A shakedown ride with #NightRiders in the #rain! To test my #bikepacking setup and my hand-made drybag holder I’ve stuffed it with things and hit the road. It held well over curbs, #cobbles and #gravel. I think I’m well prepared!😂😁
@ssamulczyk@cycling@rower Fact is humans should not live that far north as we do 🫣 Even with climate changes clearly visible now it is still cold as hell / too cold / not pleasant from October till early June! That is 8 months of cold + 4 months "okay-ish if not for the rain". And usually only 4-6 weeks out of that 4 months are properly "warm". I mean I ride bike all winter and have no problems with snowy -5C in Jan. But +5C every morning at mid May? Planet Earth comme on 🙆♂️😁
@ati1 Yeah... And a few couples of days ago it's been +27... I've been cycling whole year for years, but the last winter has broken me. It has been exceptionally cold and humid and it should have been cold but dry... @cycling@rower
Today I’ve done a few things, but the one I’m most excited about is we’ve gone for a #night ride and we’ve booked our lodging for June Baltic #bicycle trip! Apart of that, it was cold as fuck, insufferable…🥶
We also went to a picnic with friends to burn Marzanna (en - Morana, an effigy) to chase the Winter away and spent some nice nature time with the family!🥰
It was unbelievably cold today. 5°C felt like winter and I regretted I didn’t wear the winter jacket… I also started looking for some heated gloves, because I have no idea how I’m gonna survive the real winter…🤡
@ssamulczyk@cycling@rower I could recommend "lobster" or "split mitt" style country skiing mittens/gloves. Better than gloves because your adjacent fingers warm each other but your middle and index fingers aren't tied to each other. Maybe get a size larger than normal and you can wear thin merino wool gloves underneath if it's really cold. YMMV but heated gloves never ever seemed worth it even at -15°C.
This is what I mean https://varuste.net/en/p100526/swix-endure-split-mitt
#Night#Gravel goes on despite my toe taking the colour of a a ripe plum. I already regret this in the morning, but also I’m getting ready for a 6am ride as we speak, so I will regret it even more…
@ssamulczyk@cycling@rower 😁
Just your average winterbiking Canadian here... We had a high of 11C yesterday. But it could snow again this week.. In fact, we kind; f hope it does. Wildfire season has already started 😟