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Snow Motion
Northern Europe is currently being devoured by snowfall and icy winds as the winter settles in. Which calls for extra base layers, warm tights, overshoes and concerted bravery to keep the mileage going. Even if a numb two-hour spin is all you can muster, we must fight back against the cold and keep riding.
© Timm Kölln
Think of Jens Voigt slaying ice-trolls as he hurtles through Brandenburg, or Juan Antonio Flecha ploughing along in the snow, or imagine Andy Hampsten attacking on the Passo Gavia while the rest of the them shiver and cry. Forget the turbo, that isn’t road cycling. Cranking up the heating and staying indoors is not an option. To quote Michael Barry: “No ride is the same yet the objective remains the same: to progress.”
Get out there.
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Comments
James Fairbank
30th November 2010 06:47pm
Regents Park tomorrow morning anyone?
David Christenson
1st December 2010 05:26am
Rode in -3° celsius and snow today near Lake Tahoe and I have to say the Rapha winter collar works wonders…was able to ride for 3 hours…definitely made it more comfortable to be out in the cold…
Jon Cannings
1st December 2010 12:25pm
did four hours in minus 3 today. nails.
Joe Hall
1st December 2010 12:27pm
You mean at a snail's or you saw Jimmy Nails?
sean obrien
1st December 2010 08:19pm
Sunny and 70 here in San Diego. Light winds. A small swell running down the coast. Girl in shorts jogging by. What were we talking about again?
Rijnen Rik
1st December 2010 09:44pm
Keep cycling! I prefer my Mountainbike when roads gets really slippery.
Jon Cannings
2nd December 2010 01:02pm
saw jimmy's nails. can't go out today, a bit snowed under.
Ben Brown
2nd December 2010 01:19pm
Rollers!
Stefan Rohner
2nd December 2010 02:24pm
and who playes the "autmn cup"? ;) 40-50km/h WIND, +10º
Linda Bussey
7th December 2010 06:05pm
MInus 5 in the Peak District today, wrapped head to toe in Rapha. Toasty warm, came back home glowing, with a head full of the sunlit snow-clad hills of Kinder Scout. Where have all the cyclists gone?
Joe Hall
7th December 2010 06:21pm
Linda, I/we salute you from tropical London. Sounds bloody wonderful. Ride safe.
Doug Page
30th December 2010 05:30pm
Burgundy has been so snowy and cold, that 3 and green feels tropical. I'm just glad I didn't have to ride in the -5 mistral wind blowing a steady 40K in Lyon the other day. Tomorrow I'm heading out for 30K or so, and there's just enough snow left by the side of the road to give it a Winter feel.