Last night on my ride to and from the Sudbury Cyclists Union meeting, it was cool (1C/34F) so the snow on the roads was slushy. This morning, after cooling a bit overnight to -5C/23F, the slush had hardened making it easier for my studded tires to grip but bumpier because the hardened slush formed bumps that I had to go over rather than through. Not much snow predicted to fall over the next week or so but it is going to get cold again to as low as -21C/-6F overnight -- the last week to 10 days had daily highs at or just above freezing.

I overdressed for the -5C ride in this morning and was sweating by the time I arrived. It was only a 22 min ride so I wasn't in any danger of hypothermia and it really was only once I was inside, putting my bike in the indoor bike cage, that I started to sweat.