I Rode - Spring 2011

Gorgeous sunrise on LFP today.  So glad Spring is only a few days away!!!

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Permalink Reply by Tim S on March 26, 2011 at 10:13pm
It was chilly out for sure, great ride though. Missed the show, had to stretch the legs and get home to thaw the feet.
Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on March 27, 2011 at 1:04pm
Too bad the Racketeers are sweet! and with those giant gas heaters and $2 PBR's=a nice warm up.

Tim S said:
It was chilly out for sure, great ride though. Missed the show, had to stretch the legs and get home to thaw the feet.
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on March 27, 2011 at 1:54pm

Up to Lake/Cook Rd and back from Rogers Park this afternoon. 

 

Dear Weather,

Warm the f**k up!  Freezing temperatures isn't spring.


Permalink Reply by Tim S on March 27, 2011 at 2:41pm
Saw the Racketeers a few weeks ago... Quite the show, a viewing warms you up.
Permalink Reply by Melanie K on March 28, 2011 at 3:35am

It was pretty outside today. I have hope that the temperature will rise. 

 

The ride was nice, and I saw some of those warm weather pansies actually riding today. I could tell they were warm weather riders, as some were wearing thick snow pants and jackets, which I had discarded long ago during the winter commuting as I believe I have acclimated to the freezing weather and now anything warmer than a light fleece jacket makes me break out in a sweat.  Anyone wearing such things in this mild weather must not be used to true cold.



Duppie said:

A. You are contradicting yourself here

B. Right. Because spring-summer-fall riders are spineless pansies who don't deserve to hang out in the same thread as the hard-core winter folks. Gawd forbid we act like an inviting community that welcomes All kinds of riders

C. What Tank said.


in it to win it said:

A.  Too many pages to flip through on the old thread.

B.  I wanted to dedicate the old thread to the hard-core Winter folks!

C.  Riding to work and home every day is redundant.  I love it!

 

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 28, 2011 at 4:21am

I only wish I weren't a warm weather pansy.  I hate being outside when it is cold.  It's no fun on or off a bike.

 

Having had serious bouts with pneumonia several times in my life and once nearly losing the battle I can assure it is not fun.  Some of us just will not "get used" to it...

Permalink Reply by Melanie K on March 28, 2011 at 4:28am
I hate the cold myself, and was just trying to be a bit humorous in my recent post. I do wish the weather would warm up sooner rather than later. 

James Baum said:

I only wish I weren't a warm weather pansy.  I hate being outside when it is cold.  It's no fun on or off a bike.

 

Having had serious bouts with pneumonia several times in my life and once nearly losing the battle I can assure it is not fun.  Some of us just will not "get used" to it...

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on March 28, 2011 at 4:30am

Warm weather riders are not pansies.  If you ride (run, walk, exercise period) you are not a pansy.

Good for anyone who has the physical ability to get out and exercise to some degree.  I look around and wish more Chicagoans would get out and try physical activity.  I'll never be a "Lance Armstrong" but I love my daily rides; slow as I may be...

James Baum said:

I only wish I weren't a warm weather pansy.  I hate being outside when it is cold.  It's no fun on or off a bike.

 

Having had serious bouts with pneumonia several times in my life and once nearly losing the battle I can assure it is not fun.  Some of us just will not "get used" to it...

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 28, 2011 at 4:42am

I appreciate all the hard-core folks who actually enjoy getting out there in the bitter cold and sucking frozen air into their tougher-than-mine lungs.

 

But I wish they wouldn't get all holier-than-though about it. 

Permalink Reply by Tim S on March 28, 2011 at 4:51am
Had a great ride yesterday, bout 15 miles. Nice day!
Permalink Reply by Gin on March 28, 2011 at 5:07am

In some ways, I find this weather harder to handle than the dead o winter. Wimper. This is why we define Bike Winter as between Nov 1 and April 30.

 

If my son loses one more glove this season I am going to lose my mind.

 

Keep wiggling those toes!

 

 

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by MagMileMarauder on March 28, 2011 at 5:53am
Really? Sunny weather, dry pavement, and temperatures in the 30's would have been amazing a month back. I thoroughly enjoy riding in days like today. No mask, no multiple layers, less preparation time, etc. I'm also keeping in mind that it's gonna be crawling back into the 40s and 50s soon. Sorry about the gloves though:).

Gin said:

In some ways, I find this weather harder to handle than the dead o winter. Wimper. This is why we define Bike Winter as between Nov 1 and April 30.

 

If my son loses one more glove this season I am going to lose my mind.

 

Keep wiggling those toes!

 

 

 

 

 

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