Just looked at my rear cog after riding in to the shop and am quite pleased that I am running an IGH as it is still pretty clean... groovestew and I deal with the same weather here.

Bah... you should ride home from the doctor's office.

I have a chainguard on mine, one of those German plastic one's that covers the entire drivetrain. So yeah no trouble with any accumulation of stuff. Though my rim brakes are lost in a big ball of snow by the time I get anywhere they still work fine. But my shifter cable still freezes on me... I'm going to have to fix it sometime.

Rode 20 km through the slush and snow today and I got nothin'...

You will be back cycling before you know it. It is incredibly quick and easy for the most part. During my procedure, the doctor, nurse and I all discussed the places where we have backpacked. He bundled me up and sent me out with instructions to tell my wife that it a very painful
procedure and to milk it for everything I could get.

Just cold today with a mild breeze at 17 F ( -8 C). Yesterday going home was brutal in the wind. I labored for every inch of progress that I made. I was either being buffeted and slammed from the left or going nowhere fast head on. The wind chill made it all the worse.

This morning it was cold (20F) with wind chill in the single digits again. I woke up too late to grab my first cup of coffee at home and felt fairly sluggish as a result. Amazing how much I rely on that jolt of caffeine to get going!

About 20F when I left this morning with only a slight breeze-fortunately, none of the strong winds we've had recently. I was perfectly dressed which made for a nice ride. I wore: 1 long sleeve base T, 1 cotten T, 1 long sleeve winter cycling shirt, 1 fleece vest and my winter commuting jacket. I also pulled out the heavy gloves, balaclava, skull cap, wool socks and, Zoic winter riding pants. For the first time I added a pair of ski goggles, although it was a bit of a tight fit under the helmet and somewhat limiting re: peripheral vision, they really kept my eyes and face from freezing/drying out-the next windy ride will be the real test. I've actually had my right eye freeze over (years ago) and it looks like we're in for a long, cold Winter, the $25 for goggles seems a good value. The only problem with the balaclava is that you can't easily spit, I know it sounds gross but, I had to hold on to a mountain of phlegm that I could only cough up once I got to work and started to peel off all my layers. Other than that, I was nice and toasty and my legs felt great, they were stronger than they've been in months. It looks like we might see some snow tomorrow with a slight accumulation by the afternoon, I'm glad I've got the CX tires on the bike, and am looking forward to that.

Perhaps the last commute of the year today. I have places to be the next two days so I have to drive, and I'm taking most of next week off. Close to my all-time shortest time for the commute (13 mph tailwind doesn't hurt) and a balmy 50 degrees... shorts weather.

The down side is that the wind will pick up during the day and will be close to a 20 mph headwind for the homeward commute.

Left at 5:45 AM at 18*F with a 15 mph cross/tailwind for my 14 mile commute. Face and eyes were fine with no fogging of eyeglasses or goggles; hands fine with only cold, but tolerable thumbs starting at mile 12. The feet started to feel cold at mile 7 but were tolerable to the end, though near the end I could tell they would soon get really cold.

The notable thing about this commute though was that I left my heavy duty Neoprene booties with holes for the cleats at work last night. I didn't want to take a chance riding without a shoe covering so I improvised and rode my mountain bike with platform pedals and strapless toeclips. However I couldn't find my other pair of Neoprene booties with the closed sole. As I usually do with the mtb for cold wet rides, I wore thick and thin woolen socks, leather running shoes and Totes rubber overshoes. For this additionally cold morning I added a plastic newspaper bag over my socks, and one over the shoes, beneath the Totes. This arrangement seemed to work as well as the Neoprene booties for these conditions.

26f nice clear morning.

Pretty good commute at 15F (2F windchill) and partly cloudy with winds from the W @ 12mph. It was probably one of the slowest commutes in at 13.4mph. As I was getting ready to leave, my sister was coming home from work. I was wearing my sweater and she asked me where my coat was because it was cold out. Needless to say, the sweater was perfect for the weather. Once I got to Berkshire Ave, it seemed a lot of cars were almost waiting to the last minute to move to the next lane. Usually they switch lanes about 1/4-1/2 mile behind me. I later found out that the batteries in my rear blinky were just about dead and the light was barely noticable.

Nice: 55 degrees and 87% humidity, nice chat about my weird bike with a kitted-up roadie at 20mph.

Not so much: Little old lady who can't make eye contact, but has no problem trying to edge me out of my lane while pretending I'm not there. Learn to share or grow a pair, Gramma!

Head-on gusts to 30 mph going home. W00t!

I was prepared for the worst, but it wasn't bad. My first day riding this week, because I wimped out monday, expecting wetter weather, and couldn't ride yesterday for other reasons. This morning temps were in the mid 20s, sunny. Ice everywhere. I decided to do my shorter (7.5 mile) option, to test my winter layers, and in particular the addition of a second insole in my shoes. The second insole definitely helped, but I think better would be one thicker insole, rather than the two thinner layers.

