January rides -- outdoors!!

[Thorn]

I am so flattered! Suddenly came over this. But I have to say - this may be inspired by me, but is actually your own invention.

What can I say? I'm an engineer and we always take great designs and try to tweak them. And, as I tell my students, always credit your sources, even if you modify the design; you have to make sure you give credit where credit is due.....so, thanks!

It has been such a cold winter here this season that I've been making good use of the design. So cold that today it was 7F (-14C) and it was feeling almost balmy. Of course, at that temp, the nose buff, the goggles, enough clothing to look like the Michelen Man are all part of the outfit.

[Fredwina]

I took my hybrid in for a tune-up, but did a few laps of the park:

[SheFly]

I went to Florida for four days to visit my parents. The are in Panama City Beach (in the panhandle), so the temps can be warm or cool at this time of year. I had both, but sunshine the entire visit, and temps warm enough to be out in shorts walking the beach. I didn't take a bike, but looked at the four days as my off season .

Last night I needed to get back out on the bike. The temp was a balmy 11 - not quite what I had been in over the weekend! Also still some snow here after a storm on the weekend, so the fat bike was the ride of choice. Managed just over an hour, which was fine.

First race of the year on Sunday Back to training!

SheFly