tomato coupe

It used to be the Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb, but it's been renamed the Blue Sky Hill Climb due to renaming of the mountain.

terrymorse 

Thanks, I didn't know about the name change.

I found the sign-up page: Blue Sky Hill Climb, July 20.

ZHVelo

I just go out on my local climb a few times when I can (well want to) ride outside again. It comes back quickly if you kept in shape generally in winter.

terrymorse 

I just did the ROUVY Mt Ventoux climb.

I don’t know how beneficial it was for real climbs, but my legs sure were tired towards the end.

10.6 fake miles, 4600 fake feet. 110 real minutes.

Sierra_rider

Sometimes sunny but not-so-warm NorCal Sierra Nevada mountains here...27 rides, 47 hours riding time, 694 miles, and over 70k' of climbing this January. A bunch of virtual trainer rides did skew the mileage/elevation ratio back down to the golden ratio...my "climbiest" outdoor ride this past month was a 32 miler with 4800' gain...works out to a 150'/mile ratio, I'll never lose climbing form at this rate.

Koyote

It's been at least 15 years since I've done it, but that's a fantastic event. Highly recommended.

Tip: if a pro team car offers you a ride back down, take it. It seems like a great idea to ride back down to the start, but it's actually not much fun -- especially once it starts raining.

tomato coupe

I'd take a ride back down in a donkey cart if it was offered. The descent is bone jarring and often very cold.

DaveSSS 

In Loveland we were in the single digits all day for several days in a row and had a low of -16F with several others below zero. After 9 days of temps too low to ride, it warmed up and stayed warm for the rest of the month.

This weather record is much different than you describe. https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/lo...weather/332151

If the temp is barely above freezing and sunny, I'll go on a very short ride. For me, rides in the 30-40 mile range require 38-43 or higher.

tomato coupe

Read my post. I gave January statistics for Boulder, not Loveland.

Regardless, the bottom line is the Colorado front range has pretty mild winters. Year-to-year and city-to-city differences of a couple of degrees doesn't change that*.

* the average low temperature in Loveland in January was 31°F, just barely below freezing. The average high temperature in January was 45°F.

DaveSSS 

Average temperature means nothing. Boulder isn't that much different than Loveland. Record lows were being set across the state. In the winter, the best time to ride is around noon to 3 pm. I reviewed the actual temps on each of my rides and the fact that 12 days were way too cold to ride, so I either rode indoors or skipped. I only ride 14 times to get my 492 miles. I rode 10 out of 11 days in a row. At 70 years old with replaced knees, that's pushing it. A working person would only have had about 5 good days last month.

Another thing to consider is sunshine. I rode several days that were totally overcast, which feels like 5-10F colder than a sunny day of the same temp.

It wasn't toasty in Boulder either. Your description was wrong. I look for 5-7C as a good temperature.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/bo...weather/327347

tomato coupe

I have no idea what your smattering of factoids is supposed to convey. I simply pointed out (to another poster) that winters in the Colorado front range are pretty mild. He stated he was thinking of the Loveland ski area, which would have much harsher weather than the city of Loveland. It actually has nothing to do with you at this point.