[Closed] What do you do over the winter?

Same as the rest of the year.

Yep same as above

Single speed. But you don't need a beard - a scarf will do to keep your face and neck warm.

Carry on riding adjusted to where the trails are likely to be a bit drier - they never dry out here in Swansea anyway!

Add in a bit more running, and a few more CX rides.

It's only cold and wet after all...

Turbo, road ride and swim, one muddy MTB ride per week is enough.

put down layers of body fat and hibernate in the pub until spring.

Ride a lot less off road
Ride a lot less on road
Run an awful lot more

Change to winter bike & carry on riding.

Get far better at bike handling than I am in the summer!

run more, ride on road, once a week gym, swim. Go faster on the commute as its colder

Riding is better in winter

Wash my bike after every ride rather than every month.... don't think I fully understand the question...

a) Yes
b) Yes (No beard though)
c) Yes (well, wear a headband)
d) Yes (but all year round)
e) No

carry on commuting but occasionaly go on MTB off road when weather is really bad
SS for MTB use
Run - well at least once to remind me whay I hate running and why it will never really happen
Wear more clothes

Maybe its a southern thing, the natural stuff is hard work (muddy)
The 'trail center' (Swinely) gets reppettative and the fun stuff is just getting trashed (e.g. jump gulley).

Winter is great - no stinging nettles, can check out new cheeky trails as the leaves are down, fewer walkers and slipping and sliding helps the handling skills.

Nothing better than riding from your door and returning 4 hours later with mud everywhere, in desperate need of a hot drink and the kids looking at you thinking they have more sense.

Single speed also helps.

Carry on riding. I don't get excessive wear from the mud. Hope sintered pads and putoline chain wax. Bearings don't seem to be affected either

Ride more often and buy Mucoff.
Sunday race or long road.
Tuesday fast club night off road.
Thursday solo night or turnos.
Saturday short road or off road with my son.

I love the cold days in winter normally go for a 2 hr blast before work in the frost. Did my first spinning class the other week will probly do a lot,more it anything I ride more in the winter than the summer

carry on as normal but generally in long sleeves, still wear shorts though 😀

I definitely ride a bit less overall. Having a low-maintenance MTB for winter is a big help. Having some lights permits occasional post-work outings too. Now the work-rush is over, I'm hoping to get back into boxercise sessions too.

Wear more clothes. Use bigger lights. Wash bike constantly.

If anything I ride slightly more as less family type commitments etc.

singlespeed MTBing and cyclocross races

Putoline chain wax is good, lasts ages over the summer, but IME one muddy ride can strip it off, but then again it probably outlasts most things, just not the 'last chain lube you'll ever need' I'd imagined.

more running , normally more SS - but i bought a rohloff for this winter .....

Same as the rest of the year

+1 but with more clothes

My road bike is my best friend this time of year.
Did 50 miles in the Surrey Lanes yesterday.
It was beautiful...

Fall off more.

Get out the mudguards I bought several years ago.
Revive the winter boots.
Put on thicker gloves.
Wear knee warmers.
Use another 1/8 of a bottle of Fenwicks concentrate.
Perhaps buy another brush to remove mud - only if feeling flush.
Get on with it.

More night riding!

I avoid road riding as soon as it starts to get icy and do more off road. I'm in Newcastle so it's alread sub zero some mornings.

I just wear more clothes and adjust routes to suit the prevailing conditions. When things freeze properly then it's like riding summer trails! I've been riding a singlespeed year round but I do tend to use the full suss less in winter. Not as many long rides and the faff of cleaning it mean I prefer my SS as I get more riding in (and fitness).

winter...........love it to bits.

b) my beard has now become the true indicator of winter's arrival at work, along with it's removal being the indicator that summer is on it's way

Same as always. Ride a bike (of some variety) each day of the week if I can. Tho, sadly, baby commitments mean that I can't ride the track this winter, so that bike is hanging folornly in my cellar.

I begged a lift to work this morning after looking at the road in our estate which was very icey. You can guarantee the back road to work will be much worse and i avoid the main road on the nicest of days as its too busy. So i will run in tomorrow and get the bus back.
Need a cheap car if this weather continues. 😕

I stop more to take in the views on crisp frosty mornings over the hills.

Love winter, ride the same but with watrerproof shorts, thicker socks and baselayers.

A/B
I ride a SS a fair bit throughout the year, not exclusively though
but definitely more during winter but again not exclusively
the beards coming along nicely this year 😆

I refuse to ride on ice - which can be a bit tricky.

Other than that, just more clothing.

I wash the bike and oil the chain a bit more often - That's it. Oh and I take a thermos of tea out.

Oh and I take a thermos of tea out

Tea from a flask is gopping!!!

Love the more challenging conditions in the winter. Still don't clean the bike, just look after the chain and the mud protects the rest. I have the beard but not the legs for singlespeed.

singlespeed
no beard
clean more often
3/4 length shorts + waterproof socks
charge lights more often
use more anglo-saxson swear words when falling off 😯

Love the winter. The rain. The snow. The mud. The puddles. The 'being outside in the bracing elements' feel of it.

Full size gloves (waterproof) and socks (waterproof) were out at the weekend.

Then many layers.

Then the merino base layers.

Then the neoprene shoe/boot covers.

Rohloff hub. No bother at all (considering switching it to full on SS in the coming weeks though).

Bliss

About 1 mile from home, here at the top end of the Peaks.

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