Winter weather cycling

[johnr]

For comfortable winter riding i'd suggest a skull cap that covers the ears, good gloves and something like Bolle vipers...(clear safety specs) On cold mornings they stop the cold wind stinging your eyes, makes a tremendous difference. They're no good in the rain mind
I always wear an Altura Nevis jacket with normal clothes underneath....rarely get that cold.

This is an extreme of what you can commute in, snow and wind all the way to work...i looked the same as the bike

That photo's from the second of may... where the hell do you live.

 

[gbb]

That photo's from the second of may... where the hell do you live.

I suspect it's the 5th of Feb ...although i've no idea if the date is set correctly.

 

[Amanda P]

I don't find ice such a problem - my route to work is a bus route, so it's salted if there's the faintest chance of ice.

And the salt is the problem - it wrecks a bike's cables, wheel bearings and transmission surprisingly quickly. It gets in everywhere and there's only so much you can do about it.

Don't stop cycling in winter. But it might be worth considering a second bike to use when they start spraying salt about. Consider hub gears or a single-speed (or even a fixie), make sure it has mudguards, and don't spend so much on it that you'll cry if you fall off on the ice and scratch it.

 

[jonny jeez]

That photo's from the second of may... where the hell do you live.

LOL