Originally Posted by rykoala
But I can't afford to go spend $3-500 on winter gear, it just won't happen. My old car only cost $500 LOL. So this has been very helpful.
I feel it is really sad that these days lots of people seem to think you absolutely need some special gear to ride a bike in the winter, or even just to ride a bike! This is not just biking-specific phenomenon; no matter what you want to do there will be salespeople trying to convince you that you absolutely can't do it without buying seventy gazillion expensive equipment items from them...