1st ride of the year + gear review.

Set out this afternoon planning on riding up to dodge park, but as usual I didn't bother checking the weather and was woefully under dresses for the wind. So I headed east to CB hoping for at least marginally better conditions. Only rode for bout an hour and a half.. didn't take much before I was hurtin. I'm not sure I even sat on a bike in December.



The good thing about today's short and boring ride was that I finally got to test out the new tires, hat, and pants I got for this winter. The tires, some maxxis cross tires I got at extreme were pretty good in the snow. Not that this snow was a big deal by any means, but juding by the tracks in the snow I had a lot better luck than the cyclists that came before me. The 02 rain pants I got worked pretty well over a pair of tights. Not as warm as I hoped, but with shoe covers on, I was bone dry. And the new hat I bought? Almost awesome. Its a insulated cycling catp I got from the trek store. Looks cool, pretty warm, but just not big enough to cover my dome and ears. Looks cool, but one size fits everyone but me.