Who is hibernating now?

[Apollonius]

I seem to do a minimum of around 60 miles a week in winter, compared to around 120 or so when it is not winter. I dread to think what I would weigh if I stopped riding!

 

[steveindenmark]

I seem to do a minimum of around 60 miles a week in winter, compared to around 120 or so when it is not winter. I dread to think what I would weigh if I stopped riding!

Its not the weight that bothers me. But I would go nuts.

 

[steveindenmark]

Seeing it close up, it makes sense. Sorry about the confusion.

That's ok. You need to be confused to have one....or two...

 

[Apollonius]

Its not the weight that bothers me. But I would go nuts.

Me too, but add to that my regard for what you are holding in your avatar picture...

 

[Southside Mike]

I use the car windscreen test. If it's got ice on it, I don't cycle. Otherwise I'm happy to keep going through the winter unless it is really blowing a gale.

 

[tyred]

Crisp winter weather is some of the nicest for cycling IMO.

 

[RegG]

Just had a short 10 mile ride in partial sunshine but with a very cold breeze - got home just before the icy rain came!! Much prefer the sunny weather

 

[Dogtrousers]

Its not the temperature or the weather that gets me, but the lack of daylight. For some reason riding on your own in the dark in winter is a totally different experience to doing the same in summer. The dark is darker, the car lights are dazzlier, road hazards that you might miss are more worrying, it's much less fun.

But no, I'm not hibernating. As @User9609 says here the scenery on a good winter ride has a beauty all of its own.

 

[User482]

Lovely frosty morning this morning: an extra couple of layers and out into the country, with refreshments provided by the magnificent Hill & Rockhampton WI. Back home in time for the track world cup: magic.

 

[Drago]

For some reason riding on your own in the dark in winter is a totally different experience to doing the same in summer.

That'll be because it's freezing cold and there's no sun

 

[jonny jeez]

I don't stop for the cold months. However I do need to get a hack as one wet day tends to make the bike feel groggy, the gears are not as smooth and the chain makes more noise.

All of that is most probably psychosomatic, like how much better a car drives when its clean...but there you go.

 

[HLaB]

Actually I hibernated last night around mid night and came out of hibernation at around 7am for the club run. So I guess I have lots of mini hibernations

 

[skudupnorth]

Riding through all the goop ! I would be lying if I said it is fun on a dark,wet morning dodging other roads users but it is normally faster than slipping into the warmth of my little old car and being stuck behind another little car

 

[Sunny Portrush]

Up here in Scotland, if you have a crisp clear sunny day, you risk getting sunburnt on one side of your face and frost-bite on the other

 

[bondirob]

Looking back some of my best rides were done in the winter I'd hate to miss out on more by hibernating
Yolo as it were