I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on February 9, 2013 at 8:38am

For more bike ride photos from today when prayer to the gods of studded tirees and granny rings paid off, click here.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on February 9, 2013 at 12:26pm

I had a lovely 7 mile ride this morning in Beverly and Morgan Park. Clean pavement, pleasant sun and no wind - delightful!

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on February 10, 2013 at 9:50am

Heading out tomorrow to visit transplanted Chicagoan relatives who want Italian Beef.  So, I rode from home to Portillo's and back in the sort of rain.  I think the ladies at the catering counter were amused when I told them I was going to squish it all into my pannier.

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on February 10, 2013 at 11:29am

Lisa, your pannier will smell beefalicious for months to come.  I wouldn't be surprised if you now have a trail of yapping dogs following you everywhere you ride.
 
Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi said:

Heading out tomorrow to visit transplanted Chicagoan relatives who want Italian Beef.  So, I rode from home to Portillo's and back in the sort of rain.  I think the ladies at the catering counter were amused when I told them I was going to squish it all into my pannier.

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on February 10, 2013 at 1:37pm

Yapping Gene's, too.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on February 10, 2013 at 1:54pm

I thought I saw a recumbent trike with a flamingo in my rear view mirror . . . .

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on February 11, 2013 at 4:08am

For more bike commute photos from today when the wind was from the west, south, north and east and sometimes all at once, click here.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on February 11, 2013 at 4:10am

Temperature was pleasant this morning, and aside from a few gusts, the wind was not as bad at they made it out to be.

Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on February 11, 2013 at 7:02am

Yeah, my ride NW this morning was rough. I toughed it as much as I could in my biggest cog. Finally I gave up and switched to my granny chainring. 

At this point, I'm hoping that the wind doesn't shift. My ride home is all east-bound and if this wind keeps up, I may set land speed records :D

Permalink Reply by Agnieszka Z. on February 11, 2013 at 6:01pm

I rode from my bf's, near Belmont and Milwaukee, to Wacker Drive. The wind gusts were powerful. 

Proud of riding there, but also happy to take my bike on the Red Line to head home (instead of riding for an hour by the lake in the wind going north). (I got a kick out of all the well-meaning men at CTA giving me concerned looks and offering to help me carry my bike, as if I were a damsel in distress.) 

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on February 12, 2013 at 3:24am

Rode in for the first time in about a month this morning.  There were several places on LFT near Ardmore where snow melt had frozen clear across the path.  Other than that, LFT between Ardmore and La Salle was fine.  Only saw a couple other bikes.

Permalink Reply by Deet 4.5mi on February 12, 2013 at 3:33am

saw so many people this morning. such a change from a month ago.

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