I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on August 29, 2013 at 2:00am

This morning ride in the fog was surreal.  Pretty cool.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on August 29, 2013 at 3:42am

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on August 29, 2013 at 4:23am

Adam, cool pictures.  It was a very weird morning ride--like riding through a cloud.  I was wet after about a half mile, and it had nothing to do with sweating!

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on August 29, 2013 at 4:25am

Thanks! It was a very fun ride this morning – I love foggy weather. My glasses kept fogging up, though, so I had to stop every mile to wipe them down!

Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi said:

Adam, cool pictures.  It was a very weird morning ride--like riding through a cloud.  I was wet after about a half mile, and it had nothing to do with sweating!

Permalink Reply by Ann Sch 9.3 on August 29, 2013 at 4:28am

Adam those are great pictures!  Lisa, I realized the same thing about 1/2 way to work, I thought for a while I was just a big sweaty mess and was going to stick all day.  Then the drops fell off my helmet onto my face.  I was surprised how soaked I was when I got to work.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on August 29, 2013 at 4:39am

Thanks!

Ann Sch 9.3 said:

Adam those are great pictures!  Lisa, I realized the same thing about 1/2 way to work, I thought for a while I was just a big sweaty mess and was going to stick all day.  Then the drops fell off my helmet onto my face.  I was surprised how soaked I was when I got to work.

Permalink Reply by Rich Evans on August 29, 2013 at 4:58am

One other little wrinke to throw in there (this from another chubby biker, who has been losing weight by upping his mileage and speed) is that you tend to get more efficient with experience.  While this helps you go faster and farther (Yaaaayyy!!!), it also means you burn fewer calories/mile (Boooo!!!).  I really noticed this when I recently shifted to a recumbent -- a more efficient bike, but (since I had a learning curve to master) a less efficient rider. About 5 mo's/2,000 mi/25 lbs later, I'm stronger and faster on it than when I started, but I'm not losing weight at nearly the rate I was.  I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to watch what I eat more carefully, and/or put on more/harder miles, and/or add some additional activity, or I'll be regaining that weight.  Of course rolling the clock back 20 years would be kinda nice, too :) And I agree, Mark; it IS fun. 

  

Mark said:

Thank you Scott.  That makes sense.  I would agree with you that getting a result is what really matters.  I do not expect to continue to lose weight as rapidly as I have started.  I don't believe that if I bike, I can chuff whatever I want down my pie hole, and it will magically disappear, because " I bike ".   It does take a balance of proper diet, AND exercise to have sustainable weight loss.  Especially as we get older.  The exercise becomes much easier, or at least, more enjoyable, If it is something we really love doing.  IE, In my case, cycling.

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on August 30, 2013 at 2:03am

My first Divvy commute today.  I've ridden Divvy around the loop, but today I rode from Montrose/Sheridan to South Loop at Franklin/Van Buren.  Date night with my wife at Steppenwolf so I didn't want my bike here for reverse commute.  

I was pleasantly surprised with how responsive the bike is. It gets up to speed rather quickly considering it probably weighs 400 lbs.  

Funny the looks received from other daily riders when you pass them on a Divvy; not so cool. I think we (self included) probably see Divvy riders as a sub-class.  

All in all, a nice commute and a good alternative if I don't want the round trip by bike.  I knew it would take just over 30 minutes so I switched bikes at Moody Bible Institute on Wells.

Beats having to take Red Line by a long shot!

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on August 30, 2013 at 2:30am


in it to win it 8.0 mi said:

Beats having to take Red Line by a long shot!

Sounds like a good slogan for Divvy to me!

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on August 30, 2013 at 3:59am

Permalink Reply by Eric Peterson on August 30, 2013 at 7:26am

Not today. But I rode yesterday from Naperville into the Loop.

On the way home, rode with westsidecommuters where we took a route I've not been on. I am used to taking Lake street with this group, but on Thursday took Fulton > Francisco > Washington > Pulaski > Madison > Austin. First time on Madison - nice bike lanes, will they be extended to Austin sometime?

And when will these Madison bike lanes show up on Google Maps?

Permalink Reply by Colin Murphy on August 30, 2013 at 8:33am

I've just recently started back up riding Evanston-Loop and have totally forgotten everything I once knew about the route (although I'm now doing it reverse of what I always did before).

On an afternoon like today--start of the holiday weekend, hot and sticky--is the LFP likely to be extra crowded, or less so than usual? Trying to decide between lakefront and overland. 

(I rode down this morning. It was sweaty.)

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