The 2025 cycling season is winding down with good and bad news about the fall edition of GoByBike Week, which ended yesterday.

The good news was multiple there were activities in multiple communities. The bad news was there were so many activities, one couldn't attend them all.

In spite of the annual event perhaps heralding the last hurrah of the season, there are still multiple weeks of cycling left and trails will be mostly yours as many riders have put their trusty two-wheeled steeds into winter storage.

Aside from the challenge of getting cycling buddies interested—and involved—one last time, you have to adjust your attire for cooler conditions. The Bike Sheriff has several variations of warmer gloves, ultimately his cross-country ski mitts. He also switches to stretchy cross-country ski pants, adds long underwear, layers of torso apparel with zippers or vents as you warm up, a toque under the helmet and clear safety glasses to cut a chilly breeze. The battery foot warmers come in handy through November.

Some readers may not realize the Sheriff actually cycled most of the trails outlined in this spring, summer, and fall series on the best........

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