Originally Posted by
mtalinm
I have all the gear (gloves, baselayer, booties) but I still hate those first frigid 10 minutes before you warm up, riding in 20-degree temperatures. So I huddle in bed like a kid who didn't do his homework.
A friend suggested I do a few minutes at high speed on the trainer to warm up before going outside. does anyone actually do that?
When I'm dressing in all those layers, I plan it out so that when I'm fully dressed, I go right out the door so I don't warm up too much while still inside. Sometimes, I'll even carry my jacket to the cool vestibule and put it on there, just before exiting.
Originally Posted by
tarwheel
… My adrenalin gets pumping when it's really cold and I find it easier to get up...
While it still is harder to get up and out of bed on a cold day, I do find that the process of dressing in layers adds a sense of adventure to the ride, and does get me pumped. I think of it like an astronaut suiting up for an extravehicular activity (see picture). When I arrive at work and stroll down the corridor in all my gear with helmet, I envision that scene from The Right Stuff, where the seven new Mercury astronauts stride down the hall to the “Hallelujah Chorus,” as the narrator describes them as the Elite Brotherhood, and an astronaut proclaims “They all want to see Buck Rogers—and that’s us.”
http://www.zuguide.com/#The-Right-Stuff
(starting at 2:58 on this movie trailer)
And if it’s cold enough, I look forward to that perennial question, “You didn’t ride your bike today, did you?”