Originally Posted by
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.
15 would be a bit much for me, I think. I'm ok in the 30s but I'm scared of ice. I like the mtb if I'm someplace with winter, speeds are lower, wet and muck is ok, and best of all, no cars.