OT: Will there be a real winter this year in the Northeast?

[Kobe]

Thanks for jinxing it.

65 degrees on Saturday in Philly, I should get at least a 2 hour ride in.

[unterhausen]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

i think i'm going to give this a whirl

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/6042510

Last time I went over the Millbrook village climb, someone in a truck got past me at the top. When I got down to the village, they had stopped in the middle of the road. Fortunately there was no oncoming traffic, because there is no way I was going to be able to stop. I usually walk going the other way back towards Blairstown, because we always go up Old Mine first, and those two climbs back to back are a bit much. Walking is just as fast too. I really liked the High Point climb, except for the giant trucks carrying pipe that were physically too large to fit on the road. I assume that's over with.

[Mr. Pink]

Originally Posted by vincenz

I prefer it not to, but the real cold tends to start sometime in late January and last until late March, at least here in DC.

Usually at this time an arctic blast settles in that the ice fisherman rejoice over, making it possible for them to bring the hut out on the lake where they can drink excessive amounts of alcohol and get away from the wives. This weekend will bring 50 degree rain all the way to the Canadian border.

[cash05458]

Originally Posted by Mr. Pink

Usually at this time an arctic blast settles in that the ice fisherman rejoice over, making it possible for them to bring the hut out on the lake where they can drink excessive amounts of alcohol and get away from the wives. This weekend will bring 50 degree rain all the way to the Canadian border.

that's a bad thing?

[PQJ]

Originally Posted by cash05458

that's a bad thing?

Inasmuch as the weather patterns and related events we are seeing - and have been seeing for some years now - tend to suggest that the climate change science is correct, yes, it's a very bad thing.

(Sorry to be the one to make this 'political' but it is impossible to fairly answer the question posed in the thread title without going there.)

[deechee]

Originally Posted by cash05458

that's a bad thing?

Bad thing is the rapid freeze which comes during the rain, giving us skating rink roads and high winds. Gonna be a crappy Sunday.

[trener1]

So far in NYC area we have had roughly 0 snow, and as has already been mentioned, it is going to be in the mid 60's on Sunday, that is some craziness right there.

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

i think i'm going to give this a whirl

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/6042510

Last time I was driving in that area the road around mile 15 was in terrible shape. I was afraid I'd damage my car. May have been repaved, as that was a few years ago.

[merlinmurph]

In the Boston area, we had a couple of nice winter storms in December, and I was looking forward to some good skiing. The mountains are going to get whacked with warmth over the weekend and they can't afford to lose much.

Guess I'll be riding in the next 5 days or so, would rather be skiing.

[Mr. Pink]

Originally Posted by cash05458

that's a bad thing?

If you ski, yes.

And for a lot of marriages in Upstate NY, Vermont, and NH.

[unterhausen]

Originally Posted by jemoryl

Last time I was driving in that area the road around mile 15 was in terrible shape. I was afraid I'd damage my car. May have been repaved, as that was a few years ago.

I assume you mean the descent on old mine. Unless they paved it this summer, it's the same. They did fill some potholes, but that didn't stick. the only improvement is that many of the potholes are so aged that the sides are crumbling, and it's a bit easier to get through them. It's a bit shocking that they never fix that road. I ride with someone that will not ride down that hill. He walks it. One time he told me not to chase him, I would catch him later. So I let him go. Right down at the bottom of the old mine descent, there he was, walking. There is some interesting graffiti

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by PQJ

Inasmuch as the weather patterns and related events we are seeing - and have been seeing for some years now - tend to suggest that the climate change science is correct, yes, it's a very bad thing.

(Sorry to be the one to make this 'political' but it is impossible to fairly answer the question posed in the thread title without going there.)

Well, the 'deniers' DO admit the climate is changing, and not for the better BUT they insist that 'humans' and their CO2/Methane, put name of greenhpuse gas here, belching ways have nothing to do with it..
And the big oil $ bribes keeps a-flowing into their fat pockets...

[Elefantino]

I don't think my bag of driveway salt is going to get much use this winter.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by Elefantino

I don't think my bag of driveway salt is going to get much use this winter.

yea, typically i would have gotten my snow blower out and started and ready to run for the winter season, but i havent even thought about it yet.

i'm wondering if i even bother, or just leave the tank of gas treated with stabilizer and the carb fogged alone.

i guess we'll see what happens!

[fiamme red]

There was a high of 67°F in Buffalo, NY today.