Persistence in the face of cold allows me to keep going. I have to ease into the winter riding much like I do when swimming in cold water…

The following day? A rather abrupt drop in temps, and I had errands to run on top of that. Out came the stuff I hadn’t touched in months: thermal undies, gauntlet gloves, early-007-era wool turtleneck sweater as additional upper-body layer, and that small-but-important accessory HJC offers for some of their full-face helmets: a removable chin curtain. It all did the trick. Didn’t feel quite as footloose as the day before, but the ride was still mostly enjoyable.

As for later in the year? I have been daydreaming about heated gloves…

Urban centers certainly have far more options to get around that we have here in central Pennsylvania. But when you have a Vespa, what else do you really need…

I don’t know — I guess winter riding is just a whole different ball of wax. It’s neither simple or easy. But it is satisfying…

David has a option in really lousy Toronto weather; the subway is not that far from where he now lives. Having lived south of Eglinton Avenue near Avenue Road and worked in the west end of Toronto, close to the Kodak Canada head offices.
Appreciated the buses, trolley coaches and streetcars of the TTC on more than one cold frosty winter’s morning. Mornings when most two wheeled conveyances were tucked away from the howling snowstorms and icy winds. Then there were the sidecars on motorcycles that the Metropolitan Toronto Police
used for official duties; don’t know if the fall ritual of attaching sidecars to Harley-Davidson police motorcycles is still in vogue or not.

Hitting a mental barrier when it comes to riding just to ride, this working from home has so many advantages to include no commuting but sometimes, I almost miss it.

After my heart attack I am on blood thinners which have made me far less tolerant of the cold. It’s turned me into a southerner!

I feel that way more and more.

I hope to one day simplify my thoughts — moving from a swirling chaos of voices to something black and white like you describe. Perhaps I should give up on that and accept who I am.

I’ve ridden many times at -6F but I can’t go from the mid-60s to that overnight. I have to slowly build to those temperatures. It was warm this morning and cold and spitting snow in the afternoon. We should have some temperate weather for awhile though.

Love those snowy days with nothing sticking on the roadway. Great landscapes for photos.

I wish I could be like you and have a simple evaluation. Unfortunately my brain gets in the way on many levels. Seems like everything in my life is a battle at times…

Salt… My poor Vespa has endured ten years of heavy salt.