Location: Sheffield
Winter: Not really
Still riding normal tyres and wearing shorts. Went to Wharny and Grenoside yesterday and the jacket got stuffed in the backpack. Had a proper lazy afternoon jump session and ended up in a beer garden. It was mint.
It's only raining a normal amount and it's unbelievably mild. All my Gore-Tex and Seal Skins and fluffy skull caps and mud tyres are gathering dust. I know it's probably a symptom of some rapidly approaching global catastrophe but I'm trying to appreciate it.
Just wondering if this is everywhere or are some people being hammered by snow and ice? Has anyone experienced the Daily Express's mythical 'weather bomb' yet?
South Coast.
No, doesn't look like a Winter will happen until March 17, probs last for 2 days when the whole of the South will grind to a halt.
You can all thank me. After years of basically riding in my summer gear all year round, I finally bought some waterproof shorts and a more wintery jacket. And I put on the most over the top mud and gnar tyres for my local singletrack. Been lovely ever since!
Location: NE Scotland
Winter: Mild - with some proper weather on the horizon! Only two days until it starts getting lighter everyday so 🙂 🙂 🙂
North Devon and it hasn't kicked in yet although I know it's here because people are running around like headless chickens, spending money like it's going out of fashion all for one single day of overindulgence. I was in Exmoor yesterday and it was like a spring day at times.
Location: NZ
Winter: Nope 😉
Paris. A little chilly and grey today but its been mostly clear and bright with little rain (hence all the polution)
Location. Calgary - Western Canada. 😀
Winter: Oh yes. Today it's finally warmed up to 0C but the past two weeks has been frigid with day time highs (using the term loosely) of -20C.
Sweamrs went out for a quick ski tour at the weekend....
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Location: Kent
Winter: Not even close
Never seen such a prolonged dry spell. We've had no more than a handful of rainy days since July and often weeks without rain. I'm still on summer tyres as the trails are still running great which is a minor miracle considering the clay based woods here are normally a complete bog by now.
Scottish Borders, and no - 8c on our ride Sunday, had it colder in summer 🙂
Location: Sweden
Winter: it came and it went
had shed loads of snow in November, last two weeks it's been between minus 15c and up to 8c today with rain. crazy
Location - Saltburn.
Winter - Had an al fresco bacon sandwich and coffee for lunch, sat near the sea, so definitely not.
Oslo - there was a nice bit of snow in October, then it warmed up. Now it's plus temps and damp in the day, and clear & freezing at night which means it's icy surfaces galore in the mornings. And CRC haven't delivered my spiked tyres yet! 😥
I reckon ill have winter in april.
It was a bit chilly in Sheff today. Had to zip my coat up walking home from work.
Location: Fife
Winter: Yes, definitely, but not harsh.
Been quite dry, and generally mild (~8°C) during the day, but barely above freezing when out riding in the evening. Definitely full on thermal riding kit.
Aviemore. Ask again in 48hrs.
Wellington, NZ
It's pretty damn good here at the moment 🙂
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Hobart Tasmania
Winter, been and gone a few months back though there was snow on the Mountain at the weekend.
Apart from some inclement rain looking at a nice 20's Christmas perfect for getting out.
Pretty cold on ride this evening in Hudds. Daytimes not so bad.
Location: Hong Kong
Winter: Apparently
Based on the locals are wearing we are in the middle of a permafrost, otherwise its usually a pleasant 20 plus degrees or so, or riding season as we call it.
Finally the South Downs have turned boggy and slides in places but a few weeks ago my mud tyres were hammering off rock hard frosty trails. Driest winter in years.
stumbled upon an article in the express about snow in the sahara (by mistake honest).... cue the climate change is a scam/fraud/conspiracy in the comments and this is obviously proof that we are heading to new ice age while completely ignoring that we've had about 7 days of frost in the last 3 years in southern England (3 of them this november). The weather here has just been damp dull dreary and lifeless for most of December today was the exception but I had to wait in for the gas inspection man 🙁
[url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/20/stunning-photos-capture-rare-snow-sahara-desert/ ]brexit bugle has some photos[/url] I feel dirty.
