Originally Posted by
bmt074
To me September in Boston is one of the best months for riding (if not the best) - the days are getting shorter but the weather can be nearly perfect. October starts getting rough as things start cooling off and it is completely dark after work. As others have said if you have some decent lights on your bike you'll be fine in the dark.
I don't think I will ever be a winter rider though - it just isn't fun riding around in freezing temperatures no matter how bundled up you are (to me). Luckily I have an easy bus ride into work as an alternative. Freezing temps and bike lanes full of plowed snow are really tough.
Lol, well - do you have a heated waiting area where you wait for the bus?
:-) A lot of us who have tried winter biking debate about whether it's more comfortable to bike or drive a car in the winter, but we all seem to feel the same way about the comfort of riding the bus vs biking - winter biking (with decent gear) is waaaaaaaaaaay warmer than sitting around outside at the bus stop waiting for the bus to show up - your body heats up as it gets moving.
(If you don't have a decent route for winter biking, that's a different matter)