10 Reasons To Go For A Winter Bike Ride

With increased snow predicted this Thursday you may be starting to believe that you're going to for no reason acquire a consistent training curriculum going if you don't grab a road bike and "pretend" your outside. The sort of training might suit brain dead roadies, but for the likes of us mountain biker, we need to have the terrain, get themselves a sore ass and break some nails, whatever the winter throws at us.

Of course this is easier said than done especially when your sat at home with the fire blazing, the last thing in your mind is "you know what? I wanna go freeze my ass off at the local trail" but there are a great deal of reasons and advantages to taking your trusty steed out for a blast.

Reason One - No annoying "everyday" walkers

Everyone in their time has had the annoying situation in which a family with kid's just happened to take the best mountain bike spot to go for their "pleasure walk", now absolutely nothing is wrong with this particular but as a rider this may function as the most annoying thing ever made. Without random kid's running around and having to deal with them more than the course you'll never truly go full pelt, bring on winter where almost all these families stay indoors you probably possess a whole mountain have fun with, all to yourself.

Reason Two - Snow = Fun

Nothing is more fun than blasting around a trail when ur rear end suddenly slips out and you "just" manage to stay on the bike, the thrill, the fun, all this can be enjoyed 10 times more when the whole trail is covered in pure white slippery goodness.

Reason Three - Fitness

Not riding during wintertime is usually disastrous come spring, in 2009 I totally forgot that riding existed and come spring when the weather was warm and i also was wanting to hit the trails, I became lucky to really make it out of the village alive. Using this experience I realize that bracing the tough winter months just one hour weekly keeps me slightly fit and ready to tackle anything come spring. Its for these reasons You need to get a light and even rigour "fun" ride once a week in winter and if you won't stay face fit at least you can still eat more mince pies at Christmas)

Reason Four (Males Only ^^) - Toughness

Nothing screams out your a male (or an nuts man riding his bike) than proceeding out in the snow and facing the severity of winter directly, now I am unable to promise anyone might find you (all those "roadies" hiding in their warm houses) but if they do they will be pleasantly surprised about how manly you might be while you slog through 3 inches of the latest snow.

Ok so I lied I could only think of four reasons, well one wasn't very good so three but I cant stress enough the importance of winter riding to your all year cycling enjoyment and with today's modern winter clothing you won't feel the cold.