ooooo I just had a great thought last night! Since my e-bike doesn't require quite as much effort as my road bike commuter, and I'm sitting upright instead of leaned forward like on my road bike commuter, I might be more inclined to try wearing regular cold weather clothing for my cold morning commutes this winter, if I'm on the e-bike.

In winters past with my road bike, I would always layer up with various combinations of bibs/tights on bottom, multiple socks, my SPD MTB shoes, various upper tech shirt and jersey layers, wind shell, etc. And it's generally a PITA. And the commute is still really slow (80+ minutes) and my toes still get frozen, and it's just generally not that fun. But I'm thinking that since I'm riding more upright with less effort on the e-bike, I can probably wear just normal sweaters, winter coats, possibly even *gasp* jeans!

Another benefit of the e-bike: if I can leave the office early enough, say around 4:15 or 4:30, it won't be quite as dark when I get home, or I won't have to ride in the 5 PM traffic in the dark for quite as long, which will be nice.

haha now I'm excited to try it once it gets cold out!