mecheng89 Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 Hi Hubbers! So, the COLD is officially here, and morning rides are becoming a 50/50 decision. Cyclists who prefer to "hibernate" during this period are labelled "fairweather riders". What's your opinion? Do you embrace the cold and ride? Do you prefer to go out (much) later and face traffic? Which side of the fence are you on?
Mojoman Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I quite like the Highveld winters. You can ride later in the day without slow cooking, trails are dry and for me its only really June and July that can be wickedly cold...but I am the type of person who just wears two pairs of shorts when its cold....!
V12man Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 Hi Hubbers! So, the COLD is officially here, and morning rides are becoming a 50/50 decision. Cyclists who prefer to "hibernate" during this period are labelled "fairweather riders". What's your opinion? Do you embrace the cold and ride? Do you prefer to go out (much) later and face traffic? Which side of the fence are you on?The COLD side.... duh...
Spinnekop Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I hate the cold.But I ride almost every day. The hard part is getting out of bed. From there on I am almost always glad I went out.......
mecheng89 Posted June 30, 2015 Author Posted June 30, 2015 I hate the cold I dearly hope that's not you in the thong..
Dazshell Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 Move to Durban. We only stop riding if the temp drops below 9 degrees! And that doesn't happen too often! Been going flat out 4 - 5 mornings a week so far this year.
V12man Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I dearly hope that's not you in the thong..It is him indeed....
Long Wheel Base Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I hate winter and I hate cold but when I enter for races I don't have a choice but to get out there and train. Besides if you have decent winter kit the hardest part like spinnekop said is getting out of bed at 03h30. But if I don't have a race to motivate myself for I generally just lie in bed awake from 03h30.
Allrounder Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I dearly hope that's not you in the thong..Is it you in the bikini?
candz1 Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I renew my interest in my spinning bike..watching whatever is on catch up..much warmer.
Cargyrl Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 Total fair weather cyclist, if it gets cold I go do HIIT at the power studio a.k.a. pain cave. If it was up to me and I had a shyte load of money, private covered, climate controlled velodrome, training come rain or shine. Hey but that is only me.
Hairy Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 just ride your freaking bike in the freaking most horrendous weather you can find and stop complaining.......... you might just have one of the most amazing ride experiences yet.
tombeej Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 Move to Durban. We only stop riding if the temp drops below 9 degrees! And that doesn't happen too often! Been going flat out 4 - 5 mornings a week so far this year. Anything under 15 degrees is unacceptably frigid here So glad for the beach circuit - I can get a quality 60km ride every evening under lights so no need to get up early.
BenGraham Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I refer you to http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#9 That said there are a few weeks where it just gets ridiculous. I seems to be getting warmer though of late. I reckon we can't really complain up on the highveld since at least its dry.
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