What I wear at 8 degrees with a southerly
Every layer from the skin out, and the one I take off at the top of the first hill.
Latest letters
A letter every Tuesday about riding through the week: the weather, the kit and the miles.
Arm warmers or a long sleeve? My line is 14 degrees
Why arm warmers win on a morning that warms up, and when a long-sleeve jersey is simpler.
Riding home in the dark on wet roads
Lights, where I ride in the lane and the two corners I take slowly every night.
The rain cape that lives on my rack
A cheap cape against a proper jacket, after a whole winter of both.
Climbing into a headwind without blowing up
How I pace a climb when the wind is in my face, by breathing, not by numbers.
A clean chain in ten minutes, in a hallway
The rag, the brush and the drop of oil, on the floor of a flat with no garage.
Commuting all winter: the bike, the bag and the shed
What I changed on my bike for the winter, and what I leave at work so I never ride wet.
Overshoes go on below 10 degrees
When my feet get cold, why overshoes beat thick socks, and when they come off again.
The Southerly
A letter every Tuesday about riding through the week: the weather, the kit and the miles.