There is nothing better than getting out on your bike and enjoying the beautiful British weather. Trouble is, we only get about three days of it a year, and most of us have to spend them at work. But we?re British, so we don?t complain. Stiff upper lip and all that. We?re happy to make do with the mediocre weather and most of us don?t get too put off by overcast skies and patches of rain. But, come the bleak midwinter when frosty winds doth blow, things change. The days get duller, the temperature plummets and the roads accumulate a slime layer thick enough to need knobblies. So it?s no surprise that plenty of us Brits throw an old bed sheet over our bikes, hang our helmets up and wait until spring has sprung before we drag our bikes back out to see if they?ll start. But it doesn?t have to be that way. We don?t stop riding in winter and we don?t want you to. So to help you stay on two wheels 365 days a year, we?ve sussed out a few tricks. This is five of the best ways to keep riding in winter?
Elbow grease

If you’ve done much riding in winter, you’ll know you don?t have to go off-road or get caught in a rain shower for it to come home looking like someone?s taken a dump on it. The gross road surface will do that for you. But fear not; if you can be arsed to clean your bike properly, there?s no reason you can?t enjoy it all year. Granted, you?re going to want a few extra layers on. And, and those summer gloves probably aren?t going to cut the mustard ag...