I voted other, since I currently cannot bike. As soon as I am cleared, I will be outdoors or on my trainer. I also run and that will be outdoors year round.
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View Poll Results: How do you weather the winter months?
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I hook my bike up to a trainer.
19 25.00% -
I put my bike on rollers.
0 0% -
I take spinning classes at the gym.
4 5.26% -
I deal with the cold and ride outdoors anyway.
34 44.74% -
Cold? What cold? I can ride year round where I live!
12 15.79% -
Cold? What cold? It's summer in this hemisphere!
3 3.95% -
Other
4 5.26%
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Thread: Winter Cycling Options
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11-15-2006, 12:55 PM #1
Sell crazy someplace else
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11-15-2006, 12:59 PM #2
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Welp, I couldn't check off more than one. I do the trainer and I ride outside. Our LBS has a group ride so there were 18 of us there last night. I was part of a peanut gallery in the back, being incited to sing along with songs testifying to the endurance of a certain widow who lived on the moor and what have you... I couldn't tell you how others felt but it made things more pleasant for me
I managed to get my trainer there on the Xtra cycle... hoepfully I can tote my light bike there with the Tray Bien as soon as I get it. Our local dealer (we have one now!) is waiting on them...
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11-15-2006, 01:29 PM #3
I like bikes
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it wouldn't let me choose two, but i also ride in the winter. (and put my bike on the trainer)
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11-15-2006, 01:50 PM #4
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I ride through the Pacific Northwest winter (except on REALLY crappy days like this one).
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11-15-2006, 01:52 PM #5
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I checked other because I do 3 of these, trainer, spin classes, and ride outside when it's not too bad.
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11-15-2006, 03:33 PM #6
is no longer in NC!
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I don't care for winter riding much (cold, windy, dry air difficult to breathe when I'm breathing hard), so I cross-train. DH and I try to go on long hikes every weekend in the winter, though I plan to run some this winter since I am getting in that. Both hiking and running keep me a lot warmer than riding since I'm going a lot slower.
I go to the gym when I can at lunchtime (we have a gym at work) and use the treadmill and weights. I also have a road bike on a trainer and do ride that a couple of times a week.
And, when all else fails, I head south for vacation. We're going to Key Largo after Thanksgiving for five days of sailing! Now that's my kind of cross training!!
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11-15-2006, 03:47 PM #7
Head up. Shoulders down.
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I'll ride year round, as long as there's no snow or lots of sand on the road. I'll put 28's on the commuter and use that a bit more than the Seven, however.
I also will ride the rollers...maybe...I actually used them twice last year!
If we get lots of snow (rare in Maryland, but the bonus of them having no clue how to plow is I can break out the xc skis and toodle around the neighborhood before any plows show up), we'll go skiing.
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