Day One:
Not too bad!
Kinzie is not yet finished all the way to Wells. It's only the first 1/4-mile East of Milwaukee and then it is back to the same-old same-old bumper-car course.
Right now they are talking about BTW week on WBEZ. It'll be a good week.
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sweet. hey - do those (white) reflectors light up ? (I got one yesterday and see it has a button on it)
DB
yup, about 3 settings that I can see; solid on, dim flash, bright flash
dan brown said:
sweet. hey - do those (white) reflectors light up ? (I got one yesterday and see it has a button on it)
DB
there are chainlink stickers; but they go fast. they are great for bike tubes and helmets.
the bookmarks make great spoke cards btw (thanks julie ;-)
DB
James Baum said:
I spent 10 minutes trying to peel the back off of the chainlink "sticker" until I realized it wasn't a sticker. Alcohol might have been involved. I eventually just taped it to my tool box...
It was Lincoln/Wells/Clark
Also had some nice coffee with real cream and sweetener; good warmup for this AM.
James Baum said:
Which checkpoint had all that stuff? My wife woosed out of riding due to the rain. While she is a pagan she isn't THAT KIND of witch that melts in the rain -but I couldn't convince her. I was sleeping in today but I should run out and get me one of those hats and the other neat stuff and do my morning errands.
It was Lincoln/Wells/Clark
Also had some nice coffee with real cream and sweetener; good warmup for this AM.
James Baum said:Which checkpoint had all that stuff? My wife woosed out of riding due to the rain. While she is a pagan she isn't THAT KIND of witch that melts in the rain -but I couldn't convince her. I was sleeping in today but I should run out and get me one of those hats and the other neat stuff and do my morning errands.
I knew it! You must be part of the secret cap keeper club- no such happy hats were there when I arrived. Sorry, I am a big giddy with coffee today.
in it to win it said:It was Lincoln/Wells/Clark
Also had some nice coffee with real cream and sweetener; good warmup for this AM.
James Baum said:Which checkpoint had all that stuff? My wife woosed out of riding due to the rain. While she is a pagan she isn't THAT KIND of witch that melts in the rain -but I couldn't convince her. I was sleeping in today but I should run out and get me one of those hats and the other neat stuff and do my morning errands.
Day 3:
The Polish Triangle pit stop had the nice velcro-type pantleg keepers like last year. I got myself a new one as well as a sweet tire patch/lever set from Rapid Transit and RT coupons. The patch kit is nice because it come with 3 levers that snap together like the Pedro's levers but not so honking big. 3 of them take up less room than 2 Pedro's so I think the Pedro's levers will live in the tool box from now on next to the Kool-Stop jack.
I also snagged a neat laminated spoke card and a bananaphone. The reception was terrible (must have been AT$T)-so I ate it.
Thanks to the Polish Triangle staffers for staying open a little past 9AM so us laggards who didn't want to get out of bed this rainy morning could still get some swaggage.
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