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Indian Summer Weekend Recap

Nice riding this weekend in the 60 degree weather.


Where did you ride?

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Permalink Reply by S.Presley☠ on November 14, 2011 at 9:57am

The ride to work saturday and sunday morning(and home in the afternoon) was much better than I expected.

Saturday around 7am I caught a little sprinkle on Elston north of Fullerton....but the wind dried me off before I got to work.

And the the wind Yesterday wasn't as bad as the reports said they were...at least on my commute, up and down Elston, North of IrvingPark Blvd.

Permalink Reply by Meg Matthews on November 14, 2011 at 10:06am

Rode from Hyde Park up to visit a friend's foster cat off Halsted and Wrightwood; came back by way of REI and Rapid Transit to pick up/fix a few bike things. Had one horrifically close call (squealing brakes and some kind of collision immediately behind me) on 18th as I went home...didn't ride on Sunday, but made it in today.

Permalink Reply by Heather on November 14, 2011 at 12:16pm

Was cleaning house almost all day Saturday and didn't realize how lovely it was outside--went for a quick ride along the lakefront from Montrose to around Foster and back. Then fought the wind (and a bike stuck in a high gear AGAIN) to Wicker Park for the Bike Fancy one-year-anniversary party followed by a stop in Logan Square for a friend's birthday. Luckily there was a great tailwind on my way back home. Sunday I had to drive with a friend somewhere but it was probably too windy for me anyway.

Permalink Reply by Meg Matthews on November 14, 2011 at 1:30pm

Yeah, that headwind on Saturday was brutal! I've never truly been blown sideways before, but I went to take a left from Wabash onto Cermak...and just kept going left! :P

Permalink Reply by Bernard Joseph Hannigan on November 14, 2011 at 6:42pm

It was painful....Had to help a buddy move on Sat...

Got to ride Sunday on the Salt Creek Trail, Zoo to Oak Brook...Big ol' fat sun showing for Tuesday! I will run it again tommorow. What amazed me was that there was hardly ANYONE out on Sunday. Maybe the wind forcasts kept everyone home.

My best wishes for Grandmother and family Duppie.

Permalink Reply by mark stetson on November 14, 2011 at 11:45pm

Friday I did about 25 miles by moonlight.   Only turned the headlight on for 1 approaching car.

Tonight I left at sundown, rode about 10 miles before I turned the lights on, then 25 in the dark.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on December 2, 2011 at 12:14am

Sorry I missed this.

Orchestra buddies, yeah!!!

Michelle Stenzel said:

Hey, I played in an orchestra performance in the west Loop yesterday afternoon too! CMSO?

h' said:

Trailer pull to/from orchestra performance today (SW side to W. Loop).  No jacket either way, although I'm still not used to it being pitch black at 5:30.

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on December 2, 2011 at 8:17am

Woot! Great to put a face to a moniker!

h' said:

Sorry I missed this.

Orchestra buddies, yeah!!!

Michelle Stenzel said:

Hey, I played in an orchestra performance in the west Loop yesterday afternoon too! CMSO?

h' said:

Trailer pull to/from orchestra performance today (SW side to W. Loop).  No jacket either way, although I'm still not used to it being pitch black at 5:30.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on December 2, 2011 at 8:51am

Oh, and I really enjoyed your playing yesterday ;-)

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