This area doesn't officially start bike season till end of February, beginning with Chilly Hilly... and that's bad enough, ha! I can't imagine doing a "real" polar bike ride where there is actually snow on the ground, very brave stuff.
Sort of in keeping with the thread, here is a cute posting from Bikeyface about winter riding. In BOSTON no less!
http://bikeyface.com/2015/02/10/mazed/