OMG! It's FREEZING in HOUSTON!!!

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 11/14/2018 at 09:18 • Filed to: None

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I do believe many Houstonians are under the impression that the sky is falling and the end is near. I, however, know what the “defrost” settings are for and used them appropriately.

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 09:36

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28 in Austin this morning. A little frost on the pumpkin.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 11/14/2018 at 09:42

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I hope that’s not a metaphor....

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 09:53

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We're currently at 10° with a 15~20mph north wind gusting to 40, and 8+/- inches of snow. We have an appointment to put the snow tires on the truck tomorrow morning. This morning we had to get up at 5am to tow a trailer-load of lambs to the slaughter house. On hilly roads, before the plows had been out, in white-out blowing snow conditions, on Goodyear Wrangler allseasons with nearly 30k miles on them. It was fun. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 09:53

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had a little ground frost here on me way home this morning... just enough to make the road crispy

and turn my fingers blue coz i currently dont have any riding gloves

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 10:04

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No, just a little old fashioned saying. 

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 10:04

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(Chuckles  in Minnesotan)

Chariotoflove > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 10:12

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27 in Dallas. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 11/14/2018 at 10:45

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Required equipment when riding in winter:

Gloves

Hat

Wind jacket

I guess shoes and pants are required too, but I think you get my meaning.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) 11/14/2018 at 10:47

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Yep. It’s fun watching the chaos when you’ve lived where it snows more than once a decade.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Chariotoflove 11/14/2018 at 10:47

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Break out the salt and sand!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 10:55

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currently have none of those... never wear a hat... coz i hate them... broke my windjacket and havent replaced it yet and my gloves were just worn out and havent been replaced yet

HoustonRunner > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 10:58

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I guess I didn’t watch the news, but I didn’t see much hype last night or this morning. Now, if there was ANY  precipitation in the forecast school would have been cancelled.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 11:04

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I hate how weather goes from 0-60 here. We didn’t even get a proper fall. We went from Sauna>2 Month Monsoon>Record Lows. And I think that’s what people are really complaining about. We had no time to get ready. 

And i n 2016 we didn’t even get these kinds of temperatures. We had maybe a handful of days that could be considered “winter”. I know everyone everywhere feels like their weather is completely random, but here it really feels like a roll of the dice.

TheRealBicycleBuck > HoustonRunner 11/14/2018 at 11:21

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I didn’t watch the news either. Working downtown, I get to hear all of the chatter as people talk about their trip into work. You would’ve thought the next ice age hit seeing everyone bundled up and hearing them complain about having to scrape their windows.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 11/14/2018 at 12:09

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Question about towing on the heavier side in the snow: assuming your trailer has trailer electric brakes on both axles, is it a thing to disable the brakes on one axle to prevent the possibility of locking all the wheels on the trailer and then having lots of sideways fun? I’ve only towed briefly in the snow over mountain passes for spring races, and those trailers always only had brakes on less than all the axles , so there wasn’t an opportunity to try out locking up all the wheels on a trailer and seeing what it was like to control.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 11/14/2018 at 13:01

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I suppose thats a possibility... I just turned my brake-controller sensetivity way down. Modern inertial brake-controllers can be pretty subtle whwn you need them to be. I go t the ABS going on the truck , but after turning down the sensetivity I had no (more) lock-up on the trailer... I am glad we chose the flatest possible route, both going up and down hills was a bit iffy.

Chariotoflove > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 13:08

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My daughter actually asked this morning if they shouldn’t be closing the schools.  She knows better, but hope springs eternal when you’re 12.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 22:11

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In texas, do folks typically run all seasons or summer tires?

TheRealBicycleBuck > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 11/14/2018 at 22:14

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I think most people don’t think about their tires and buy either the matching stock tire or the cheapest tire that is the same size. Only enthusiasts know there’s such a thing as summer tires.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 23:02

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I have an InLaw from So Cal who moved to the northeast in 2012 the year we didn’t have any snow. Dec 2012 rolls around and get a light coating of ice and 15deg temps. Can’t get out of their driveway. My dad goes over “well there’s your problem”No idea that there were more than 1 type of tire. 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/15/2018 at 09:54

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Yeah I was curious if due to average temps new cars were sold with summer tires. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 11/15/2018 at 13:43

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I think that most cars are sold with all-seasons since the manufacturers don’t know exactly where a car will be sold. The exception would be sports   cars. I’d guess many (most?) are sold with summer performance tires.