Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!nsc!nessus From: nessus@nsc.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Cold Feet Message-ID: <2198@nsc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 15:09:37 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.2198 Posted: Fri Jan 11 15:09:37 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 02:03:13 EST Distribution: na Organization: The Patriarchy of Kzin Lines: 33 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** This was posted to net.cycle by mistake. My apologies to net.cycle. In 1973-74 I used to ride my bicycle everywhere I went in the St. Paul- Minneapolis area. The areas I used to ride in were often very open and WINDY. with temps in the +10 to -30 degree range not including wind-chill. Yes, I did get ODD looks when I rode to work in January. Anyway, here is my story... The bike I had was a 10-speed steel-framed american-made touring bike. To solve the wind problem, I attached a transparent umbrella to front of the bike frame, so it wouldn't turn the wheel in the wind. If the temp was below zero and the wind was blowing, I would open the umbrella and crouch down behind it, looking through it to navigate. For clothing, I wore my parka, with the hood tied tight around my head, but not tight enough to restrict movement. There was >1 hat on my head, a scarf around my neck, tucked into the parka to keep the wind out and to keep the scarf from getting caught in anything. For the torso, I wore a sweater, sweat-shirt, or lighter jacket/coat. On my legs I wore thermal underwear or >1 pair of pants. My feet were covered with >2 pairs of socks, covered by shoes and heavy rubber boots. >1 set of gloves or "snow- mobile"-type mittens covered. I NEVER wore gloves(the kind with 5 fingers), always mittens. By the time I got to work, a ~45-60 minute ride, I was usually perspiring. It was a lot of fun overall; error(wipeout) recovery was almost always a trivial matter because of the heavy padding of the above. I never had to challenge a motor vehicle, however. To make emergency stops it was a {usually} simple matter of riding into a snowbank. I never used any toe clips because they could have injured me in a fall; also the bike didn't have them. Hope this helps Kchula-Rrit P.S. Also, I forgot: YES, my mother(and everyone else) thought I was crazy.