Riding your bike to work or school, even when it is only 20 degrees F outside and the streets and sidewalks are covered with snow pack and ice is one way.
I wrote in this post about Boise bicycle commuters and my own limitations. Since then, I have taken to the streets on my bike, weather be damned! Unfortunately, the two days on which I have ridden my bike to work so far have been 1) during a snowstorm and 2) immediately after a series of snow days when the temperature was forecasted at 14 but fortunately climbed to 20.
I just kept telling myself to think of the polar bears and their melting ice sheets!
Honestly, it's not too terrible. Here is what I was wearing today:
winter biking tights
jeans
wool socks
cotton short-sleeved t-shirt
polypropylene long-sleeved shirt
cashmere scarf
my very toasty North Face jacket with quilted liner
polypropylene skull cap
wool took hat
bicycle helmet
biking gloves
By the time I arrived at work, my core body was overly warm, but my finger, toes, and face were very cold. I could have used my face mask (couldn't find it this morning) and some additional protection for my hands and feet.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
How to Help Slow Global Warming
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2 comments:
The Madeline and her sister will appreciate your sacrafices, so don't give up. Tricia
Thanks for the support, Tricia, Madeline, and baby sister. I will persist. I also rode my bike to class last night and it was coooolllllldddd when I rode home in the dark at 9pm. Cold, but not impossibly so.
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