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I Rode - Spring 2011

Gorgeous sunrise on LFP today.  So glad Spring is only a few days away!!!

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on March 24, 2011 at 9:23am

a meh week sofar. Nice commute on Monday. Tuesday took the train in due to a long workday. Yesterday rode in, only to find my tire flat when ready to go home.

I strongly suspect somebody in the building to do it. It's the 3rd time in a few months that it happens. Every time it is a little needle hole in the side wall. I asked building management to review security footage. We'll see what comes out of it.

Didn't have time to fix my flat last night, so took the train in again

Luckily I get to go to Alex's wheel building class at Westtown bikes tonight. Taking a class there is always inspiring and restores my belief in humanity. At least temporarily....

 

 

Permalink Reply by Tim S on March 24, 2011 at 9:30am
The lite snow was fun last night for the ride home.
Permalink Reply by Melanie K on March 24, 2011 at 9:34am

I rode. It is cold. I had to ride my 1950-60 era all-steel, 3 speed coaster brake bike as I apparently picked up some glass with my hybrid yesterday during the freezing rain which caused a slow leak in the tire which I did not notice until I went to ride to work and found it flat and had no time to change it. I pumped the 3 speed's tires and rode it's painfully hard seat the 8 miles to work as I refuse to ride public transportation as it is equally painful for me to do that. Anyway, the cold sucks and I am not happy today. Sorry for the ranting, as it would have been a wonderful day to ride if I had my trusty steed, not my rusty steed.  

Also, I am sick of the cold.

Permalink Reply by Michelle Gregorek on March 27, 2011 at 12:25am
I'm no longer a Critical Mass virgin!!  So this Grandmother had NO idea where she was this Friday night.  Anyone here that rode along?  We were in a spot with an awesome view of the city, across a lot of flat land.  Was it just before Chinatown??  Where in the heck was I?  The art show was fun.....but darn, it was cold out there!!!  :-)
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 27, 2011 at 12:33am

Congrats. It was the most cohesive ride we've had in a few months.

You're describing the view coming across the 18th street bridge after turning east off of  Canal.

It's traditionally been a favorite spot for Pilsen and Lawndale people to come watch the fireworks on the 4th of July, but a few buildings built in the last 6-8 years have kind of ruined that.

 

Here's the whole route as it ended up being ridden:

 

W on Randolph

S on Clark

E on Monroe

S on State

E on Jackson

S on Michigan

W on Van Buren

S on State

W on Harrison

S on Canal

E on 18th street

S on Wentworth (jog at Cermak)

Continue S on Wentworth

W on 26th

S on Halsted

W on 33rd St

 

N. on Lituanica


W. on 32nd St.


N on Morgan

W on 31st

NW on Loomis

E on Cermak

S on Halsted

Art Show

Permalink Reply by Michelle Gregorek on March 27, 2011 at 12:57am
Wow H3N3, thanks for the route!  I hope to be a regular from here on out.
Permalink Reply by Tim S on March 27, 2011 at 4:13am
It was chilly out for sure, great ride though. Missed the show, had to stretch the legs and get home to thaw the feet.
Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on March 27, 2011 at 7:04pm
Too bad the Racketeers are sweet! and with those giant gas heaters and $2 PBR's=a nice warm up.

Tim S said:
It was chilly out for sure, great ride though. Missed the show, had to stretch the legs and get home to thaw the feet.
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on March 27, 2011 at 7:54pm

Up to Lake/Cook Rd and back from Rogers Park this afternoon. 

 

Dear Weather,

Warm the f**k up!  Freezing temperatures isn't spring.


Permalink Reply by Tim S on March 27, 2011 at 8:41pm
Saw the Racketeers a few weeks ago... Quite the show, a viewing warms you up.
Permalink Reply by Melanie K on March 28, 2011 at 9:35am

It was pretty outside today. I have hope that the temperature will rise. 

 

The ride was nice, and I saw some of those warm weather pansies actually riding today. I could tell they were warm weather riders, as some were wearing thick snow pants and jackets, which I had discarded long ago during the winter commuting as I believe I have acclimated to the freezing weather and now anything warmer than a light fleece jacket makes me break out in a sweat.  Anyone wearing such things in this mild weather must not be used to true cold.



Duppie said:

A. You are contradicting yourself here

B. Right. Because spring-summer-fall riders are spineless pansies who don't deserve to hang out in the same thread as the hard-core winter folks. Gawd forbid we act like an inviting community that welcomes All kinds of riders

C. What Tank said.


in it to win it said:

A.  Too many pages to flip through on the old thread.

B.  I wanted to dedicate the old thread to the hard-core Winter folks!

C.  Riding to work and home every day is redundant.  I love it!

 

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 28, 2011 at 10:21am

I only wish I weren't a warm weather pansy.  I hate being outside when it is cold.  It's no fun on or off a bike.

 

Having had serious bouts with pneumonia several times in my life and once nearly losing the battle I can assure it is not fun.  Some of us just will not "get used" to it...

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