I haven't owned a car since August 2004, so I've been riding my bike for fun, by necessity, ever since. I live in the Twin Cities, which means that we have classic winter conditions for a few months per year. I ride my bike year-round, winter included. One thing a lot of people don't know about winter cycling is that conditions are incredibly variable - I never get bored even doing the same commute everyday. During a fluffy snowstorm, the sparkling white blanket is lovely. To a vigorous cyclist like me, such conditions invite a bike ride, whether I have to or not. Occasionally conditions are brutally difficult, or even dangerous, but that can be its own kind of fun. If I don't feel like riding I take the bus. Or I say to Hell with it, and stay home. But bailing out on riding is more a function of my mood than of weather.
That Atlantis pic I posted earlier was from January 2007, and 6 years later, I remember that ride fondly. I enjoy winter riding and learn something new with every ride. My current winter bike has really expanded my definitions of winter cycling. I'm no longer constrained to city bike paths and plowed/packed streets. It's not a Riv, so I won't gush about it here, but this bike has been a revelation to me. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CWVn0oGBHn8/UR6q-NLLmEI/AAAAAAAABdQ/MeZ5-8YMrOI/s320/tubeless9.JPG On Saturday, March 2, 2013 1:17:39 AM UTC-6, hsmitham wrote: > > I don't know Jim was is that really fun? Or is it a function of necessity? > > Hugh > Sunland ( the name say's it all) CA > > On Friday, March 1, 2013 6:53:14 PM UTC-8, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > wrote: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0093009/photos/twowheelflight/365091479/ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
