What climates do you like to travel ???

[*Touring Ted*]

For me, I love heading for sunshine, tropical beaches and huge open forests.... Thats why I travel.

Probably because its a great break from the cold, dull misery of the UK..

Many people seem to love riding into the freezing arctic circle.. Snow, ice and freezing winds.... hmmm not for me at the moment thanks lol..

What do you prefer ???

[Threewheelbonnie]

I think it was Billy Connolly (perhaps quoting) who said "there is no such thing as bad weather only the wrong clothes".

I'm happy anywhere I'm free to just ride. I'll take an old Alpine pass on a starry night in January with fresh snow, or the variation in Arctic Tundra crossing a range between fjords over a ride down the Mallaga coast road or Glen Coe on the August bank holiday anytime.

There is also the challenge of getting places through weather conditions a lot of people will claim to be impossible. Riding in snow is really just a form of off road riding.

There are bad days on every run of course. Fog and a main road full of tourist coaches is hell be it Norway in March, Scotland in May or the Todra gorge in October. You can get "bad" weather at any latitude, I'll take an Northcape electrical storm over a Pre-Typhoon Hong Kong fugg anytime.

Andy

[John Ferris]

Tropical - Hot, sunny & humid
Arctic - Cold, windy and icey
Temperate - No extremes of anything
Desert - Hot, dry & arid


Why "Tropical-Hot, Desert-Hot, Arctic-Cold"

How about N/W USA, Canada, UK, San Francisco in the summer.
Cool - Rain - Fog.

[*Touring Ted*]

Originally Posted by John Ferris

Tropical - Hot, sunny & humid
Arctic - Cold, windy and icey
Temperate - No extremes of anything
Desert - Hot, dry & arid


Why "Tropical-Hot, Desert-Hot, Arctic-Cold"

How about N/W USA, Canada, UK, San Francisco in the summer.
Cool - Rain - Fog.

They're just vague sterotypes mate.. It's nothing too serious.

Ted

[indu]

Sunny, nice weather is nice, of course. But racing down an icey alley with your two wheeler with spikes on your tires - now that's outright FUN!

[yuma simon]

I dare/challenge/buy a for anyone who says they like desert climates to come to Yuma between July and August.

[nickt]

Originally Posted by John Ferris

How about N/W USA, Canada, UK, San Francisco in the summer.
Cool - Rain - Fog.

Phh. I reject your reality and substitute my own.

[oldbmw]

It can get a little chilly in the desert at night , especially if you a little high above sea level. I was quite surprised how cold the Negev dessert can be.

[maja]

I'm stuck in Flagstaff AZ, (I have been to a lot of worse places), waiting for the 40kt crosswinds and the snow and sub zero temps to go away. I voted for temperate, has this thread got no power at all?
Ride safe.

[yuma simon]

Originally Posted by maja

I'm stuck in Flagstaff AZ, (I have been to a lot of worse places), waiting for the 40kt crosswinds and the snow and sub zero temps to go away. I voted for temperate, has this thread got no power at all?
Ride safe.

Why don't you try heading slowly down Interstate 17 (actually, one of the access roads) to Phoenix? It's been warm and sunny here in Yuma (150 miles southwest of Phoenix), and Phoenix usually has similar temps to Yuma. Which way were you heading? Westward from Flagstaff should be ok, too, as you lose elevation.

[JMo (& piglet)]

I like everything except cold rain/sleet...

Warm rain I can handle (as long as it's warm enough to dry everything out quickly afterwards), and likewise a cold frosty dry morning - lovely!

But cold and wet together, forget it...

Personally I like to be able to ride with just a vest or t-shirt under my jacket, which is why I love the US western desert states so much...

and Morocco.

xxx