This past winter (I'm typing this on a day that still has snow in the forecast, but figure it's close enough to the end to count) was both long and trying. As a fair weather commuter I didn't ride as much as some (most?) of you, but still managed to learn a few things when I did. The first kind of surprised me, and that was that I liked to wear a headband. I'd never worn one before, and tried one out after someone gave me one. I really liked it, and it seemed to be a lot better than wearing the balaclava until it was way to warm, and then taking it off. The second was that keeping the larger winter tires on helped to deal with the potholes and bumps left over from the winter. I would have rather reinforced the knowledge that avoiding potholes is a better idea, but evidently I've got some new attraction to them.

What did you learn this winter?