I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Underwood on March 4, 2014 at 4:20am

Well, I guess I had a pretty easy ride, 'cept for a little stretch on Clark coming up north to Ashland were the cars were backed with little space between them and the parked cars AND some fairly matured pot holes hoping to catch me off guard. I did some zig-zag-cat-like-reflex-action and made it through ok. but the rest of clark was pretty clear of stuff. Only one big white van gave me attitude but I stayed calm and kept on my line. As soon as I was clearly passed in front of him he was able to make his right turn and was instantly overwhelmed with a satisfaction so great that he exploded... or why would he have been so anxious for me to get out of his way?

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on March 4, 2014 at 4:58am

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Permalink Reply by EssFresh on March 4, 2014 at 6:54am

Over-layered, sweaty and happy. Good late morning ride.

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Permalink Reply by David Beazley on March 5, 2014 at 1:06am

Fresh tracks!

(Cyclists and runners must unite to defeat winter!)

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Permalink Reply by EssFresh on March 5, 2014 at 3:06am

Dedcided against the ride today. Saw two hard core individuals out, one on Milwaukee and one on Elston. They both were stuggling and extra slidey. Hope this is the last of this endless snow.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on March 5, 2014 at 3:40am

Took the Metra. Glad I did. Streets looked quite bad. Did see two Divvy riders downtown, including one who was performing an impressive trackstand in front of Ogilvie.

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Permalink Reply by The Grizz on March 5, 2014 at 3:43am

It's a gooood thing it's snowing again. We needed more snow.

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Permalink Reply by Eli on March 5, 2014 at 3:57am

Rode a few miles from Lincoln Square to Edgewater. Wasn't as bad as I feared. The snow slows down the drivers.

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Permalink Reply by Simon Phearson on March 5, 2014 at 4:02am

Took the Metra today and was surprised to see the streets downtown (that I would have been riding on had I biked) as bad as they were. They didn't look plowed at all. It looked survivable with a slightly flattened tire, but it would have been a long slog by bike this morning. I'm reasonably confident I'll find it more rideable by tomorrow, though.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Underwood on March 5, 2014 at 4:19am

My ride started out ok until I crossed Howard going north into E-slop-town. I passed a long line of cars next to the cemetery in what used to be the bike lane. lots of slipping and sliding and bouncing. Had to walk my bike through a few bad spots. lots of camouflaged pot holes and ice chunks. I think skinny tires would have cut through the snow better than my fat ones, but they would have been trashed up against the pot holes and ice chunks that I hit a few times. the last couple miles I just took the lane cause the cars were going slower than me anyway.