What are you going to do in the winter?

[Brock]

This again I expect.

 

[rich p]

Saturday and Tuesday evening ride (swapped for a bit of turbo when the nights draw in) plus a 5 day jolly to the Peak District with a few friends in early November. (do I try Winnats?)
Pre-planning next years jaunts is a great comfort in the lousy winter evenings. I fancy a tour of the Appenines having touched on them this year.

 

[vernon]

I've been thinking of getting one of those Tacx turbo trainers for when the bike paths get really gloopy.

You might well regret it. I bought a turbo and it languishes in the loft having been used a couple of time sby myself and each of my two sons. We were all put off by the mind numbingly boring experience.

I prefer getting cold and dirty than hot and sweatily bored....

I wish I'd listed to the multitude of posters on uk.rec.cycling who counselled against buying a turbo citing the very same reasons that I'm now giving for not having one.

 

[Andy in Sig]

Did you just get the seriously boring type which has just one setting? Tacx does a posh one where different levels of resistance click in so that you can have scientifically sensible training rides, a bit like those machines in the gym but with it being the comfort of your own bike. That is the sort I'm considering.

 

[col]

This again I expect.

Not wanting to sound strange,but this is my favourite sort of weather,i love going out when its like this.Alas ,it hasnt been that way for quite a while now though

 

[asterix]

Returning to the UK for a break from building. Maybe I will get a proper job, altho' didn't do very well last winter. Will go out on the UK bike as soon I have given it an overhaul. New freewheel, maybe convert to bar-end shifters, might even lose the straps and go SPD like my other bikes. No repaint though as my bike got nicked after the last time.