I'm not sure if anyone else is feeling this, but there is also the psychological/mental challenges of commuting in this weather. This morning I woke up and saw the dusting of about 3 cm of snow on the ground. Light stuff, nothing serious, and I could have totally ridden. But I didn't. I couldn't get over the psychological barrier. I thought about having to go through the rigmarole of gearing up, riding under potentially dicey roads, then gearing down, and then doing it all over again in the afternoon, and it filled me with anxiety and dread.

We have another big snow storm/freezing rain storm coming tomorrow and Wednesday.

Here's hoping for an early spring.

Definitely. My daily mileage is likely about half of yours right now, so my barriers are lower. But yes, I have seen friends passing by in cars when cycling into strong headwind and thinking to myself how much my body is in 'stress mode', rather than having warm relaxation when being wheeled around in a heated steel box. Most people around me right now call me crazy on a daily basis (or show admiration), both of which is an added source of motivation to keep going.

Tomorrow is not looking good. I don't have a car and have no backup for a Wednesday commute, yet - I hope things will be clear enough to go.

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Yesterday wasn't too bad. My bike was flinging snowy slush everywhere but it was fine. Wind in the evening was really bad though. Enough so that as soon as I saw it blowing today I decided it was a work from home day for sure. I am only about 10 KM from work in the Toronto area (Burlington) and so far, I have still commuted most days. Usually one day a week I will work from home and that has been pretty much based on weather this winter. I have been running 26 x 2.1 Schwalbe Ice Spiker mostly. I do have 700 x 35 for another bike but I kept having problems with them giving me flats. The 26's are fine that way but a skinnier tire does seem cut through to meet pavement a bit better.