Brrrrr.

I was spoiled by the December weather that was in the high 30's and even peaked into the low 50's at times. Since about the first weekend of January, Michigan has been hit with ice storms, then extreme cold, then snow, then some more extreme cold and so on.

So, seeing a relatively clean road surface, and temperatures that seemed survivable to me, I started out this morning in 19 degree weather. After 40 miles, my sweaty hands got really cold, my legs were shot from 6 weeks off the bike, and my toes were numb. The forecast doesn't look promising with another batch of snow coming tomorrow, so I'll take what I can get when I can get it.