Winter Commuting

After 2 days of having to de-ice the Rover for 10 mins in the morning and 10 mins in the evening for a 5 minute journey I decided that riding into work is preferable to the frustration of having to de-ice. Weds morning was -5Deg on the way to work and I tested out the new textile trousers which kept most of the cold at bay. Riding home was not at much fun. Although it had warmed up to a very pleasant -1Deg the roads had become super slippy. I had one of the biggest moments on the viffer I have ever had. On the exit of Tesco’s roundabout I flicked from right to left and the bike shimmied, bucked and weaved and I do not know how the bike didn’t go down. I will claim it as amazing bike control but in reality I know it saved itself once I had relaxed and let it ride it out. Maybe the big bags of spuds, carrots and leeks in the backpack ruined the weight distribution?

Riding in these conditions is not fun in the same way as on dry, grippy, summer roads but it still gives me a buzz a car never could. Maybe it’d dodgy the iced up, vision impaired cages? Or maybe the buzz comes from making it to work staying shiny side up?