I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on December 16, 2013 at 3:59am

Same here. Ride this morning was not bad at all, but snow this afternoon means that I take public transit home, and maybe get to do some christmas shopping on the way home...

Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

Yes, but if we get the snow that is forecast my bike will be spending the night at the office.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on December 16, 2013 at 4:02am

Have you figured out how to get your bike to do some work while it is sitting there overnight?  Mine is quite recalcitrant.

Duppie said:

Same here. Ride this morning was not bad at all, but snow this afternoon means that I take public transit home, and maybe get to do some christmas shopping on the way home...

Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

Yes, but if we get the snow that is forecast my bike will be spending the night at the office.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on December 16, 2013 at 4:49am
Kicking myself for not riding today, because of the heavy afternoon snow we're slated to get. I plan on riding tomorrow, though.
Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 16, 2013 at 4:52am

I wussed out this morning and took the train. Just the quick bike jaunt (maybe 5 minutes) was enough to make my hands hurt from the cold. My beater doesn't have Bar Mitts, and I wasn't wearing the best possible gloves. But still...

Hopefully I'll be back in the groove tomorrow.

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on December 16, 2013 at 4:58am
I got on my trike this morning and it was moving slowly. The brakes were frozen, so I squeezed them until they worked. Still slow. They gear shifting was frozen, so I wiggled the rear derailleur until it worked. Still going slow. I had a flat on the right tire.
 
This is when I realized that the bicycling gods were not with me. I took the bus in. 

Grrrrr.
Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on December 16, 2013 at 5:25am

Clearly you were not meant to ride today.

Gene Tenner said:

I got on my trike this morning and it was moving slowly. The brakes were frozen, so I squeezed them until they worked. Still slow. They gear shifting was frozen, so I wiggled the rear derailleur until it worked. Still going slow. I had a flat on the right tire.
 
This is when I realized that the bicycling gods were not with me. I took the bus in. 

Grrrrr.
Permalink Reply by T.K. 3.5 mi on December 16, 2013 at 6:00am

A man walking near the county jail asked me, "Have you seen any palm trees?"

I couldnt give him a witty response because I was too focused on not running him over as he walked straight at me in the street.....

Looking forward to the ride home! 

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on December 16, 2013 at 6:26am


If he was walking South, just tell him to keep walking...


T.K. 8.4 mi said:

A man walking near the county jail asked me, "Have you seen any palm trees?"

I couldnt give him a witty response because I was too focused on not running him over as he walked straight at me in the street.....

Looking forward to the ride home! 

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on December 16, 2013 at 6:31am

I had a terrible experience trying to ride home early last week and have chickened out since then due to all the snow I still see on the streets. Can anyone advise whether Wells, Kinzie, Dearborn (all the way up to Chicago northbound) are generally rideable on a Divvy bike, as of this morning? I'm not afraid of a little bit of hard pack snow, but I don't like ice nor plowing through biggish snow piles, nor having to weave into the motor vehicle travel lane often.

Permalink Reply by T.K. 3.5 mi on December 16, 2013 at 6:32am

Funny, he was actually headed North, presumably to his parked car. 

in it to win it 8.0 mi said:


If he was walking South, just tell him to keep walking...

 

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on December 16, 2013 at 6:42am

Kinzie between Wells and Dearborn was fine. Dearborn generally pretty good southbound except next to 55 W. Wacker.  It is rideable, however.  Cannot help with the rest.
 
Michelle Stenzel said:

I had a terrible experience trying to ride home early last week and have chickened out since then due to all the snow I still see on the streets. Can anyone advise whether Wells, Kinzie, Dearborn (all the way up to Chicago northbound) are generally rideable on a Divvy bike, as of this morning? I'm not afraid of a little bit of hard pack snow, but I don't like ice nor plowing through biggish snow piles, nor having to weave into the motor vehicle travel lane often.

Permalink Reply by Duppie on December 16, 2013 at 7:30am

Wells southbound was pretty clear this morning all the way from Lincoln. With the buffered bike lanes in place I rode pretty much where I always ride: close to the left most striping.

Michelle Stenzel said:

I had a terrible experience trying to ride home early last week and have chickened out since then due to all the snow I still see on the streets. Can anyone advise whether Wells, Kinzie, Dearborn (all the way up to Chicago northbound) are generally rideable on a Divvy bike, as of this morning? I'm not afraid of a little bit of hard pack snow, but I don't like ice nor plowing through biggish snow piles, nor having to weave into the motor vehicle travel lane often.

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