Love it.
Bike Forum
winter............love it...............anyone else??
-
Posted 1 year ago #
-
love it
Posted 1 year ago # -

Posted 1 year ago # -
i don`t mind a really sunny frosty day but Riding bikes in snow is not much fun at all.If we get plenty snow like last year i will be going skiing a way better day out than pushing a bike through snow.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Winter and the ice, errmm nope, still got the scar from last winter! now autumn oh yes! temperatures nice for biking, the ground is sticky and loads of grip, meaning quicker speeds. Just wonder how the monkey will hold up to the winter.
Posted 1 year ago # -
The gloomy days used to bring me down,, so we swapped our summertime hols for winter sun 10 yrs ago helps me no end , this year it was Cyprus in feb,next year it will be April ,helps my sad no end and means I get a full summer in England , have you ever noticed you always miss the best 2 weeks of summer if you go abroad
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hate it - goes on for far too long and feel a bit 'trapped ' by all that darkness
Posted 1 year ago # -
But riding helps
Posted 1 year ago # -
Just been out to pick up the Thursday night ruby, it's got that burning log sort winter feel with alight chill, mmmmmmmmmm maybe winter can be alright, now where are my lights?
Posted 1 year ago # -
I've done bugger all riding this summer, shoudl have done loads but always end up putting the miles in over the winter. Maybe it's because I don't have the freedom to do it as much with the daylight hours I'm not sure but nothing beats a morning ride on a frosty morning and being the first to break the icy puddles. Not as keen on riding in the snow but a 5 mile ride doesn't half get you fit although saying that I do hope it snows like last year. Kept the pikeys off the road during rush hour
Posted 1 year ago # -
im an 'Autumnal' person myself, i dont like weather too hot or too cold (autumn suits me fine)..... then as it nears cooler december i just dread the numb feet scenerio.... must invest in some thicker socks this year..
Posted 1 year ago # -
I like a good prolongued hard frost to solidify the bogs on the moors a bit..
I REALLY don't like the idea of getting stuck in a bog..
Posted 1 year ago # -
lol yunki (man or mouse ? bogs are funny ! yaaaaaahh you dont know a bog till you stepped in it ! stinky too... and its 'snow joke' wen ya loose ya shoe half way down the bog too !
Posted 1 year ago # -
slithering around muddy trails brings a smile to my face (usually relief that i am still on the bike) cold crisp snowy days hard frozen trails are good I ve got a new light for the night rides so bring it on ......by mid February I ll be dying for dry trails ,not having to wear thermals and daylight
Posted 1 year ago # -
lol yunki (man or mouse ? bogs are funny !
I've always imagined people getting rescued by military helicopters from the bogs and marshes round here.. or vanishing into the murk never to be seen again.. or at least getting stuck and dying of exposure..
Haven't you seen the neverending story..? The bog of eternal stench..? Or that harrowing film where the boys pet pony gets drowned in a bog..?
Bogs suck.. someone back me up on this with horror stories please..
Posted 1 year ago # -
Thanks for this thread everyone - really cheered me up about the impending winter this year, reminding me how it kept me sane riding through the last one.
It's odd for me, once I'm there I like all seasons and the changes they bring, but I really don't like the feeling I get end of July / August. Feels like summer is slipping through my grasp at that point and that I should have 'done more' with the summer - even though I have actually invariably done loads anyway. I'm much happier now I am in September.
Pic from last winter. It was marvellous, wasn't it?
Posted 1 year ago # -
20.c, no rain - what's not to like...
[/Sunshine Cost, Australia]
p.s. Actually, I do miss snow & cold (a bit, it's never proper cold here), but not that brown sludge stuff that coats your car for 8 months of the year!
Posted 1 year ago # -
It's still summer. It's still summer. It's still summer. It's still summer. It's still summer. It's still summer. It's still summer. It's still summer.
I'm not convincing myself
Mind you, I think my favourite ride this year was at Climachx in fresh crispy snow in bright sunlight in Jan. 'twas lovely.
Posted 1 year ago # -
love all the seasons. autumn is super cool tho.
Posted 1 year ago # -
mmmm seasons. Forgot about them.
See, it's not all sun and frolics in paradise, well it is, but the metaphor stands.Posted 1 year ago #
Topic Closed
This topic has been closed to new replies.