Wore a cotton turtleneck under my regular base layer, with a sweatshirt over that and my wind layer. The turtleneck was sweaty by the time I got to work. Tights under wind pants, but forgot to put on cycling shorts -- no real loss. Balaclava under helmet -- decided to leave mouth and nose exposed. Worked fine for this ride, but much longer, windier or colder and that would have changed.

I definitely lucked out on the wind this morning, but we'll see what the ride home brings. Can't ride tomorrow, but should ride friday... depending on the weather ;-)

Agree with other DC area posters...today not so bad compared to yesterday. The commute home last night was pretty wild, first time ever that I felt like I was getting a push UP Capitol Hill with that tailwind. I went with my heavy but warm REI boots, toes were fine. Ski gloves, ski jacket, tights, running pants (very light running pants, had to cover one knee while rolling down Capitol Hill this am), balaclava, googles...keeps me pretty toasty.

Still had a headwind but compared to yetserday's...not so bad.

35F, clammy. On the road a bit late so I got to see a nice sunrise from the trail.

Or, perhaps, another argument for NOT living in Edmonton.
Just kidding. I'm sure it's a lovely place. Having spent a few winters in Russia and Ukraine, I can vouch for the fact that you get used to the cold and adapt to the climate and all that goes along with it, like salt!

My commute in this morning was unique for me. It was the frist time I can remember that I commuted in so early that I needed to use my headlight/flashlight and not just my little blinkie. Left before the butt crack of dawn to come to work early to finish up work on a big publication project w/ a deadline today (just finished it), that after working on it late into the night at home. I'm tired today. I'll appreciate the predicted tail(ish)wind heading home this afternoon. Since I got in so early and finished already, I may be able to leave before the sun goes down!

2010 winter bike to work day here, and 37F at 7:30 this morning. Stopped at a breakfast station and the mechanic that volunteered turned out to be the owner of a new LBS that just opened a few blocks away. Had free coffee, talked a bit and went on. A great day to commute in Fort Collins. It will be even better if does not snow this afternoon.

This is why I went singlespeed

Rode into work (Richmond to downtown Vancouver) yesterday and office workers thought I was nuts. Rode in to join the VACC ride for the Hornby Bike Lane celebration.

A mix of rain and drizzle this morning. Slightly late and hungover. Nice ride though.

Decided not to take vacation between xmas and new year, as those days might push me over 4,000 miles for the year... plus it's always pretty slack at that time anyway.

21F and partly cloudy with winds from the WNW @ 18mph and 8F windchill. Had to call it quits about 1/3 into my commute. I bent a part in the drivetrain accelerating from a stop light. It still kinda worked, but was extremely noisy and caused a lot of drag. I didn't want to take any chances and risk doing any further damage to the idler or chain, so I called my buddy who lived nearby. He picked me up and brought me and my broke down trike home. I plan to have it fixed tomorrow so I can commute Friday for finals.

Our weather is defying physics today... it is sucking and blowing at the same time.

I have also been riding in the winter with goggles, I have two kinds but the one that works the best is for mountain biking and is vented so it doesn't fog, the other one does every time I stop at a light.

Mild temps continue for the commutes in Central Texas. Cool mornings and upper 60's in the afternoon - except for today it was 77 on the way home. Had to extend my afternoon commute...which ended up being 35 miles for me. Tomorrow should be about the same - maybe a bit cooler but still in the 70's for the ride home. Friday should be cooler - and back to the normal temp for this time of the year.

The warm temps have been brought in by some strong, gusty southerly wind. This means that I've had plenty of chances to fight a headwind each day this week. All good training - but I'm learning how the wind can make you a little more tired than normal.

This winter I'm using MTB full-finger (non-insulated) gloves under a pair of fleece flip-over mittens. The combo allows for some temperature modulation and seems to be doing the trick so far.

This is why I'm rockin' the belt-drive/IGH setup this year:



LOL!

Not much commuting lately; we've had too much snow. We've had more than 120 cm (~47 in) in the past 10 days. That already beats last year's snowfall of 108 cm (42.5 in)... for the entire winter! We were completely snowed in on Wednesday of last week so I didn't even make it to work that day, and was only able to ride in on Friday.

This week the weather looked more promising; we had a warming trend for a day which gave the city time to clear the roads so I was all set to go on Monday morning. Unfortunately the padlock that I use to lock the garage door was frozen solid. It would have taken me too long to thaw it out so I was forced to take a cab. Yesterday morning I forgot to set the alarm so I had to cab it again.

I was off today and am off again tomorrow, so here's to hoping for good commuting weather on Friday! In the meantime here's a pic of my street from a couple of nights ago. BTW we've added another foot or so of snow since then...