Spring has been where i am now a couple of weeks which feels so damn solid. i’m in prague, czech republic.

i’ve barely ridden since like October. sure, i did some cold rides here and there but nothing like now. these last couple weeks i’m riding nearly everyday. i just have such interest and motivation to get on my bike nearly everyday.

so you folks that live somewhere with almost zero winters..lets say like florida or southern spain or some places like this, how is that? or maybe your summers are so brutally hot and humid and miserable that that’s kinda the same as me riding on my winter days?

i have done some rides in hot as shxt weather with high humidity and it is very difficult i have to say.

anyway, from mid march or so to October i’ve got tons of solid riding to do in regards to weather but those winter months can be rough. for me at least. just wondering how nicer it’d be to live somewhere with almost no winters. hmm

It's nice... We could ride every day, outdoors - 365. Which means most things outdoors can happen and be done, most any day.
Most of the California Coast is treated to a moderating climate, thanks to the Pacific Ocean and our Coastal Mountain Ranges. Not too Hot and not too Cold.
A very nice climate, but there are variations... Rains come in the winter, Late October thru April, Thankfully !.
And the central part of California does get extremely hot in the summer, early autumn.
Thankfully we also Have the the much higher Mountains, Sierra, San Gabriels, Cascades, Klamath, etc. which offer another variation in climate, and a real 'Winter Climate'.
So, I do ride often, interrupted by deciding to do other things, outdoors...
I did live the 1st half of my life in regions where the Four Seasons shared equal time.
If one is a person who finds magic in the outdoor world, urban, suburban or natural world, you always 'Get Out' in some fashion...
Riding the bike is one of those totally engaging things.
Santa Barbara is not perfect, but it is a daily opportunity to find and do the things which make living special and interesting.
Ride On
Yuri

interesting. thx for the feedback! well i’d guess most of california, especially on or near the coast, is insanely expensive and far beyond my budget of living lol.

I ride almost every day. It's rarely the weather that keeps me from riding, but if it is the weather, it is rain, not heat or cold. I do feel fortunate to live in a place that is conducive to year-round riding.

We mt bike all winter here in the North East U.S. For me, below 30 is too cold for the road bike, though I motivated and did a lot of road rides this winter when it was mid 30’s (F). As long as it wasn’t too windy, it was tolerable. 30’s F down to about 20F is good mt bike temps if we have no snow. The ground freezes and riding conditions are good as long as there’s no much. Then we skip. Unlike the south, it doesn’t get nasty hot here, maybe on occasion to 100F. Of you get out early in the AM it’s mid 80s and also tolerable. I would not want to live in the south where it’s mid. 90’s a lot plus very humid. Riding in that would suck.

I'm in the upper central Midwest. Climate's outdoor biking window for conditions I like is about 6 months, May - October. Outdoor road-biking season – for me, now that I'm 76 – hasn't really started yet despite the 30 - 60 - 100+ mile rides I see being posted to Strava by others who live and bike near me. Spring's been typically slow to start, daily temps around 50°F with clouds and WIND just aren't conditions that give me any motivation to get out & ride.

I've been happily active on my indoor trainer this year; bought it new early in '24, made a slow start getting comfortable with it for a number of reasons. This year I'm over 500 miles so far & progress is gratifying. Hoping that whatever conditioning it's brought me will have a positive effect on my performance and enjoyment once the weather turns more to my liking soon.

Bad weather provides the perfect excuse for me to not ride.

I live in the desert southwest in the USA. Specifically in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Winters are mild with typical winter high in the 40-50 F range. Almost always sunny. Summertime highs around 95 F with occasional temperature over 100 F.

Summer is no issue as I get out at sunup. I can do a 4-hour ride before it gets uncomfortably warm (above 80 F). It's also extremely dry where I live. So, if you're sweating and moving you keep cool.

Winter is the opposite. I ride in the afternoon during the warmest party of the day. Though sometimes that may still be temps in the 30-40 F range.

While I don't like the colder months, I'll take a ride in the cold over an indoor trainer ride. I managed to NOT do a single indoor ride this past winter.

I live in Tokyo, which reaches zero in the winter, and is very hot and humid in the summer. This year I managed to continue riding through the winter, which prevented me from putting on weight in the holiday season. There is plenty of cold weather riding gear on the market, and by layering up, and wearing gloves and shoe covers, I have no issue riding on sub-zero days.

Summer in Japan is a different issue, it is hot, and very humid. And while I can bundle up for riding in the winter, I can't ride naked in the summer. On the positive side, in the summer the sun rises at 4 am, so I can get in a lot of miles before the full heat of the day comes on.

I live in the PNW US, which has mild but wet winters and warm but not hot summers. Darkness is more of an issue in winter, as daylight is short. I ride year round, though fewer miles in winter due to darkness.

I lived in the desert SW for a while. Summer heat was brutal, so I rode at night. The countryside was dead quiet at night, so little concern for traffic. Winter was fine.

I lived in the Midwest US a long time. Bitter cold winter, ice, snow. Hot and humid summers.

I prefer the PNW climate. Variety of weather, but all rideable.

Living in Southern California offers year round cycling for the most part. I don’t ride in the rain but I won’t pass up a good ride if it is dry when I leave the house . If it rains , I duck in to a coffee place and grab a cup of hot coffee and wait for my wife to pick me up. High temps , on the other hand , can be very dangerous for me . I am 70 and have low blood pressure . I came out of one of our local canyons a couple years ago after a great climb and nice down hill . I stopped a couple of times for water and even poured some over my head to try to cool down . I was in the shade and couldn’t cool so I called my wife . I was fine after an hour or so . I am now much more careful about high temps and riding.

