Originally Posted by rollsroyce
I'll be moving to NYC, probably somewhere in Brooklyn, in late Dec or early Jan. I rely on my bike(s) to get everywhere, but I'm used to the mild climate of san francisco. Never ridden in snow. I've never been to NY in the winter and everyone tells me its COLD and there's snow. So whats the deal with riding in the winter there? Do people just kind of stop/ride much less or ride indoors until it passes? I've never lived anywhere where "riding seasons" have been very pronounced so this is kind of a new concept to me, particularly regarding riding in the city and commuting.
I ride year round in Boston... I dislike public transit and don,t have a car. So when it's winter I use multiple layers of clothing, hats, ear covers, ski mask if it's really ****ing cold, and waterprof/resistant clothing. And the most important I've found to be a pair of Gore-Tex waterproof shoes made by The North Face (got'em off Zappos.com for a reasonable price), these are a must given the rain/snow/slush/puddles/****.
People do ride less but the die hards still ride, in NY you'll have a pretty good public transit system to.
It's not exactly fun but ya gotta do want ya gotta do...
Oh, and usually the roads are plowed but only in the main lane portion, so you have to just take the lane and **** the drivers who honk.