Getting the bike ready for spring
 

DONE!! Just put new tires, chain, cassette and all new cables along with bar tape on the Tarmac. She is ready for spring. Shouldn't be to much longer now.....:rolleyes:
Who else has already freshened up there ride?

Are you legs ready for spring?
Dang man, Winter didn't even start.

Just 4 months to go. :bang:

Spring? What about the rest of fall and the winter?

No, I'm not even thinking about Spring. I have events to train for by then and I'm not in much shape to do well in them yet!

Endurance miles will set you free. I'm told...

Thats what the beater bike is for......

I have not even thought about all that yet. Talk to me in March.

I'm working on all Machak's rust spots now so that when I ride him through winter they won't get any worse.

I have six bikes...some nice and some beaters. I ride them all year round. The idea of "retiring" a bike for the winter is completely alien to me. I don't understand why you would do that.

that's nice......;)

To save components from salt, to ride something with slightly wider tyres, to make sure you don't have an "excuse" not to ride, etc.

I love California...there is no stopping in winter.

I just converted from Summer to Winter mode a couple weeks back. Wider tires, heavier wheels, attach various lights, swap the road pedals for mtb pedals and mtb shoes (warmer, plus I do cx).

Yeah ... same with Alberta. :)

I'm still riding. It doesn't snow here.

Who ever said stop? Me and many many others ride all year here in Cleveland.

See post above ^^^^^^^

nope. I have 3 bikes, but only one I ride with any regularity. I just put it on the trainer for the first time today. Was on it for 1.5 hours while watching Chelsea/W. Brom. Albion and some of the UNC-Asheville/Liberty game. Late fall/winter/early spring is depressing time period in regards to cycling in the upper midwest.

I'm contemplating giving my ride a new paint job, I can handle the cold, and I can handle the rain. I choose not to handle cold rain.

I wait until after Winter to tune the bike up. The last time I did it before the end of Winter, the brand new cables were corroded and the bar tape looked like crap in just a month!

Bring the bike inside.

I read somewhere that helps. :thumb:

eh. Roads generally are not salt-covered all winter long, at least not here. I still end up riding my nicest bike for a lot of the winter. There's never an excuse not to ride.

Ugh... Don't remind me...

Pics or it didn't happen.

Not a pretty pic but since you asked :)

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...cture004-1.jpg