Even the frost stayed inside

I left my house at -6.1°C this morning at 06:00. The temperature is taken next to the house so I think it is a bit colder than that but let’s use that as a reference shall we?

Then, I rode with BopOp for approximately 65 minutes along the flattest route there is into Seattle and averaged 15.1 mph. The sweet spot for warmth vs windchill this morning was about 16-17mph.

Anything faster got too cold and more than about 2mph slower wasn’t hard enough work to maintain the proper core temperature.

Stopping at lights (or to tell stories) I found to be a rather chilly prospect. Too many stoplights on Marginal way ended up making my feet get cold.

Even my speedometer was cold. The LCD display was slow to change over to a new reading because the liquid inside was not so liquid; Kinda like the Duwamish river that showed a nice little crust of ice covering it this morning.

Lastly I added some little winglets to my fairing to get full wind coverage for my hands and that worked very well. They still got cold but not frozen.

So, my numbers today are as follows:

* 65 min
* -6.1°C air temperature
* 15.1 mph avg speed

and therefore my average windchill, for a new personal “best” 

* -19.5°C (-3.2°F)

UPDATE: Added pics, by request, taken with a friends iPhone. Thanks Christian.