Devious Chuckle — anyone else ;)

[vvill]

That was definitely one the things I hated the most about driving in winter here.

[culimerc]

I will miss my heated seats tho.

[GuyContinental]

On the other hand, it easily takes me 10 more minutes to get ready in the winter, even when everything is laid out in a neat line at my door- shoe covers over lugged MTB shoes are the bane of my mornings- 05:00 this morning I was lying on my face on the hardwood floor of my foyer and slowly spinning trying to stretch out my leg in such a way that I could get the &%#$ zipper over the heel of the shoe… there was much cussing. Then, tights + bibs + jacket + liners + lobster mitts, I realized that I had to pee…

It took me a few miles to regain my ‘smug’ and then my light (that I’d forgotten to charge) died. It’s still better than driving

[Terpfan]

I did need a minute or two to add some air . I hadn’t ridden in two weeks between work, being sick and then the holidays. Felt good to be back on the bike today, even if it was cold.

[vvill]

@GuyContinental 36435 wrote:

On the other hand, it easily takes me 10 more minutes to get ready in the winter, even when everything is laid out in a neat line at my door- shoe covers over lugged MTB shoes are the bane of my mornings- 05:00 this morning I was lying on my face on the hardwood floor of my foyer and slowly spinning trying to stretch out my leg in such a way that I could get the &%#$ zipper over the heel of the shoe… there was much cussing. Then, tights + bibs + jacket + liners + lobster mitts, I realized that I had to pee…

I keep my toe covers on my MTB shoes through the cold season, and I ordered Moose Mitts which should take care of my hands. I know what you mean though, I typically lay out all my stuff the night before and it still takes awhile to get it all on correctly. I don’t own tights, but do use legwarmers – I put one on slightly sideways this morning and zipped it up before realizing. Instead of unzipping and restarting I tried to twist it around correctly which was stupid.

I’m really happy with my merino wool base layers though. I just wear that and a wind jacket and I’m all good. Lately I’ve been riding a bit in just jeans/trousers – I barely miss the padding (hooray for out of the saddle single speeding) and the temps are low enough that I don’t need anywhere as much wicking.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@GuyContinental 36435 wrote:

On the other hand, it easily takes me 10 more minutes to get ready in the winter, even when everything is laid out in a neat line at my door- shoe covers over lugged MTB shoes are the bane of my mornings- 05:00 this morning I was lying on my face on the hardwood floor of my foyer and slowly spinning trying to stretch out my leg in such a way that I could get the &%#$ zipper over the heel of the shoe… there was much cussing. Then, tights + bibs + jacket + liners + lobster mitts, I realized that I had to pee…

It took me a few miles to regain my ‘smug’ and then my light (that I’d forgotten to charge) died. It’s still better than driving

See, I’m kinda the opposite. If I get ready at home on a cold winter morning, I almost always have a long, hot shower and take my sweet time to get ready. When I ride, I still dawdle, but it only ends up taking me 10 minutes to shower/change once I actually get to work…so overall, I think my “bed to butt-in-chair” time is probably less if I ride.

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