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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 Melanie K on March 28, 2011 at 10:28am
I hate the cold myself, and was just trying to be a bit humorous in my recent post. I do wish the weather would warm up sooner rather than later. 

James Baum said:

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...

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on March 28, 2011 at 10:30am

Warm weather riders are not pansies.  If you ride (run, walk, exercise period) you are not a pansy.

Good for anyone who has the physical ability to get out and exercise to some degree.  I look around and wish more Chicagoans would get out and try physical activity.  I'll never be a "Lance Armstrong" but I love my daily rides; slow as I may be...

James Baum said:

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...

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 28, 2011 at 10:42am

I appreciate all the hard-core folks who actually enjoy getting out there in the bitter cold and sucking frozen air into their tougher-than-mine lungs.

 

But I wish they wouldn't get all holier-than-though about it. 

Permalink Reply by Tim S on March 28, 2011 at 10:51am
Had a great ride yesterday, bout 15 miles. Nice day!
Permalink Reply by Gin on March 28, 2011 at 11:07am

In some ways, I find this weather harder to handle than the dead o winter. Wimper. This is why we define Bike Winter as between Nov 1 and April 30.

 

If my son loses one more glove this season I am going to lose my mind.

 

Keep wiggling those toes!

 

 

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by MagMileMarauder on March 28, 2011 at 11:53am
Really? Sunny weather, dry pavement, and temperatures in the 30's would have been amazing a month back. I thoroughly enjoy riding in days like today. No mask, no multiple layers, less preparation time, etc. I'm also keeping in mind that it's gonna be crawling back into the 40s and 50s soon. Sorry about the gloves though:).

Gin said:

In some ways, I find this weather harder to handle than the dead o winter. Wimper. This is why we define Bike Winter as between Nov 1 and April 30.

 

If my son loses one more glove this season I am going to lose my mind.

 

Keep wiggling those toes!

 

 

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Holly on March 28, 2011 at 12:10pm

I'm with Gin. In many ways, I find Spring to be harder for riding. It's just so windy out there.

 

The roads may be dry, but they're filthy. Last week, I got pushed to the side of a one way street by some road-hog driver. I saw the little pile of glass / crap on the street just as I ran it over.  Got my 4th flat in two months on my mountain bike.

 

The air feels really damp to me, too...like it's seeping into my joints and I don't feel like I recover from feeling chilled. I don't remember feeling nearly as bitter about the weather when it was actually really cold out there. (Perhaps that's just the newbie in me talking. I don't know, but I think I handled it much better then than I have been these last few weeks.)

 

Perhaps a lot of my wimpering is due to the fact that I was hoping that I wouldn't need to keep wearing the wool long johns. Alas, I'm still a slave to them.  However, until it snows again, there is no way in hell am I wearing winter boots! (They don't fit in the toe clips on my road bike, anyway. )

 

Oh, lest you think I'm a crabby appleton--hey, at least it's sunny, right?

 

 

Permalink Reply by Michael A on March 28, 2011 at 12:18pm

My favorite part about this time of year is that the sun coming up on my LFP commute in to work. The cold, wind, dirty roads all seem to fade when you get a beautiful sunrise......

 

I am still anxiously awaiting warmer weather

 

 

Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on March 28, 2011 at 12:27pm

I agree on the difficulty with riding in the past week. I actually took the train to work on Thursday after getting really discouraged by the frozen snow the night before. It was tough to have that window of truly nice weather...having it get so cold and windy again does discourage me.

 

Definitely looking forward to a glove-free ride!

Permalink Reply by JeffB on March 28, 2011 at 1:18pm
I'm with you on the winter fatigue.  I was out Saturday morning, sunny, around 30, strong NE wind, and all I could think of was "I am so done with this crap!".  But then I think, if I had a day like this in January I'd be like "Hell yeah!  Let's see what the trails are like."  Its like I've been mentally girding myself against the cold all winter, but I get a couple of brief warm stretches and all my defenses are laid to waste.
Permalink Reply by Jamie Elenbaas on March 28, 2011 at 5:01pm
Yeah Jeff, riding up to Highland Park Saturday morning, the thought crossed my mind, "Why am I doing this?"  On the way home, however, with the wind on my back and the sun on my face, I was glad to be out.
Permalink Reply by Holly on March 28, 2011 at 5:17pm

I used a lot of curse words today while I was on my little bike jaunt around town walking dogs. (All of them were in the voice that other people can't hear.) I was really cold...really, really cold.

 

I have to go out tonight and regret that I have no stamina or whatever I once had that would permit me to ride about 2 miles there and back.  I won't do it.  It was brutal heading south and southwest today. Just punishing. 

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