I've never had one take longer than two weeks to complete . . . including time to ship parts.

You never had a real project! One that needs painting ,chrome, all shiny bits polished, new wheels built......

The problem with winter projects is that my tools are spread between my garage and basement work area, which means I get as much of a cardio work-out as if I were riding the bike.
In addition, I can't OA much of anything until after the risk of a deep freeze ends.

problem is ...I don't have a winter project. Boo hoo. Bike, that is. Plenty of other stuff to work on.

Can't test ride my finished bike with all the snow and ice.

Yeah. That too. Colder than a well digger's hinder out there. Sand on the road, etc.

... that I have TOO MANY of them! I used to think I'd use a FIFO method, but I'm too easily distracted by stuff that comes into the collection to stay focused!

I don't have a winter project this year. Someone send me something to build

Problem is..... Winter projects were last Summer's projects which were last Springs.....you get the idea.

Quite true. And your skill in these areas is obvious.

We don't have a winter, so I get to delay as long as I want!

I was going to say that the problem is that winter is the best time for us to ride!!! So who wants to be indoors working on projects when it's sunny and 70 outside?!?!?!

Give me a summer, 95 degree, rainy, hurricane season project any time.

The problem is the really cold shop ... takes forever for the heat to warm it up when you've got a 16ft high ceiling.

€€€.

The problem is my tools are going to rust because they are subject to extreme temperature fluctuations out in the shed. The other problem is it is too cold to actually do any work and I don't want to heat the shed because that will only make for more frost as the warmer air sucks up moisture. I don't have an indoor workspace either. So the problem with winter projects is that they cannot be completed until spring. However, there is lots of time for skiing.

Where I live, the problem with winter projects is they take time away from the best riding of the year. Summer is the time to lock yourself indoors here.

the biggest problem i found is...
i change my mind everyday.

This winter, the issue is space. We moved and there is not enough space to store bikes and other stuff and work on a bike at the same time. I have to set up, do the work, break down, every time. So just picking up where I left off is not an option. Now that I think about it, it won't be much different any time of year! I did get a non C&V project done this fall: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-cm-equivalent

I have a good project this winter-

1983 Raleigh Touring 18 conversion to 650B.

-Complete dissassembly
-Cut off 27" cantilever bosses
-Braze on new canti bosses for 650B
-Braze on a third set of water-bottle mounts
-Braze on some mid-fork mounts for low riders
-Fabricate and braze a custom porteur rack for the front, with low-rider rails
-Fabricate and braze a custom rear rack
-Cold set the frame to 135 mm
-Powder coat the frame and racks
-Build a couple of 650B wheels, with a generator hub in front
-Design the circuit and put a 3W Cree LED with standby battery into a vintage headlamp
-Put the whole thing back together

It should take me the rest of the winter. I'm only at stage 6.

It takes over eating your money just after you finally paid off your car!
It gets dark really early so properly lighting your work area is always an issue. And it's much harder to find those little parts when they fall off your hands or work table.
It just get so damn cold in that garage sometimes.
You always feel rushed to get it done before spring.
Yeah, you can kinda dissapear from you family for some quiet C&V tinkering time, but they know exactly where to find you.
There's always that big, looming complicated step in the project you need to deal with that you have been putting off to eventually to finish it.
Realizing there's an unobtanium part you need to get to finish it.
Trying to find time between rides and session at BF to work on it.
Forgetting that you own just as nice or nicer bikes that deserves just as much attention.
Paypal, eBay, Fedex, USPS and UPS really loves your winter bike projects.

I guess we have to do something other than just eat and hibernate during the long winter....

Chombi

Whats "Winter"? excuse me I gotta go get more suntan lotion on !

Photogravity, I'm not familiar with that Alpine bike of yours. It must be new. Is there a thread about it? I'm a bit tickled that you've moved into high performance bikes rather quickly.

This.

For some reason, this year:
1984 Centurion Turbo, 0% done, parts on hand.
1985 Simoncini, 0% done, parts not chosen.
1986 Centurion Facet, 10% done, parts on hand except tires.
1986 Centurion Ironman, 10% done, parts on hand.
1995 Hot Tubes TT by Tobias Stanton, 80% done, waiting on tires.
1996 Kestrel 200SCi, 60% done, reconfiguring a bit, waiting on tires.
1998 Trek Y-Foil, not C&V.
1998 Giant MCR, not C&V.

Then, a sale.

This sounds very promising...can't wait to see how it turns out.

Several years ago, I foolishly used a chemical stripper (TSP) without gloves. It left the skin on my hands dry and permanently cracked. Whenever I spend more time working on bikes than actually riding them, my hands show it. My problem with winter projects is grungy hands (this was taken after a good hand washing):