How Was Your Commute Today?

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Oooh. Back on bike after long Christmas vacation. Woke up to the radio guy saying -14 deg C (7 F) and a fair bit of wind, so I dressed to the nines:

- shorts, wool boy shorts, thin wool tights, PI AmFib tights
- wool bra, wicking layer with windproof front, thin wool layer, winter jacket
- wool socks, winter shoes, roomy Goretex shoe covers
- thin wool glove liners, PI lobster gloves
- vaseline on cheekbones, nose and mouth, buff-with-a-hole pulled up to my eyes and nicely glued into place by the vaseline, thin wool balaclava, thin windproof helmet cap.

It felt like putting on armour before a battle. Got on my bike and wow! I felt invincible
Romped on down over a thin layer of skiddy snow, half the gears worked - no matter, I just thumped the front der. with my heel when necessary - rolled over intersections with all my gazillion lights flashing, and just felt like the queen of the universe. Got to work 50 minutes later comfortably warm all over.

I loooooove winter biking.