Day 2 of Loving Winter 2020: Memories

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I #lovemnwinter, today I love memories!

By Patrick Weber (he/him, they/them)

Patrick is a 24/7 bicyclist with heart of neon glitter love of snacks. You can follow their bike adventures on Instagram @prince_of_glitter

MEMORIES

2 Years Ago Today

  • Digging my bike out through thick snow in my driveway… Walking my bike when the roads got too deep for my Raligeh commuter bike to plow through… Learning how to pizza cut when the roads were mediocre but I was still too stubborn to bus to work because it was my first winter bike season…
  • Note to future self: buy bar mitts, get wool gloves and socks, invest in actual winter boots instead of using old hiking shoes #probsuffered #frostbike #ohyeah #livenlearn
Teal Raleigh commuter road bike with front studded tire, old road tires around handlebar; femme transmasculine winter cyclist with brown boots, jeans, grey jacket, mulitcolor scarf, white goggles around neck, teal handband under lime green helmet; background is inside Cycles for Change with open shop sandwich board hours behind cyclist to the right.
Pictured: Teal Raleigh commuter road bike with front studded tire, old road tires around handlebar; femme transmasculine winter cyclist with brown boots, jeans, grey jacket, mulitcolor scarf, white goggles around neck, teal handband under lime green helmet; background is inside Cycles for Change with open shop sandwich board hours behind cyclist to the right.

1 Year Ago Today

  • Never ending dark morning ride to work but biking provides me the most warmth and happiness I need to get through the temp gig in the burbs… Bus ride home provides interesting opinions on how people view winter bikers as I put my bike in the racks… One of the morning bus drivers recognizes my red Banjo Bros backpack, and says they are impress always by my strength when I ride in the morning…
  • Bar mitts saved my hands from further damage… Wool socks have saved my toes… REI big boots saved me from further frostbite and helped me hike over snow hurdles on the sidewalk corners from the never ending snow winter we had…
  • Still need better wool gloves as the wool mittens with fingerless option did not work out
A little blurry but still visible- point of angle is down to show front of bike with bar mitts covered in snow and frost, left handle bar side has teal bike bell, front white light on and in the center of handlebar, right handle bar side has silicone phone holder with no phone in it; background/below the bike is the Greenway covered in snow with tire tracks and shoe prints to the left of the bike.
Pictured: A little blurry but still visible- point of angle is down to show front of bike with bar mitts covered in snow and frost, left handle bar side has teal bike bell, front white light on and in the center of handlebar, right handle bar side has silicone phone holder with no phone in it; background/below the bike is the Greenway covered in snow with tire tracks and shoe prints to the left of the bike.