Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Brownlow wrote: > > I cycled to work in Toronto through the whole of last winter, in > temperatures down to -12 (after that I got a cab) but I was never > actually cold. In fact I was usually too hot. The maximum I ever > wore was a pair of goretex pants over fleece long johns, a thin fleece > undershirt, and a windproof shell. Add a pair of mitts, a neckwarmer > and a skullcap under my bike helmet.<<<< John Collier responded coldly ;-) > Toronto is nasty in the winter because it is so humid. Out here on the > bald prairie, we have no humidity at all. You can either have -30C or > humidity but not both. My personal record is -33C in a blowing > snowstorm. For me the fun stops at about -25C. After that it is just > plain hard work as the clothing you have on makes it difficult to turn > the pedals. Below -30C I wear snowmobile boots which are very > inefficient cycling shoes :-) > > Just call me DaKook of the North. There are a surprising number of us > and more each year. It is a blast.<<<<<<<, I truly beleive both you guys have been out in the cold tooooo loooooong! ;-) ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html