I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by EssFresh on January 14, 2014 at 6:05am

Just rode from Lincoln Park to Lincoln Square. Roads are fine for now, snow is not sticking. 

Permalink Reply by Ryan Stahlman on January 14, 2014 at 6:28am

I rode from Hyde Park to downtown on the LFP this morning... three times. Turns out when I arrived at my office, I realized my shoes had fallen off my rear rack. I backtracked to Hyde Park and back and had no luck finding my shoes. Anyone on here pick up a white canvas Chrome shoe bag with leather shoes in them this morning? I'm sick that I lost these and can offer a reward for their return.

The wind was damn annoying too.

Permalink Reply by S on January 14, 2014 at 6:47am

Unfortunately I didn't see anything when I rode in to hyde park from the loop this morning.

Ryan Stahlman said:

I rode from Hyde Park to downtown on the LFP this morning... three times. Turns out when I arrived at my office, I realized my shoes had fallen off my rear rack. I backtracked to Hyde Park and back and had no luck finding my shoes. Anyone on here pick up a white canvas Chrome shoe bag with leather shoes in them this morning? I'm sick that I lost these and can offer a reward for their return.

The wind was damn annoying too.

Permalink Reply by Ryan Stahlman on January 14, 2014 at 9:41am

The shoes have been found by JJD! I owe a big debt to her and to thechainlink today.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 14, 2014 at 9:47am

THAT'S AWESOME! We've been toying with the idea of building some sort of lost and found section within the new site.

Ryan Stahlman said:

The shoes have been found by JJD! I owe a big debt to her and to thechainlink today.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on January 14, 2014 at 10:49am

Looks like your forecast was right.  The wind changed direction.  Haven't heard about the temple band, though...

JM 6.5 said:

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the wind doesn't do a 180 before tonight's commute home.  The current weather forecast on the Trib is that the southerly winds are supposed to shift to a very strong northerly headwind for those going north:

Permalink Reply by JMinHP on January 14, 2014 at 11:42am

Crap, I hate being right. ;-) I guess I'll put on a smile and try to convince myself that riding into a headwind both directions is better for my health.

Tricolor said:

Looks like your forecast was right.  The wind changed direction.  Haven't heard about the temple band, though...

Permalink Reply by JeffB on January 14, 2014 at 11:46am

Any early reports on roads for the commute home?  Black ice?

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on January 14, 2014 at 12:34pm

That wind was coming in from all different directions. I was shifting gears to accomodate the shifting winds.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 14, 2014 at 12:36pm
No black ice on N Dearborn and N Clark. Lake Front Trail has some light ice patches from North Ave to Roscoe but is otherwise well salted.
Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 14, 2014 at 12:49pm

Some spots freezing up again, but no black ice on my side streets.  Dearborn/Kinzie salted heavily.  Wind, as Gene says, seemed to be everywhere and gusty, but I think it was really mostly west and a little southwest between 4:30 and 5:00.  Did not seem to be northwest yet.

Permalink Reply by We all have an inner Beast... on January 14, 2014 at 12:59pm
I found out firsthand about the ice under water thing...here is my knee after my front tire hit a patch of underwater ice on southbound Halsted on my way home after stopping at Rapid Transit South for some extra CO2 cartridges.
Ouch.

Gene Tenner said:

The side streets are very VERY VERY slippery. I hope to catch some of you before you leave work. Water on top of ice is a very dangerous situation. The lakefront path was OK from Belmont to Buena, but the side streets from Erie to Belmont were slick. Be cautious.

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