[DavidW007]

Hi all,

 

Just wondering how you all plan your training in the winter, and specifically how often you get outside to ride? Do you commit to one day a week or are you always checking the weather looking for the best day like me!?! And yes I know all about Rule V!

 

cheers guys

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[arfa]

If it’s icy I don’t ride (on
If it’s icy I don’t ride (on road). In all other bad conditions I substitute the mountain bike in and the extra resistance helps improve the fitness on the commute. I also tend to ride more off road in Autumn due to not liking gunk covered roads (leaves, foliage etc) and enjoy the variety it provides. I only really return to road riding when the frosts are over as I generally ride first thing in the morning.

[peted76]

No commuting for me in Winter

No commuting for me in Winter.

Week night rollers, Sunday bash in ‘most’ weathers. 

 

 

[Nat Jas Moe]

Daily commute with around

Daily commute with around trip of 19 miles 5 days a week, regardless of the weather, so that hail, rain, sleet, snow or blow nothing is going to stop me. The stonger the wind the harder the workout I get. Then its a metris century once a month and any other ride I can fit in with my family commitments at the weekend. This has certainly gotten me fit over the past three years of this regime. 

[Stef Marazzi]

4 days a week, commuting to
4 days a week, commuting to work on the cyclocross all year round. So that’s 83 miles done by Friday. Then I do another 35-40 miles on a Sunday morning. My bike has mudguards and I have a good coat, so I’m not fussed if its wet. I do all my own maintaining so its dirt cheap to change chains/cassettes/cables. If its icy, which is very rare, I ride a mountain bike instead, with lower pressure tyres. I basically do this all year round.

[Lamb Henry]

I tend to ride outside on

I tend to ride outside on Wednesday night and Sunday Morning  whatever the weather with the local club. If it is too dangerous (icy or very windy), I then either ride the mountain bike or commute to work (38 miles round trip) on a different good wetaher day to make up for it. As a last resort I use the Rollers, used them once this autum/winter so far.

 

 

[CXR94Di2]

60 to 130 miles on the turbo
60 to 130 miles on the turbo per week, Don’t train on road in winter. Bike stays clean I train more often and better. No danger!

[MattEdd]

Lots of Turbo sessions in the

Lots of Turbo sessions in the week, generally 3 – 4 weeknights, then trying to get out on the weekends but failing miserably at the moment with the windy weather we’ve had.  I have Friday off this week, no rain, less wind so I’ll be out then to see if the turbo is paying off 🙂

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