I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by Wolf-Pup on December 26, 2012 at 5:47am

Same here. Milwaukee has been eerily empty the past few days. Haven't seen that many other cyclists or cars. I got a new jacket. I was definitely overheating this morning. :) Finally found the perfect jacket...now I just need the perfect gloves.

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Permalink Reply by JimmyD on December 26, 2012 at 6:50am

I have a very short ride from Union Station to my office near the Chicago Theatre. I'm loving the new Dearborn Street bike lanes.

We all know that Chicago is pretty good about clearing snow downtown during the winter; however, I'm a bit worried about the many strange divots and mini-potholes that are already in the Dearborn St bike lanes. There was some water in those pot holes this morning which were frozen over. I saw them and was able to navigate around them, but it would be a nasty surprise to a bike commuter to find a patch of ice in the middle of a new bike lane that it otherwise bone dry!

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Permalink Reply by Thinman on December 26, 2012 at 7:06am

Joe, you may have passed me as I got on at the Buena entrance to the LFT. That is the only person I saw on the trail today cycling. Only a few more people in the city when I got off at North Avenue, going south to the west loop. Thankfully, there were many fewer cars also.

I assumed everything south of North Avenue would be icy due to the NNE winds this morning.

I got a break and had a little help with the tail wind today! Felt guilty for the free ride, but I will take it!! Still took longer since the trail was so poor north of Belmont.

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Permalink Reply by Dovah Cat on December 26, 2012 at 9:51am

Such a great day for a southbound bike ride. Saw some friendly faces! Hooray for bikes!

h' said:

Bone-dry streets- yay.

Strong wind from north- boo.

Dark heavy sky to the west- cool?

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on December 27, 2012 at 3:08am

Better today. At least I won't have headwind both ways. Also saw several fellow cyclists.

Streets in Uptown & Lakeview were much better.

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Permalink Reply by Lawrence Wong K on December 27, 2012 at 6:01am

I rode today. I was so glad to have studded tires.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on December 27, 2012 at 7:50am

Ran some errands while it was snowing. It was melting on the streets, though. Does that count as a snow ride? Saw a few people out on Cortland, Racine, Wrightwood, but not during traditional commuting time.