For the last, oh, two or three months or so, EOB and I have had a standing ride on Tuesday mornings. I'm off that day and Eric ... well, he can write whenever he wants, really.
We've had brutally hot days, windy days, dog days (No, really. Days during which we interacted with random roadside dogs.) and, finally, cold days. Yesterday was the coldest so far.
Eric says the wind chill was around 4 or 5, and my computer on the way over was reading 17 degrees. Damn, already? Luckily, I know how to dress. And other than my face feeling like it was going to fall off for the 10 minutes, the ride was good.
I planned on taking pictures, but it was too damn cold. How cold? Eric's fingers were frozen until the last 20 minutes. And he did some science for you. You know those big-ass Pearl Izumi lobster gloves? Don't wear liners under them. He was frozen until he removed the liners — it can't get worse, can it? — and had warm hands by the time we were done.
Though the upper digits were plenty warm, the lower digits were not. My feet were frozen. I'm going to stop short of putting embrocation on my toes. I'm not sure if that burn would be better or worse than the standard cold sting of winter.
5 comments:
Try putting some medium on and between your toes, but avoid getting it on the tops of your feet. Works for me.
To be quite honest, Josh, that sounds terrifying.
What's the problem with it on your feet?
Try using the toe warmer inserts. They cost about a buck a pair (same as a GU) and work great.
Yeah, I've tried those, to very little benefit. I ended up taking them out because they did nothing at all.
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