Wind Chill  on a Bike

this was posted on a local group so i thought i'd share.
and actually i am going to type up a chart and place it next to my front door with an outdoor thermometer in view.
i was chilly monday from under dressing, and i had to turn back this morning from under dressing...

noaa wind chill chart

would this apply to us as riders if we exchange the wind speed for our speed?

on the noaa chart it shows how long it takes to get frostbite at the different temp/windspeeds...

that could come in handy.

i started to make a chart and it was a few tenths of a degree warmer at 70 miles per hour and 40 degrees than it was doing 65 mph and 40 degrees.

70 mph and 40 = 10.1
65 mph and 40 = 9.6

that can't be right.

I read somewhere, that after a certain temperature, the windchill factor stays the same.  I assume that temperature would be much too cold to ride anyway.

I live in New Brunswick Canada, and am still riding my savage to work most mornings. If it is below 4 degrees I don't ride, due to slippery road conditions (frost)...I hope to get a few more weeks this fall, but doubt I will. They are already getting snow out west.

As kids we rode our motorcycles untill the snow came, and sometimes after. Now I am older , with thinner blood, and a higher fear of crashing....lol

I wear a full face helmet, and lined nylon/flannel pants and jacket, and foam lined gloves  I really don't feel the cold.  I guess I am climatized to it.

I do find this topic most interesting, and will be following the results......cheers..............Michael

Pat B wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:


Isn't that just a matter of perception?  50 is 50.  How can a bright 50 be warmer than a dark 50?

Maybe it is a matter of humidity... ???

Pat B wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:


That doesn't change the wind chill, it just means that you don't absord the sun light and retain the [glow=red,2,300]HEAT [/glow]

  Hmm what if you have a tail wind?