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I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on January 13, 2014 at 10:19am

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?

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on January 13, 2014 at 12:11pm

Nice ride.  Beat the hell outta Friday night's ride home!

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 13, 2014 at 12:34pm

so everyone rode with fenders today?  I didn't ride but wondering if I could have gotten away with my road bike.

Permalink Reply by Eli on January 13, 2014 at 12:39pm

I rode with fenders and (newly-installed) mudflap. There were still inches-deep puddles to traverse here and there though far fewer than over the weekend.

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on January 13, 2014 at 12:42pm

Probably could have, but you'd likely have looked like a skunk when you got to work. :-)

If you can tolerate wet feet (*) and a bit of spray on your front derailleur, one of those fenders that clip onto your seatpost would be sufficient I think. I have one of these SKS S-Blades on my Giant. There's nothing magic about the SKS product. It's just what Alex had at Bucephalus. Planet Bike and other companies have similar stuff.

(*) I leave a pair of shoes under my desk and bring an extra pair of socks, so I generally don't care how wet my bike shoes get.


Julie Hochstadter said:

so everyone rode with fenders today?  I didn't ride but wondering if I could have gotten away with my road bike.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 13, 2014 at 12:42pm
Yeah, you're definitely going to want fenders. There's still a lot of standing water on the Lake Front Trail and some on the streets.

Julie Hochstadter said:

so everyone rode with fenders today?  I didn't ride but wondering if I could have gotten away with my road bike.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 13, 2014 at 12:43pm

Today probably ranked among my 5 most difficult commutes ever.

Had to stop and wait for cars again and again due to there still being only a narrow channel between the ice mounds on most streets around here. And not sure but guessing some kind of detour sent cars from the main street onto my route.
 
in it to win it 8.0 mi said:

Nice ride.  Beat the hell outta Friday night's ride home!

Permalink Reply by Duppie on January 14, 2014 at 7:02am
I rode to the Metra station this morning. streets were starting to ice over, especially where standing water was oin the vicinity.
Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on January 14, 2014 at 7:03am

Montrose/Broadway to Loop was fine on city streets.

Will be interesting to see what the snow brings...

Permalink Reply by Duppie on January 14, 2014 at 7:45am

Check your bottom bracket. Does it look like this?Then I think you might benefit from a mudflap.

PS. Yes, I know, I been reading to much BQ ;)



Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

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 EssFresh on January 14, 2014 at 7:48am
Part 1 of my two parter commute today. Roads were fine but starting to get that "sheen" to them. My second commute will be during the snow. Might ditch my bike at this job and switch to Divvy if it's horrible.
Permalink Reply by JMinHP on January 14, 2014 at 7:59am

Any remaining standing water was icing over on my ride in this am.  Be careful out there.

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