What are your plans for winter exercise? Keep riding your ebike or an exercise bike?

[Dallant]

It’s blizzardy, very windy and cold. Not gonna try it till it stops some time tomorrow. I had shoveled the driveway and cleaned off the truck about an hour before this pic was taken.

 

[Dallant]

Only reason I ride in winter at my age is that I´m an obstinate, masochistic & incurable, adrenilin junkie. Froze my wet feet yesterday.

Whatever blows yer dress up!

 

[john peck]

Buy heated socks as well as shoe covers

I´ve got special water shoes, just too lazy to find ´em. Today got a flat, luckily only 1 1/2 mi. from home. There were a three hills involved,
bin worse. Ah the joy of cycling! Mighta fixed it enroute, but too cold & not enuff light. There are so many blackberry thorns littering
the area it´s just damn inevitable! Sweeping the bike lanes twice a day mighty possibly help, but doubtful.

 

[john peck]

Whatever blows yer dress up!

So I have been told & not the 1st time.

 

[FlatSix911]

My e-ride is still in winter storage so I continue to ride my exercise bike. Problem is it doesn’t remain stationary for very long.
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Looks like another you have a nicely preserved Trek Antelop... my 830 is blue with purple graphics.
It was one of the first Trek mountain bikes produced with a fully rigid CroMo frame and oval chainring.

 

[Prairie Dog]

Looks like another nicely preserved Trek Antelop... mine was blue with purple graphics.

Call me Mr. Sentimental but I don’t know if I'll ever have the heart to part with my 970. However, after several seasons biking over rough winter terrain on a steel rigid it's beginning to wear on me. Case in point, on my ride today a fat tire biker was riding his fully suspended machine 10ft away along the forested singletrack in a seemingly effortless flow. Meanwhile, I was focused on picking the right line and dodging around the snow cratered hard pack beneath me. But...every time I hop in the saddle, I am constantly reminded at how reliable and remarkably well built this 30 + year old bike is and that it has never failed me yet. Plus it’s still a blast to ride!

 

[mogulskier]

I hate stationary bikes, get bored so easily and not motivated. I gear up for the cold and get out for a ride almost every day. Luckily in California, we have that luxury. Most states do not.

 

[john peck]

I hate stationary bikes, get bored so easily and not motivated. I gear up for the cold and get out for a ride almost every day. Luckily in California, we have that luxury. Most states do not.

I´ve 40K+ on my Schwinn stationary made in the 50s, no telling how many times it turned over b4 I got it. I´m not especially fond of it, but it´s
the only way I can maintain mileage during torrential downpours. I can´t make a ride around here without seeing someone´s discarded treadmill
or stat bike put out on the street. I´ve even seen Nordic tracs & Bowflexs, I can´t image paying that kinda money only to discover you hate
the damn thing, A couple machines have been sitting there for months, 3rd hand, unattractive lawn sculptures. I paid $50 for mine which is at least
mostly a real bike that goes nowhere. The wife found some poor chump to take her treadmill for $100.

 

[Art Deco]

I´ve 40K+ on my Schwinn stationary made in the 50s, no telling how many times it turned over b4 I got it. I´m not especially fond of it, but it´s
the only way I can maintain mileage during torrential downpours. I can´t make a ride around here without seeing someone´s discarded treadmill
or stat bike put out on the street. I´ve even seen Nordic tracs & Bowflexs, I can´t image paying that kinda money only to discover you hate
the damn thing, A couple machines have been sitting there for months, 3rd hand, unattractive lawn sculptures. I paid $50 for mine which is at least
mostly a real bike that goes nowhere. The wife found some poor chump to take her treadmill for $100.

I had both a Nordic Trac skier and their version of a bow flex in my basement. Gave them away when I moved since they were tied with my 2nd TV (never hooked up) for the least number of hours of use over the years. Still have a weight bench and weights somewhere downstairs, still not unpacked 20 years later ...

 

[6zfshdb]

To break the boredom while riding my Nordictrac stationary bike, I bought a GoPro camera and made video while riding my favorite trails. Playing them on a big screen TV goes a long way toward making the riding sessions bearable.

 

[Prairie Dog]

We have a 20 yr old True treadmill in the basement which my wife still uses. I rarely do but will still pull out my Speedstroke Ergometer every spring when paddling season starts up.

 

[john peck]

I had both a Nordic Trac skier and their version of a bow flex in my basement. Gave them away when I moved since they were tied with my 2nd TV (never hooked up) for the least number of hours of use over the years. Still have a weight bench and weights somewhere downstairs, still not unpacked 20 years later ...

No machine will ever be a substitute for the actual experience. The virtual world is not real! That said, I´ve just spent the better part of
the day getting the bike operational again. Fixing the tire was the easy part.

 

[Kyogiro]

I have prepped my Rad Rhino (Rover) for long distance.

I live in Paris, France and it is around 0°C (32 °F) right now, a bit windy. I usually stop commuting by bike when the snow is too thick (happens rarely but times will surely change).

Otherwise, I am always commuting on my bike and been doing long distance ride on weekends (from 135 (83 miles) to 200+ km (124 miles)). If it's not raining too harshly, will be riding next weekend as well.

 

[FlatSix911]

The new generation of indoor bikes now have interactive rides and classes on the screen.
Some bikes have incline/decline and Bluetooth data links to ride tracking apps like Strava.
This is the controversial television ad that started it all last Christmas... and the craze began!

 

[Gordon71]

I guess for winter the closest I get to a bike is doing the upside down bicycle stomach crunches. Other than that I use a compact stair stepper that also has bungee type cords for the arms while working the legs.

 

[Art Deco]

I guess for winter the closest I get to a bike is doing the upside down bicycle stomach crunches. Other than that I use a compact stair stepper that also has bungee type cords for the arms while working the legs.

Does the arm movement somehow drive the step movement?
Or vice versa ... a coordination thing?

 

[Gordon71]

Does the arm movement somehow drive the step movement?
Or vice versa ... a coordination thing?

No the two are independent of each other. I've had mine for a couple of years and it's similar to this one.

Amazon.com

 

[Art Deco]

No the two are independent of each other. I've had mine for a couple of years and it's similar to this one.

Amazon.com

OK. I get it now, but the 'walking while chewing gum' thing popped into my head.

 

[Clueless]

Morning
Just back from a snow ride with my buddy

 

[Art Deco]

Morning
Just back from a snow ride with my buddy

Hard to tell whose better outfitted for the snow; you or your friend.