Comments on: Symptoms

By: Terracotta Journeys

Terracotta Journeys — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:39:19 +0000

Winter? Come cycling in Portugal. Other than a few days of rain, it has been perfect for bike riding.

By: Bruce E

Bruce E — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:54:46 +0000

Winter is not so bad. I grew up in Northern Wisconsin. We trained and went to whine in hot baths as our limbs regained feeling.

It’s the air that totally F******* sucks.

The air is killing us, along with our kids.

Cough, cough….

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:35:02 +0000

I am sick in the head, I am going out to ride right now and it is 34 degrees… but it is sunny!!! To fight the Winter BAD I finally broke down and bought a spinning bike, but I haven’t sunk so low yet as to “run”.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:47:10 +0000

I am now suffering from FAD – Fatty Absence Disorder. I miss the more frequent posts. I’m suffering withdrawals. Of course, I shall survive without the almost daily posts…somehow. :)

By: yellowJersey

yellowJersey — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:02:37 +0000

You speak so eloquently for all of us. I have often found myself saying the same things to my bikes and I look at their sad puppy-dog faces. (My road bike is behind me on the trainer just sobbing . . .)

We’re all in this together! I’ll be prayin’ for ya!

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:16:30 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:47:10 +0000

What is the “winter” you speak of? Tomorrow I will be going out to do my first metric century…ever…hopefully. Great bicycling weather in San Diego right now. Of course, we only get about 345 days of good weather each year, so one must take advantage.

By: Kris G

Kris G — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:38:17 +0000

Living in Michigan can be depressing for biking. In central michigan, the snow is not predictable for consistent xc skiing. So, we bike when the roads are not iced. Like a few weekends ago. This weekend I plan to go out for a ride, and it is 30 degrees warmer than last time I went out! Its all in the attitude. And the layering. And the self-pep talks.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:26:46 +0000

THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer cyclist and the sunshine biker will, in this weather, shrink from the service of their sport; but he that stands it now, deserves the mocking and scorn of man and woman. Winter, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.

That being said, the windchill was -25 degrees last week. I don’t ride in my car when it’s that cold, let alone on a bicycle. I did get on the trainer, however, but each time I do that, I cry a little bit inside.

By: leroy

leroy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:08:07 +0000

Is it just me or does anyone else think FC is sandbagging on the whole can’t ride the rollers anymore thing?

I think it’s a ploy so he can dominate the next 100 Miles of Nowhere race.

I better start training. Next week. Or maybe the week after that.