I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by We all have an inner Beast... on December 21, 2012 at 3:46pm

Congrats, Gene !!!!

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Permalink Reply by OLB 0.1 on December 21, 2012 at 6:21pm

Great job, now many others will appreciate your fine work.

Gene Tenner said:

NBC Chicago Channel 5 weatherman Brant Miller will have Cheryl Scott air my photo - taken today on my bike ride along the lakefront at Waveland, below - on the weather segment (usually around 10:18 p.m.) of the news next Friday, December 28, and it will be on the weather page of the Monday, January 31, Sun Times.

Adding to my 15 seconds of fame a few seconds at a time.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on December 22, 2012 at 3:28am

Hmmm, from both personal experience, and that of others, gloves, unless electrically heated (maybe), are of little value on very cold and windy days. Mittens offer much more warmth. People also speak highly of bar mitts. Please keep us posted with your results.

Chi Lowe said:

Got up this morning to test my cold gear (and mettle). My brain says "go", but my hands say "aw, hell no". Gonna wait until we hit a cozier 28 - 30 degrees, then peddle up to REI. Seems some GIGANTIC gloves might solve the problem.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 22, 2012 at 6:12am

Bar mitts, yeah!

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Permalink Reply by David Barish on December 22, 2012 at 8:37am

440 am and out the door to ride to the Winter Solstice Percussion concert. No wind but cold. With good gear its a delightful pedal. The concert was amazing. You should go to tomorrow's show. Years ago we were the only people to ride to the show. There were a bunch of bikes parked outside this morning.

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on December 22, 2012 at 9:59am

For more bike ride photos from today, click here.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 22, 2012 at 10:00am

Rode to Golf/Mill to pick up a gift for Ellen. Yes, she requested a miter saw. Gotta love her! Just after I snapped this shot the bike fell over, my only mishap on the entire ride.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on December 22, 2012 at 12:29pm

Rode to Pecking Order and back for the Chainlink Opus Bike Giveaway party. Small but congenial group! The ride in the sunshine with little wind was so beautiful. And the ride home wasn't bad, either.

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Permalink Reply by 1s20gdv3auw5h on December 23, 2012 at 5:46am

So great that its mid December and we still get to ride!

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Permalink Reply by Donna Nitz on December 23, 2012 at 11:21am

Rode around town looking at holiday decorations.
Some ice in spots but took my husband's mountain bike which handled beautiful.
Really threw off the Walgreen's drive through attendant...... "aren't you cold Donna?"
Lol. " no....i love this!"

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