Vulpine schwag: we have a winner!

Fresh tarmac, sunny day and quiet roads.

Sunday, sunny, millionaires shortbread, good cappuccino, good company and, in a perfect world, closed roads!

Banter on the start hill of a good BMX track - like this morning

Autumn sun; quiet shade-dappled country lanes with friends. Undulating countryside with great views. A mixture of surfaces - tarmac, gravel roads and bridleways. Not too slow, but not so fast that you can't chat, with a cafe about half way. Fancy it?

like then colors

My best ride ever was a couple of weeks back. Rain, a headwind for the first 85 miles, some grim bleak countryside- the last stretch of a London- John O'Groats ride. And I loved it. Great company, a great lunch stop, and I felt really strong all day.

I like it when you are exploring new areas, and you have loads of energy and you only return home because you have to - Like you are a kid again being called in by your mum for dinner!

Through traffic that's at a standstill. Makes me feel smug

A nice coastal road in a warm summer sunset

A pleasant day with some clouds and a light breeze, no rain, no punctures. Somehere in the south or south-west, NOT the 200k ride, The Big Bike ride, I'm doing tomorrow in the Fens in heavy showers!!

Sunny, dry, hilly and long. With multiple mandatory coffee stops and a nice view (Dolomites/ Lake district etc).

A sunny one, with a tailwind!
(no chance this "summer" then )

It's nice to have the site back.

Twisty mountain uphills and then straight, wide, empty descents....

Gotta love the Adirondacks of New York, USA!

The ones when my sons come out to play

The one i had in my dream last night riding Le Tour with Wiggo!!!

Something in the sun, with a pub involved somewhere. Oh yes, and a tailwind (that mythical beast).

with friends. Ideally in the sun on a nice calm day. but definitely with friends.

When I'm on my bike, or a hired bike;
Cycling with my mates, or with my wife, or by myself; at home or on holiday;
In the sun, or rain, or even the wind;
Just no cold AND wet please!!

A nice long training ride on a sunny day with a stiff tail wind to blow me back home in time to put my feet up in front of the box for the latest Tour De france stage.

Riding around the quiet lanes just watching nature

The kind where my son (aged 5) announces that he's going to win the Tour de France on the ride home from school. Then asks for a banana, because "good cyclers don't eat chocolate"!

A ride with friends, plenty of hills with a coffee stop, and a beer stop afterwards

At the moment I'd settle for drizzly.

(Low expectations.)

Dans la belle France

Dry!

Country lanes, a few stiff hills and some fast bits with a tailwind on the way back, sunny but not too hot, smooth tarmac and all the cars have decided to stay at home.

Mostly rolling hills, couple short sharp climbs, a group of friends and a good pub at the end

No rain, no wind, and not on the South Downs way.

An early morning lap of Richmond Park!