It’s cold. Today’s ride was at 32’F and when I stopped out I realized it was actually snowing…oh well…beats the rain they have back in Seattle. Lucky for me the ride starts with a gradual uphill for the first 18min…so plenty time to warm up.
I was feeling great, nice and warm, my only concern was how long I could make it before my toes started getting cold…1 hour later I new I would be miserable.
I had an 3hours ride planed…and the last hour was pretty cold, not just my feet but fingers to…but by them home was in sight…only 60 minuets, 45, 30…20(and 15 if I push it) I kept telling myself . Other problems included a broken stay on my front fender, but I decided to ignore that one…hopefully it won’t break of and jam into the wheel….
My water bottle started getting “slushy”.. and would freeze. I tried to shake it around and melt the mouth piece with my breath, that only worked twice…and then just as I was loosing the feeling in my toes (60min) from home the entire bottle tuned solid.
Even with the cold and icy snow cutting into my face it was a pretty good ride…Hey, I got out on my bike, in daylight..and no rain…..that’s a lot better then most this time of year.
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Hey Mike,
Sounds like you are the "tough-man" as usual. Out in the cold and rain, piling on the miles. Hope you're also finding time to tip back a few "warm" beers. I could never get used to that but then again all the Brits seemed to be drinking Bud the last time I was there.
I've been in New Zealand for a couple of weeks. Got some riding in in-between site seeing and visiting family. Lots of climbing.
See you back in the states.
~David
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