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I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on February 3, 2011 at 8:18am

Not too bad. Windchill is above zero right now.You may want to walk to a main street, but from there it should be good


Holly said:

Was planning to walk to my 9:00 appointment. Now that I've read that the windchill isn't as insane as they're saying, I'll just ride over there. It's only a hop, skip and a jump. The rest of the day...I don't know.

How cold does it feel?
Permalink Reply by Matt Wolfe on February 3, 2011 at 8:38am
Not bad at all.  Grand, Milwaukee, Lake, and Franklin were all no problem.  Only a few spots where snow had been shoveled back out in to the road.  The cold wasn't an issue at all.  Definitely a goggles day though.
Permalink Reply by igz on February 3, 2011 at 9:11am

some spots are worse than others.  worst is the cross sections of intersections that the plows effectively blocked up.

 

make sure not to overdress today.  that sweat will become your worst enemy in this cold.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on February 3, 2011 at 9:22am

Again, if I wasn't running late it would have been a thoroughly enjoyable ride . . .

I didn't find anything I couldn't track in easily. Once I got to the main street it was exposed/wet pavement.

One stupid driver encounter but no exchange of gunfire.

It was cold (I felt it on my back as soon as I got outside and wondered if I had remembered my outer jacket) but once I was riding it was oddly comfortable.

Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on February 3, 2011 at 10:00am
Hearings about the bus/brown/red line horror stories in the office, I'm glad I rode in today.
Permalink Reply by Jeremy on February 3, 2011 at 10:00am
Slushier than I expected on Wells, but not too bad overall.  Thank you to the guy I saw riding down Fullerton while I was walking the dog; I was on the fence bike vs train and seeing someone else on a bike made my decision a lot easier.
Permalink Reply by JeffB on February 3, 2011 at 10:07am
I rode and it wasn't too bad.  Wilson was surprisingly clear and Clark was good except for several side street intersections where the snow had been plowed or dragged out.  What really surprised me was the condition of the streets in the loop.  Its like it just snowed.  I cut over to State St to cross the river on the concreted bridge and it was bad.
Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on February 3, 2011 at 11:42am
I did fine on the main streets but carried my bike two blocks because the side streets were impossible.  Do I call that portage?
Permalink Reply by Davo on February 3, 2011 at 11:44am
I had to ride on the sidwalk for a block to get to lincoln. It was kind of cool with the 3' drifts on either side of me. I didn't fall but if I did it I wouldn't have gone down far with the snow bank supports.
Permalink Reply by Gort 12-mile Pinklegneep on February 3, 2011 at 11:49am
Yeah it's surprising how messed up a lot of major streets like Jackson Blvd are in the west loop. I was expecting it to be worse farther west like in Austin and such but it wasn't so bad out there.

JeffB said:
I rode and it wasn't too bad.  Wilson was surprisingly clear and Clark was good except for several side street intersections where the snow had been plowed or dragged out.  What really surprised me was the condition of the streets in the loop.  Its like it just snowed.  I cut over to State St to cross the river on the concreted bridge and it was bad.
Permalink Reply by jlj on February 3, 2011 at 6:25pm
Locking the bike up was not easy today, had to make some unorthodox choices.
Permalink Reply by Jenny on February 3, 2011 at 8:24pm
I walked 10 minutes to the blue line, waited (unsuccessfully) for a train with space for more passengers for 30 minutes, saw that there were no taxis/busses, and walked back home for my bike.  Silly to think that taking the El was a better choice today.

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