What are your plans for cycling in the winter?

[vickster]

No greater way to develop your control skills by snow riding.

I despise snow, I will be avoiding going out in the white shoot full stop if we are unlucky enough to have any of the vile white crap this winter

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Unfortunately my commuting by bike stops as my route is unlit and bad enough in daylight, so when the clocks change I will see you in March 2018.
However, I tend to manage the same miles per month by continuing my lunch rides and weekend rides.
I go out in all weathers and temperatures but if the roads are crazy icy i'll stay at home.

Mudguards on.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'll put the geared bike away at the end of October and get the fixed out. I'll be on fixed till the spring and will continue in the winter as I do in the summer, if it rains or snows heavily I'll have to restrict my riding

 

[numbnuts]

Mild winter - carry on as normal
cold winter – cycle/turbo
bloody cold winter – turbo only
any colder - hibernate

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Same mileage as summer generally. Longest rides cut back to 140 miles but I will still generalky rack up 300 miles a week or so through the winter.

That'll probably be my whole winter mileage.

Can't be doing with the misery of it.

 

[mjr]

What are people planning on doing cycling-wise over the winter?

Sitting on the bike and pedalling, just like summer but with more clothes and luggage that doesn't take on water so readily. And spiked tyres when it's icy. Or waiting until it thaws later in the day. And not being afraid to abandon leisure rides if it's no fun, but that's rarer than one might think.

Anyone planning any chilly sportives or audaxes?

Probably - there's all sorts of strange people cycling too

My club rides will tail off in the winter, as they only do Sunday rides in the winter and I can't make Sundays.

Could you motivate enough of them into still doing other rides in winter?

 

[mjr]

No greater way to develop your control skills by snow riding.

I rode through deep gravel with a heavyish bag on the front rack of a bike with 47mm tyres yesterday and it was a surprisingly similar feeling to trying to ride through snow

 

[derrick]

Carry on riding till the ice comes, go back to spinning classes at the gym.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I tend to up my mileage slightly in the winter, I prefer the relative peace and quiet on certain sections of routes I tend to use. Unless it's icy, I don't do ice, or snow. Unless I get a trike, then Ice and snow are actually a laugh.

 

[Paulus]

I only stop on days when there is ice about, too dangerous for obvious reasons. Mudguards on and wrap up warm and carry on.

 

[mjr]

I despise snow, I will be avoiding going out in the white shoot full stop if we are unlucky enough to have any of the vile white crap this winter

Awwww, riding through fresh deep powder is lovely... but I suspect Sutton has the same problem as my bit of the A10 and motorists muck it up almost as fast as it hits the ground

 

[mjr]

Unless it's icy, I don't do ice, or snow.

I don't do ice unless it's icy either. My freezer doesn't make ice cubes fast enough to cover a decent area to ride on.

IGMC.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

I'll carry on until December as I'm committed to the 50k challenge, but after a New Year's day ride, I'll probably take a couple of months break until spring. I cycled through last winter but if I'm honest, I did get ground down a bit with the mega short days, the faff of the cleaning drying and lubing regime after every ride, and the dressing up... putting on all the layers and then peeling it all off again, cold and sodden. It's so much more carefree in dry, reasonable weather.

 

[Fnaar]

This is what I do in the winter

 

[cyberknight]

As much as possible.
Frozen shoulder permitting.
I need to get back to mtb and commuter use asap

About the same,I will still be commuting but anything else will depend on how the rehabilitation goes