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Permalink Reply by Natalie on February 5, 2009 at 12:30pm

A. Why do I live in Chicago again? Because it's flat, gray, and freezing?

B. I have GOT to get out on my road bike.

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Permalink Reply by Ali on February 5, 2009 at 2:09pm

Yeah I definitely miss the days where I can just put my head down and start going without a care in the world not worrying about if I'll be cold...

-Ali

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Permalink Reply by terryg on February 5, 2009 at 8:19pm

and to think that used to be my back yard, hence the dumb stare when folks ask "why'd you move here?"

Ali, I'm totally optimistic that those days will be here soon!

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Permalink Reply by Salvo Lutzery on February 5, 2009 at 9:02pm

Yeah, I remember my first tour in the mountains and realizing that A) nothing in the midwest can prepare you for riding up a mountain; and B) There is nothing better in the WORLD than riding up a mountain because you get to go down the other side!

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Permalink Reply by Jon on February 6, 2009 at 2:08am

While I agree that it's not exactly the same, training in some of those crosswinds out in the far west suburbs have gotten me through some pretty gnarly uphills.

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Permalink Reply by Natalie on February 6, 2009 at 2:54am

I lived in Philly for four years. It's not mountainous, but it is hilly. And I hated every hill I climbed. But it was never boring.

So I did ride my road bike to work this morning. Unfortunately, my 10-year-old Ultegra shifters hate cold weather more than I do, and I was essentially riding a single-speed. Now that my bike has been in my warm office for a whole 10 minutes, it shifts easily. Sigh. Come on, warm weather.

(Terry, don't use this as an example of why I should buy a light tourer with bar-end shifters instead of STI. I don't want to hear it.)

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Permalink Reply by terryg on February 6, 2009 at 9:05am

sssshhh, the retro-grouch in me somewhere is sleeping.



Natalie said:

(Terry, don't use this as an example of why I should buy a light tourer with bar-end shifters instead of STI. I don't want to hear it.)

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Permalink Reply by Bert Travis on February 6, 2009 at 2:09pm

Come to the southwest suburbs, Palos area. You can piece together 1500 feet of climbing in 30 miles, then head out to Lemont for more:) Hope you got out today 44 degrees felt like summer

Natalie said:

A. Why do I live in Chicago again? Because it's flat, gray, and freezing?

B. I have GOT to get out on my road bike.

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