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Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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First time in a long time, but I agree:  hell no!  From 5:30 when I got up until a brief reprieve at about 7:10 it was raining so hard I could not even take my poor dogs out.

I wish we had Divvy, though, because if it is dry(er) when I leave it would be nice to ride home.

Yes...I hit a window between 8:40 and 9am. Grateful for fenders on days like these.

yea good training for your 600.  are you going to CM on friday?
 
spencewine said:

Yes...I hit a window between 8:40 and 9am. Grateful for fenders on days like these.

Maybe you should have taken the paddle boat today.

Gene Tenner said:

Gene, was the other one flooded too?

Gene's recumbent sort of resembles a paddle boat. Thanks for the pics of the flooding!

Contents of my email to the CTA this morning:

I was kind of stranded - I didn't want to leave my broken bike locked up all day. The 24 Wentworth came to my rescue. Driver 34413 went above and beyond to help me get the bike (which didn't quite fit due to a front cargo rack on the bike) on the carrier and let me know when it appeared to be slipping off center. She could have been crabby about all this and it would have been understandable. But instead she was a ray of sunshine on an otherwise quite rainy morning. Keep up the great work.

Either my cog or hub is stripped - or both. wah! Resolutions:

1. Always carry a lockring wrench

2. Stop thinking I'm too cool to leave a freewheel mounted on the freewheel side of my flip flop hub.  

Lisa, that was the east one at LaSalle pictured, but the west one was clear and ... dry.

I rode, and cars were surprisingly considerate.

Oh and if you ever want to know where the bike cops go during crappy weather, they're all hanging out in the bottom of the Millenium Park bike garage on their iPhones.  Keep up the good work!

I saw three bike cops riding up Broadway just south of Belmont yesterday after work as I was looking for a new frame.  They do get around when the weather's cooperating.

Uh oh. You might have just gotten the driver in trouble — they're not supposed to get off the bus to help load a bike (or for any other reason).

Tony Adams 7 mi (dirtbag hipstr) said:

Gene's recumbent sort of resembles a paddle boat. Thanks for the pics of the flooding!

Contents of my email to the CTA this morning:

I was kind of stranded - I didn't want to leave my broken bike locked up all day. The 24 Wentworth came to my rescue. Driver 34413 went above and beyond to help me get the bike (which didn't quite fit due to a front cargo rack on the bike) on the carrier and let me know when it appeared to be slipping off center. She could have been crabby about all this and it would have been understandable. But instead she was a ray of sunshine on an otherwise quite rainy morning. Keep up the great work.

Either my cog or hub is stripped - or both. wah! Resolutions:

1. Always carry a lockring wrench

2. Stop thinking I'm too cool to leave a freewheel mounted on the freewheel side of my flip flop hub.  

She didn't get off the bus and I didn't say anything about getting off the bus in my email, so let's hope that her manager does not have Adam Herstein level reading in between the lines skills. :)

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

Uh oh. You might have just gotten the driver in trouble — they're not supposed to get off the bus to help load a bike (or for any other reason).

Tony Adams 7 mi (dirtbag hipstr) said:

Gene's recumbent sort of resembles a paddle boat. Thanks for the pics of the flooding!

Contents of my email to the CTA this morning:

I was kind of stranded - I didn't want to leave my broken bike locked up all day. The 24 Wentworth came to my rescue. Driver 34413 went above and beyond to help me get the bike (which didn't quite fit due to a front cargo rack on the bike) on the carrier and let me know when it appeared to be slipping off center. She could have been crabby about all this and it would have been understandable. But instead she was a ray of sunshine on an otherwise quite rainy morning. Keep up the great work.

Either my cog or hub is stripped - or both. wah! Resolutions:

1. Always carry a lockring wrench

2. Stop thinking I'm too cool to leave a freewheel mounted on the freewheel side of my flip flop hub.  

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