December rides...

[north woods gal]

Sheila, anytime you're in the area, we can find plenty of those off road miles for you. Just let me know.

Had an icy rain/snow mix right at the freezing point, all day, and my skis didn't have the right wax for it. They iced up, immediately. Too lazy to re-wax, so just did some indoor miles on the trainer. Figured it was safer than taking the fat bike out on the roads. Cars were slipping all over the place. Not good.

[Crankin]

We have the choice of riding or x country skiing on Christmas Day. It will be 37 here and about 29 at our favorite ski place, about an hour north.
We chose the skiing.

[emily_in_nc]

Seems I'm the only one getting regular road rides in this time of year. Hurrah for Florida!

Taking today and tomorrow off for Christmas and to rest my back/hip, which has been bothering me of late on rides. Yesterday we did 35 miles on the West Orange Trail, and the day before 28.5 miles on the West Orange/South Lake Co. Trail and hilly roads to shop at Walmart. There are bike lanes on the roads near Walmart, but it's a ride I really hate because of the traffic and hills. But, I had to have pillow forms for the RV, and that is the most convenient place to get those here. Definitely should have waited until after the holiday madness, though!

[north woods gal]

I chose skiing, today, too. Had to re-wax for the slushy snow, but well worth the trouble. Almost too much glide, though. Lost control on some of the steep downhills and had to bail, so it took a few tries to get down them clean and stay on the trail. Have an odd ice/sleet/rain storm headed our way, so no telling what I'll do for the next couple of days. May have to play it safe and ride indoors on the trainer.

[azfiddle]

Emily, I'm still getting the road rides. More home renovation work is going to cut in to my vacation ride times though... tiling a room and probably taking out the popcorn ceiling too. Fortunately we have a friend who knows how to do all this stuff and we'll just be assisting.

So I'm pretty sure I'll get in some rides- but not as many as usual. The next couple of days are going to be in the low 30's early in the day but warm up in the afternoons to the 60's and low 70's.

[Crankin]

I neither rode nor skied. There was too much of a chance of black ice for a ride, with shady roads and black ice in the morning and really not enough time to go ski and be back for our friends' arrival. So, we opted for a 3 mile hike, where it was totally devoid of others, although there were 2 other cars at the trailhead. We will be hiking again today, with our friends, but probably longer and harder.

[emily_in_nc]

Glad you're still getting to ride, az! I understand about the home renos, as we are doing quite a lot of projects in our motorhome (painting, etc.) right now, when we aren't riding. Those overnight lows in Tucson are too chilly for me, though!

Had a very nice 35+ mile ride today with temps in the 70s. LOTS of folks out on the trail as so many have work/school off this week. I am looking forward to next week when things are back to normal and it's just us old farts out during the week, for the most part.