Cycling is easily loved during the summer months, but its unalloyed joys tend to become stretched by the time the clocks go back. The weather and vanishing winter sun conspire to inflict a damp, cold and pretty miserable experience on you.
You can’t do much about the whims of pressure fronts or the solar system, but you can mitigate the grimness and risks of winter riding with an ever-expanding range of protective and illuminating cycling gear. Here are a few ideas to get you going.
