You can always bundle up in the cold, but how to cool off when it's hot?

I am so jealous of anyone where it is warm! A friend (or two) and I are going mountain biking tomorrow mid-day. We should have a whopping high temperature of about 32 degrees by then!

I love riding fall and through the winter as long as there in little snow and temps don't dip below 20 degrees. But I am really missing summer riding about now!



Keep moving! Or douse yourself with water and keep moving! A good sweat is one thing that makes any warm weather ride even better! Unless I am riding to work or some such thing, the whole idea is to sweat, workout, push your limits, ride hard, ride fast, have fun and get fit!

I'll take 1,000 warm, beautiful riding days over one cold weather day anytime.

*sigh* Guess I will not be running and biking for a while. I busted my right wrist yesterday. 102 miles on my month old mtn bike and now it gets garaged until Spring. I may join a little 24/7 gym in town once I can run. Roads may be too treacherous with snow and ice to risk a fall. And they have stationary recumbents. Boring! but I gotta stay in shape.

Keep active and your recovery will seem to go pretty fast.

I used to run a team of dogs and ski in the winter. I took up biking when my joints went bad, so for me biking is so much more than my exercise. It's how I get out there and be in the mountains, see and feel the weather-- -it's how I still fell alive and happy. I tried an indoor bike in the winter, but I loathe it. Makes me feel like a hamster and I don't get all the other benefits. I may try getting back on my cross country skis this winter, I'm just so afraid of dislocating my hip again in a fall.

Sorry to hear about your wrist. Sucks to not be able to do stuff.

Wishing you a speedy recovery CandidCam.

Wow Wheeler! I am sooo jealous! running with a sled team is on my bucket list!

Had a great 14 mile ride today. After weeks of below zero temps it is now 10 above. I ate a lot of potatoes yesterday and was wondering how my body reacts to burning them while being mostly fat adapted. Can it go into and out of ketosis easily? All I know is that I felt great on my ride, including a steep hill section.

Love biking! My wife and I own one car and I hardly ever use it, as I prefer to bike. I don't bike in the winter, because after having a bad wipe-out after hitting some ice I decided it wasn't worth it. Next year I'm fairly certain I'm going to be crossing Canada on my bike, and I can't wait.

Got out mountain biking on Monday and am trying to align things to get out again today. It is sunny and mid 30's here but a whopper of a winter storm is a comn! I am thinking if I do not get out today I am done for the calendar year at least!

hi. first time to this section (i think). i love to ride bikes. i do both road and mtn. i have a couple of good bikes that can last me the rest of my life. currently i prefer mtn bike but that is probably because i don't get to do it as much since i have to travel for 30 minutes of more to get the the various trails we have in this area. we are fortunate to have a lot of mtn bike trails in the dallas area. (who woulda thunk)

due to work schedule and non-daylight savings time, riding is mostly confined to weekends. did 43 road miles last weekend; then did 27 miles mountain bike this weekend (Rowlett creek).

biking is the one activity i have stuck with over the years (even when a lot heavier than i am now). it is the only exercise that i look forward to doing and actually crave the ride.
gw

I would love to get onto the road to do some biking, but as the temp has been around 0-10F, my cycling is confined to indoors. Can't wait for Spring!

That make two of us.

Went for a nice ride today at 25 below on my new fat bike. I like what garydogwoo said about craving the ride.

-25F is cold wow...
Wish I had a new Fat Bike getting by with studded tires more of an icy issue here. Had a good fall and bruised some ribs last year on ice with smooth tires, no fun.

Enjoy the new bike

19 miles on the mountain bike today on one of our good local trails. perfect weather sunny and close to 70 degrees. aahhh, life is good and meaningful...

gw