In an ideal world, we’d only need to ride in warm, sunny weather, thoroughly enjoying our time progressing along dry, grippy roads. But that idyllic, convenient world only exists in a very few places on earth.
Here in the UK, such heavenly circumstances usually occur for only a few weeks each year in total, and not always for long, uninterrupted periods. Even so, regardless of whether you must ride, or do so voluntarily, when the weather’s not at its best, journeys don’t have to be miserable. Plenty of rewards, or even some pleasure can still be derived from soldiering on, though. It’s all a question of going about things in the best possible way.
We’re all about to face less favourable riding conditions more often around this time of year, with the impending winter months generally bringing cooler, wetter, and shorter days. And though winters aren’t usually anywhere near as bad as they used to be, the risk of facing poor weather of some sort in the UK is still about to become considerably higher – it’s a fact of British biking life.
The good news is, the prospect of staying on two wheels towards the end of the
