Do you cycle all year round?

[2Loose]

All year round with less than a week off in the last two winters due to ice.
If the weather is crap then getting out can be 'motivationally challenging', but once out it is normally a lot better than expected.

 

[Moodyman]

All year round except Ice and Snow.

I know you one can buy special tyres, but it's too much hassle for the few occasions that I actually need them.

 

[nightoff]

All year round for me except snow and ice. Don't mind freezing temps if it hasn't been raining.

I had a 3" icicle hanging off my Buff where my breath had frozen on an 8 mile -12C this winter. I only noticed it when it raked across my forehead when I took it off at work.

 

[AuraTodd]

I tend to cycle in the warmer month's, not too keen on rain.

 

[johnr]

All weathers for me. I must say I was having serious doubts when it was -14, but as I was almost home I just kept going

 

[biggs682]

i try weather permitting , but refuse to in snow and thick frost/ice

 

[summerdays]

All weathers, I have 2 bikes so I've fitted the studded tyres to one of them. However I have found my motivation lacking for anything extra other than the commute in the wetter, colder days.

 

[Tigerbiten]

I try and ride in all weathers.
I had my first week of doing 0 miles in it over x-mas, but I was getting over the worst part of a cold.

I ride a recumbent trike so ice is not that much of a problem, as long as its not in the brake cables.
Over 8" deep snowdrifts are another matter as my crotch then acts as a snowplow .......

 

[Hacienda71]

All year for me. So far this winter in snow, and temps down to minus 10.

 

[skudupnorth]

Bring on whatever is out there ! Ride all year in all weathers,had one off whilst useing the Hybrid due to braking on ice and not being able to get snow/studded tyres for my trusty steed ! Used the Fixed more due to not having to use brakes as much and it coped well even with the factory fitted slicks
To be honest i prefer crisp cold rides more that burning up on a summers day as long as i'm wrapped up life is good !

 

[peelywally]

i cycle all year year round , had a few good mtb sessions in the snow this year and got to see some great scenery because of it ,

have to say im jittery about road rides after recent crash (see lucky escape thread ) was out once after crash and was just nervous as hell (half hour of stopping and starting fiasco )i will likely refrain from roads until all ice has gone , rode for years in winter with a few slides and falls but my nerve has gone i think i keep imagining being knocked out in traffic and laying in the road ,shivers,

never say never though .

 

[joggingbob]

I ride all year round but not when it is ice or snow - no enough confidence, but tempted to purchase the ice tyres that have been discussed on this forum and give it a go. (High winds though rare have persuaded me to take the train). That is for commuting. For leisure riding I am more selective.

 

[ACS]

Like a lot of OP's I also ride all year round but not when there is ice or snow on the ground. Not a great fan of fog / very poor visability and will often err on the side of caution. My commuter route is rural and the lanes are used as a rat run by the local moton's as a way of avoiding the tourists, HGV's and non locals who use the main drag (single carriage way, lots of villages)

 

[HJ]

Yes, for me a bicycle is about transport, not sport...

 

[Cheule]

I noticed in some of the other bits of the site that people had come off their bikes a lot this winter, and just wondered if most of you cycle or year round or just in the warmer months?

I cycle all the time without interruption. I never let any sort of weather stop me commuting.