Where has everybody gone?

[bridgedino]

On my daily round trip of 100 miles between Fife and Hamilton I have noticed that suddenly the bike count has dropped in the last few weeks from double figures to just one!

Is this a similar trend around the UK?

Where's everyone gone.

[j.silvs]

Don't suppose it's the weather?

[mic]

I'm at home
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

A lot of bikers can put up with 10C temperatures. Not many do when it drops below that.
Above 10C means I don't need thermals or handlebar muffs. Below 5 and it's on with the ski pants and bodywarmer worn over everything else.
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[Rogue_Shadow]

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[Irn-Bru]

Still see the same amount up here, only really stops when it snows. I even saw a Harley 2-up today leather jackets and all.
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[_Iain_]

It got cold and the part timers packed it in.

Same as every year
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[raesewell]

Fairweather bikers mate
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Yamaha FJR 1300 Normanton West Yorkshire

[BravoCharlie]

i still see pretty much all of the bikers i said hello to on my morning commute when i had my bike, havent seen one guy with his custom chopper since july though!
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[P.]

[RhynoCZ]

Just a quick report from the land of the beer: Everything here is covered in ice, it's quite hard to walk on it and I think it'd be instant crash if I tried to ride my bike on it.
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[raesewell]

if you have the right gear the weather is not too much of a problem.
I spent a lot of dosh on gear and I want to get my monies worth
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[N cee thirty]

[Bendy]

It's cold. I don't have a problem with that per se, but I've had the lurgee for the last 3 weeks and frankly can't be arsed with riding when I can take the car, be warm and enjoy spectacular coughing fits without a helmet on.

I even took the train the other day.

[raesewell]

did someone say it did??
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Yamaha FJR 1300 Normanton West Yorkshire

[P.]

I'd spend money on car

[esullivan]

My choices are the Tube or the bike. Let's compare 6am journeys in the middle of the winter:

On the tube, I start near the the edge of the Central Line (at Ruislip Gardens, where the trains come out of the depot), a 20-minute cold, dark walk from my door. When the train pulls up, the windows are frosted on the inside and the heaters are blowing freezing cold air. I slowly become hypothermic over an hour or so ride in jeans and inadequate jacket. I get out at Liverpool Street Station and walk 10 minutes to the office. Often in the rain. I arrive at work wet & freezing. I also often catch colds from my fellow sneezing, wheezing passengers.

On the bike, I get into my multiple layers of warm, waterproof gear, hop on the bike and have an enjoyable, relatively traffic-free ride (at that hour) and arrive at work in 30-35 minutes, parking right next to the front door. Dry and warm. I haven't caught a cold in more than a year.

If there isn't snow on the ground, there's no contest.
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[Fowlersrs]

[reed]

Meh I'm still riding I'm my summer gloves, leather jacket over a t-shirt, jeans and trainers, winter is not at all here yet.
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[Rogue_Shadow]

[Benno]

It's not too cold yet. I'm still getting sweaty wearing my textile jacket while riding the bike. Not even wearing long johns yet either!

Winter hasn't even begun...
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[Blau Zedong]

This weather is for fettling. not riding.

That is all.
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[ViniH]

As a new biker one of the main motivations for me to pass my test recently was so that I could commute by bike instead of being raped on a weekly basis by First "Great" Western.

It will need to be some pretty horrific weather to force me to use the train again.

[Ichy]