I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by grayn8 on January 13, 2014 at 3:19am
Same here on the too many layers front. But today's ride has me with a SEG and singing. Damn this is so much nicer than last week.

Duppie said:

With holidays and weather, this morning was the first time in over 3 weeks I rode into work.

Most have forgotten how to dress properly. I was hot.

Permalink Reply by EssFresh on January 13, 2014 at 3:20am
Rode up Cortland from Damen today. Heads up, there is a MONSTER pothole right after the bridge East of Elston. They filled it with sandbags but it could easily toss you and destroy your wheel. Beautiful morning for a ride.
Permalink Reply by Deet 4.5mi on January 13, 2014 at 3:34am

I just reported it to 311, lets see if something gets done, the pavement has been jacked up there for over a year.
 
EssFresh said:

Rode up Cortland from Damen today. Heads up, there is a MONSTER pothole right after the bridge East of Elston. They filled it with sandbags but it could easily toss you and destroy your wheel. Beautiful morning for a ride.
Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 13, 2014 at 3:36am

Left most of my layers at home, but was still a little bit warm.  Side street route not too bad except for occasional piles of ice extending four to five feet from parked cars into the lane and the incredible number of pot holes.  I also noticed on some streets that there seem to be cracks developing that run parallel with traffic direction and are big enough to catch a tire!

Permalink Reply by Robert Underwood on January 13, 2014 at 4:13am

I also saw some apocalyptic sized potholes yesterday when I rode from uptown to Humboldt park.  well, they were like three feet long and a couple feet deep anyway.
 
EssFresh said:

Rode up Cortland from Damen today. Heads up, there is a MONSTER pothole right after the bridge East of Elston. They filled it with sandbags but it could easily toss you and destroy your wheel. Beautiful morning for a ride.
Permalink Reply by Duppie on January 13, 2014 at 4:22am

Three people commented in this thread today about their clothing. All three people commented that they were overdressed.

I stand by my comment :)

h' 1.0 said:

You're projecting :-)

Duppie said:

Most have forgotten how to dress properly. 

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on January 13, 2014 at 4:28am

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 13, 2014 at 4:31am

What bike today did you ride? And did it have fenders?

Permalink Reply by Duppie on January 13, 2014 at 4:49am

Mr. Snurly, my good weather commuter. Of course it has fenders, but I still need to install a good mudflap.

Julie Hochstadter said:

What bike today did you ride? And did it have fenders?

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 13, 2014 at 5:01am

I also rode my Surly (which has become my "any weather I am willing to ride in" commuter) and it has fenders.  I don't seem to need a mudflap.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 13, 2014 at 5:14am

I rode the same bike I ride every day (Globe hybrid) and yes, it had fenders.

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on January 13, 2014 at 5:19am

Schwinn three-speed. Yes. Though note that I only rode to the pool, then the train. To Duppie's point, I was perfectly dressed for the distance and effort required. :-)


Julie Hochstadter said:

What bike today did you ride? And did it have fenders?

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