i wore shorts yesterday!

[SadieKate]

me three... but around here that means drought this summer. We are having the driest winter in about 100 years.

Not good for the big picture.

formica

Geez, the drought, then the volcano, what next? While noCal hasn't gotten the deluge that soCal has, I still worry when we get a early, warm spell. I immediately start worrying about fires. If we don't get the rain now, it ain't never going to come.

[cruziegirl]

The few times I have lived outside of California I have found it absolute torture to be sitting up to my bum in snow and hearing people tell me how warm and lovely it is in LA/SF/SD or wherever in CA. I remember one year I was sitting freezing it off in Connecticut and after talking to a friend telling me it was sunny and 70 in the Bay Area I got off the phone and burst into tears! A tad of an extreme reaction, I admit, but gads, I was sure tired of the damned snow! And the Cabin Fever was unbearable! When I was in Tucson, AZ on business I met a woman from Minnesota who was an avid mountain-biker. She said that during the winter she used tires that had spikes on them Goodgriefamighty. How you ladies put up with snow, ice, etc. and stay in such good sprits is amazing.

[nuthatch]

What good spirits? I'm cranky, jealous, flabby and ready for spring!!! No, really, you California girls give me hope!

[LBTC]

quite a few of the riding guys around here used spikes all winter. one commutes to work, the others all ride for fun. they rode trails that were covered in ice and packed with snow. Me, I have an aversion to landing on ice. I suspect I'd break too easily! ha! there were enough factors to keep me off the trails all winter, but now the frost is barfing out on them and they're all muddy and icy....so....in the interest of not damaging the trails, we wait a few more weeks. it will be so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet when we get out there finally!! Anyone have an idea how long it'll take me to get over strep throat so I can ride (and kick) hard again???

oh, and our days have been reaching 17 celcius. plenty warm enough for riding. shame about the bacteria....

Namaste,
~T~

[cyclingnewbie]

We have lots of riders in Ohio that ride all winter too. I don't like to ride in the rain, let alone in snow and ice. I don't have any desire to fall off my bike because I was trying to ride on ice! I stick with my trainer until it gets too cold in the garage, start again when it warms up a bit, and gain weight until spring. And then, in the summer, I complain bitterly about it being too hot. I really am very hard to please!! At least I don't have volcanoes, floods and mud slides to contend with too.

[cruziegirl]

quite a few of the riding guys around here used spikes all winter. one commutes to work, the others all ride for fun. they rode trails that were covered in ice and packed with snow. Me, I have an aversion to landing on ice. I suspect I'd break too easily! ha! there were enough factors to keep me off the trails all winter, but now the frost is barfing out on them and they're all muddy and icy....so....in the interest of not damaging the trails, we wait a few more weeks. it will be so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet when we get out there finally!! Anyone have an idea how long it'll take me to get over strep throat so I can ride (and kick) hard again???

oh, and our days have been reaching 17 celcius. plenty warm enough for riding. shame about the bacteria....

Namaste,
~T~

Not to sound all Death, Gloom and Destruction but strep throat can be tricky so be sure to give yourself plenty of time to fully recover. Strep infections are really quite nasty and can weaken your resistance to other even nastier things like rheumatic fever. So take it slow and listen to your body.

[LBTC]

Strep infections are really quite nasty ... So take it slow and listen to your body.

but I don't wanna! heh. In theory this all makes sense. just having some trouble with the practicality of it.

I guess I can try kickboxing again on Monday? yeesh I sure hope so!! I can't imagine how I'll feel and look if I miss more time than that!

thanks for the reminder, cruziegirl. I'll try to be good...

Namaste,
~T~

[annie]

What are shorts???
The high temp here today was 28 F. But at least we don't have snow...yet...... Might get a bit tonight. I concede the worst conditions to my sister riders on the east coast and those up north. And my heartfelt empathy goes out to you. It is SO difficult to be enthused on an indoor bike after you've had a taste of outside............

annie

[massbikebabe]

What are shorts??? Today when I took my kids to school after a 2 hour delay because of an ADDITIONAL 5 inches of snow, it was -1 at the bank I drive by... The only shorts I am wearing these days are boxers over my long johns...not to mention the two pairs of socks and the gore-tex parka, and boots I had on. When I came home to shovel the winds were so strong I was getting blown all over the yard...so I quit, went in the house, made some coffee and read bike magazines all day while I watched my neighbors slide down the hill in their cars. The only positive thing I did was help my son prepare a mailing for the M.S. ride in June...we will go if it don't SNOW


karen
we all have our breaking points