Winter isn't bad here, though I'm not going to ride in the cold rains. Actually, I don't ride in the rain, period, if I can help it, mostly because I don't like soaking my bikes. This year has been an exception for me. A combination of becoming bike obsessed last year (thanks to all the enablers here) and working from home has meant I have several bikes I like to ride, and I can ride almost any time I want. My goal this year was to do 2500 miles, after never having done more than about 600-700 probably, and I may end up hitting 3000. Unfortunately, there's a good chance I'll be taking a regular job in the near future, along with moving wherever I need to, and my fear is that this year's riding will end up being a fluke. I hope not, but I could easily see myself living somewhere less bike friendly, especially for commuting, and working a time consuming job. A sad thought indeed.

Thanks to those making rain gear suggestions. If I end up in a place with more rain than sunshine, I'll probably set up a bike just for bad weather, and I'll start gathering good rain gear.