Anyone else prefer riding in Winter……

[roubaixtuesday]

Anyone remotely with me on this………

Not I.

Heaven is a scorching day on a bike, making your own breeze. With a lake at the end to jump into for absolute perfection.

 

[a.twiddler]

I do like the longer hours of daylight in the Summer but I don't do heat too well. Spring/ Autumn for me, and I've had some good Winter rides too.

 

[KingstonGraham]

Bit much once it gets above about 33 degrees but till then summer riding is what it's all about. Looking forward to it coming back next week.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

We rarely get very hot days here, around 22C max, I guess.
It can feel hotter if the sun is out, I mean a hot day here doesn't mean it's also a sunny day, that's Scotland's weather for you.
If I'm not at work, I prefer to garden on very hot days, although I will still cycle to work.
I can ride my bike in the perpetual Scottish drizzle, but I cannot do any gardening when it's wet.

 

[rydabent]

I hate riding bundled up, and much prefer riding in shorts and a T-shirt. IMO riding in temps below 70 degrees is not fit for man nor beast.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

When I was sub 80Kg, rather than my curent 94.9Kg, I didn't mind the heat so much as my body fairly efficiently sweated off the heat. I'd still head out for several hours when the local stations were reading ~32C, but hold back on max efforts up climbs to conserve the fluid in my bidons.

But in the last couple of years, not only do I burn up with my extra insulation blubber once it gets warner than ~24C, but it feels like my hayfever has got worse (in terms of really tired eyes rather than anything else). That might be because hayfever results in histamine buildup and long covid is believed to increase histamine levels circulating.

So in some ways, I enjoy riding September to March. But I hate getting cold, so I'll rarely head out when it's under ~13C and it will be turbo time instead (as it is when it's raining or the roads are damp from earlier rain, I don't want a load of South Downs grit thrown all over my drivetrain).

 

[Binky]

Well brace yourselves those in UK as another heatwave on the way.

Personally that's fine by me.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I like summer, I don’t like heatwaves. Sadly with climate change we will be getting more of the latter. But just got my latest sun hat to keep the sun off my head.

 

[Dogtrousers]

……..well: Maybe in Spring ? Autumn ?

But I think April / May and Sept to October are really my cycling sweet-spots.

Anyone remotely with me on this...

100% with you. Summer means endless farting around with gloopy sunblock and slogging along in energy sapping heat. I'm much happier once the nights start drawing in. Don't mind rain, but the threat of ice keeps me at home.

 

[Chief Broom]

Since living here in the highlands [12yrs] there has never been a day which was uncomfortably hot. Riding in a t shirt for a handful of times maybe but then its back to a wearing a base layer and jacket.

 

[ren531]

I don't mind riding whatever time of year, but I always feel far more chilled out and relaxed in the autumn and winter months , the population of the country seems to double in summer and the nicer the weather the busier everything and everywhere is , I sometimes revel in my commute home in bad weather knowing all the paths will be quiet or empty.

 

[Alex321]

I'm not too bothered by heat when riding, I just make sure to have more water with me (and buy more from shops/top up from taps if necessary)

 

[Teamfixed]

Yes, but few things beat the feeling of being slow roasted after a days touring... with a cold cider of course!

 

[Binky]

Afternoon spin today, 30 miles with 2400ft climbing so enough to work up a sweat. It was "only" 23C but very humid so felt hotter. Nice though and give me that than winter cold any day.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Yes!!

Rain, sleet, snow!
Love it all!