If its below 40f or raining we stay inside. Very muddy, we stay off the trails.

I live in Canada and ride all year round. This past winter was very cold with a lot of snow and ice. Riding outdoors can be very enjoyable if you are prepared and know what you're doing. My studded tires got a lot of use this past winter.

In My 20's and Early 30's I lived in the Northwest corner of NJ - Sussex County - for a while, just a mile from the NY State border and in sight of the HIghest point in NJ, then moved a bit south, adjacent to Stokes State Forest...
Climate up there was very similar to Southern VT, at that time... Snow on the ground for 45-50 days...
I always looked forward to that time, my XC skis always stood next to the woodshed, ready to be jumped on, for a jaunt in the woods. Stokes had miles of old logging roads, and once I broke trail after a snow, there was always a track to ski in...
It was a young person's paradise - not sure if I'd want to deal with the piles of snow we had back then... Climate/weather is now very different there, snow very rarely lasting overnight...
Spring, Summer and Fall were beautiful and riding the bike was so gratifying... a bit of heat and humidity not withstanding...
I have been blessed to live in wonderful places...
Ride On
Yuri

The ideal response about being able to cycle all-year without winter or blazing hot summer weather would be from Hawaii.

Like my handle suggests, I live up in the mountains. We do have year round riding, although winter riding can be spotty because of storm activity. Temps are usually pretty moderate. During a nice spell, we'll get temps into the 50s or even low 60s. Most of the time, it's 30/40s. Sometimes down in the 20s, but that's usually accompanying a snow storm, so I'm not riding outdoors anyway. Rarely does it belligerently cold...the only way it drops into the teens or lower is overnight.

The summers do get pretty warm, especially with all the climbing, but early morning rides are usually comfortable. If all else fails, I'll just go MTB up in the high country and experience some really nice temps...although those trails usually aren't even ridable until July, just because of the snow pack. Right now, this nice weather has me jonesin' to start riding further up the mountain, but the snow is still keeping my riding to elevations at 6k' or less.

Shanghai winters are pretty tame, so I ride through them. Almost never snows, very rarely goes below zero so I don't have to worry about icy roads, and even doesn't rain that much.

Summers, on the other hand, are pretty brutal, with high temperatures and humidity. So I try to keep my rides shorter and in the early morning or later in the evening to stay out of the worst of the daylight sun.

Personally, I am very glad that spring is coming and the weather is good enough to ride my bike a lot and spend time outdoors.

In Colorado Springs is almost perfect. It seldom goes below 0F and rarely breaks 100F, with winter mornings usually 15F and summer afternoons in the 90sF. I've lived and biked here since I was 30, I am now 63 and still bike to work year round with studded snow tires in the winter.

In my early 50s I pushed my cold weather limit down to 5F, although it almost never gets that cold. As I approached 60 I found I can more easily handle cold weather. But I also found I am less tolerant to heat. This seems to be opposite most seniors.

It's very dry here so in the summer so wearing modern moisture-wicking fabrics really helps me keep my cool. I wear slightly loose t-shirts with sun sleeves. Having the air blow up the loose short sleeves into my arm-pits chest and back really helps. I'm not racing or trying to set low elapsed times, so a little less aero in exchange for comfort is good. I also will wear a light wicking headcap under my helmet which also helps. And at 6500 feet in altitude covering up from the harsh sun is essential.

However, in the last few years I have not ridden on a few occasions because of the heat, now that it seems to affect me more. 48F to 62F with high overcast seems to be my happy place. And I yearn for it on colder and warmer days...except for snow.

I will endure cold temps to ride to work in the snow to show off to my much younger co-workers.

Seattle area weather sucks year-around. Don’t come here to cycle.

Edit: All the pics I post were photoshopped.

If you add your location in your USER CP details, we will know where that is.

Riding is possible year-round where I live in northern New Mexico. I'm at 5000 feet, so warmer in the winter than Santa Fe or Los Alamos. Snow usually melts off the roads within a day or two. Some days in summer can be hot, but rarely over 100 degrees, and it cools down at night enough to get a break. Mud houses (adobe) with 2-3 foot thick walls can keep 90 degree days and 50 degree nights averaged out to 70 degrees rather well.

The main impediment to riding here are windy spring days. I mean very windy, all day long, often with an unhealthy amount of dust in the air. But they blow over in a couple of days and it gets nice again.

Good weather is the reason why I ride , same in windy weather and sometimes I ride in rainy weather but rarely. I don't ride in heavy rainy or in snow condition. The summer can be too hot to ride past a certain time so I have to take the bike and I ride early. That depends also of my sleep. The last 10 years the seasons have changed drastically in my country , and we have a very british weather often cloudy with heavy rain or sometimes windy.

Yes, there really isn't any excuse not to ride here, except occasional winter cold fronts that bring consistent rain for a day or so. Mostly on Oahu we have local rain that is very geo-dependent. In central Oahu where I am we can get afternoon / early evening rains (called mauka showers), depending on how strong the trades are blowing across the mountains east of us. So sometimes I will switch routes to the south-west (leeward) side that tends to be drier (but can also be hot and windy in summer). If the trade winds die we get onshore/offshore wind pattern that brings afternoon rain to central Oahu, sort of like central Florida but not any thunderstorms.

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I've quit doing cold winter riding. Temperatures on Zwift are always comfortable! I don't miss the detailed decisions about which layers to bring, and the cold hands and/or overheated core, depending on the day's weather changes.

Zwift lets me head outside on these nice spring days and be up to speed already.