No, actually just contemplating my relative risk of doing something stupid "AMA" - against medical advice - getting back on the bike again right after minor surgery -- carpal tunnel - without actually saying that, since I already know how stupid it is -- and I really don't need external confirmation of my own stupidity. If it's any consolation, I already got that at home last night when I left for my regular Tuesday night 1 on 1 session with my personal trainer -- we just did a lower body and ab workout, nothing that involved using my hand.

I had the same surgery last summer on my other hand, and without a second thought, resumed my regular riding schedule the next morning ... I guess it falls under category of HTFU or something, and was completely comfortable and unafraid of it.

Just wondering whether it's wise to do that in the winter -- not that it was wise to do it in the summer, but ... obviously falling on my wrist within a few weeks of surgery could be potentially problematic.

Realistically, my original question is probably unanswerable per se, unless someone has a lot of obscure statistics about winter cycling from some fat-bike manufacturer's R&D department. And even that would only be an "average risk" -- it's one of those cases where everything is fine --- until suddenly it isn't.

Just overthinking the whole thing, I know.

My gut instinct is I probably shouldn't ride for 2 or 3 weeks to be safe -- but I REALLY want to keep riding - had a slump in Sept-October, with cycling and a lot of other things, and I didn't like the way it felt NOT to be on the bike.

There is actually a valid question in there somewhere, although there is probably not a quantifiable answer to it -- is a properly outfitted "winter bike" inherently any less "safe" - in terms of stability and handling, than a "regular bike" under "typical" conditions (NOT talking about extreme riding conditions such as glare ice after a freezing rain event).

Oh, and, FWIW, I would LOVE the luxury of being bored.