Who would believe that a non-cold weather rider would be out on the 7th of March in CT. It was windy but mid 50's. It has been a strange "off" season for us. I stopped on the ride to take this cell phone pic of an example of our tree damage from the winter storm of last fall. It was basically the only winter we had.

I was all set to go out today but the wind is howling here on Liberty Hill (Lebanon, CT) and it's starting to cool off. Might jump on my Ducati though. Where are you in CT?

We have 4 or 5 days a week like this--- but rarely at weekends.


Just over 3 weeks to go but who's Counting?

March in New England.

We had most of our winter within the past week here in Boston: a wintry mix last Friday, and 19 degrees in the AM on Monday. Just a couple hours ago I posted to this current thread on Fifty-Plus, "March is the cruelest month,” about a more typical March:

A bit windy here in upstate NY, but other than that pretty much ideal weather with temps in the upper 50's. Got ~30 miles in, tho I'm feeling the the effects of the minimal amount of riding I did for the last 2 months.

R.I. and the south coast of Mass. had the same weather as Connecticut. Temperature was in the low 50s F but very windy with good whitecaps everywhere I rode near water indicating 10-12 knots. It was such a gorgeous day I got sucked into riding a few more miles than I actually had in me.

The weather this winter has been very mild. I haven't hit the road as often as I would like, mostly due to other obligations, but I am hoping once the clocks change over the weekend it will be a little easier with more daylight!

Next door in Colchester. I probably ride within shouting distance of your home every now and then. Usually I leave the trail at Leonard Bridge road and go in a different direction though.

Weather here has been pretty good to excellent this winter. Of course we need rain . . . didn't get much. It was 44 degrees F. when I rode to work this morning; looks like low 60's for the ride home.

Good to hear you've had a nice cycling winter back East and in the Midwest too!

Rick / OCRR

Looking forward to a little more daylight. Don't really know why I haven't ridden more this winter. I obviously could have been. I was talking to the guy at the lbs about a winter project I was working on because it was winter and I couldn't ride and he's like, "well most winters anyway" and I think I reallized it was just a psychological thing for me that I hadn't ridden more because I don't ride in the winter usually.

It was different before I retired. Even though it's nice this year at noon, it still gets colder fast for those who are just getting home from work after 3. Today's wind was enough to bite in some places.

Yeah, I'm thinking of commuting tomorrow, but the temps at 7 and 6 are probably going to be rather different from our predicted high of 64.

We couldn't resist a ride today it was so nice. However the wind did come close to matching the temperature numbers.
It's all here

Forty-five here today, but the north wind is distinctly unpleasant.

I managed to commute to work for all except a handfull-and-a-half days this winter. Yowza! I love it that the roads haven't been messed up with tons of grit. I hope we don't pay for this later in the year!

I'm not going anywhere on a bike on the open roads, can't get them out of the
cellar door. The snow is stacked up halfway up it. So on exercycle for another month.

wpt

From the thread title, I thought this was about a protest or something. Let's all March in New England!

This is what's really happenig. My "good" weather is counterbalanced by someone elses "bad" weather. For my part of the country, an extremely fortunate twist of the winter jet stream has resulted in a "good" year so far. As pointed out above though, this may yet result in unfortunate circumstances. I have never seen my trails as dry as they are at this point of the year. That dry could result in "bad" things later in the year.

Today will be a hiking day instead of a riding day. It's already almost 50 at 6am but the wind is blowing hard. Hiking provides good exercise for the ankles and knees.

There was a prediction on the weather this morning of near 80deg weather next week.

I actually live on Trumbull Hwy (aka: Rte. 87) near the Log Cabin Restaurant. I have a couple loops that go through various parts of Colchester. My gf and I are members of Thread City Cyclers and some of our Saturday rides go through Colchester as well. Although we do ride with TCC I find that 90% of my rides are either solo or with a couple friends. I had a great 15 mi. TT that included Clubhouse Rd. along it's final stretch but last year the Town chip sealed it and God does it suck now.

Wind is the curse of Spring riding at my house. I live on Liberty Hill and the wind seems constant in the early season.

Yeah still windy this morning but just wore a vest over my jersey so there is an improvement happening. Great winter for riding. Where I live the snow total for the season has been 2" but the DPW guys have been dropping sand/salt on the roads whenever they think it might freeze a puddle, must have to use a certain amount every season.

This morning's forecast is for temps in the mid-60's and wind gusts at 40+ mph!

It's their rice bowl.

For the skiers in New England, they has been much knashing of teeth and rending of clothes. For cyclists, the mild weather has been as perfect as could be hoped for. Fortunately me me, I do both.

Today's installment of March in New England,

Sunny and 65*! Woot! Too nice not to go for a ride.
I took a walking/biking path not far from my house and as expected, ran into some snow.
The snow starts right before the turn, but I only made it so far before I ran out of traction.

My poor road bike is thinking "I think you have me confused with your other bike!"