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skyl4rk
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I used to pedal bike commute to work year round. We get a lot of snow. It works fine but I fell one time too many on ice. You go down fast and it hurts bad. However, when the road is dry or wet, you can commute no problem. Snow covering is not that bad. But you can't always tell if there is ice and thats the problem.
I rarely had problems with being too cold, the problem is when you start to sweat from too much clothes. I would generally wear street clothes, a sweater or fleece and a nylon anorak. leather work gloves and headband/ear covering. This gets you down to about 20F.
Below 20F and in high winds a face mask is key. The best face mask I have found is a neoprene type. I usually buy a new one every year trying to find a good one. (I walk one mile to work, often in blizzards and 10F temps).
Road salt eats up your bike, you will need to clean it and recondition it each spring.
I have had fun in the snow while motorbiking, but 60 miles would be too far for me. three or four, OK. But more than that, I would not do it in under freezing temps.
I rarely had problems with being too cold, the problem is when you start to sweat from too much clothes. I would generally wear street clothes, a sweater or fleece and a nylon anorak. leather work gloves and headband/ear covering. This gets you down to about 20F.
Below 20F and in high winds a face mask is key. The best face mask I have found is a neoprene type. I usually buy a new one every year trying to find a good one. (I walk one mile to work, often in blizzards and 10F temps).
Road salt eats up your bike, you will need to clean it and recondition it each spring.
I have had fun in the snow while motorbiking, but 60 miles would be too far for me. three or four, OK. But more than that, I would not do it in under freezing temps.