January rides -- outdoors!!

[ny biker]

I am really not liking this winter so far!! I hope the colder-than-normal trends to not continue.

Fortunately we're not expecting much snow with the coastal storm that will hit the northeast tomorrow night, but they're calling for a blizzard on Long Island where my parents live, so I am concerned for them. And then we will all have very cold temps to end this week. Brrrrrrr.

[gocard]

I also had my first ride of the year - 25 miles on an old mountain bike I hadn't ridden in at least 6 years. Now that I mainly ride my road bike, the mountain bike certainly feels more sluggish. I feel like I burned more calories on the bumpy trail than on the road although Mapmyride claims otherwise! Happy new year, everyone! May 2014 be filled with lots of great rides and smiles.

[Catrin]

They are calling for highs next week of ZERO and perhaps not THAT high!!!!!!!!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkk (pulling warm blankets over my head and not coming out until spring)

[Veronica]

8.5 miles for us on the mountain bikes. Gorgeous weather, low sixties. I'll put more about the ride in mountain biking.

Veronica

[Crankin]

Yup, tomorrow night through Sat. AM is going to be around 0 F or less. Snowstorm starting at 4 AM, going through Friday at noon. I already cancelled my morning session, a meeting, and definitely the afternoon. Tomorrw's snow is supposed to be intermittent, getting heavy tomorrow night, but I have about 130 miles of driving and there is no way I am doing that, even in a small storm.
Can't wait to start my new job, and this is one of the big reasons!
But, the x country skiing will be awesome this weekend, with temperatures rising after the morning on Saturday.

[SheFly]

We started the year off yesterday with a team ride - temp was around 20-25. We managed just over 34 miles on the road.

It's definitely been cold here in the Northeast, and looks to continue. I rode outdoors every day in December but 5, and will probably see a similar trend in January (though I do have to go to Florida to visit my parents one weekend, and am not taking my bike). The fat bikes have helped - we've been riding in really cold conditions (Christmas Eve in Bethel was about 10 degrees) and in the snow. Despite the blizzard that has started here, we'll probably ride today/tomorrow as well.

SheFly

[SheFly]

Ooff. I don't know that we have reached "blizzard" status here yet, but the snow has been falling steadily since we got up. DH and I decided to head out on the fat bikes before it accumulated too much. All I can say is that was decidedly un-fun. Under all of the snow, the trails were complete ice. I fell no less than 1/2 dozen times, and determined that bar mitts are great for good riding, but terrible when you are trying to break a fall. The good news is that I just have a couple of bumps and bruises. Oh - and the temperature was 16 when we started, and 12 by the time we got home! BBBRRR!

SheFly

[SheFly]

Looks beautiful, but under that snow is a LOT of ice. In fact, I am crashing right behind this photo.


Slow and steady trying to stay upright.