I went for a little half-hour jaunt in the countryside between Wilsonville and West Linn... beautiful, but COLD. My hands were numb for a couple minutes after I got back... and that was with thermal liners under my leather gloves.
The wind was pretty gnarly. Gravel everywhere too, but no big deal... I assumed it would be, so I wasn't getting rambunctious in the corners. I just had to go for a ride.
Cold? Yep. Gravel? Yep. Windy? Oh yeah. Still worth it? Definitely.
I got my fix for the next little while.