My Kind Of Town

Tip of the hat to Paul over at Bike Commute Tips

Way to go Chicago. You know, I was kind of leaning towards the Colts before I read this story from Reuters…

“People are getting hot about cold biking,” he said. “We don’t have hard stats but we see more people every year on the street when it’s cold.”

I am a bit confused about the four socks comments. My ride in was 8 degrees yesterday and two pair kept my feet overly toasty. I didn’t even use the cut out plastic bag corner trick. My guess is the commuter in question had MUCH further to go. Regardless, I now understand the above comment about cold biking; it is, (you knew it was coming) cool!

Just remember, it is all about the layers people. Now, if I could just keep my mocha latte from freezing on the way in…

Public photo from Superburschi (who has some very cool pix on flickr)

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