What is a Winter bike?

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Brandane

Legendary Member
Location
Costa Clyde
Brandane I concur with your assessment of the West of Scotland weather, we lived in Helensburgh for 4 years and yes there were no droughts which is such a shame because the surrounding area is stunning (looking through a window).
Ahh; but the rain is the reason WHY the area looks so stunning, during those brief periods of sunlight.
 

DCLane

Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
The components are often cheaper and simpler; single speed or in my case I run an 8-speed setup on an Eastway R4.0 frameset with mudguards:

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r04DiE

300km a week through London on a road bike.
Winter bikes are for anal obsessives who feel precious about their other bike but dare not ride it for fear that it might get a teenie weenie bit damp. Between October and May, they keep their best bike in a glass case, like an embalmed dead pontiff, and kneel before it in supplication.
Fabulously well put.
 

youngoldbloke

The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
I ride the bike with mudguards when it's wet, or when the roads are wet. It's a wet weather bike rather than a winter bike. I ride the other bikes without guards when it's drier - be it spring, summer, autumn, or even winter.
 

adamangler

Veteran
Location
Wakefield
I've never worried about having a winter bike as yes things may wear out quicker but then they just seems a good excuse for upgrades.


However I will be using one this year as I like my beat bike so much I don't want to risk crashing it on icy roads I couldn't bare to see it hurt.
 

T4tomo

Legendary Member
The components are often cheaper and simpler; single speed or in my case I run an 8-speed setup on an Eastway R4.0 frameset with mudguards:

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Someone has nicked your mudguards ^_^^_^
 

CanucksTraveller

Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
Location
Hertfordshire
My personal thoughts of what a "winter bike" is, is simply the one you own that you don't mind if if it gets corroded or a bit messed up. My Trek has mudguards and all that, and also a few rusty bits, it's not very pretty.

Maybe I am anally obsessive as defined by @r04DiE , but if the weather's bad, and it's winter, (and I have to ride), it's the heavy old Trek that I'm taking out. My road bike is for fair weather, it cost me quite a lot of money, and I'm not apologetic about wanting to keep it out of the salt and the spray.
 

r04DiE

300km a week through London on a road bike.
My personal thoughts of what a "winter bike" is, is simply the one you own that you don't mind if if it gets corroded or a bit messed up. My Trek has mudguards and all that, and also a few rusty bits, it's not very pretty.

Maybe I am anally obsessive as defined by @r04DiE , but if the weather's bad, and it's winter, (and I have to ride), it's the heavy old Trek that I'm taking out. My road bike is for fair weather, it cost me quite a lot of money, and I'm not apologetic about wanting to keep it out of the salt and the spray.
Actually, @slowmotion said it, not me. Still, I agree, and salt and spray washes off, and then you dry your bike.
 

slowmotion

Quite dreadful
Location
lost somewhere
My personal thoughts of what a "winter bike" is, is simply the one you own that you don't mind if if it gets corroded or a bit messed up. My Trek has mudguards and all that, and also a few rusty bits, it's not very pretty.

Maybe I am anally obsessive as defined by @r04DiE , but if the weather's bad, and it's winter, (and I have to ride), it's the heavy old Trek that I'm taking out. My road bike is for fair weather, it cost me quite a lot of money, and I'm not apologetic about wanting to keep it out of the salt and the spray.
Each to his/her own. Stick the summer bike in a glass case for the next six months, light candles around it, and get some knee pads. What's the point of buying a good bike and not riding it? It's not going to last forever, whatever cleansing and worshiping rituals you perform before it. Why not ride it and have some fun?
 

Tin Pot

Guru
Each to his/her own. Stick the summer bike in a glass case for the next six months, light candles around it, and get some knee pads. What's the point of buying a good bike and not riding it? It's not going to last forever, whatever cleansing and worshiping rituals you perform before it. Why not ride it and have some fun?
True enough.

But as you know the Cinelli experience doesn't have mudguard eyelets, the SKS raceblades I used last winter were a hassle I'd rather avoid this winter so unless crud racers stay in place through potholes I'm tempted to get a third bike.

Of course we do get good weather in winter, so it'll still come out in the dry.
 
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