Personal best?
Feb. 4th, 2023 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nosrednaydujLast night the low was about -8F. Ken decided to be macho and go on a bike ride when it got up to zero at around 10 AM. He thought he would be the only nut who would want to do that, so he didn't ask me if I wanted to come. Probably I would have. But once he had done it at zero, I was uninspired to go at 2. However, when it got to be 10 after lunch, I went for a 5 mile bike ride. It was nippy; I had a balaclava (not to be confused with baklava) and a neck warmer and a fleece scarf over my head. I had to stop a couple of times to push the balaclava down to the edge of my glasses so I did not have any bare skin on my forehead. I have heated insoles in my boots, and I turned them up a little higher than I usually do. In fact I got a little warm with my fleeces and jacket and had to unzip the jacket!
I think the previous coldest I rode was at 12, and I remember the spout of my water bottle freezing. However that was when I had a holder mounted on the front of the bike, and now I leave my water bottle in my pannier where it is protected from the wind and it did not freeze. Also I think I went less far this time so it had less time.
I think the previous coldest I rode was at 12, and I remember the spout of my water bottle freezing. However that was when I had a holder mounted on the front of the bike, and now I leave my water bottle in my pannier where it is protected from the wind and it did not freeze. Also I think I went less far this time so it had less time.
