The List

Here is the list of things needed to winter bike in MN:

• Bike
• Tires
• Helmet
• Light
• Goggles
• Face protection
• Mittens
• Wrist warmers
• Jacket
• Reflective vest
• Elbow sleeves
• Long underwear
• Knee sleeves
• Wind pants
• Underwear
• Bike shorts
• Socks 
• Boots
• Panniers
• Frame of Mind

Over the next few weeks I will tell the story of how I arrived at my current place with each of these accessories.  Where possible I will show pictures and provide links to where I bought the stuff.  Of the things on the list, I owned approximately half before I started winter biking. They were normal day to day accessories of living through a Minnesota winter or normal season biking.  A ballpark estimate of the newly purchased items would be: $350.  More details to come...