Snow, ice, slush on the ground but not a lot of it - mostly muddy sand or salt-white dry road. It was about 21F here in western Mass and they were predicting snow this afternoon but apparently that's not happening now. I brought my rain gear and my new waterproof pannier. Eagerly anticipating the return of warm weather (even though I know we still probably have 8 weeks of this rubbish).

I'm at 4 days commuting in January. Last year I had 5 days and 0 days in February (this was more due to the fact that I was training for a marathon last year than the weather if I remember correctly).

I've developed a new rule of thumb for winter commuting.

If the high is in the 30s and the low is in the upper teens or low 20s I'll ride. If it's colder than that I won't. That being said, I do not always stick to this rule. Sometimes it's nice out and I just don't really want to ride or have obligations that would make it very difficult to, and sometimes it's terrible about and I just have the itch and go for it anyway.

I look forward to being able to ride every comfortably!!!!!