I'm getting ready for a mtb ride this afternoon, and a look at the weather says 32* wind chill of 23* with a 30% chance of snow flurries. If you reside below the 32*of latitude then this is not a good day to be out and about, as for you people who reside in a more Northerly climate -it is probably a t-shirt and shorts kind of day.
Location, Location, Location.
I should be counting my lucky stars that I am actually getting outside and not having to shovel 26" of snow to do so. Sure we all want nice sunny days to throw a leg over the saddle and get some miles and hours of freedom. I would prefer to sit on the couch and watch episodes of syndicated nothingness until I want to buy everything that is advertised, and I really do think that Depends would be a great way to watch more TV. I digress, I have decided to brave the elements along with a couple of guys that for some reason want to take the "hard-man" approach to doing this thing that we like to do.
I am going to get "suited up" to go ride. I will, when I get back -through the magic of time travel, let you know how my little jaunt was. If I survived, had fun, was miserable, so stay tuned. As my sister says "ciao for now".
I'm back, showered up, recovering, at least as good as I can be right now. I put in a hard day on the mtb yesterday, and then followed that up today with a real roaster. I'll write about that later. Anyway, the weather was really not much of a deterrent, well it was livable. The digits were a little cold and had to stop a couple of times to bring them back to life. You kind of need them to put the brakes on, the toes were cold, but not frozen -at least I thought. When I got in the shower I realized that my big toes were in fact frozen, nothing a little hot water couldn't fix.
Conclusion:
It is great to be able to get out with friends and ride, even if the thermometers say it is FREEZING outside.
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