Newbie lessons learned about biking in the approaching cold weather

[bmccasland]

I've gone head over teakettle into a raceway at a trout hatchery, in November (icy cold water, snow on the ground).

Now THAT is a challenging job.

Not really. Start with permanent vertigo. Have all your attention on the lovely rainbow trout swimming in the raceway that you need to catch, reach over with your dip-net, and discover that it's deeper than your thought ... sooo reach, reach, reach.
And fall in.

At least the water was fairly deep, so I didn't get hurt. Fish raceways are not exactly designed to be diving pools.