Winter using within the mountains. Ideas, workarounds.
For thirty years I’ve been extraordinarily lucky to dwell within the San Francisco Bay Space the place, because of the gentle climate, I may bike 12 months spherical. That ended, like virtually the whole lot on this at present loopy world, in 2020. I’m now a full time resident of Truckee, up within the Sierra mountains of Northern California. It was a superb Summer season of using up right here — highway, gravel and mountain bike — however as soon as November rolled across the handwriting was on the wall. I’ve come to the stark and apparent realization that year-round using is completed. My final trip was the primary week of November and my fingers had been so frozen I couldn’t unzip my jacket or unbuckle my helmet. This can be a trade-off I'll fortunately make for a complete Winter of downhill snowboarding, ought to Covid allow. Nevertheless, we at the moment are again within the restrictive “purple” zone — my health club has re-closed and I concern for one m...