When is it too bad to ride?

Sean Kelly said you never know (how cold or [censored] it is)till you get out there. Robert Millar said
when you have done 2 hours in the rain and [censored] and are fed up you suddenly realise that Kelly has
done 3 hours AND WITHOUT GLOVES! "SM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

"SM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

Thick snow (yeah I know, I'm a wimp).

Jeff

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You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

If you're a real racer, training to kick butt in the next race, you'll train in whatever weather
there is, providing you can actually ride your bike in
it. If you're training in terrible weather, some of your competitors probably aren't, so you're
getting better than they are on that day. Also, you'll be racing in the wind, cold, rain,
etc. so you'd better become accustomed to it on your training rides. If you can get yourself
to put on your foul weather gear and go out on a cold, windy, rainy day and actually train
for 2 hours, you'll have the mental and physical toughness to stick it out in a race under
the same conditions. You'll also learn how to corner on wet, messy roads and how to keep
upright in the wind.

As for me personally, I'm a real wuss. I don't go out when it's raining or when there is too much
snow or black ice on the roads. I have, though, ridden down Red Mountain pass to Ouray in a hail
storm. I have trained in 21 degree weather. And I have ridden in 35+ mph winds gusting to 48 mph, on
3 separate occasions. Of course, I'm a fattie masters racer now and don't really have the compulsion
to train all "that" hard anymore. I also live near Austin where it doesn't rain that much and seldom
snows or gets below freezing.

Vol

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As for me personally, I'm a real wuss.

Being a wuss is cool, as long as you admit it.

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I don't go out when it's raining or when there is too much snow or black ice on the roads. I have,
though, ridden down Red Mountain pass to Ouray in a hail storm. I have trained in

21

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degree weather. And I have ridden in 35+ mph winds gusting to 48 mph, on 3 separate occasions. Of
course, I'm a fattie masters racer now

Same goes for Masters Fattiedom.

"SM" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Foj8b.96975$bo1.99@news- server.bigpond.net.au:

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You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

Here in Florida its never too cold to ride. But, I'm not a pro and I don't get paid to ride when its
wet. So I don't. I make up for it on days when its dry.

- Boyd S.

"Voltaire" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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If you're a real racer, training to kick butt in the next race, you'll train in whatever weather
there is, providing you can actually ride your bike in it. If you're training in terrible weather,
some of your competitors probably aren't, so you're getting better than they are on that day.
Also, you'll be racing in the wind, cold, rain, etc. so you'd better become accustomed to it on
your training rides. If you can get yourself to put on your foul weather gear and go out on a
cold, windy, rainy day and actually train for 2 hours, you'll have the mental and physical
toughness to stick it out in a race under the same conditions. You'll also learn how to corner on
wet, messy roads and how to keep upright in the wind.

Or, you could wind up very sick and flush all your other training down the toilet.

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As for me personally, I'm a real wuss. I don't go out when it's raining or when there is too much
snow or black ice on the roads. I have, though, ridden down Red Mountain pass to Ouray in a hail
storm. I have trained in 21 degree weather. And I have ridden in 35+ mph winds gusting to 48 mph,
on 3 separate occasions. Of course, I'm a fattie masters racer now and don't really have the
compulsion to train all "that" hard anymore. I also live near Austin where it doesn't rain that
much and seldom snows or gets below freezing.

Now the truth comes out 😉

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Vol

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Originally posted by Sm
You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

Rain: ok
Heat: ok
Lightning: bad, bad dog.

out

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You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

It really is a personal decision that should take in to account your goals, the time of year and an
objective evaluation on how much it will impact your fitness.

I used to have rules that took in to account the time of year, and I would allow myself to skip only
one consecutive day of training due to foul weather. After one very foul winter when I spent weeks
in the rain, I lost my desire to do that. I don't really know how to get it back, but I will say
that allowing myself a "cheat day" did make it a lot more bearable to keep a fairly disciplined
program for years. That is what I recommend to people, so give yourself permission to miss a given
number of days (in reality you are usually swapping outdoor rides for indoor rides, but you get the
idea). This works a lot better than saying "this year I will ride in the rain" and then feeling bad
when you do skip days.

