I live in Wisconsin so I take all of this chatter very personally

I don't know if this is on the list already: repairing a flat tire in sub-zero with frozen hands and a Co2 inflator that makes them 10 degrees colder.

Reminds me of the Terminator movie where he gets creamed by the big Co2 truck, liquid nitrogen or whatever it is....his 'bits' freeze up and he shatters in a heap on the floor...that's me.




Also reminds me of a time I was working in Mississauga, Canada in January. There were six of us (all from the UK) installing a machine at a factory in town during one of the coldest winters in decades.

We came out to the car after work one night to find it with a flat. The six of us crammed into the car and ran the heater while we worked out what to do. (We were all engineers so it required a lengthy meeting and discussion to formulate a plan of attack )

Eventually we decided to repair the flat in shifts. The first guy jumped out and loosened the wheel nuts then jumped back in the car to warm up. The next guy jumped out and slid the jack under then got back into the car to warm up. The next guy got out and wound the jack...... It took us almost two hours to replace the wheel and get out of the parking lot...

This is why I'm nervous about riding in the winter....