(ps..Rob, try to see the cold as wonderful fresh water cubes in your Lillet on a summer's 90 degree afternoon. Surprisingly the mental take is helpful, and the stressing at firing up increases the event. Let your mind carry you to that lovely crackled glass of Lillet and cubes. Also, for many it does really help to overdress your trunk as it does really aid in the hand and toe digit vessels remaining more open. Hands and feet behave much like that other digit which self protects when jumping in near freezing seas. (It's the self protection of the core so that the operating system has a shot at survival. ) )(enjoying your projects... keep moving!)
OMG! I'd forgotten all about that!
But a tip: no male should be required to ride a bicycle in the cold. Retrieval in some temperatures can be almost impossible, and cause panic that may be conducive to heart attacks in later life. Trust me on that one.
In his book,
The Moon's a Ballon, David Niven quoted a great instance of that happening up in an Italian (?) ski resort (probably from skiing, not bicycles, which could be awkward), and the poor victim rushing into the bar in high distress yelling "Cazzo gelato! Cazzo gelato!" I think I remember Niven saying it was resolved by the application of some Scotch. That 'solution' strikes me as sadistic in the extreme. But a reasonable use of the fluid.
With reference to another thread, it could well be an example of God having a laugh at her first stupid production sample.
In fact, it reminds me of the old days when I had an Exakta with those bulky lenses with the semi-automatic aperture stopdowner as an extension at the side, that fitted above the frontal shutter release. (Pressing that lump down also pressed the shutter button.) Clearly, the Laws of Natural Progression led to the better idea of keeping the good bits inside, confirming, as with the cameras, the better design of her second version of the product.
So far - so far - only those cameras and lenses have become obsolete.