No, before you ask, this is not me in winter training.  It is however some nut case you are probably thinking.  I mean if the snow on the ground and the blizzard he is riding into doesn’t suggest how cold it is, look at the person in the background!!  This image comes from a cycling site I came across the other day that I couldn’t help looking around and couldn’t help sharing with everyone. 

Icebike.org is a site dedicated to those that enjoy their cycling in the winter when the rest of us have long hung up the bike in the garage for the cold months.  Ok so this image is a little over the top as you’ll see when you visit their site.  This isn’t how they actually do it, NO NO NO, Not like this is how the site describes it, but more so biking in the snow in the correct clothing and generally trying to have a good time.  As their website says, the hardest part is the first 100 yards.

When you look at the photos you definitely get a sense that it looks alright and the crystal blue skies in the distance gives you that false sense that it’s actually warm looking.  Still, they give plenty of information on the correct equipment, clothing and techniques to do this sort of cycling with some excellent true stories to read over and aspire to (or not!!!).  No doubt the conditions are not always like the images on the front page but after all, if thousands of people ski every year in the height of winter, why not bike?

Visit their site, www.icebike.org