In Jan you should start to plan ahead for the riding season. You should be aware maybe what your bike needs in the way of new parts for the coming season. If not check it out and make a list. Measure chain wear for instance. Go to the bike shop or on line and get the best deal on the parts you know you need.

Then in Feb with all the parts and lube at hand do a complete recon of you bike or trike. If you do, the chances are you will never have to walk home during the riding season.

In the meantime try to totally ignore friends and relatives in the south that tell you how much fun they are having riding.

I am in the south, and I am havinglots of fun riding! Dry, sunny, and 70's!

I'm 1° further north than you, and having fun riding.

I almost always opt for convenience rather than spending time trying to find the best deal, whether in a bike shop or on line. My time has a value.

January is the riding season here.

You could just keep riding:

Even better, they make recumbent trike fatbikes now. No excuses!


(Image pilfered from Backcountry Recumbent Cycles ? ICE Full Fat Trike )

My "riding season" is 12 months long

Just going to keep pilling on snow bike pics. We're looking at a small warmup then more snow, at least I hope we're past the negative temps!

This year I think the road bike is getting the 12-23 swapped back on.

That actually looks pretty sweet, I want to try it!

A recumbent bike that I'd ride. Needs a gas powered engine, though... THAT would be fun squared.

Last week was clear, but cold. This week it's warmer, but raining.


A bad day on the bike (almost always) beats a good day at work!

Jan - Think it's going to be nice enough a few days to commute so leave the bike n the garage
Feb - Think yeah, I should bring the commuter in and do the annual rebuilld. All hell breaks loose at work and put in lots of hours, bike still in garage
March - I really need to bring that thing in and work on it. Get a few warm days and say Wow, it's March, bring the bike in the basement and set it up on the stand, maybe pull the wheels to do the bearings. Get a couple warm days and ride the hybrid. Finally strip the Trek to bare frame and start working on it as you ride the hybrid the rest of the month
Early April - finally finish the Trek and get a huge snowstorm Late April - snow melted, salt is gone start riding the commuter the rest of the year.

Last January was great. I rode 17 out of 18 days to work. This January not so good. I am 0 for 1. I've got to bat 1000 to equal last year's numbers. The way the weather is shaping up it doesn't look good.

Bikes are done and ready, Doing HIIT (high intensity interval traing) , starting core work next week. Going to bit the season in high gear this year. KB

Where's that photo from? You still over in the Sault?

Yep. I went up to Hiawatha Highlands in Soo Canada yesterday.

[MENTION=191655]rydabent[/MENTION], I appreciate the reminder.

The FD on my road bike has been rubbing a bit and I think the cable is starting to go. It is probably time to show the bike some love.

Demoed one, crazy fast cornering, super low gearing. Not so great on the tight singletrack though.

Season? MA is good for a fatty with studded tires and a big cup of HTFU. 6 F is brisk, even with a lot of pedaling off road.

I like it! Looks like this is their first season trying on snow biking. That's what it says on their website. The trail looks delightful.

I got out for about 4-5 miles on Saturday. Tried to push out into Munising Bay (photo below), but my not-so-fat 40 mm tires were pretty much a knife brought to a gunfight . They did great on the roads and the streets though.

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I'd stick to the 2k lit loop if I ever went back, it was fairly flat. They are an XC ski trail system, with XC spec trails: the main loop you go down many steep hills straight, and come back up it straight. No switchbacks means a LOT of walking up hills, at least to me! Couldn't find the exact trail I was on, but another close by one showed multiple grades over 15%, my back tires would just spin and dig in the snow...

That said, nordic ski trails are excellent fat biking (where allowed, of course). I had a firm base and probably four inches of powder on top, whenever I wasn't walking it was quite nice. We'll also be over to Marquette some time, the bad news for my biking addiction is I now work with a bunch of other cyclists :/

my trip to the courthouse looks pretty easy compared to the rest of these pics.

That's pretty nice of them to open the actual ski trails to bikes. I can't ever see that happening where I live. We have an amazing set of ski trails, and people would consider it heresy to bike on them.

If I cant ride in shorts and a T-shirt I dont ride. To me riding all bundled up like a blob is no fun at all.