I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by EssFresh on January 17, 2014 at 3:49am
The bike lanes are patchy with ice this morning. Saw plenty of cyclists, which was awesome.
Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 17, 2014 at 3:52am

"Main" side streets had patchy ice.  Milwaukee, Kinzie, Dearborn were fine except for one or two places on the whole route.  And, as Kevin pointed out yesterday, the minefield at Milwaukee and Augusta was patched! Funny, too, how 15 degrees does not feel so cold any more.

Permalink Reply by Ryan Stahlman on January 17, 2014 at 4:16am

There was a light dusting of snow in small patches on the south portion of the LFT, totally passable. Saw other cycle tracks through it, so I knew I wasn't alone.  Hope there is not any serious snow accumulation happen later today before the return commute.

Permalink Reply by Eli on January 17, 2014 at 4:17am

Huge mounds of ice every dozen yards in the bike lane on Damen north of Montrose.

Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on January 17, 2014 at 5:10am

Similar mess on Archer. Here is a shot of Archer at Quinn, a few blocks west of Halsted:

The bike lane is sporadically full of either piles of old snow or ice between Throop and Canal or so. I had a brief exchange on Twitter about it recently in which Streets and San actually said that they are not responsible for bike lanes and pointed the finger at CDOT! I'm pretty sure CDOT is only responsible for protected bike lanes (or whatever the City is calling them this week).



Eli said:

Huge mounds of ice every dozen yards in the bike lane on Damen north of Montrose.

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on January 17, 2014 at 5:30am

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on January 17, 2014 at 6:08am

I took the train again today. No riding at all this week, except to the Metra. Today I gave a bandage to a woman on the train who'd fallen on some black ice on her way to the train. I don't believe she was on a bike when she fell.

Permalink Reply by J.P. on January 18, 2014 at 3:13am

Yeah, that was dreadful last night. A lot of patches of ice, snowing, dark. And all this traffic. Ended up taking California since the N/S Channel trail was in pretty bad shape south of Devon.  I don't think I am up for this anymore. Just not enjoyable.

Permalink Reply by Thomas Bruzan on January 18, 2014 at 3:51am


Studded tires are a pretty hefty investment. My 20 inchers for my folding bike were about $140. They are absolutely amazing! One rainy ice storm I couldn't even walk without sliding down the gentle crown of my driveway. I jumped on the clown bike and took it for a spin without a problem. I put them on every Thanksgiving now, they add a lot of confidence to my daily commute. 
J.P. said:

Yeah, that was dreadful last night. A lot of patches of ice, snowing, dark. And all this traffic. Ended up taking California since the N/S Channel trail was in pretty bad shape south of Devon.  I don't think I am up for this anymore. Just not enjoyable.

Permalink Reply by Josh L. on January 18, 2014 at 4:44am

hmm..I rode Clark from Uptown to the loop to and from work yesterday and had no problems at all. Obviously plowing/salting is unequal.

Biked home at 11 last night. That was bone chilling cold.  Had four layers on. I can't imagine biking in this weather without really good technical biking clothes.  

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on January 18, 2014 at 9:09am

Permalink Reply by Eli on January 19, 2014 at 9:39am

What a beautiful day. Windy, but at least there's sun (or there was this morning). Foolishly I thought I'd try the North Shore Channel Trail on the off chance it might be ridable--of course it was covered with snow. But it was nice to ride to the trail and back on Granville and then around town for some errands.

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