First commute of the week (been too icy so far). I had put a slime filled tube on the back with a Michelin World Tour tyre( very heavy, but the only spare I could find with any tread ), so the bike feels heavier.

It was -2 C, virtually no wind and some frost and ice, but not too much so i set off.

On the cycle path the frost was very heavy, so much so that the frost was being picked up by my front tyre, then getting stripped off the tyre ( I imagine ) by the mud caught in my guards.

This meant that my front canti's were covered in about an inch of the stuff that pisteurs leave at the side of si runs, dry powdered snow, which then proceeded to dump itself at regular intervals on my shins and front of my ankles.

At one point I looked like I was wearing brown'white knee length socks.

My shin muscles melted this but boy were my knees ankles and feet cold as it melted.

Still, a nice ride in.