I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on December 23, 2010 at 3:15pm

Overall not a bad ride today. Of course it helped that it was my last commute of 2010.

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Permalink Reply by JD Churchill on December 23, 2010 at 4:54pm

got my back wheel sorted and rode today. happy again.

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Permalink Reply by Jera Sue on December 24, 2010 at 3:31pm

Well, besides that flat today... It was a "nice day for it!"

An old silkscreening project :)

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on December 26, 2010 at 8:13pm

Tomorrow should be interesting. Just got back from TX. Has anyone been on the roads (on a bike) this weekend? How was it?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on December 26, 2010 at 8:20pm

Slushy.

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on December 27, 2010 at 8:36am

Little bit slushy this morning. However, overall a good ride. Supposed to be in the 40's later this week, yay!

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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on December 27, 2010 at 9:26am

Fenders are recommended.

in it to win it said:

Tomorrow should be interesting. Just got back from TX. Has anyone been on the roads (on a bike) this weekend? How was it?

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on December 27, 2010 at 10:46am

Necessity in Winter. Recommended year round.

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:

Fenders are recommended.

in it to win it said:
Tomorrow should be interesting. Just got back from TX. Has anyone been on the roads (on a bike) this weekend? How was it?

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on December 27, 2010 at 12:40pm

Easy this morning. Lots of churned dirty snow covering the road but not wet or slippery.

Relatively few cars out-- I like it.

in it to win it said:

Necessity in Winter. Recommended year round.

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:
Fenders are recommended.

in it to win it said:
Tomorrow should be interesting. Just got back from TX. Has anyone been on the roads (on a bike) this weekend? How was it?

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Permalink Reply by Eduardo on December 27, 2010 at 1:22pm

I rode to the train station today and got some double takes. Got some uncomfortable long stares as I was locking up my bike at the station. Folks not use to seeing winter riding in the western burbs.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on December 27, 2010 at 4:41pm

Hope you're okay, Minh.

I had a good ride after four long days without my bike. I regret that I did something kind of dumb. I crossed in the middle of Milwaukee street to stop at the Village Discount. When I finally had a chance to cross, a car was pulling right into the spot I was going towards in order to get to the bike rack. So I just pedaled a few feet ahead of that spot. There happened to be a van there. All of a sudden, that van was pulling out of her spot...looking for traffic behind her, but not in front of her which is where I was. Luckily, she looked in front of her van before driving away or I'd have been hit. She was angry with me. I'm not entirely sure I blame her.

I forget that sometimes people don't look in front of themselves or into the direction that they're traveling because they're so worried about what's coming towards them. This seems especially true with people who are parking as well as those making right turns.

Less traffic today which was nice, but I think people who were driving seemed kinda flakey.