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I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by blair on May 13, 2013 at 10:20am

He remained silent until he was almost to the other side of the street.  Really odd.  He mumbled something, but I didn't stick around to figure out what it was.

I yelled out "Jesus Christ!  Are you kidding me?!" right before I hit him.  If he heard me over his headphones, I think I got my point across.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on May 13, 2013 at 10:22am

I had to yell out three times this morning at idiots standing in the Dearborn bike lane at a red light.

Clarification: I had the green light, the idiots standing in the bike lane had the red.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on May 13, 2013 at 10:32am

Wow--the flowers are really spectacular!

Gene Tenner said:

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on May 13, 2013 at 8:47pm
Got a flat on my ride home, so I took the bike to Cycle Smithy. They returned my bike with the brakes disengaged! WTF? Good thing I always check my bike over after getting work done!
Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on May 14, 2013 at 9:52am

Permalink Reply by Rich Evans on May 14, 2013 at 10:10am

Air horns work wonders :)

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

I had to yell out three times this morning at idiots standing in the Dearborn bike lane at a red light.

Clarification: I had the green light, the idiots standing in the bike lane had the red.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on May 14, 2013 at 10:11am

I have seriously considered zip-tying one to my handlebars…

Rich Evans said:

Air horns work wonders :)

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

I had to yell out three times this morning at idiots standing in the Dearborn bike lane at a red light.

Clarification: I had the green light, the idiots standing in the bike lane had the red.

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on May 14, 2013 at 10:21am

My air horn is in a bottle cage.

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

I have seriously considered zip-tying one to my handlebars…

Rich Evans said:

Air horns work wonders :)

Permalink Reply by Rich Evans on May 14, 2013 at 10:26am

I use an Air Zound.  It's a marine air horn, charged by a plastic air flask you fill with any bike pump.  The button mounts easily on handlebars.  It's a serious attention-getter, for about 30 bucks. 

Permalink Reply by T.K. 3.5 mi on May 14, 2013 at 10:40am

Haha! Ive seen a ton of these folks over the last two weeks. I think you should ride up to them, pat them on the back and say, "Want to know how I know this is your first ride of the season?" Then obviously thank them for riding and welcome them to the party. 

Beautiful ride today. If you are experienced enough, drafting an 18 wheeler is a great way to beat a headwind! 


Chi Lowe 12.5+ mi said:

This morning I saw a gentleman riding northbound on Lasalle wearing a balaclava, corduroy pants, and a rain jacket.  If you're out there, Human Hot Dog, I hope there's some lighter clothing in those panniers for the ride home this afternoon :) - I heard a rumor that Chicago might have finally figured out it's summer.

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on May 14, 2013 at 10:43am

Sort of.   Got one mile from home and heard  strange sound.  Sidewall at rim had given way (although intertube had NOT given way).    Had to ride home (slowly and carefully) and swap out the wheel.   So I added some extra time and mileage in the area of the city that's not all that fun to ride in... and the headwinds seemed to be pretty bad... 

Permalink Reply by Rich Evans on May 14, 2013 at 10:52am

One thing you can do as a quick road fix for that (if the failed area of the tire isn't too big) is to slip a dollar bill between the tube and the inner surface of the tire. 

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