The "Positive things about Winter commuting" thread.....

[Panter]

It's a bit depressing seeing Winter slowly approaching so how's about listing the positive aspects of a Winter commute?

1) No bl**dy flies

 

[PBancroft]

2) No sunburn

 

[gaz]

3) less of the deadly cyclists

 

[BentMikey]

See here:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G89nCk17PoQ

 

[Jonathan M]

No dithering whether or not to carry a waterproof or not.

 

[rh100]

don't get so hot on the way in

 

[HLaB]

don't get so hot on the way in

+1

 

[Bristol Dave]

The air seems fresher.

BD

 

[threebikesmcginty]

When it's cold you need to eat more cake and drink more tea when you get in

 

[beanzontoast]

4) You can console yourself with fond memories of summer when..
- it wasn't cold enough to freeze your doodahs off
- you could ride without 6 layers of kit
- it didn't take 20 mins to get ready to leave the house
- you didn't need your bike lights
- other road users could see you and you them more easily
- the road surface wasn't icy (won't be long now...)
- you could commute to and from work in daylight that made you feel almost human
- the rain was a lot warmer
- you didn't need to carry as much weather gear in your bag 'just in case'
- p**ctures were easier to mend because you could see what you were doing
- your bike didn't get a daily clarting in gunge and salt from the road

(Sorry - what was this thread called again?...)

 

[jonny jeez]

It's a bit depressing seeing Winter slowly approaching so how's about listing the positive aspects of a Winter commute?

1) No bl**dy flies

Well, I gotta say, I'm really struggling here...hold on, how about this.

?) The Low Winter sun makes for some really smashing views!








just before it blinds you and sends you into that Ca....sorry sorry, thats not the point

 

[XmisterIS]

p**ctures were easier to mend because you could see what you were doing

And have you ever caught your finger between the tyre and the rim when trying to get it back on while fiddling around with tyre levers with super-cold fingers?

Holy sh*t, Batman, that's pain that is!

 

[jonredhornet]

Have the following summer to look forward to

 

[mattybain]

• The central heating is on at work so your towel / clothes dry quickly
• You can see traffic lights changing easier so anticpation of green becomes better
• The warm glow of a toasty helmet / shoes which have been in the boiler room all day
• Improved visibilty to cars, finally the hi-viz and refelctive strips start doing something

I honestly believe I am more visible in winter, in the summer cars just don't seem to see me. In winter they can't help but see the moving illuminations LOL

 

[gavintc]

I honestly believe I am more visible in winter, in the summer cars just don't seem to see me. In winter they can't help but see the moving illuminations LOL

+1. I completely agree. However, for me, on my commute it is still dusk and I think that that the worst of both. Roll on the proper dark where I think my bike lights make me less 'invisible'.