I was planning on riding up to the BBC ride from Butler rd today, but it got cancelled due to frigid temps. Alas. Not to be deterred, I went out on my own at 10am and 16deg.

I'll admit, I'm a cheapskate and I look at overly expensive bike crap like insulated water bottles and just see a total waste of $. Ha ha! Last laugh on me today with both of my bottles freezing up at about 25miles into the ride. I wound up banging them on the toptube and having to unscrew the lid to get the last of the water out.

Managed to get a nice 46 miles in. Toes were cold, but still alive. Glad I brought my neoprene face mask though. Handy on the downhills. I passed 2 riders out on Mantua- one of them circled the side of his head with his mitten and shouted "you're crazy to be out in this cold!" hilarious.