SM said:

You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

100 fricken degrees fahrenheit.

heather enjoys riding in the rain

"Voltaire" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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As for me personally, I'm a real wuss. I don't go out when it's

raining or

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when there is too much snow or black ice on the roads. I have,

though,

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ridden down Red Mountain pass to Ouray in a hail storm. I have

trained in 21

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degree weather. And I have ridden in 35+ mph winds gusting to 48

mph, on 3

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separate occasions. Of course, I'm a fattie masters racer now and

don't

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really have the compulsion to train all "that" hard anymore. I also

live

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near Austin where it doesn't rain that much and seldom snows or gets

below

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freezing.

I've ridden when it was threatening rain.

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SM said:

You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

100 fricken degrees fahrenheit.

What's wrong with that?

Carl

Who built a fence in his backyard, then went for a 45 mile (the farthest I've ridden since
1999) ride three weeks ago when it was 101.

Voltaire said:

If you're a real racer, training to kick butt in the next race, you'll train in whatever weather
there is, providing you can actually ride your bike in it. If you're training in terrible weather,
some of your competitors probably aren't, so you're getting better than they are on that day.
Also, you'll be racing in the wind, cold, rain, etc. so you'd better become accustomed to it on
your training rides. If you can get yourself to put on your foul weather gear and go out on a
cold, windy, rainy day and actually train for 2 hours, you'll have the mental and physical
toughness to stick it out in a race under the same conditions. You'll also learn how to corner on
wet, messy roads and how to keep upright in the wind.

Sounds like a good way to get sick and lose many days recovering.

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Jeff Jones said:

"SM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

Thick snow (yeah I know, I'm a wimp).

Jeff

I used to ride in snow until I simply couldn't turn the cranks for all the snow stuck in the spokes.
Not one to let the opportunity for a good workout pass me by, I'd pick up the bike and carry it to
somewhere plowed and start again.

A shame it doesn't snow much where I live now. Riding in all conditions does wonders for bike
handling skillz.

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I've ridden when it was threatening rain.

In which state?

h squared said:

SM said:

You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

100 fricken degrees fahrenheit.

heather enjoys riding in the rain

I got myself acclimatized to 100's this year and rode for quite a few hours in the max heat of the
day. This 70-deg stuff we have now feels COLD.

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"SM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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You get up in the morning and look outside... what kind of weather does it have to be for you to
decide not to ride?

Now for me anything over 100 degrees saps my spirit and I limit it to an hour, two at most. You can
do anything for an hour. If it is in the 90's, especially the low 90's I can do several hours. If
it's raining or snowing I usually won't go. Years ago I wanted it to rain so I could challenge it. I
would go out with best gear I could get at the time, nothing compared to what you can get today. I
rode in the rain, hail, snow and carried my bike for miles through several feet of snow. Also I went
out when it was 106 degrees and did an 9000 ft climb to Greedley Hill, I think it was 90 miles that
day. I'll never do it again. I was really fit but the heat really knocked the heck out of me. I
think I used 9 big water bottles that day. I don't challenge the elements anymore. I was testing my
spirit in those days.

B-

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"Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I've ridden when it was threatening rain.

In which state?

Euphoria man, the big E.

"Raptor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I got myself acclimatized to 100's this year and rode for quite a few hours in the max heat of the
day. This 70-deg stuff we have now feels

COLD.

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I am in the same boat. Anything below 80 feels cold. Only in the last few weeks have I spent for
than a few minutes below 95, for the past 4 or 5 months. I figure I can always put more clothes on.

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"Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I've ridden when it was threatening rain.

In which state?

One not too close to the one I'm riding in.