December riding (outdoors), anyone?

[SheFly]

YIKES! On Weds this week we went out on the CX bikes for our regular practice. It was a bit snowy with ice underneath in places. You had to be pretty careful, and one of the women in our group did end up hitting the deck pretty hard. Still managed a full practice, and I stayed upright.

Today is another story! All of that must have had enough sun during the days to melt some, and is now a giant ice sluice. DH and I just went to do openers for our races this weekend, and it was downright scary and dangerous! We opted to go out and do spin intervals on the road instead - much safer!

So, still riding! Racing tomorrow with a storm coming in. Question on whether Sunday's race will actually happen (we're supposed to get a foot, and the race is in CT where the storm is supposed to end with freezing rain and ice - racing is fine, but getting there and back might not be). After today, I think our CX riding is done for the year - at least around here! The pending snow will be good for the fat bikes though!

SheFly

[ridebikeme]

Ohhh have fun this weekend Shefly!

Still riding outside here in Maine as well, although only on the Fatbike. THe trails are nothing but lots of ice, so hopefully the snow will cover all that with a good covering and it's time ot either buy/make some studded tires.

[SheFly]

Ridebikeme - see your PMs!

SheFly

[Veronica]

We rode on Sunday - shorts and a lightweight long sleeve Ibex shirt. 7.5 miles with 1500 feet of climbing and descending. I think it was about 55 degrees.

Thom got anew bike - a Black Friday deal on an Ibis like mine. He's thrilled. It's nice to float over all the divots made by the cows.

Veronica

[SheFly]

Sweet! So glad to hear that Thom got a nice new ride too.

We went out on the fat bikes on Monday night after our 9 inches of snow on the weekend. Temps were in the teens starting out, but falling quickly (into the single digits - it was 0 here Tuesday morning). We mostly rode on the plowed bike path, but did find some trail that had been packed enough by walkers that was totally rideable. We got another 6 or more inches of snow last night, so I think it will be x-coutry skiing tonight! Looking to try to get in some fat biking up in ME over the holiday break, though!

SheFly

[marni]

I could call today's ride a strip tease ride. It started out at 30 degrees so I was in Texas mode cold weather with wool under layer, short sleeved jersey, long sleeved jersey, wind vest, shorts, tights ,glove liners and regular gloves and wool socks. The ride was two hours and ended in 70 degree sun. I ended riding in my short sleeved jersey, unzipped and flapping, my tights rolled up above my shorts, glove liners, wind vest, glove liners and wool socks stuffed into my back pockets. I looked like a humped back troll but it was a beautiful day otherwise.

[Crankin]

It warmed up to a balmy 33 yesterday. I went x country skiing.