noglider 

This thread is useless without ... locations! Bob Ross, where are you, and how common are cycle-commuters there?

Yesterday, it was 22ºF and extremely windy. I wore ... TOO LITTLE! I'm not a cycle-commuter, since I work at home, but I do as many local errands and client visits as possible. I went to my therapist who is about 1.4 miles from home. Normally, it's an easy commute, and normally the cold doesn't bother me, but man oh man. I had my wool trousers on, a dress shirt, a sweater, a gator, safety goggles, gloves, and a helmet. I should have worn something under my trousers, a second sweater, and a balaclava. I have a skull cap for under my helmet but I can't find it, and I don't own a balaclava yet. My goggles didn't work this time, and I had to close one eye and squint the other one because the wind was so strong. Also, the wind was extremely strong on my downhills on the way there, so strong that I had to pedal extremely vigorously DOWNHILL. It was so hard that it was insulting.

But lessons learned, and I have no regrets.

I do wonder how I would fare in colder climates. I don't get cold as easily as the average person, but I was really at my limit. I suppose that's mostly because I wasn't properly dressed.

Wind chill was about 1ºF.

Is it as windy in Canada and Minnesota as it is here? I think we had 30 mph gusts.