i dont miss winter riding one little bit. i lived in michigan for a number of yrs and there were times when the only transportation i had was my bike. i remember once leaving a 2nd shift job when the weather had turned cold but the roads were clear and dry. i had to take the highway to get where i was going and at one point had to get off the east/west to go south, the cloverleaf type entrance to it was great, a sweet sweeping curve that got tight as you came out of it and was always fun (one of the only serious twisties in the area) so i was used to hammering down thru this curve. well what i didnt know that night, was that a watermain had broke and had flooded that curve and darn if it hadnt frozen over. i know you can guess what happened next,yep, the bike went one way and i went the other, i didnt think i was ever gonna stop sliding. there were cars traveling in the southbound lanes and how nobody ran over my bike i will never know. i was able to get up run over to it, pick it up and ride it home. the bike and i were virtually unscathed. i never took any winter riding for granted after that. clear roads or not i was always prepared for what could happen, blind curves were always taken with a little more caution hahahahaha but i remember stuffing magazines under my jeans to cover my shins and newspaper in my jacket to protect my chest. the best pair of gloves i ever owned were Air Force issue wool with leather over. even wore them when i was ice racing on the lake and they always kept my hands comfortable. NOW?? for crying out loud 50f and i am going home. when it go's from 80 to 50 thats a 30 degree drop, ITS COLD hahahaha think about it, you guys up north when it drops 30 or 40 degrees in a day, say 50 to 20, admit it, its cold. nope i dont miss winter riding at all!!!
