We went out again last night here in Maine on the fat bikes. Temps in the late afternoon were around 18F, but falling FAST. We dressed much the same as we had for our colder ride earlier in the week, and set out to see what the trails were like.

In a word, I can only say, the conditions were AWESOME! The snowmobile trails had been recently groomed, and it was so much FUN. Unfortunately, that dropping temp provided some big challenges - we had over-dressed and then hit a couple of big climbs reasonably hard (stupid Strava), so were wet. Worse was that my feet were starting to freeze, and we still had a long way to go to get back home. We rode the sweetest downhill trail imaginable to the road, and slogged it back from there. The entire time, I was making balls with my feet to try to keep circulation flowing and get my feet away from the cleat area.

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We made it home safely to find the temp was now at 9 degrees. Everything was toasty with the exception of my feet. We were both a bit disappointed - the conditions were so good that we wanted to just keep on going!

Oh - and DH has just manufactured a rack system for the fat bikes such that he (we) can ride to go and ski . This is what happens when your DH is "retired".

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