One more ride report before it get's really cold here. Yesterday I set out in the morning to ride from my home in the East of Winnipeg to a place called the Forks which is a junction of 2 river's, the Red and the Assiniboine. Distance a bit over 8 miles each way and the temp was 20 below C when I started with little to no wind and temp rose to 14 below with a light wind at ride's end. I started around 10:30 AM and home by 3 PM. Average speed for the first 2/3rd's was 16 kph then the trike suffered a bit of a mechanical issue with the rear cassette and in order to prevent slippage the speed had to be held under 10kph. The best part was that the wind protection of the body really came through. Foot protection was a pair of felt pac winter boots then jean's with thermal longjohn's and a T shirt with a pull over sweater and a zip up hoodie followed by a fairly cheap high visability jacket. Head covering was an insulated beanie type of thing under my helmet. In the first 15 minutes of riding both top layer's had to be almost completely unzipped due to heat, that was constant till near the end of the ride when I got a bit chilly and zipped back up. The only part that I could feel the cold oddly enough was the heel's of both feet, the trike has no floor and at the bottom of each pedal stoke the back of feet were in the wind. For my hand's a pair of snowmobile mitt's with a chemical hand warmer in each - I really don't like like cold hand's and if it had proved necessary to do anything with the mitt's on the warmth would be greatly appreciated. This trike has electric assist and has 2 lithium ion batteries, one is several years old and is used as a backup and the main one is slightly over 14 AH. Since this thing is heavy, prob right around 100 lbs it is a power hog. Also the lith ion batteries are like people for temp preferences, extremes of hot or cold are bad. The cold really cut's the range, in my case the roughly 16 miles was the limit of range for the main battery. This issue will be addressed shortly with the use of some rigid insulation around the batteries. They generate heat while in use, insulation should help. I had occasion on the previous weekend to speak to a fellow who ride's an e assist trike here in the city due to health issue's, he had a stoke some time ago - and he is very knowledgeable about the batteries. He keep's his in an insulated bag on the rear of his trike and monitor's both the outside temp and the temp in the bag. It was about 5 below outside and his batteries in the bag were running about 10 above C. He take's no chances and carries a charger always and if he has a stop of any length look's for a plug in. Walking is a real issue so he is careful about being prepared.