Sculptor7 is correct: This year's November was not decent at all, with frequent rain/cold/ice. Normally, I like November for cycling, but not this year.
And now,, we have entered the time of year I call "90 days of night". Get up in the morning, it's night. Work a day, and if you are lucky, you might
catch the last glimpses of daylight. Then, night again. And this goes on and on. We'll see the sun again, hopefully, toward the end of February. But then
it's sloppy snow and pothole time.