Originally Posted by
Gresp15C
This was my first winter of bike commuting. Weather was unusually mild in this area -- not very cold, and very little snow. ...I'm middle aged and quite un-athletic, riding an inexpensive bike, so this should serve as encouragement to anybody who is thinking of riding through the winter.
Nice story, and welcome to the world of winter riding. My impression is that upper midwest winters (e.g. Wisconsin) are more severe than Boston (I'm originally from Detroit, and the winters seem similar, though this year in Boston was
historic).
I perennially make this request of winter riding stories:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
… One request I make of discussions of winter riding is not only how
cold, but also how
far? Distance (time) and temperature as a combined index of “cold.”
One subscriber suggested a cold ride is one in which the water bottle freezes solid. For me, my liter bottle of carbonated water is usually solid after about 14 miles (1 to 1.5 hours) at 15° F. On my 3° 14 mile ride this Saturday, I noted it frozen solid at about 10 miles as pictured below.
