Originally Posted by
chipcom
My gloves and fingers indicate that the temps got colder than forecast as the day wore on. I was fine this morning at 25F, light snow, into the wind...but my fingers told me that we'd reached the lower limit for my windstopper gloves on the way home this evening...which is about 20F. Guess I gotta start wearing the warmer gloves already...which means wearing the warmer gloves AND liners AND balaclava AND additional layer AND goggles AND winter boots isn't far off. I hate when that happens.
^^^^This post sums it up. I was on the other side of that line tonight. Fortunately I knew it and had everything for the ride home tonight. This morning on the way in I didn't put on the shoe covers, didn't wear the rain/wind pants and jacket and was a little on the cold side much of the way in. Tonight it was 11°F on the way home so I threw on the whole deal- shoe covers, rain/wind pants & jacket over my other layers and I was toasty (except my forehead, which I corrected by stopping and readjusting the balaclava). Gorgeous ride home tonight. Crystal clear night, no one on the bike path but me and some geese and I was warm as could be.
Saw a mega-hawk on the way in. Wasn't the usual red tailed hawk it was about 1/3 larger. Got to look it up*- wanted to stop and take a picture but when it's this cold I prefer to keep moving.
* just looked it up and it was definitely a Peregrine Falcon. What an amazing bird. I've seen it along this part of the Charles (Brighton along Soldier's Field Road) off and on for a few years. It's one big bird- very majestic.