Excellent advice! Pogies with liner gloves are a game changer. So is an internal gear hub. As for clothing, I find it best to wear just enough layers to feel cool but not cold at the beginning of the ride, because after 10-15 minutes of pedaling you will get warmer and removing layers in the middle of a ride is inconvenient.
Agreed! It feels counterintuitive to feel a little cool or even cold to start a winter ride but if you start too cozy you often end up drenched in sweat 😓
Honestly while editing this I forgot it wasn't winter...I kept feeling relieved when I looked out the window and there wasn't actually any snow on the ground yet 😵💫
Ya after the temperature drop last week it felt like snow was coming soon, hopefully we're safe for now. Good video btw, I didn't know about the plow tracker.@@urbane-cyclist
When I was first starting winter commuting I did little to no preventative maintenance ( and not enough ongoing maintenance during the winter) and had the same thing happen! It actually wasn't only my shifting that got frozen - my old cantilever brakes froze too!! Since then I usually opt for single speeds with disc brakes to keep things simple and running smoothly.
