I saw this on cyclechat.net and had to pinch it...

IF you can keep your saddle when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on the weather,
If you can trust yourself when all work colleagues doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait at the lights and not be withered by the pouring rain,
Or being tired, don't deal in tiredness,
Or being cold, don't give way to chills,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream of the Sun - and not make dreaming your master;
If you can ride - and not make commuting your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by trolls to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the tyres you gave your air to, punctured,
And stoop and build 'em up with far too many tools:

Then the road is yours and everything that’s in it
And what’s more, you’ll be a cyclist my friend



So, if you're still commuting on these dark chilly days, then well done to you.
We may disagree, we may argue, we may fall out but I respect you one and all!

Big up the winter commuters, you know who you are!!!