@MarkBrigham has a poll:

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite

25f don’t know how I settled on that but lower is too cold!!

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite #BikeNite A3. This is my 5th car-free Winter in New England. If I have to go out, there is no choice but to bike or walk.

If it's below 0°F, I still go, but although it has gone as low as -25°F here, with -50°F wind chills, it doesn't usually go much below 0°F. Tomorrow night, the forecast low is -6°F, with wind chills as low as -30°F.

Sunday's forecast high is 9°F, and I have at least 3 events to attend downtown. No worries, so long as the roads are dry.

@bikenite @MCDuncanLab @ascentale Agree, but my cutoff is higher. You’re tougher than I am.

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite I'm going to a local bar for the Superb Owl, but because the bar is close to my home, I will probably leave the bike home, so I can walk home tipsy, and don't have to worry about the fact that the bar doesn't have a decent bicycle rack, anyway.

Oh, and FTR, I *still* haven't bothered putting on my Winter tires.

@MarkBrigham @ascentale For short trips up to 5 km I don't really care, but longer than 10 km is also not my pleasure at all. Depends very much on the road conditions (as you said) and how warm & cozy is the place at the end.

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite #BikeNite A3: I cycled at somewhere between -6℃ (21℉) and -8℃ (17.5℉) for at least 10km (6 miles) during my winter holidays. I would try cycling with even colder weather, but I haven't tried yet, so I actually can't tell my lower temperature limit. For the mentioned -18℃ I probably need some more clothes, maybe something Neopren-like…

#BikeNite A3: I've been out in slightly sub-freezing temperatures (-5C) and it's not unpleasant if I've dressed properly. The worst is the cold air funnelling down my coat, from right under my chin. Chills the whole body.

But give me summer temperatures (30C) any day!

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite A3. I have a bad habit of getting really sick when I ride below 10/50. My body revolts. Happens every time so I just stopped.

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite I've posted about this many times before, but what I usually wear in Winter is regular lingerie, 120 denier blackout tights, and a sundress. Over that I wear Lands' End Squall insulated snow pants and parka, heavy waxed leather UGG boots, insulated leather motorcycle gauntlets, and a scooter helmet with a full flip-up face shield.

I add a sweater, wool socks, a neck gaiter, and a helmet liner, or switch to my heavier parka, if necessary, but it usually isn't.

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite I tuck my sundress into the snow pants, so that way, when I arrive at my destination, I can shuck the snow pants and not be overheated, especially if I'm going to be indoors for a few hours at a meeting or event. Usually, I have a cardigan or denim jacket under the parka, to protect it from my armpits, because my sundresses are all sleeveless.

If I'm running to the market, I'll wear a t-shirt and/or jumper under the parka, and that's usually enough down to 0°F.

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite

A3. Realistically, my minimum temperature is probably closer to -10C, mostly because my gloves and face are not up to the task.

But if they were... I'd be willing to try some -18C biking

#BikeNite

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite My coldest commute so far this year was at 0°F. My commute is 9.5 miles. Will absolutely ride shorter distances below zero. #BikeNite

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite If I could just keep my damn toes warm, I feel like there is no lower limit to temp. Hands are good, head is good, face is good, core gets too hot actually, but I cannot keep my toes warm. #BikeNite

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite I've done -40 before. Much prefer <-10C to -10C - 0C as the snow and ice is dry instead of slushy slop.

@bikenite @ascentale @gcvsa Zero Hero!

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite Honestly, the worst temps for riding are those just around 32°F (0°C) to 40°F (5°C), but that's because my Winter gear is too hot in those conditions, and my Summer gear is too cold.

I don't have good Spring/Autumn gear, yet, so it ends up being a hodge-podge that is never quite satistfactory.

For fitness rides to burn calories, wearing just activewear, my limit is about 50°F. I do my fitness rides exclusively at night, in Summer.

@rey @ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite Yeah, it's really the hands and the face that are the hardest to keep warm. I want to get some overgloves and maybe even heated gloves, but the face?

The best thing is my Shoei full-face motorcycle road helmet, but it looks kinda goofy on a bicycle.

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite A3. It hardly ever drops to freezing here, and generally always gets upto 10/50. Since I don’t have to bike anywhere, I just wait a while. #BikeNite

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite
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A3
"Willing" is a strong word to use.
Below freezing isn't particularly a problem as long as it's been dry. If it's icy, then no.

@ascentale @MarkBrigham @bikenite A3. I answered "Freezing" only because that's the lowest I've been exposed to yet. Not sure how it would feel to ride in 0F. #BikeNite