We have a winner for the Vulpine autumn clothing bundle worth over £500

Those amazingly clear sunny mornings.

Crisp, cold sunny cycle ride to work in the morning. Dusky, cool ride home in the evening. Lots of smiles, moments that get missed in a car and companiable nods from those doing the same! Fantastic

The array of different colour palettes on route, the milder climate and the knowledge that the colder it gets the more dedicated the cyclists you pass are.

Crisp air and the sun coming up on the commute into work in the mornings, followed by the cycle home through the beautiful London at night.

Can't beat it really - one of my favourite times of year.

What I like about fall riding is the ability to tweak your temperature to your liking with layers. In the summer and winter you are stuck with what mother nature sends your way, but autumn is usually intermediate enough for you to have control. With the right piece of kit of course.

Just getting out and blowing the cobwebs away!!!

dark morning glove wearing lights shining breath steaming feet freezing leaf skidding sun setting long sleeving hot coffee crisp evening

Cold, crisp and fresh mornings. Getting the overshoes and tights on. Prefer this cool Autumnal time of year to any other.

Yes please it's freezing cycling to work

Having to put the work into to break into a sweat!

Its the 'mist and mellow fruitfulness' isn't it? And that's just the smell of my baselayer...

Last night's massive, orangey moon, seen through misty trees, with the sound of the wind and my tyres hissing as they hit the wet patches of road; all done in the dark – even familiar roads look completely different – and without getting too hot. What's not to like?

Sharp, crisp mornings, Peak District cloud inversions and decent kit to wear!

Crisp fresh frosty morning, flask of hot coffee and flapjack. Heaven.

Riding in the rain

Love the autumnal mist.
Lookin forward to crisp frost.
Don't love the puddle gamble: 1cm deep or an endless pothole chasm?

Cool crisp air.

I'm in! Fave thing about cycling in Autumn is I get to see both sunrise and sunset on my commute.

The best part is the chilled weather, allows you to push even harder

Scenery glows, yellow-brown golden leaves.
Decisions decisions, stay short, or long sleeves?
One thing is certain....cover my knees!
Ride mist early mornings or chilly dark nights?
Better remember to charge up my lights!
Making most of the weather, there's no time to rest.
winter is coming, but autumn's the best!

I can use my mud guards, horray!

Cooler mornings and darker nights

Fresh crisp morning rides under a cold blue sky....

Fresh crisp morning rides under a cold blue sky....

Seeing your breath hang in the crisp air, and feeling the chill disappear (except from the fingers) after the first few miles! Also, the sound of dry leaves crackling under tire is wonderful.

Top of a hill in the early morning sunshine, looking down into the valley, misty and full of autumnal colour. At the bottom is small place that sells coffee and teacake #perfect

Not too cold, autumn leaves on the roads, perfect!

On a clear crisp morning cycling in to the sun one minute and the moon the next and riding harder than you meant to so you keep warm!

I think there is more variety and things of interest during Autumn than any other season. It is clear that summer has ended and that things you see every day are changing, dying or hibernating. That could be seen as a negative thing yet it is magical to witness it.

The shortening days prompt us to value the time we spend outside; leaves change colour and fall from the trees, revealing the branches we haven't seen since April; seed is sown in dark brown fields that only recently held crops ready for harvesting; the weather is variable and unpredictable, full of drama and a delight to the senses. We do not yearn for spring just yet.

(this photo on Flickr by a friend of mine looks far more luscious here)

A brisk tailwind to push me along (though not the reverse).