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I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on June 12, 2013 at 1:48pm

http://www.rrstar.com/news/x345114395/First-stretch-of-bike-lanes-f...

....and bike lanes.

Tony Adams 7 mi (dirtbag hipstr) said:

They have graffiti now.

Davo said:

Rockford Highly Urbanized?

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on June 12, 2013 at 1:49pm

It does. Loves Park.

Thunder Snow said:

Davo said:

Rockford Highly Urbanized?

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on June 12, 2013 at 1:52pm

Ding-ding-ding!  Aaaaand we have a winner here, folks!

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

It does. Loves Park.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on June 12, 2013 at 1:55pm

What do I win? Cash?

Thunder Snow said:

Ding-ding-ding!  Aaaaand we have a winner here, folks!

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

It does. Loves Park.

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on June 12, 2013 at 2:06pm

You win a half-price membership to The Chainlink.  You owe Julie only $95 now.  And there's no free beer.

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

What do I win? Cash?

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on June 12, 2013 at 2:09pm

Hopefully they are wrong, but the City of Chicago is issuing this warning, which is what got my attention originally:

"Per NWS in Chicago. Strong winds could produce in excess of 75mph, large hail, and heavy rain fall could accumulate 2-3 inches."   This arrived as an email from notifychicago@cityofchicago.org, which I think is part of the 911 center.

blair said:

Where are you seeing 80mph winds?!  Weather Channel is forecasting 5-10mph until midnight and then 15-20 after that.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on June 12, 2013 at 2:14pm
The NWS syas that the storms won't start until 5-6, so I'm gonna try to leave work around 4.
Permalink Reply by Nançois on June 12, 2013 at 2:15pm

I snuck out of work at noon and rode my bike home in order to avoid baseball-sized hail later. LFT was empty and enjoyable, winds were calm, sun was out. There may have been birds chirping but I was going faster than the speed of sound on the pedestrian-free path (with the help of a southern breeze). Took the bus back in and no one was the wiser! :)

Permalink Reply by blair on June 12, 2013 at 2:19pm

Yikes - I'll be biking 5:15-5:30ish.  This should be... interesting.

Permalink Reply by Davo on June 12, 2013 at 2:33pm

Looking at the radar everything is going SE of the city

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on June 12, 2013 at 2:45pm

I really hope you're right, Davo.  If so, my apologies for the alert.  Better to be aware, than caught in something bad.

Davo said:

Looking at the radar everything is going SE of the city

Permalink Reply by Davo on June 12, 2013 at 2:59pm

no harm in being aware. I hope it sticks this way too. It seems like since the first "Thunder Snow" a few years back, that every "storm" is going to be devastating. I suppose the Weather people are just using doom and gloom to cover their butts.


Thunder Snow said:

I really hope you're right, Davo.  If so, my apologies for the alert.  Better to be aware, than caught in something bad.

Davo said:

Looking at the radar everything is going SE of the city

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