What to do in the winter?
 

I live in West Michigan and we have been getting dumped on the last couple days. Last week I was in Florida and we road bikes every day and now I really miss riding my bike. I want to bring my Trek 8.3 DS out of the basement but the roads and sidewalks are all snow covered and way to deep. Any suggestions for a stationary mount for inside?

Thanks!

Cyclops Fluid 2 or Kurt Kinetic trainer with Zwift or Trainer Road

Elite Turbo Muin

Thanks!

Try x-country skiing or snowshoeing, or get a fat bike, or just get drunk and look at the fireplace.

It snows once a year in Seattle, at most. We get our share of rain, but that's easier to ride in than snow, for a typical bike. But I like snow. So in the winter, I travel to parts of the state that get plenty of it, and cross country ski. It demands a lot of cardio fitness, like cycling, and it's fun, like cycling. I've slowshoed for years but it's awful, and you don't get any glide like with skis and bikes. Fat bikes are cool, too.

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I havent been un able to ride here except 12/07 when the Cyclone came ashore with 100+ Knot wind gusts .

Get a trainer (fluid style, not magnetic or wind).
Get a mountain bike.
Look into studded tires.
Ride on weekends when you can go out at the best time of day.
Commute to and from work by bicycle.

Take a spinning class.
Make an evening of it and lift weights, run on the treadmill, and row as well.
Go swimming.

Cross-country skiing
Snow shoeing
Skating
Long brisk walks in the snow

XC skis

Work on bike projects or tune up/ upgrade your ride for the coming riding season. I also like to hike Mt. Helena since it's close. The snow makes the uphill sections quite a workout. But I also have a bad audio addiction. So I like to build tube amps and turntable bases in the winter as well. Being a carpenter, I like to DIY almost everything.

It's the trainer for me, with trainer road. (Haven't tried swift yet, but I have a "dumb" trainer.) And when the temp in in the upper 20s and above, I ride--20 miles in that kind of cold is like 50 in the summer.

I'm dying to get a Fat bike, but finances won't allow it. (Been working on the girlfriend to get fat bikes for her and the kids--which would give me an excuse, you see what I mean?)

Wait until next week when it's 50° again. Such a strange winter.

What to do in the winter? Ride your bike.

Honestly, the only reason not to is if the snow is, as you said, "too deep". But what is too deep is only dependent on how well prepared you are- with my mountain bike I can do short rides in anything less than a foot, more than that and it's not worth the effort for me. But with a fatbike I could do much better- I saw one the other day at a used sporting goods store for only 150 bucks. Too bad I'm broke.

Fat bike, studded tires or not, wool and fleece. Got a windblown pond where there is less snow? Great. Just pedal.

Model railroading!

Take your bike in early for its Spring tune up while there is no long service queue..

If you really want to be strong, get a used mountain bike next year and ride it in the winter. That's what I'm doing in this offseason up in Boyne City. It's an intense workout.

Only if you pedal the bike to power the trains! :thumb:

GH

I'm using a trainer for the first time this winter, and I actually really like it. Granted, I only do 20-30 minute sessions, but I do intervals, so I'm always toasted at the end, and hopefully will come into spring strong...when the snow melts, I go ride outside.

What to in the winter?

Ride 77 miles, of course. First 13 miles had the young stuff, and a couple older guys, kicking my butt. After that I was happy that they pulled away leaving me to my own misery battling the wind. All anyone has to do is come on down to FL.

In the winter the bikes get hung up in the basement and the sleds come out. Yesterday I did a 90 mile ride on our local rail trail. I was thinking it would be interesting to use strava for the ride just to see the responses. Max speed was slightly over 90 MPH and avg just over 50 MPH.