Extreme Winter Biking

So I've done a few winter rides. It's cold, sure, but it's fun. I've never had a strong to desire to get out in the cold and do any kind of extreme riding. Everything I did was limited to short >10 mile rides.

But after running across Jill's adventures as documented on NPR's site I started considering it a little more seriously.

Wouldn't it be cool, after we conquer the CT or the GDT that we go out and do a short 100 mile winter ride?

Regardless of your biking ambitions, her blog is well worth checking out. She documents all her training as she prepares for the Iditabike - a 350 mile tour following the Iditarod trail. In Alaska. In February.

This woman is all kinds of hard-core!

Jill also posted a few links to some '80's style documentaries about an Iditabike race back in the day.

For your viewing pleasure I'm embedding them below.

Part one:


Part two:



Part three:


Crazy thing - they did this on old-school skinny tires!