My brother called me up to help with a job just outside of town this afternoon (self-employed natural gas technician / HVAC guy).
So I got to fire up the Blackfly and take it out to try to get the most recent layer of rust off the brake rotors.
25 miles, 74.6 mpg (US) round trip. -3C, partially snow covered/wet roads, but fairly ideal traffic conditions (mid afternoon).
This was on a cold start - he was planning to pick me up, but had a change of plans, so I had to go without having had the EBH plugged in.
The "cold car penalty" was clear: I was having a really hard time getting it over 60 mpg until about 1 third of the way into the drive.
You people with short commutes & cold weather must be
hurting.
Oh, and that's with the alternator on.