Hey, back off there big fella.
I can't speak for the Gnome but I'm not scared of a bit of cold weather, or rain for that matter.
Have done 1000K days on more than 1 occasion in mid winter on rainy dayz.
And besides, decent weather down here is from early September till the end of April. That's 8 months by my fingers. Didn't even have to take my sox off.