big john

For you that have actual winter, do you stop riding outside for months?

datlas 

Just had some fresh bread. It’s soulless but certainly tastes good.

Velo Vol 

Not historically.

bOsscO

Mostly, but I do get out to ride in winter when I have time and the weather cooperates.

LAJ

Nope. You were speaking your NY Day ride. We run an annual century that day, and we've started at 7 degrees before, with bottles freezing in half an hour. Who drinks at that temp anyway?

Cold days, you relish the climb, and dread the descent.

big john

Do you get snow and ice in town?

big john

I learned that the hard way. I used to climb up to 9000 feet and haul back down. Started packing extra layers for the descent after the first time.
It's harder if you're on a mountain ride with a group, especially if they have to wait at the summits.

Velo Vol 

Yes.

big john

What elevations do you typically ride at, like on a group ride or fun ride when you're not doing something structured?

Velo Vol 

Bread machine bread counts, too.

Velo Vol 

Oh, you live in the real Vancouver? LesterOfPuppets

Velo Vol 

But I take the dough out of the machine and bake it in a regular pan in the oven.

bOsscO

Unless there's a fake Vancouver I don't know about...
Vancouver BC, Canada.

Bah Humbug

I wish I had like any confidence.

For those who don't know how bad my brain is, we got a bug report from prod at 3. I promptly wanted to puke on my keyboard, because it was code I had touched and goes very deep, but had been tested and worked on my dev machine and tested by QA. y supervisor asked me to look at it. My head was spinning and I had visions of getting fired because of not being able to figure it out and angry customers. Almost exactly two hours later, I discovered it was a conditional someone else had missed because it was a rare client type. Two lines to fix. Two hours of roller coaster. FML I hate my brain. So much.

kissTheApex

Hilton Head island. Just checked the weather forecast for the days we’re going to be there. 70-80% rain.

datlas 

I suspect it’s a fine brain. We all have our strengths and flaws. Welcome to the human race.

LesterOfPuppets

AKA late-to-the-game Vancouver.

Vancouver, British Columbia was incorporated 29 years after the incorporation of Vancouver, Washington, and more than 60 years after the name Vancouver was first used in reference to the historic Fort Vancouver trading post on the Columbia River

datlas 

I put the SS up on the stand and dropped the rear wheel to get access to the underside of the fender. There was some gummy crud there I had to use a screwdriver to scrape it off, but now the dirty job is done.

datlas 

That bread machine knows I think it’s evil. I got burned on my palm taking the baking basket out. Ouch! I suppose I deserve it for dissing such an effective machine.

Velo Vol 

Yes

WhyFi

For me, there's temp and road condition, uh, conditions. I start to lose interest in riding outside when it dips below 20° or so, 15° if I'm desperate. Then there's the roads - I don't have studs and don't do ice. Snow can also really encroach on the sides of the roads, making them very narrow in the winter - I don't like battling over that with cars. Between the two of these factors, yeah, I usually have two-four months of indoor riding per year.

bOsscO

Ahhh ok, the OG Vancouver.
I've driven through Vancouver, Washington a few times usually on our way to Portland OR or Bend OR. Think we even stopped once to load up on good/cheap bourbon from Total Wine once.

bampilot06

We used to fly the dash into there. Probably our best over night we ever had. Unfortunately the runway isn’t long enough for my Micro jet, but the larger jets can land there just fine.

Some good riding there, htfu, get wet and ride.

LAJ

I walk out my door and I'm at 5300 feet. Generally the foothills will get me to 7500 easily, with the Peak to Peak getting me to 9K. No reason to go higher at that time of the year.

bOsscO