21 days bicycle commuting in January, 277 miles, 3 flats, 1 minor crash. There is a bit of a stretch in the evenings now so Im leaving work in daylight.

well i was on vacation for the first few weeks of January (Russia - St Petersburg and Moscow).

since then, January has been pretty good for cycling except a little too warm so too much rain. i LOVE riding in the snow, although rain near freezing is not so good.

we've had snow probably on about half of the days in January. and rain on about a quarter and only 1 or 2 times did we get more than 5-6" of snow at a time, and the most was about a foot.

i only cancelled one commuting day - b/c it was too warm and raining. i had some really good snow commutes and averaged something around 3.5 days/week for my 11km x 2 commute --- i was sick for about 4-5 days so i took the train 4 times one week... so something like 350km commuting plus another 150km trails = 500km (312miles)

we had temps from -15C to +6C with most of the time being in the -5 to +3 range.

bike's doing great (although i'm a little worried about ALL the salt) and the Schwalbe studded tires are awesome (i compared them a few days ago to my friend's Nokias and they are almost identical - he has one of each). i wish they didn't use so much salt here. there are commutes where i ride on snow and everything is great and then i hit a big road all salted wil dirty nasty salty slush-snow and i get so dirty!

in the week where it was cold here (no rain) i also did some great snow-covered trail rides --- lately it's been a little wet and muddy/slushy so less good for trails.

depends... what's long and what's cold?

less than 1 hr and more than -15C (5F) i find no problem as long as you can change at destination.

longer than 1hr commute i've never really tried, but rec rides longer than 1 hr can get cold on the feet and hands, so i expect the same problem by cold.

less than -15C i don't have much experience, so for me it's the lower limit where riding becomes difficult. i'm sure i could move that down a little if it were often colder.

i had many 40minute commutes in the -10C range this January that were WONDERFUL!

Russia in January? No laying around on the beach for you! (Actually, I'm jealous. No one does winter better than the Russians.)

7 commutes (I only work 3 days a week, so that is 7/12)
340 miles total in a rather remarkably mild winter.
Mechanicals have kept me off the bike twice for several days at a time.

So all in all it has been a pretty freaking amazing January. I'm far ahead of where I was last year after one month.

I averaged 4 days per week (one exception was the week I was in Florida). It was way colder than most recent years, but tolerable. And best of all, no flats or falls.

Jan& Feb have been non-stop cold with lots of the white stuff. I have been able to bike every day up until yesterday (Feb26) because our roads and highways are narrow and worse - our sidewalks are now slick ice.
Coldest biking day was 2 weeks ago when it was -42 C with the windchill. I biked that day just so I could say I biked on our coldest day of the year. And I really wasn't cold!!
Its been another winter of biking adventure here in New Brunswick Canada but I definitely look forward to biking in one layer of clothing as opposed to 2 or 3.
Ron

Ron: You sure are a hearty breed up there in Canada. Down here in southern Kentucky, if it gets below 32 degrees F, we forget our bikes and stay inside by the fire! So far this month (Feb.), I've been out on my bike only four times, for a total of 40 miles.