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View Poll Results: Getting Through Winter

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  • I ride all winter long. Snow, rain, or sleet I am on my road bike.

    25 32.47%
  • I will go the the gym and ride my road bike on the nice winter days.

    35 45.45%
  • I ride my mountain bike or go snow shoeing or skiing to get me through the winter months.

    11 14.29%
  • I hybernate all winter long and pick it up when spring arrives.

    6 7.79%
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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Eastern Indiana
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    373
    Ride outside if it's dry. Below freezing and wet = bad. Other then the cost of winter gear, not bad, just fewer miles and not as fun. I just bought some Sidi Hydro Gore-Tex Winter Boots, so I have high hopes, as my feet have always been my week spot.


  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Riding my Luna & Rivendell in the Hudson Valley, NY
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    8,411
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. SR500 View Post
    Ride outside if it's dry. Below freezing and wet = bad. Other then the cost of winter gear, not bad, just fewer miles and not as fun. I just bought some Sidi Hydro Gore-Tex Winter Boots, so I have high hopes, as my feet have always been my week spot.

    I like riding my bike in the winter with these on, and lots of yummy wool socks:
    my boots

    Lisa
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  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
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    403
    So, I just moved to a new town, new job... new house... etc. I am a few blocks from work and my goal is to commute all winter long on my bike. I have been riding it around town every day and I love it (I used to live 35 miles from town). I won't ride my good road bike in wet or icy conditions, but I bought my Surly to do just that. If I take good care of her, I feel like it's okay to ride in crappy conditions, that's her job. I am close enough to cross country skiing to go at lunch if I choose, but my biggest goal is to actually ride my horse through the winter this year... lofty ambition, I know

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Eastern Indiana
    Posts
    373
    Quote Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl View Post
    I like riding my bike in the winter with these on, and lots of yummy wool socks:
    my boots

    I don't think I can attach cleats to those...

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Bay Area, CA
    Posts
    550
    I'm in the Bay area and while we do get weather, it's usually just really windy rainy days like today. I will ride on my trainer indoors, but I usually ride indoors even in the summer in the morning as I like an hour workout at 5AM. The rest of the time I'll ride outside.

    I also like to use the winter to cross train - especially with weights - so I do more concentrate weight work. And this year I absolutely have to drop 20 pounds. So, I'll use this time to do that, too. Hopefully.
    Christine
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

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