So, I asked Andrew Tamm, who filled my Stream with a hundred (sarcasm there) animated gifs and cat pictures to remove me from whatever Circle he has me in where he posts the animated gifs and cat pictures. It was either that or unfollow him and I didn't see any reason to unfollow him. Me asking https://plus.google.com/112885755521259735422/posts/78dwnvvgh4p Then he plusses me onto Public posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/EuuR1tnU3vJ https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/8r6Grcm2Jpj https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/74PgSu6iL2s Then one of his friends (or Circlers) starts plussing me into posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/107120198886093172821/posts/gRW9JhWLs5T Don't get me wrong, I'm all about sarcasm and messing with people, but this seems sort of childish to me. Am I the only one who thinks so? So far I have only blocked people who have overtly spammed a thr...
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I've also ridden as low as 10F, and I really have to say that on both temperature extremes textiles are absolutely better. Non mesh textile is also arguably even better protection at typical street crash speeds. Sort of like how SNELL 2005 standards on helmets are great... on a race track at 120mph, but on the street at 35-50mph, the extra strength in the shell can actually cause more energy to be transferred to the head and actually be worse than a plain DOT but not SNELL 2005 noggin protector. SNELL 2010 is an improvement on this.
I lost about 3 pounds in water weight and am adding it back right now. ;)
I was riding with some of my Bikers for Christ friends and the stupid DOT had the freeway down to 1 lane during rush hour traffic on a sunny Friday. Finally got so bad our bikes were overheating so we started lane-splitting and riding on the margin until we could get off the freeway & take the surface streets to our destination.
I completely agree with Emily Evans regarding both mesh & textile gear being superior in extreme temperatures...
I rode to work 35 miles each direction in -16°F to -22°F (yes, negative) during the coldest week of Winter in 2009. My FirstGear Technical Performance Gear (TPG) 2-piece double-insulated suit and was not too cold other than the tip of my fingers & nose (from having to keep the visor cracked to prevent fogging). After that I bought some Gerbing's Hybrid bike/battery powered gloves (which are fantastic) for $400. Well worth the money.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, during my last riding trip to visit & ride with my father in Southern California we rode in temps as hot as 111°F and I was very glad to have been wearing my Vanson mesh jacket.
Speaking to the durability of that mesh jacket, I actually crashed (looped) my bike while wearing that jacket and both my bike and I tumbled/rolled down the road. The jacket had no damage whatsoever, absolutely none! My FirstGear leather overpants and FirstGear Silver Stone textile saddlebags sustained significant abrasion damage, my helmet was scuffed a bit, and my bike sustained $5,000 damage.
Vanson gear isn't cheap, but it's very high-quality. I was wearing my Vanson leather jacket when I totaled my first bike and the jacket only had a small scuff on the front-left breast area.