Top 10 Things I Love About Riding in Near-Freezing Temps
1. Wearing wool — always super but even more appreciated in winter.
2. I can see my breath. I never grew up. I still think it’s cool.
3. Knee high socks.
4. Tears streaming out of the corners of both eyes as I coast down hills.
5. Rats are slower and have trouble evading a well-aimed front wheel.
6. People start wrapping their heads in fancy Greek desserts. Yeah, I know they aren’t called baklavas, but I do it anyway.
7. Hills become a way to warm myself up.
8. That stinging feeling in the shower as my toes come back from the dead. They’re alive!
9. It’s an opportunity to better appreciate the bicycling community of Minneapolis--they have a higher percentage of riders than Seattle (4.3% to our 2.9%) and it’s this cold and colder a lot of the time!
10. Riding in the cold = burning more calories = eating more tacos.
Comments
Dec 03
Carol
I am all about eating more tacos!
Dec 03
Neil
jajajajaja, that is exactly was I was going to say!!
Dec 04
Gary
Wool is my favorite fabric for winter riding!
And I just discovered a cool recycled sweater hat company.
http://www.shaundeller.com/Hats/hats.htm
(Elliott bay Bicycles carries them)
and my fav wool jersey company
http://www.ibex.com
The shak jersey is the best for this weather.
Dec 05
Bikejuju
And snow-capped mountains on three horizons. Oh yeah.
Dec 15
Ignacio
I must take my hat off (briefly because my ears get cold) in salute of all the brave souls I saw last week as I rode around in my car, heated leather seats at full blast. One particular young man was riding his bike wearing only a black T-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes in 17-degree weather. Tres Cool, literally. Ride on, and yes, I also love watching my own breath.