Originally Posted by
jimmie65
I'm in central Texas. Take comfort that by July, my bike rides will be limited to the early morning or evenings due to 100+ degree weather.
Thanks for your reply. I actually like the four seasons we enjoy in New England, except for the Winter salt keeping me off my pristine carbon fiber.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Does a near-perfect weather place exist?
Personally the only weather I don’t like to ride in is rain, and no rain would be a desert. That said, I really like riding in all seasons,
even winter.So my near perfect weather would present the best of all seasons, without the extremes, and I already live here.
Nice, albeit short Spring with beautiful blossoms and that first few weeks of relief from Winter; glorious summer; cool crispy Autumn with colorful foliage; and even a bracing, and challenging Winter, but not one impossible to ride in.
Originally Posted by
SiuBlueWind
...post pics of your bike and describe what it says about you.
I have a Specialized S-Works, a Specialized Diverge Elite, and a Cannondale Mountain Bike, and I have posted
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
…I'm very happy with my
Specialized S-Works for dry weather riding, but my Cannondale Mountain bike was pretty heavy and cumbersome as a Wet/Winter beater.
So I recently bought a
Specialized Diverge Elite aluminum bike as a wet weather beater, and it rides nearly as nicely as the
S-Works, so I'm very happy with the
Diverge Now… my riding needs are completely met.
I liken my three bikes to a Lamborghini, a Lexus, and a Humvee. 
So I guess my bikes say about me, what those car models say about their owners. 
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 03-21-18 at 03:21 PM.