What's the riding season?

[nerve2]

Does anyone ride 365?

What's the typical riding season on the south island? How about the north?

[miSTa]

Last year I rode all year but one day - there was snow on the road and lots of it. Same for the year before that. Sure it can get cold but not cold enough to stop me.

[skelstar]

I travelled for weekends all year. If the weather was good I'd head. I couldn't imagine putting the bike away just because it was a bit chilly.

[Drum]

Living in Wellington, if you don't ride in the wind, wet and cold then you're not going to be riding much. I like to gain experience with all types of conditions, but of course prefer windless days with the sun on my back.

[Jantar]

I'm right in the middle of the coldest part of the South Island in winter. There were 5 days last year that i took the car rather than the bike to work. 2 of those was because I was carrying gear that wouldn't fit on the bike.

[Ixion]

Riding season? Riding season?

Starts 1st January, ends 31st December.

What an odd question. Do they do things differently in California?

[Steam]

Hmm, maybe it's a weekend biker kind of question.
I ride every day and I'm just a noob. I have only ridden on icy roads twice though, I don't know what riders in Central Otago do in winter. Go slower I guess?

[Edbear]

NZ is a year-round ride! Heard on the news last night that it's probably going to be warm and dry until at least May!!!

[SlashWylde]

*voice of grizzled bandito* "Riding season? We don't need no stinking riding season!"

365 days a year brother. Just depends on whether you mind getting wet.

[thehollowmen]

I got my current job by riding through the snow to an interview the interviewer (and the day's workers) didn't make it to. They asked if I could sit down and work over the phone and I did.

[apteryx_haasti]

Yep - I've had a bike since last May and started riding it to work every day rain or shine in June. Almost no exceptions. There was a day in October that I took the bus because it was exceptionally rainy and windy (and I live on a coastal road that likes to get hit by waves in a strong southerly) but hey - it took the Cook Strait ferry 10 hours to do a three hour trip that day too....oh, and half a hill fell down blocking the road (thankfully after I had got back home on the bus)!

Other than that, what's a little rain and wind - like Drum says, you wouldn't be riding much in Welly if you minded things like that!

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Theres a riding season????

My riding season depends on whether the bike is regerstered or not...

[James Deuce]

If there's a riding "season" in California, then you aren't going to like NZ much. I ride all year and I enjoy heading to the South Island in Winter to experience grit, snow, and the odd bit of ice, just to keep the skills up.

[Nasty]

I ride most days to work .. it has to be excessively windy to stop me .. I actually enjoy riding in the rain ...

[Pwalo]

Living in Wellington, if you don't ride in the wind, wet and cold then you're not going to be riding much. I like to gain experience with all types of conditions, but of course prefer windless days with the sun on my back.

Too true, although we've had a whole month's worth of dry, warm weather!

I ride to work every day, and sometimes if I'm let off the leash, in the weekends.

I don't think there's a riding season as such in NZ. Just dress for the day, and always carry a rain suit.