Throw on the fat tires! Lower the tire pressure! Swap out the SPDs for some BMX platform pedals and put your Stay Gold foot retention straps on. Layer on as many clothes as comfortable. Now go ride!

Today’s temperature may have fallen in the same range as the age kids go to school, but that’s no excuse to not go out for a bike ride.

Actually, it’s a very good reason not to go for a ride. It’s, technically, fucking cold outside. But no play will make Jack go crazy, and we’re trying to keep that at a minimum these days.

So, for all of those feeling cooped up inside during these winter months, I say, “pssh!” Getting outside and riding is merely a function of how willing you are to 1) freeze your ass off 2) commit to riding on crusty, snowy roads and 3) ignore how warm everyone else seems in their cars and homes as you pass by. Basically, you are partaking in winter-series urban cyclocross. We just need more cowbell.