My tip for the day is be alert to changing road conditions, which can be either obvious or subtle in winter. I had my first road riding fall in about 20 years this morning. I am a semi-retired educator and this is a non-working day for me. I was doing a multiple errand ride to spots 2 miles or so away on my old Bridgestone MB-2 with a trailer. It was 31 F with fog and the black top and concrete did not feel slippery but making a turn I slid out on paint marking the a cross-walk that had an icy glaze, apparently from freezing condensation. The markings were wide paint lines perpendicular to the crossing. I was going less than 10 miles and no significant damage to me or the bike but my helmet did contact the road. I have a second set of wheels for this bike that I keep studded tires on, but I like to postpone putting these on because they do feel appreciably slower. The studded tires work well for most winter conditions but sometimes slush can be a problems; that can float the tires enough that the studs won't contact the payment. I don't attempt to bike the whole way for my school that is more than 10 miles away even in warm weather so no on the main question. As for winter gear, I like this Salice visor. It works better than goggles over prescription glasses for avoiding fogging. Some cross country ski stores carry it. -Pete
http://xcski.gearwest.com/product/salice-antifog-visor/400465/393527/1172345/1872659 On Monday, November 11, 2013 10:24:33 PM UTC-6, Michael wrote: > > Just curious. > > My commute may get longer soon. > I had been doing partial commutes of 5.6 miles from a park-n-ride, but > would like to work up to the full 16 mile one-way commute one day. > A change in my family's work schedule (3 of us with two cars) may > necessitate this sometimes. > > Any Riv-peeps' cold weather tips? Gets down into the 20's here in the > winter. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
