:52

sluggo wrote:

to many factors to get a read. best way attach a thermometor (sp) to you chest and read it. :o

just a thought.

A thermometor does not read windchill. Only living things do, such as people, and animals. The thermometor will read the same temperature, whether moving or still, provided it is in the same area, (sun or shade, and location.)...wind chills are not an exact science, and are estimates only. Below is a quote from my local weather website.

"Wind chill is the cooling effect of the wind in combination with low temperatures. When it is windy, we feel colder because our skin temperature is lower. This sensation of cold is what the wind chill index quantifies: as such, the index is not a real temperature and is expressed without units, even though it is calibrated according to the Celsius /farenheit temperature scale."

cheers

Michael

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by sluggo on 03/22/05 at 12:18:39

i'll try it see what happens, and report the results. ;D

and what about the other factors i mentioned, do you think they figgure in the equation ???

bikes all warmed up. ready for a 1 mile experment. i will take photo before i start and at one mile.

brb

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by gitarzan on 03/22/05 at 12:25:40

Windchill is for sissies. ;D

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by sluggo on 03/22/05 at 12:53:38

gitarzan wrote:

Windchill is for sissies. ;D

really those are my thought, if your spending time worrying about it, your just over thinking it.

i raised the questions about which direction to show that wind chill is really not an excat science. then did the experment to see. i found a 4 degree drop after riding 60mph for one mile.

if i was really that concerned about it i wouldn't have ridden all winter. :o

but enough of this idle chatter i'm all dressed up and ready to ride c=ya

http://predator.bikepics.com/pics/suzuki-savage-04-bikepics-315152.jpg

http://predator.bikepics.com/pics/suzuki-savage-04-bikepics-315154.jpg

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Nightrain on 03/22/05 at 13:23:10

What kind of gloves are you eskimos riding? My fingers are always the first to go.

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Paladin on 03/22/05 at 16:20:29

I was up in Canada hunting back around 1980 when we ran out of something and I went 15 miles to the store on my Enduro -- thru a snowstorm. Had down vest, wooljacket, etc. and still near froze. But I had down hunting mittens and my hands stayed warm.

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by sluggo on 03/22/05 at 17:54:35

Nightrain wrote:

What kind of gloves are you eskimos riding? My fingers are always the first to go.

above freezing gauntlet gloves
belowe freezing leather gloves insterted in gauntlet gloves.

below 0 degrees i drive the cage. >:(

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Red_Wine on 03/23/05 at 05:57:32

Hello, you penguins ;D

It never freezes here in wonderful Chile, but IMHO, wind chill is not a problem unles it's raining and you are not wearing proper rain gear.
I wear a heavy leather jacket, leather pants (not chaps, real jeans-style leathers), long johns under them, wool socks, heavy Russian-style boots, and leather gloves over knitten wool gloves, and a full-face helmet, sometimes with a balaclava... BTW, all my leather is waterproofed in early fall with horse grease, 3M spray and shoe polish. Works great so far.

It's 23°C out there and the sun is shining and we have a nice breeze, gotta go to the bank... riding ;D

take care,

RW

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Ed_L. on 03/23/05 at 16:29:04

Rub it in Red, got a short ride in yesterday with the temp around 46 F. Right now I'm looking at snow, you know the stuff, cold, wet, can't ride in it :'(. Every time I see fruit from Chile I think of you, wish you well. Ed L.

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by WD on 03/23/05 at 20:24:51

Ed, would you like the directions for how to run a Savage (or other street bike) on snow, safely? It isn't that hard to do.
-WD

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Red_Wine on 03/24/05 at 08:38:43

Ed_L. wrote:

Hi Ed,
sorry to hear it's still snowing in PA, our fall has been unusually warm so far (knock on wood), ;D today we expect 30°C :o so it's riding weather still... ;D
Hope spring gets there soon, but winter never makes its way down here... ;)

Take care,
RW

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Ed_L. on 03/24/05 at 16:42:56

WD, thanks, but no need for instructions on how to ride in the snow. For once in my marrage I am agreeing with the ol ball and chain and am planning to get out of the northeastern US and move to the east coast of Florida. Will be down below Daytona, just need to find the right property. Been packing the shop over the last few months and am getting ready to tackle the house. Everybody thinks I'm heading down there for bike week, I'm just getting out of the cold and snow. Will be riding my Savage down camping out on the way.really looking forward to the ride, need to get my last job out of my skull. Ed L.

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Paladin on 03/24/05 at 19:23:32

Ed_L. wrote:

....northeastern US ... to the east coast of Florida. .... Will be riding my Savage down camping out on the way....

Color me green. If you do not have a digital camera I'll lend you one.

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by WD on 03/25/05 at 00:08:39

Color you green? As in, with envy? Riding in So.Cal. isn't that bad is it? Sanat Barbara to San Diego is an awfully nice ride on the coast highway. When I first got to the south, I thought I'd moved to a compost pit. Takes awhile to get used to the sub-tropical smells. But the riding, oh the riding. I used to live a block and a half off the beach, on the Gulf of Mexico. Fall, winter and spring the riding is great. Too hot in the summer though. 100 degrees and 100% humidity will take it right out of you. Still miss it when the winter kicks in. Snow- NO!!!!!! Even though it only takes 15-20 minutes to turn the bike into a snowmobile...
-WD

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Ed_L. on 03/25/05 at 06:18:04

Got a digital camera and am planning to take it. The biggest problem will be convincing my wife that I'm not going to end up as road kill on the trip. She is totally against the entire idea. The snow melted thanks to heavy rains that are forcasted till mid next week. Will be putting some miles on the bike when the weather breaks. The bike is ready but I'm not, got lazy over the winter and need to get back into shape. :(

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Paladin on 03/25/05 at 14:44:58

WD wrote:

Color you green? As in, with envy? Riding in So.Cal. isn't that bad is it?....

It is not as enjoyable as elsewhere -- too many people, too much traffic. Staying untouched and alive is a full time job which means no time to rubberneck and enjoy the scenery.

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by gitarzan on 03/25/05 at 16:59:36

It's gonna hit 70 here Weds, and I gotta be in a training session. I gotta be there, I'm the host. >:(

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Red_Wine on 03/28/05 at 06:45:01

Ed_L. wrote:

Will be down below Daytona...

Hi Ed, will you be around Port Orange? I think a far-away relative lives there.... ;) oh.. I still owe you a couple of wine bottles, :o I have not forgotten, just been too busy to shop and pack... >:(
Once you get down there, I'll try to send them to you...
Take care when riding South, and keep us posted on this saga, as as Greg did with his...

KTRSD,

RW

Title: Re: Wind chill factor on a bike
Post by Ed_L. on 03/28/05 at 11:45:21

Red, I'll be just south of Port Orange, hoping to get something around New Syrmna Beach. Planning to head down there in about two weeks with a camper. From then on it is all up in the air, with my luck I'll be moving in the heat of the summer.;D. Still trying to talk my wife into letting me ride the bike down, almost had to duck a coffee cup last time I mentioned it. :-/ . Keep telling her that after five or so trips up and down 95 from Philadelphia to Florida it will seem like just a quick ride around the block. Still have a couple of months to convince her. If I can't convince her I'll just forget to load the bike on the last trip then make some lame excuse so I'll have to come back up to get it. bus fare is cheap and I'll have the bike packed and ready to go. Looking forward to Biketoberfest in the fall and hope to meet some riders there. Ride Safe