Location: Sydney
Winter: I am enjoying my second summer of 2016 8) (moved here from Sheffield a few weeks ago)
I am enjoying my second summer of 2016 (moved here from Sheffield a few weeks ago)
I call BS everyone knows Sheffield doesn't have a summe
At home - NE yes
Chilly 15 degree mornings
On holiday at the beach, not so far, although pleasant in the evenings.
I miss the weather at home, 200km away
Location: Auckland Fine and 24
Today I'm building a greenhouse in the garden for the SO.
Last week we were up North in the Bay of Islands and it was fine and warm there too.
Edinburgh. Yes. Usual winter if a recent mild spell. Mild and damp on a westerly. clear and cold on an easterly. NOt been much frost yet as its been mainly westerlies.
Kinlochleven, not yet
Location: Manila
Winter: Yes, as I'm not sweating [i]all[/i] the time at the moment
Location: Darwin, Oz
Winter: No such thing, its either hot and dry or hotter and wetter. Right now we're in the middle of two seperate Tropical Storms, so its pretty bloody miserable. Even worse im stuck on oilrig, so its a case WattBike or no bike!
Location: Whistler
Winter: Definitely. A relatively toasty -4 in the village today, up from -16 a few days ago. Cold enough to give me frost bite after 3 hours of skiing on the mountain. Plenty of snow about as usual, but much colder than the last 2 winters that I've had here.
Perth, Western Australia. Summer. High's of 41c in the shade and a billion degrees in the sun. Rostered day off. Too hot to ride. Wife in bed after vomiting in the night, 5 year old son having a sofa day as he's got squits. 2 year old daughter crashed out as she was up at half 4 "I'm not tired Daddy".
Total fire ban in place, lots of parks and bushland closed due to huge fire risks and high winds too. Too risky to get out and ride and tbf, too bloody hot. Will be in the pool this arvo!
Wearing boardies and a Bintang vest...;)
I am enjoying my second summer of 2016 (moved here from Sheffield a few weeks ago)
I call BS everyone knows Sheffield doesn't have a summer
How dare you, Sheffield does have a summer. Usually one day in July. Typically when I'm at work...
Mid-West Wales.
Had a couple of hard frosts, no snow yet...plenty of fog and rain obviously, it wouldnt be Wales otherwise!
west Norway and it came briefly in Nov and then left
about 7 C and pishing down today at the coast and even inland in the mountains there's little snow
Black Forest
Nothing, no winter. Clear and still, only -3 here... Will be traveling to Austria / Switzerland for good Fatbiking and looking forward to the Snowbike Festival, Gstaad, January.
There's time yet, have a look at this weeks weather forecast for the north.
Switzerland
Winter is definitely here, was below zero last weekend and has been pretty cold since November. It has been far too dry though, in serious need of snow on the mountains.
Paris.
We had a big cold snap a couple of weeks ago but it's back to nudging 10degrees again now. Not had any proper rain in a long while though which I think has been contributing to the pollution spike.
West Berkshire
Winter - pretty much. It's dark a lot, and we had a cold snap a while ago, not huge amounts of rain, but around historical average according to Reading Uni and EA data. Trails have been OK, but been doing drop bar dullness for a couple of weeks so not sure how they are right now.
South Downs/South Coast.
No, but Autumn runs in December here now, still got Pelargoniums flowering in the garden. The usually boggy woods are boggy but it's still pretty mild.
We had one night of frost 3 weeks ago. It has been very dry, i will look up the stats when I turn the computer on.
Midlands. A few cold days and hard frosts a couple of weeks ago but pretty mild at the moment. Dry though which is something!
Isle of Man - just the usual dismal, grey, dampness and due to get wetter by the weekend.
So all pretty normal then.
I came back all enthused after a summer of riding nice dry, dusty, rocky stuff in Greece - now I'm all unenthused and can't be bothered even considering riding anything but my old singlespeed.
Cardiff - Yes, it's late December in the Northern Hemisphere, so I am "having a Winter".
