If there is a bright side of coming off of Daylight Saving time (getting dark at 6pm) it is that your training gets into another "mode of workouts". This is the time for some serious inside training on your bike trainer. Forget about jumping on your bike after work to ride a good 20 miler. That won't happen for another 5 or 6 months. You need light from the sun, not car headlights. So, as I mentioned, the bright side of this change with inside training is that you can really build up a spinning base for next season. The trick is to plan out a training schedule based on time spinning to give you long solid days of fast cardio and leg conditioning. One hour a day on your trainer for just 4 or 5 days can really prepare yourself for some serious results in the spring.
Weather permitting, you can still set aside a good ride outside for Saturday or Sunday. But on the weekdays, try to keep a log of your time (instead of miles) that you train. You can log about 120 hours for these off season months putting down some fast pedaling speed. You do this and come next spring you will be the road riding bullet of your town.
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