The best guide to keeping hands warm while cycling in winter. Covers many of the less obvious techniques.
Warm Hands-Cold Bike: Keeping hands warm on a bike in winter
Category: bikepacking
Fatbikepacking Adventure With Teens
The teen years mean father and son trips are a lot lamer than they were when my son was young. Not that I’m slower, or less adventurous, but I’m just not as cool as his friends are. [as usual, click photos to enlarge.] The solution to this, is of course, to bring friends. (more…)
In Which My Friend Guy and I Stumble Into a Surprise Winter Adventure
My friend Guy is a super positive influence to take on bikepacking trips. He always has a new piece of home-made gear to show off, or a new idea to solve a common problem. He never whines, which is good, because we stumbled into a surprise winter adventure… The Sensible Part Our first night out…
Kootenay River Bikerafting Loop
I originally had a 4-day Kootenay River bikerafting loop planned for this weekend, It definitely involved hot springs. Life got in the way, and drying out an iPhone that had spent some time submerged, delayed the start and cancelled the 4th day, I set out from Radium late Friday afternoon. My bike was loaded with…
Solstice Weekend Bikerafting Overnight on the Bow River
Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it Ferris Bueller Where Can I Go Bikeraftpacking Near Calgary? I got myself a couple of packrafts this year, and I’ve been itching to take them for a long trip. Since quick trips involving rivers are generally…
Me, on the Bikepack Canada Podcast
I’ve heard that brevity is the essence of wit. This 3 hour conversation does not bode well for me. https://www.bikepack.ca/podcast2/2019/4/9/49-all-in-the-family
MYOG clothing
Clothing. Bike specific clothing is often not suitable for all types of bikepacking. After 4 days of riding, padded shorts lose their appeal as they gain in olfactory impact. I like to wear fairly normal clothes, but they don’t always hold up to the biking or to the cold. Pants: I find when riding bikes…
Another Quick Overnight With Jeremy and Girls
The Planned Group Jeremy and I had not gotten out for a bikepacking overnight since the weather turned winter. I planned to take my family, and invited Jeremy and some other friends to add to the fun. The Actual Group By the time Saturday rolled around, it was Jeremy and I and a daugher each.…
Not This Time
On a -40ºC bikepacking trip, I learn an important lesson, not about bikepacking in the cold, but about taking better care of indispensable equipment.
Heat Exchanger Masks – a Love Story
How I Started Caring About Heat Exchanger Masks Back in the 90s I started riding my bike to work after a hiatus of a few years. My coworkers would regularly ask me if I was going to be like Tom, a notoriously all-weather rider. As winter came on, I realized what most people who cycle…
