Who had the chilliest commute this morning?

Was -7 on my drive in this morning in sunny ol’ Cheshire but my early morning run recorded -9 , which was a tad chilly.

-2c .  I cycled my mountain bike into work to help with dodgy road conditions. However, my dropper post wouldn’t work (wouldn’t stay up).  It’s not the most comfortable way to cycle with your knees touching your chin.

I assumed the cold had something to do with it as it was fine on the journey home.

I assumed the cold had something to do with it as it was fine on the journey home.

Most things shrink in the cold

My gear cable froze….no idea what temp was.

-7 in the shade this morning in Shropshire . The sun was very welcome that’s for sure.

-7°C, may have been too much for my heated windscreen 

Shouldn’t be a problem. At least it isn’t for the windscreen on our Skoda Yeti.

Disappointed that Mert beats me given I live close to the station with the coldest Met office observation from last night……….minus 11 at mine this morning.

was working until 5am so I missed this morning, woke up at 12:10 😂

Someone said it was -7 on their way in though.

-17C with a windchill of -25  (Calgary – Canada).

Yeah, yeah dry cold but I can assure you that it’s still brisk at these kind of temps.  Enough that Sweajnr did complain on his 5 minute walk to school and sufficiently cold that they won’t be getting any outside time today/  Balmy compared to the -37C (windchill of -50) this time last week which was totally nuts even by local standards.

Far from the winner here, south east, a balmy -1C this morning! Coldest was Tuesday, -3C.

It’s cold enough. Can’t regulate body/skin/clothing temperature. Internally get warm, externality get cold, push the pedals to warm up then get sweaty… And cold.

Temps going back up to 11C next week looking at forecast.

-4 on my 15min commute, I wear 3/4 shorts all year round though. Keep thinking about troos, but I don’t want to lose any man-points.

Mini Ransos really didn’t enjoy cycling to school this morning. -5, was a bit brisk.

Walked the dog in -5C this morning as the sun came up. Rode the bike in a balmy -1.5c to collect the car this evening as the temp falls further. Tomorrow I shall commute by folder to Elizabeth Line station, then ride in the velodrome. The ONLY indoor cycling I enjoy. I like the dry cold. 3C and damp is the worst weather by far.

And sealskinz gloves with Icebreaker merino inserts. Fine in -5C when I rode the club ride on Tuesday night.

Not commuting, I went out for “fun”. My fingers were agony when I got back in the house and they started to warm up.

I was pushing the gravel bike over a frozen canal bridge last night on way home from work and could see a lad in his 20’s on an mtb riding up the other side, I thought he’s doing well then he got out of saddle towards the top his rear wheel spun and nuts/stem became one.

Minus 3 this morning for a run along the seafront. Bit draughty up the shorts!

-3 this morning  and -1 one the way home – went off road on the way home took my first “Off “of the year on some black ice into the dirt. Was fun though dry trails on the cross bike.

-7c near Dorchester (Dorset) this morning (Friday). Dropped the car off in town for MOT/Service then cycled home off road on the local tracks which were great frozen solid, a bit different to a couple of weeks ago when it was a slog thru many inches of gloopy mud. Got some nice pics of frosty landscapes.

-15°C, but I’m cheating by living in Norway 😋

-6 or so here.  Not commute, just for fun.  Even the New Forest bogs were mostly rock solid – a very rare event

another cracking morning for riding…. slightly spoilt by a dodgy gunked up valve and a mountain morph pump suffering from cold withdrawal symptoms.

Don’t know about commute but my hands were throbbing from deicing Mrs g-d’s car and checking it over before a long trip. 

I did see a former colleague posting pictures of his naturally formed slush puppy in a water bottle on (I assume) the South Downs this morning.  Full blown ice in the bottle lid.  

Mind you the pace he rides it was probably mostly wind chill. Like Speedy Gonzales in bicycle form (but with better manners).  

Only minus four for me, but that’s still way too chilly for winning this willy-waving competition! 😉

I did one of my usual rides yesterday morning and the Explore 2 registered -5 which is pretty unusual for the Somerset Levels.

I was pleased that I made it round as I do suffer from the cold, but it was nice and bright, which helped, and there was mercifully little wind.