Monday, January 17, 2011

Top 10 Reasons to Flip Winter the Bird

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(why winter sucks for mountain bikers)


 Try as you might, you won't convince me that winter mountain biking is sane or fun. Sure, it's fun for the first couple of times, but after the novelty wears off, you're left with frostbitten fingers or - if you're unlucky - broken bones. Which is why we made a list of Top 10 Reasons to Flip Winter The Bird.

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10. Water-pack hoses freeze.
9.  You can't feel your brake levers.
8. You can't stash a post-ride can of beer in your water pack.
7.  Riding skinnies in the winter is a recipe for a broken neck.
6.  Your power goo turns rock solid.
5.  You don't get that satisfying feeling of peeling off a sweat-drenched jersey at the end of the ride.
4.  Where the f@#! did the trail go?
3.  SPD shoes give you frostbite.
2.  It gets dark at 5pm.
1.  Frozen nipples.

Do you love winter mountain biking and think we're a bunch of whiners? Leave your comments below.

And if you're fed up with winter and want some real dirt under your tires, enter our Flip Winter the Bird contest to win a trip for two to one of our hot-weather winter destinations: Patagonia, Mexico, Guatemala and Chile!