If there are any notherners or canadians out there I would love to hear some " stay warm suggestions"
Use the car.
If you must ride in the Great White North:
Don't ride in snow or ice unless you have a sidecar.
Your main enemy is the wind. Stop the wind from blowing on you/through your clothes, and you'll stay much, much, warmer.
Outer shell of clothing must be windproof, leather, stiff plastic, whatever. Good cycle rain suits double well as windbreakers.
If you are not allergic to wool, it'll keep you very warm (if you put a windbreaker layer over it.)
Full fairing/windshields that stop wind from blowing on hands is great asset. Back in the day they made "hippo hands" which were very large leather balloons around the bar controls your hand fit in - again kept wind off your hands.
I used to ride in the rain, snow, whatever when young (lived in Vermont). Got tired of it REAL quick...now I give it up when it gets below 40 F. Today I'd do it if was a very short trip in very light traffic.
I have many fond memories of it pouring down snow so hard I could barely see, kept wiping off face shield, trying not to slide out...and cager was tailgating me!! Would get off road, let them pass, get back on...immediately another cager was tailgating me!!
If you hit a patch of black ice at 65 mph on the hiway while surrounded by cagers (if you live) it'll be an experience I guarantee you'll never forget!!
For what it's worth...Moe.
Interesting fact: Vermonters have 137 different words for snow...most of them obscene.
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