Originally Posted by
TiHabanero
Proper clothing is for sure critical. I have a ton of experience with cool to freezing temp riding as I had no car for nearly 20 years here in the frozen tundra of the north. Below zero temps and a blizzard was unable to stop me.
Today I am retired and have a car. I don't need to relive my youth! lol
This is why I can't acclimate to the cool temps: Burn out. Did it and can't to do it again.
Where is the "tundra of the north"?
I grew up in Minneapolis half a century ago, back before global warming cut three weeks out of their winter. The coldest thermometer I have ever seen with my own eyes was one that read minus 36. That was in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, I broke the wood frame on one of my Alaskan snowshoes on that trip.
I live in Madison Wisc, down here there is not much opportunity for winter camping, as we rarely have enough snow that will last more than a week to do any ski or snowshoe camping. But I keep telling myself I need to do some of that again.