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I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by John Wilson 6.0 on January 30, 2013 at 2:44pm

Chickened out not because of the morning commute but what this evening's iced over commute will probably be...

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on January 30, 2013 at 3:25pm

Where's the snow already?  I don't want to ride in this blattering crap!

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 30, 2013 at 3:27pm

Take a look out the window...

Tricolor said:

Where's the snow already?  I don't want to ride in this blattering crap!

Permalink Reply by Deet 4.5mi on January 30, 2013 at 3:33pm

yea it is going to be a fun ride home

 

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on January 30, 2013 at 6:20pm
Was not bad.



Deet 4.5mi said:

yea it is going to be a fun ride home

 

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 30, 2013 at 6:37pm

Really was not too bad.  The wind on the side streets was only occasionally difficult and the pavement was just wet.  The sharp snow in my face was not my favorite, though.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on January 31, 2013 at 10:12am

I liked it.  A little snow here, a little there and no salt on the trail.  There was still some nasty black gunk that came off the frame when I dried it, though.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 31, 2013 at 10:47am

The City salted the heck out of everything overnight.  The bridge on Kinzie had so much salt that it actually caught my tire! :-)  Not complaining.  Better that than ice.  For whatever reason, the bridge over Dearborn did not seem bad, but I think I could have walked it over faster than I rode.  Ditto, Mr. Lowe.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 31, 2013 at 10:59am

isn't it a funny thing.... just how different you view weather?  I find it quite liberating and empowering what we can do with the right tips.

Chi Lowe 12.5+ mi said:

I rode, and yes, I plan to ride tomorrow.  So, so happy to have Chainlinkers in my life who have taught me how to dress/gear for winter on a bike.  I used to dread going outdoors at all in this kind of weather.  Now I look forward to it.

Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on January 31, 2013 at 11:17am

Nope, and it is one of the rare days I may not ride at all.  I am meeting a friend downtown and will probably take the CTA to avoid coming back from downtown drunk in the cold.  It will be my first time on a bus in probably 2 years!

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 31, 2013 at 11:28am

Definitely. I used to hate the winter, but now I don't mind it so much. Being outside as opposed to locking myself indoors all winter really makes a difference.

Riding in 0°F still sucks, though. Luckily those days are few and far between.

Julie Hochstadter said:

isn't it a funny thing.... just how different you view weather?  I find it quite liberating and empowering what we can do with the right tips.

Chi Lowe 12.5+ mi said:

I rode, and yes, I plan to ride tomorrow.  So, so happy to have Chainlinkers in my life who have taught me how to dress/gear for winter on a bike.  I used to dread going outdoors at all in this kind of weather.  Now I look forward to it.

Permalink Reply by Sue Clark on January 31, 2013 at 1:34pm
I was running a tad late this morning and all geared up for the ride. Got to my bike and the front tire is totally flat. Not sure if it's something that I rolled over on Tuesday or some artifact of my Sunday wipe-out. Either way, didn't have the time to play around w/the tire this morning so I grumbled as I was sardined on the CTA for the ride downtown.

Tonight it'll be bike repair time. Hopefully it's nothing major w/the tire and I can ride tomorrow.

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