quite like winter

[nicholas]

Like the title says new to cycling a so for I like winter getting wet ok riding in gales dodgy but ok bit slow so maybe winter not so bad after all

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Riding on a frosty, starry winter night is magic.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Snow makes it own demands. Like steering through corners, and avoiding metal street fittings, and maybe resorting to the tricycle at times.

 

[Biker Joe]

We're still in Autumn. Lets see what you say in Feb or Mar.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Biker Joe I agree about the Autumn thing, its like everything these days shortened now we just have summer and winter, even though the snows this last year were extended, it was spring when they ended not winter.

 

[tjones]

I am one of those people who cannot cope well with heat, so prefer the cold weather to hot.

Plus in the next few weeks when the leaves come down some of the old railway lines I cycle that are now sustrans routes are breathtakingly beautiful.

 

[ianrauk]

You can get some really glorious winter riding days.

 

[Berties]

never let the weather stop you doing what you have got planned ,so the saying goes,managed 140 mins of storm dodging today ,just road spray,left behind a storm needed sunnnies after 20 miles and came in behind the next storm at 40 ,never got rained on only gales on the last 10 miles

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I think I prefer the colder days to the hotter ones, now . The only Winter-type weather I don't like is when the rain is minimal, and doesn't quite get over the Splatter Threshold***. When it rains hard enough, it tends to clean your bike, but just a small amount of rain just means you need to spend more time cleaning the bike.

*** Yes, I made that one up.

 

[spenno37]

Wind is a nightmare though. Really cheeses me off

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Wind is a nightmare though. Really cheeses me off

Me too

 

[Gravity Aided]

In weather today, I was unable to ride, due to 50+mph winds, and 2 inch + (!) hail . A pretty bad tornado 25 miles to the west of me. I had Mrs GA in the basement with her bicycle helmet on (We are told this is a good precaution) and hid out there myself, for a bit. My sister lives in Pekin, and that was much harder hit, from the North side of Pekin, through Morton and East Peoria, to Washington, where many areas are knocked flat. But my sister is fine, South and East of the stricken areas.

 

[RWright]

In weather today, I was unable to ride, due to 50+mph winds, and 2 inch + (!) hail . A pretty bad tornado 25 miles to the west of me. I had Mrs GA in the basement with her bicycle helmet on (We are told this is a good precaution) and hid out there myself, for a bit. My sister lives in Pekin, and that was much harder hit, from the North side of Pekin, through Morton and East Peoria, to Washington, where many areas are knocked flat. But my sister is fine, South and East of the stricken areas.

Some huge hail, glad you made it through it ok. Wish I had a basement.

 

[SWSteve]

@Gravity Aided so you didn't head over to Soldier Field...I assume those people were just crazy

 

[Berties]

In weather today, I was unable to ride, due to 50+mph winds, and 2 inch + (!) hail . A pretty bad tornado 25 miles to the west of me. I had Mrs GA in the basement with her bicycle helmet on (We are told this is a good precaution) and hid out there myself, for a bit. My sister lives in Pekin, and that was much harder hit, from the North side of Pekin, through Morton and East Peoria, to Washington, where many areas are knocked flat. But my sister is fine, South and East of the stricken areas.

What damage does that hail do parked cars ?,I've seen hail storms in Europe trash cars,panel beater teams from the uk go out regularly to mend the roofs on newer cars that can have 70 plus smaller dents and replace windows and bonnets,but nothing of that size of hail bomb,and we think we get weather bad in the uk