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Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:26 am
by scottyb
Was 2'degrees C in Milton Keynes this morning the cars were frosted over and i thought am i glad i don't have to scrape the windows on my other Honda(civic).Only been riding for a month it was my first cold one and boy was it cold,But hey so glad i joined the scooter world its so much fun....Not a mid life crisis at all as people keep saying to me...
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:28 am
by Steph
@Scotty - That's a little chilly. We did a ride at 2 degrees C. Last week started off at 4 degrees C and went down to 2 near our destination by the water to have our coffee. If we do that again will have to use hand warmers in my mittens and have arctic boots on.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:10 am
by danieljw
5 degrees C here at the moment, still riding.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:38 am
by WhiteNoise
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Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 1:37 pm
by DAB
iceman wrote:Been pouring two solid days across most of the UK and came out this morning to find cars frozen over - not good for two wheels at 3am! As I put the cover on a wet bike, found the rear of the seat with an ice layer - but the area I sit was fine. Made it to work, but took corners and bends very slowly (no traffic to worry about). Should be better going home once the roads are warmed up (no more rain forecast). Soon have to have days/weeks without the scoot, only riding when we have better days between the horrid ones.
Once they start gritting you will be OK for all winter riding in London.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 1:56 pm
by SECoda
41 f and drying up. Sun popping out. I may need a ride in a bit.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 2:12 pm
by you you
sendler2112 wrote:Live it up while you can. Future generations will need a long extension cord to farm enough food with an electric combine to feed 12 billion people after the oil runs out. The age of fossil fuel will be barely a 300 year blip on the timeline of Mankind.
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Bit stark.
It's not just the energy but all the offshoots from the chemical side.
Still wouln't stop them p155ing it away in their SUVs
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 2:29 pm
by SECoda
Don't worry. They can release more energy than all of the nukes exploded to date with one subparticle bomb from some research at CERN and elsewhere. We have a fusion reactor ready to "go" here. Won't need fossil fuels soon. As long as they don't split the planet or create a singularity mankind should be ok.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 2:45 pm
by iceman
Don't believe they have a working fusion reactor yet - publicity more than fact I believe as a few months ago they still had to pump much more energy in than what they could get out. Also, with that much power held in objects, if it goes wrong - goodbye most of the neighbourhood for very large distances.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:17 pm
by Steph
Singularity. I heard about that. And its not that far off regarding when it's suppose to happen.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:18 pm
by SECoda
Not only have they had it - they are trying to make it fit on your pcx. Don't underestimate a 650B defense budget. It's a bit scary.
rt.com/usa/196276-lockheed-nuclear-fusion-reactor/
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:50 pm
by SECoda
I just got back from a 40 minute ride with the new Mobius camera helmet mounted. I will upload one of the ten minute vids to YT in the Mobius thread. It was 39 F with gusts to 25 mph. Partly cloudy. It was toasty in outfit w/o any hand warmers even. I would say 35 F or a bit lower is no problem.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 5:28 pm
by sendler2112
SECoda wrote: We have a fusion reactor ready to "go" here.
Complete nonsense with no basis in reality. He is commonly known as talking out his ass.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:24 pm
by SECoda
Some folks live with their heads in their butts. I didn't say cold fusion. I visited the NIF. (
https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/visit-us)
No state secrets here.... Hopefully one can read.
National Ignition Facility
https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/how-nif-works
Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
http://aviationweek.com/technology/skun ... or-details
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:34 pm
by sendler2112
None of this is anywhere near really producing any commercial power.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:57 pm
by SECoda
Commercial maybe 15 years - the military is 10-15 years ahead of what gets published for commercial use.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:15 pm
by SECoda
Supposed to be clear, low wind, and 40 F. It's getting close to that. I made a few settings changes to the Mobius 1080P camera and will test again today.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:17 pm
by iceman
They said we would have been living on mars and populated planets around far stars by now. Like cold fusion, believe it when it happens.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:04 pm
by Steph
I remember the SI FI show 'Space 1999' that was pretty good! On Moonbase Alpha.
Re: How cold will you ride?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:14 pm
by SECoda
Just did 54 miles and it was beautiful out. Low wind and not a cloud in the sky. I ran the Mobius battery out which is about 80-90 minutes. It will take a while just to copy the GB's of data to my laptop (maybe 45 minutes). Hopefully, these will be good enough to upload a few to Youtube. I made a lot of settings changes based on others testing.