Winter cycling wardrobe recommendations

[CorsairMac]

.........Where I am, winter gets a little tough....so........I install a fur seat on the bike--and use a remote starter to warm up the block of ice it becomes after it has been outside for five minutes........riding on square tires becomes routine after the first blizzard........the first time you go to rig the modified snow plough for the front wheel is challenging, but when it's there it's greatly appreciated for going through high drifts of snow at the side of the road.........but I digress--because the thread is about What to wear.......so I'll add for personal attire--mukluks and scarves and big mittens......

I don't see anything here bout no lights tho - ya know ya'll can't be out riding in the snow without some spotlights! (shakes finger at JLD coz she should KNOW better!)


as for CarrieAnn: I have the PI toe covers and I also wear MTB shoes in the winter (fits my thicker socks better). I wore them all last year and even walked in them when I had to walk my bike into work and they're still doing just fine this year. I'm with Denise - I may have to replace them come next year - or the next, but they're doing fine so far. And I have to cross several busy streets so I'm constantly putting at least 1 foot down.

and Lise: yeah - somedays the thought of climbing back up that mountain (and yes it is a mountain) is more than I feel like doing but then I have to remember: how else will I get home??!

Here: the white specks at the base of this is Albuquerque. The highest peak is 10,792, I live at about 5800-6000 and I work somewhere around 5000-5200. I don't have the exact altitude but the center of Abq if 5000 and you go up from there. So I climb somwhere between 600-800' in 6 miles every night when I go home.