I feel like you kind of get it and you turn your car on and you close the door and you're like, thunk, you're just locked into your own little box and you get out on a bike and it's it's freeing.

I started winter biking about four years ago, and I hated it the first time I did it, the first year.

When people think about the equipment and gear that you might need for winter biking, it seems like it's all this expensive stuff.

And the reality is that you don't really need expensive stuff.

You can use any bike.

I just wear like these are just regular rain pants that I found at a thrift store.

I'm a big fan of using the plastic grocery bags.

You put your foot inside that and then put your wool sock over the top, and it's a nice little free vapor barrier.

I hear a lot that people are.

They just assume that it would be miserable to bike in the winter.

It can actually be really enjoyable when the snow is falling, and it's really beautiful and peaceful and you're going at a slow pace and you can just take it all in.

The Slice, from WDSE WRPT.