Australian Motorcyclist

BABY, IT’S HOT OUTSIDE

that cold is not good for riding, and that it does not need to be terribly cold for hypothermia to set in. Add windchill to a cold day’s ride and there is a distinct possibility that both your control of the bike and the core temperature of your body will suffer. While the windchill formula was developed for a specific purpose – to establish when you’d get frostbite – it still provides a somewhat useful warning. For instance, it says that at 100km/h in 4.5 degrees C, to your exposed face the air will feel as if

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