Last year I interviewed Karel to help me with an article on bike trainers. Over the past 10 years, Karel and I have had the luxury of spending most of our "winter" bike training, riding outside. There were always a few cold days each year when we would bike indoors on our Cycleops Powerbeam Pro but typically we would bundle up to brave the 40-50 degree chilly mornings in Florida (yes, I realize it's all relative!). But now we live in Greenville, SC. We no longer live close to a beach but by the mountains. We now have two trainers (we added a Computrainer to our bike gear family) and we are learning to embrace the cooler fall days which will turn into cold winter days. However, we aren't complaining as we just love our bike friendly community which is also filled with great hiking trails and beautiful fall colors. But with the cooler temps does come a shift in the riding environment for triathletes, cyclists and anyone who enjoys riding a bike. So I thought...
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