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Im too new to the sport, young and dumb to stop riding in the winter. Also can’t afford a indoor trainer yet or a second bike. Though, even if I had an indoor trainer I would prolly ride outside.
I used to surf in the winter, and I grew out of that. Nothing like taking off a soaking wet suit in 30 degrees to really cause some shrinkage.
Last winter really wasn’t that bad. Only one time did my feet get the condition where they hurt really bad. I don’t like to ride in the rain, and statistically it doesn’t rain more in the winter, but it sure does seem like it.
We usually get one big snow storm, last year it didn’t.
Ill need to get booties for sure this year, I need a good excuse for that Rapha Gilet, and another pair of leg warmers.
Hardest part is going to be chainring my riding time. If I try and go out at 5 am it will be 20 degrees, Thats a bit rough.
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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.
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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.
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.
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How BIG is your “micro” jet!?
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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.
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.
I had similar occurrenceS at my job too. Like forensicing for half a million $ worth of rework requiring potential mistakes. I was racking up “intensity minutes” right where I was sitting.
I feel you.
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this summer I intended to get a pair of road boots from uk shops to prepare for next winter’s rides, but even those are in low supply nowadays.
*knock on wood, we didn’t have a regular winter here in the mid Atlantic last year. #climateHoax
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I ride year round. The cold has never stopped me, although it becomes less fun below say 20F. The only thing that stops my rides in the winter is unsafe road conditions like ice. Sadly, we often have a situation here after a snowfall where there is frozen runoff and that’s no bueno. I would estimate my monthly winter mileage (Nov-March) is about half the typical summer efforts.
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Not once the snow and ice come. The brine they use around here would eat every metal part before the ride was done.
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Greeting from Route 66.
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Kudos either way.