Holy crap Mike, that sucks hard. Hopefully that warranty claim comes through.

Jeesh man, that's what I wore yesterday into the -11C + wind (Well, with a scarf and balaclava but I'm a massive inferno of heat anyway)

I don't have a long sleeved jersey yet, so I put my base layer on with a jersey over the top just for some arm warmth - beautiful though. First time in a while since I hadn't had to wear my thermals, and my feet were cooking in two pairs of socks Yay, it might finally be changing up!

I'll be with my daughter this weekend, so no morning rides for me (though I've got a couple hours break to go to Toby and Maijas thing on Saturday).

I felt an idiot/noob yet again for my lack of good/proper maintenance. I can't remove my brake canti-levers from the fork. They're on there, and they seem to want to stay on (I gave it more than enough encouragement with a hammer, no less). I've learned a lot through this kind of thing; getting a cog stuck on the hub, a pedal stuck in cranks and now the brake arms stuck on the fork posts. Grease + regular maintenance/cleaning needs to happen more than not, especially when I ride in the winter gak. Damnit.