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I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Liz on January 21, 2011 at 9:19am

I have a face mask and goggles that eliminate any exposed skin in this weather, but one trick for leaving a gap is to put vasoline on the areas you're leaving exposed. 

 

I think this is the most clothes I've ever worn on the bike. Today I had on:

wool socks, snow boots, long underwear, jeans, wind pants, tank top (orange), cardigan (blue), sweater (blue), BEARS hoodie, windbreaker, face mask, goggles, ear band, hat, helmet, thick ski gloves. 

Holly said:

My 9:00 canceled. By the time I have to get on my bike at 12:30, it'll be positively balmy. Hee hee.

Actually, I am very nervous. They are making it sound like any exposed skin is going to be frostbitten in less than 2 minutes.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 21, 2011 at 9:23am

I've started using something like this under my thicker pair of gloves and it's working super well.  Ironically I got it at the Pheonix Airport...

 

 

Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on January 21, 2011 at 9:26am

I didn't think it was bad at all.  I definitely didn't get out of my house fast enough once I had everything on and was a little sweaty from the get-go.

 

I did wear two bike winter balaclavas and a ski mask though.  Doing that feels just like being in a car to me.

Permalink Reply by Davo on January 21, 2011 at 9:33am
I got a thumbs up from another cyclist at Damen/Milwakee/North. I felt pretty hard core then.
Permalink Reply by Joe Muldoon on January 21, 2011 at 9:47am

Yeah, that was crazy cold. I had to take my glasses off a block into 7 miles because of the steam. Then I rode the rest of the way staring through blurry little icicles on my eyelashes. I rode straight down Clark and didn't see anyone else.

 

I had a wool mid-weight base layer, jeans, a wool sweater, waxed cotton jacket, two wool scarves, two pairs of wool socks, two pairs of gloves, duck boots, a thin balaclava. As usual, too much on top, cold feet and fingers.

Permalink Reply by Mark Kenseth on January 21, 2011 at 10:15am
Nice.

Davo said:
I got a thumbs up from another cyclist at Damen/Milwakee/North. I felt pretty hard core then.
Permalink Reply by Barclor on January 21, 2011 at 10:30am

It really wasn't too bad today. I did arm circles at every red light just to keep the blood flowing to my fingers and it paid off. I only saw two other cyclists and gave them both the nod of approval!

Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on January 21, 2011 at 10:46am

I started out yesterday and made it to Grand/Milwaukee thought about taking the bus, noticed it was standing room only and traffic was a mile long so I went to The Twisted spoke had a pint of Ale then headed back out.

I have a day pass for today/tomorrow. 

 

I don't know who the guy was but in a group of cyclist going up Milwaukee he had that crazy smile on his face kinda like how some look before the polar bear swim.

Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on January 21, 2011 at 10:50am

I did a writeup of what I wore this morning on my blog:  http://balloonbiker.blogspot.com/2011/01/comfortable-riding-in-sing...

 

I was actually very comfortable, almost leaning towards too hot.  One thing that helped the enjoyment was that I figured out that my tire pressure had been down at 60 psi, when my tires are rated for 110 psi.  I had thought it was just me until I got a new pump.

 

Permalink Reply by Joe J on January 21, 2011 at 11:04am
Hell no
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on January 21, 2011 at 2:15pm
Hell ya!  I didn't ride to work Monday-Thursday, but 2 degrees just begs for a bike commute.
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 21, 2011 at 2:46pm

I had knives of cold in my temples (from my eyewear holding the balaclava open ) but on days like this I have the luxury of self-consolation via consideration of the fact that my commute is so short (<10 minutes) I could ride in shorts and a tank top and probably not suffer any permanent injury.

Got to go in a hair later so the bright, bright sunlight was definitely welcome, and high air pressure days like today take about 20 years off my spine.

I haven't got around to trying to solve the fogging problem on my goggles so I can wear them. Guess I'll try the toothpaste trick first . . .

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