Barrettscv 

Winter is darker and damper. Do you have a bike that is your go-to bike in Winter? Do you add accessories to your year-around bike when winter arrives?

dmanthree

I ue my one and only road bike all winter (at least until there's snow and ice on the road). I make two changes: I swap the Conti GP 4000s tires for Conti GP 4 Season. I like the cold weather handling and the extra durability. Changing flats in the cold and dark isn't something I want to do. The second is a good headlight, since most afternoon rides begin just before sunset. I use a Light and Motion Seca 2000 Enduro. It's excellent, and worth every penny. It'll run for about 2.5 hours on high, and about 6 hours (I think...) on low. And the low setting is enough for most situations. I only need to put it on high when descending and I need more reach.

Once the roads are covered with anything slippery, I'm inside, unfortunately. I hate riding indoors. Hate it.

jyl

I just put fenders on whatever bike I'm liking at the time.

climberguy

I use my cyclo-cross bike. If it snows I put on tires with metal studs.

CliffordK

Now that I'm back to riding 12 months a year, my old Colnago road bike has finally been given a break from riding in the rain.

So, the "winter" bike is now a Litespeed Frankenbike. I've posted a few photos in the past, but let me re-up one.



I have a set of clip on fenders, but they seem to rub a bit, so I keep taking them off.

I will admit that the 25mm tires weren't the greatest snow tires.

TriDanny47

Surly Pugsley fat bike for the worst conditions, studded tires on my hybrid for moderate conditions.

dannwilliams

I put studded tires and fenders on my vintage 1989 mountain bike. I use it whenever the roads are the least bit sketchy. I usually stay close to town in the winter, don't want too long of a hike if anything succumbs to to the grit and crud from the roads.

Bob Ross

My commuter/foul-weather/training-when-I-feel-like-a-masochist bike tends to get used more in the winter than my other road bikes. It's an old lugged steel Bridgestone with 7-speed freewheel & downtube friction shifters, full coverage fenders, heavy duty wheels & tires, and a buttload of lights front & rear.

Admittedly it is still not ideal for snow/ice conditions (while bombproof the tires are still only 23c) so my Dear Santa list this year includes a 'cross bike that can take fenders...but this tank has served me well through the past 7 or 8 winters.

berner

I don't have a winter or ugly weather bike but I've been thinking about it. I really dislike riding my bike when roadways are wet because the cleanup is a pain in the butt. I need to investigate whether some sort of mud guard or fender will fit. Thanks for the reminder.

zonatandem

We live in southwestern Arizona and don't do winter!

fietsbob

Old MTB now wears studded Tires on a Drum brake wheelset , It is only needing the tires Pumped up
An all the stuff piled in front of it in the basement, Moved.

Damp is just Oregon normal weather ..

You Inland & Upper-Midwesterners wouldn't even call it winter ..


The bikes that dont have mudguards rarely see the street, of late.

Bandera

Rolled the Audax-ish/Winter/Wet bike out yesterday and today to ride dry after the 2nd El Nino rains of the season put water on/across the roads.
The FG will get it's share of dry road base miles as well.

Maintenance time for the fleet as well.

-Bandera

2manybikes

One bike with Marathon (2.65?) Ice Spiker Pro's on it all the time for ice. One bike with knobbys that goes in snow or pavement when there is no ice. Both have fenders. Both mountain bikes.


Three road bikes with fenders for when it is really wet and dirty pavement.

02Giant 

Last winter I rode my Orbea Orca, this winter will be mostly on my Giant Cypress, the Schwalbe Durano Plus wheelset will come off and be replaced with a wheelset mounted with WTB All Terrainasaurus.

canklecat

We don't get much winter in north central Texas. Mostly just wet and chilly at worst. I wouldn't ride in snow or ice anyway. I'll probably add fenders and mud guards to my Globe Carmel. That's about all it need to be a complete all season errand/leisure bike here. Dunno about chain guard, unless it's one of those flexible plastic things.

If my conditioning improves maybe next Spring I'll consider a lighter, faster good weather leisure/exercise bike and promote my Carmel to full time errand bike duty - and that is a promotion, considering how well I like that silly dayglo orange beast and the original reason I got it.

Carbonfiberboy 

I have a winter single. It always has fenders. I don't run special winter tires on it. It's aluminum, cheap frame, nice components. Bar end shifters to save weight and cost. The wheels have ceramic brake tracks.

We only have one tandem. I put fenders on for winter and change the tires to something a little more resistant to puncture. We wear out, on average, one alu rim per winter.

Shimagnolo

Soma Double Cross:
- Full fenders.
- Front & rear Dinotte lighting.
- Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 32mm.

Oldguyonoldbike

Winter here in Oklahoma isn't as bad as up north. We do get some pretty awful weather, but we also get some nice days mixed in. In wet weather I ride my Raleigh cyclocross bike, because disc brakes work better in the wet and because it has 35c treaded tires. It also has a raw aluminum finish that I don't worry about.

Dave Cutter

I have a Fuji winter/rain bike. The only "special" equipment is the rack and trunk bag. It allows me to carry extra clothing.

gregf83 

I use a Tricross bike with fenders in the winter. I also have an Aluminum Bianchi with clip-on fenders as a backup in case the Tricross needs service.

Jim from Boston

My year-round beater bike is a Cannondale Mountain Bike and I lock the suspension for my entirely paved commute. I have a nicely capacious Ortlieb single pannier to carry a lot of appropriate rain and cold weather gear.

For winter I put on Schwalbe Marathon Winter studded tires for the duration from December to early April. Most of my routes are well-plowed, since they are along major thoroughfares. Last winter in Boston was the toughest I have encountered and the Cannondale did well.

Sixty Fiver

I have a dedicated icebike for the worst of conditions, Nokian 296 tyres and a fixed drive makes for a bike that can handle the worst our winter can offer.



My Extrabike gets year round use and I just swapped in the winter tyres, this will be it's 8th winter.

bruce19

I am totally a wimp when it comes to cold and snow. But, in cooler weather I ride my new Colnago World Cup CX. It's outfitted with a light although I try to avoid riding in the dark.

qcpmsame 

Going to get some of the clip on fenders, most likely some SKS, Racer Blades. Not on the bike, but also looking at some neoprene shoe covers, or a pair of winter Sidi cycling boots.

Bill

bikemig 

I built this bike last year for serious winter riding. This is the build thread:

https://www.bikeforums.net/commuting/...ter-build.html

This is the bike: