Jshort’s bike thread

Check tire pressure before I leave the house. Have a bag with helmet, shoes, with extra layers, 2 types of gloves during this time of year and also extra socks bc of sweaty feet all my life change out before I ride. Always worked outside and would change socks out at lunch.I wear thermal bibs depending on temperature that I wear to and from ride being a plumber swamp ass doesn't bother me.
 
Have a bag with helmet, shoes, with extra layers, 2 types of gloves during this time of year and also extra socks

This, all of it basically lives in my backpack this time of year. After it’s washed it goes right back so there’s no hunting.

I check tire pressure the night before in my basement (typically upper 60s temp). I ever noticed a significant drop after bringing the bike outside into cold air.
 
okay @RonC you sound like youre worried about the carbon cracking if you leave your bike in the garage too
You act like you lived in NC your whole life.

My tires can go from 20 to too low psi if it’s cold enough and they’re sitting on my bike rack for an hour while I drive.
 
This, all of it basically lives in my backpack this time of year. After it’s washed it goes right back so there’s no hunting.

I check tire pressure the night before in my basement (typically upper 60s temp). I ever noticed a significant drop after bringing the bike outside into cold air.
Basically got this for the same reason. Was tired of looking for things. Pockets are lableled.
 
"approximately 2% for every 10 degrees of temperature change."

so 50 degrees to 30 at 20psi is .8psi, i know you fine tuned with our equipment but bro

if you worried about those fine details, you would shave your legs to get more wattz but you wont even wear a clean pair of bibs while you drive
 
It warms my heart, that this sort of bike nerdism still has a place on these forums.

For the record, I support the cold weather house-to-the trailhead pressure loss possibility.

I’m tolerant of wearing bibs in the car (straps undone) for short drives to my local trailheads. Anything farther away than Allaire or Hartshorne, bibs get put on at the trailhead, along with the rest of my kit. My preference has always been to make the clothing decisions when I get to where I’m actually riding.

My favorite description of getting dressed for winter riding, is the scene in A Christmas Story, when their mother is getting them dressed to walk to school. The narrator equates it to preparation for “extended deep-sea diving”.
 
If it’s super cold, don’t they lose air on the drive?

no they dont lose air, the pressure goes down some in the winter (might actually go UP in the summer) but if you notice i check and bleed down at the trailhead as necessary, this allows me to over-inflate with the compressor before leaving for an easier task at the trailhead (bleeding a couple PSI down is easier than pumping in a couple)
 
silly rabbit; if you remove the valve it ALL comes out
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Suck it

It warms my heart, that this sort of bike nerdism still has a place on these forums.

For the record, I support the cold weather house-to-the trailhead pressure loss possibility.

I’m tolerant of wearing bibs in the car (straps undone) for short drives to my local trailheads. Anything farther away than Allaire or Hartshorne, bibs get put on at the trailhead, along with the rest of my kit. My preference has always been to make the clothing decisions when I get to where I’m actually riding.

My favorite description of getting dressed for winter riding, is the scene in A Christmas Story, when their mother is getting them dressed to walk to school. The narrator equates it to preparation for “extended deep-sea diving”.
TLDR- I’m not crazy
So what do you do about fork air pressure? And do you put in lighter weight oil in your damper in the winter time?
 
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