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Tried out my new Seirus Stormsocks and Garmin Forerunner 305 today. Did about 4 miles in the snow with temps in the teens. The socks worked very well. No coldness during the entire ride/hike. I'll definitely be putting these to use for winter riding.

The Garmin 305 is incredible. A GPS and heart rate monitor in watch form. Amazing features and functionality in a small package. I mounted it to my handlebar and occasionally glanced down to see my heart rate, which went up to 171 at one point. The Garmin Connect website has a pretty good breakdown of the ride/hike. This gadget would have been an incredible tool back when I was serious about training for track and cross country. It will be very neat to use for my riding nowadays, recording tracks/routes, heart rate info, mileage, etc.

I ended up hiking at the end of the ride today. My Nexus hub finally seems to have bit the dust. I've abused it fairly substantially and this older Nexus hub does not have good sealing, like the newer ones. I'm not sure what I'll do, maybe buy a new SG-8R36...

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