[Bent] Riding when it's cold

[Jules D. Zalon]

Actually, you don't really need a velo to stay comfortable when it's 
cold. I wear 2 pair of wool socks inside a slightly larger pair of 
Specialized Defroster waterproof boots; but the real trick is my Mueller 
Windwrap fairing, the XT (the smallest one they make). In anything above 
20º, my tootsies are just fine. The only "parts" that gets really cold 
at the lower temps are my nose and my fingers, but then only slightly. 
We generally put out enough heat just moving the pedals.

Before an arthritic knee forced me away from running, I used to 
regularly run to Newark from Maplewood -- exactly 10k -- to catch the 
train to New York City, wearing only a running jacket and shorts. On 
really cold days, when I would pass a bus shelter, women huddled 
together and shivering would often yell out that I was "crazy." The joke 
of course was on them: Steam was rising off my body while they were 
freezing cold.

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JOHN TETZ wrote:
> Shelly wrote;
> >That's why I have to laugh when my neighbors can't believe I still 
> ride to work in the snow!
> .....I don’t necessary ride in the snow but I have been riding just 
> about every day thru the winter.
> The most often asked question is "Do you have a heater in there?" My 
> answer ,Yes its me - I generate enough heat - the vehicle does the 
> rest. Bicycle equals seasonal riding - Velomobile equals all year 
> transportation. 19th century vs 21st century.
> John Tetz
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