Bozemans newest bike team managed to get three riders out on the roads today.
Ryan, Paul and I headed ten miles west of Bozeman in the car and hopped out of the truck onto dry roads and countryside that didn't have a flake of snow. We filled the shoes with toe warmers, put on our fuzzy ear muffs and filled the bottles with watered down whiskey.
We set into our ride marveling at the 30F temps, lack of traffic and lack of snow.
After an hour of riding, three dirt roads, one interstate and one small town we noticed that the wind was picking up and the temp was dropping. Ryan suggested we turn around and hit up a different route on the way back to the truck. 4 miles later we were back at the small town and it was dumping snow. We stopped at the gas station, warmed up, ate food and explained to the locals that since we could balance on our bikes there was no need for chains on our tires.
The last hour of the ride was cold and the snow kept picking up. By the time we reached the truck the roads were actually turning to ice. I think another half hour would have seen us falling over.
Despite the snow it was great to be outside and it reminded me that I can ride all winter without snow by driving 10 minutes west to town. (The snow that fell today will be gone in a couple of days).
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