Originally Posted by
The Smokester
I don't know about this or the velodrome idea either, for that matter. The reason I am back on a bicycle is because exercising at the club was just plain boring. Maybe the sameness is comforting for some, but for me I enjoy the variability, the people I meet and the scenery as it unfolds during a long ride.
I know there is pressure to keep building the miles but isn't there likely to be a window of good weather you can take advantage of for a month's century?
When was the last time you were in the Canadian prairies during the winter?
Yes ... there is a
faint possibility the temperature could rise to something in the neighborhood of 0C, and there is a
faint possibility it could be that warm enough days to melt the ice and snow that is already all over the roads ... but the chances of that faint possibility occuring on the four days in January I can ride my century (the 4 Sundays) ......... slim, very slim.
Have a look ... here's January 2006:
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec....ilydata_e.html
It did warm up twice in January (chinooks), and I could have ridden the first time, but if you notice the amount of snow on the ground the second time, that's the amount of snow also on the roads.
Check out some of the previous years by clicking the drop down box beside the year and picking another one.
Oh and keep in mind that when I start my rides, it's the minimum temperature, the overnight low.
I'd rather have boring than bitterly cold ... after all, I spent 13 years cycling in Manitoba where the scenery wasn't exactly inspirational ... I'm used to boring.
