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I haven't written much lately, but I also haven ridden much lately. I was travelling around Northern BC for work and I had a cold so the last few weeks have been a write-off when it comes to cycling.

On Tuesday, I had wished I rode as I sat on the bus for close to 2 hours for a bus ride that is usually 35minutes (1h bike ride) due to an accident on the bridge. Did I ever wish I was riding that day.

So today I decided to ride. I thought I dressed pretty well, but going down hill from Lynn Valley to second narrows is a very cold ride.

Whenever I think of riding in the cold, it reminds me of an article that I first read in rec.cycling when I was in university. I guess I must have read it when it was first posted, or around that time anyways. I was thinking of it this morning and decided to see if I could find it on the internet. It was surprisingly easy to find I just did a search for "winter cycling popsicle ottawa" and came up with about 15 copies of the article. I will reprint it myself as well (I'm assuming there is no problem with that, as many others have also done it):