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Riding a Vespa Scooter in Winter

Scooter in the Sticks — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 09:52:51 +0000

Vespa Scooter in the Snow This photograph is from a snow storm ride last March. Strangely, I enjoyed the challenge of it. And importantly, I wasn’t cold. But things change. And it’s affecting my winter riding. The scooter is willing but the rider is weak. Riding a Vespa scooter in winter isn’t rocket science. It’s […]

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Vespa in Winter

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 05:10:18 +0000

Cold Start I’ll try to resolve two truths that seem in opposition with each other. One, I don’t like being cold. And two, I choose to ride through the winter. They only seem opposed because most riders think you can’t ride in cold weather without getting cold. That’s the challenge. Or part of it anyway. […]

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Vespa Snow and the Fading Days of Winter

Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:05:25 +0000

Vespa Snow More snow during the night — not what a rider wants to see in the morning. A quick walk to the end of the driveway showed the street to be mostly wet. Coupled with the promise of the temperature rising above the freezing mark another winter ride on the Vespa seemed in order. […]

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Vespa in Freezing Weather

Scooter in the Sticks — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:14:17 +0000

The Vespa starts right up in freezing weather, my brain not so much… At the beginning of the cold-weather riding season an adjustment is in order — for me at least. I don’t worry much about the Vespa and instead focus on the subtle ways my mind works to avoid the cold. Perhaps it’s merely […]

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Seasons of the Soul

Scooter in the Sticks — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 06:25:57 +0000

Struggling to focus my thoughts about a cold morning ride in the central Pennsylvania forest I heard my wife talking out loud about a book she was downloading — The Seasons of the Soul: The Poetic Guidance and Spiritual Wisdom of Hermann Hesse — and everything became clear. It was 38F when I woke with a […]

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My Winter Riding Checklist

Scooter in the Sticks — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 06:48:00 +0000

Vespa Scooter in Snow Winter riding, especially in the snow, generates the most interest and traffic on Scooter in the Sticks. I’m uncertain if that’s true because it’s like watching an accident, or people are searching for reasons to try it themselves, or something more or less profound. Regardless, this activity that I find so […]

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Altoona Trek

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:14:00 +0000

The weather forecast predicted temperatures in the 40s today so I thought I would take the scooter out for a nice long ride. Thermometer read 35 degrees when I left and the roads were clear. As the sun started to appear it got even a bit warmer though water began appearing on the roads as […]

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