-40C

So it got colder than -41C this week. Not for the whole week, and thank goodness I was in Seattle for the coldest period, however when I returned on Tuesday I still biked to work in the -35C crisp cold. I plan to take a picture to show you how I dress up to deal with this weather. Actually keeping warm is easy except for three places: feet; hands; face. All three areas can be kept warm with some high quality gear (but it doesn't have to be expensive). I get away with snowboarding gloves ($25 at Canadian Tire) instead of $100 "Winter biking gloves." The same goes for the boots... good old winter boots rated for -40C work awesome. To keep my face from getting too cold I use a nice alpaca scarf for temperatures of -25C or higher, and a "Jesse James" style bandanna for anything colder than -25C.