+1 used to be hard core as well and ride in any weather even in snowlumpyv wrote:
and as for riding in crap weather if it makes you feel like a proper biker your welcome to it . i spend enough time stringing telecoms cables up in the snow/rain/wind/hail/ etc to get freezing cold/wet in my spare time. i also like going round corners as nippy as poss and when the roads are wet and slippery this is compromised so i dont bother. years ago before i had a car i used my bike all year round and cant say it made me feel much better about biking .
roll on spring and some proper (dry/warm) biking weather
maybe getting a little old, but now I prefer to stay in when it's cold and rainy 
Got to add, after living in Sydney Australia for several years, I can confess that I cannot stand this colder weather we share 
Maybe I should move to sunny California 
