Brrrrr!
Dec.11, 2007, filed under Miscellany
In case you were wondering, cos I know at least one of you has been, aye it’s bloody Baltic up here.
This is my first winter bike commuting in Scotland. I’m riding the fixed because it’s got better control on slippy surfaces. Last time I moved Fingal I got the “Where have you been?!” message. I even missed his annual birthday cake 🙁
What I’m noticing most of all is the CRUNCH. At first I thought it was ice but then realised that they salt the roads so much it looks like granular snow some mornings. As I leave the house at half six, I’m out there when it’s still really cold. Down in Devon I was overheating even in winter. Up here I’m layered to buggery and really grateful for the buff. When I was riding down south the restriction on my breathing was too much of an irritation. It’s so cold here at the moment that the cold on my lungs is enough to leave me wheezing and gasping like I’ve just done a 10 mile TT at full sprint even after the quick hike to the station.
Today and tomorrow I’m commuting to our office in Perth for a training course, and I’ll be sticking with the fixed despite the long climb up Glasgow Road, because of the ice.
If it gets much worse I’ll have to consider putting the ice tyres on…
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