Originally Posted by
doctor j
1. Work
2. Rain. Won't start a ride in rain but will finish one if I get caught in it.
3. Snow. Please excuse use of four-letter word.
4. Ice. Might as well be a four-letter word.
5. Cold. Another four-letter word. 15 F or less. Above 15 is OK if no #3 or #4 four-letter word junk on road.
6. Evening rehearsals for two different choirs in which I sing.
As far as I can tell, tsl laughs at numbers 3, 4, 5, and perhaps 2. Methinks he's a tough hombre.
Thanks, but I don't exactly laugh. At least not before the ride.
For me the great advantage is that I won't own a car. And I have a job, which I have to get to. If you compare standing in a snowdrift waiting for a bus that may not come, with the joy that cycling provides (albeit in winter, much of the joy is felt after the fact), not to mention the heat it generates, then you would probably make the same decision too.
Originally Posted by
kr32
Okay real answer...same as doctor j except for #6 I don't sing.
If you sing like I do, then your neighbors are grateful that you don't. Mine are.
As for the topic, for me lately it's been rest. Ever since that flu hit me in June, I've felt tired and run-down all the time. Beautiful late-summer day today, and I slept until 11, then had a long nap after--well it was lunchtime, so let's call it lunch.
Yesterday went out for a nice 25-miler. I about died on the first climb, but was feeling a lot better at the turnaround. Shortly after that, a rabbit popped out of a side street, dressed in (local) team kit. (Then again, I was dressed in BikeForums Great Lakes kit.) Took me miles to chase him down. Only his bad luck with stoplights (and the fact it was probably his recovery ride) made it possible, although I did manage several miles in the big ring. (Man that Litespeed feels better the faster you go.)
Then I got home and collapsed for several hours, got up, made dinner, and went to bed.
I'm waiting for that part of getting older where you wake up early all the time...