As you all well know I'm biking to work all the year despite the weather conditions. It is all about the way you dress. Proper clothes, boots and gloves to suit the weather. The same goes for the bike, I change tyres to studded ones when the winter arrives and use synthetic oils for greasing. I have a totally encapsulated 7-speed Shimano hub at the rear. No complicated levers and pivots that may freeze and get stuck.
A protective bikers helmet is mandatory in Finland. As is a flashlight at the front. You have to dress yourself in reflective vest and other reflective stuff because 95% of the drivers in Finland are blind and/or doesn't pay any respect to STOP-signs.
This is what i looked like yesterday ( -27 C in the morning) when I arrived home:
winter tyre:
Nuff said...
Last Wednesday (Epiphany) as it is a holiday here in Finland we went to my mothers house out in the archipelago to help some people to carry away some furniture we sold them. I will write more about that in another blog.
It was a crisp and clear day and before we left for home I took my D70 out for a spin:
The harbour in Björkö is hibernating
Then I shot some pictures throgh the car window as we drove home:
