Some of you guys make me feel like a wimp. I live at the Jersey shore, so the ocean moderates the weather. The ocean rarely goes below 40 degrees here, so we don’t get much snow. We do get black ice; the snow melts in the salt air but refreezes when it hits the ground. I don’t ride in that; it’s not worth the risk. I usually ride on the boardwalk when I get home from work about 6:30 PM; it’s not unusual to be riding into 20-25 MPH damp winds off the ocean. Usually in January/February the temp is in the upper 20’s to lower 30’s when I ride at night..
I’ve been riding for 5 winters the coldest it has been is 5 degrees and I couldn’t miss riding in that. Usually I do about a 40 minute ride, at 5 degrees I was only able to go about half my usual distance in the 40 minutes.
Some towns are using plastic boards in the boardwalk, you put a dusting of snow on that and it’s very slippery. This winter when I came up the ramp and tried to turn on the boardwalk, I lost it and went sliding down the boardwalk. Just a couple of scratches though, I’m a tough old fart.