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Fairing Fairly Well
Might be something to do with the weather, again, I've explained a few times in the last week how to use newspaper as a toe warmer. Today I finally upped my cellulose insulation game with a cardboard wind deflector for my hands. A number of years ago, I rode up to Greenfield in the winter, and north of the heat generating urban development of Amherst, I found I wasn't wearing nearly enough glove. My hands were cold! So part way between the falls of Miller, and those of Turner, I availed myself of some roadside detritus. No, it wasn't anything as chic as a lost pair of work gloves, but it served much better: a cardboad box! I'm a fan of a poor-man's-anything, thus the newspaper in shoes, and not just because I'm cheap. If you want to stay warm, look to the masters: people living rough through winter without a house. Paper can be an amazing insulator. Heck, it fills my attic space to the level of R60, and as my friend Todd, damn powerful cyclist, and energy effici...
