Cyclocross tires on the Surly, Lake winter boots on the feet and layers as dictated by the weather.
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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.
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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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Thread: How Will You Get Through Winter?
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11-03-2008, 04:49 PM #1
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11-03-2008, 07:22 PM #2
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Hmm, wouldn't that kind of weather have dictated armwarmers??!!
Originally Posted by Jenerator
Cyclocross tires on the Surly, Lake winter boots on the feet and layers as dictated by the weather.
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11-03-2008, 08:31 PM #3
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None of the poll choices worked for me. I ride the trainer all winter. Too much ice and snow and cold to ride outside once the snow flies. I can't ride my road bike again until the gravel is cleaned off the roads around the end of March. I sometimes ride my mountain bike in early spring but mostly I stick with the trainer. (And I run and swim and do yoga and weight training at home.)
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11-03-2008, 08:39 PM #4
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Biking all winter on my bike! If I don't bike, I don't go to work and get fired.
Plus it's been freakishly warm and beautiful for October/November in Wisconsin. I'm adding in some trainer time and swimming as well to mix it up, because my commute is only two miles.
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11-04-2008, 01:05 AM #5
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What a great picture! Originally Posted by Jenerator
Cyclocross tires on the Surly, Lake winter boots on the feet and layers as dictated by the weather.
Now that made me want to add a Surly to the stable. I was just reading Peter White's cycle about how the studded tires won't fit on standard road bikes (too wide). Umm, I would have vote +1 on some arm wear though.
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11-04-2008, 05:05 AM #6
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In response to Jenerators picture...Armwarmers???? Heck, I was thinking jacket!!!
Looks like fun to me, but I would have to be dressed alot warmer.
I ride if the roads are dry and 100% sure there is no black ice that could potentially be hazardous. Other than that, if there's snow, I do outside activities. If there's no snow and just plain cold. I have a treadmill and an elliptical in a little cubby of the house that entertains me.
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11-04-2008, 05:39 AM #7
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The picture was from last Christmas day. It wasn't that cold (right around freezing) and I wasn't out all that long. I did get a pair of arm warmers out of it though - a friend saw the picture and sent me a pair. For most of my other fall & winter riding, I do heed my mother's advice and put on a jacket.
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11-04-2008, 11:41 AM #8
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I love it! My AM commutes for the last couple of weeks have been in the mid 20 degrees. Last Saturday it warmed up to the mid thirties and it felt down right balmy. I made a comment at work about how warm it was and got a lot of "you're crazy" looks. Originally Posted by Jenerator
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