I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Liz on February 14, 2011 at 3:50am

Sweet commute in!!!!

 

The advantage to biking all winter is that 40 and overcast becomes supremely pleasant weather!

No coat, no gloves, no gaitor, no facemask, no ear band, no hat, no wind pants!! I felt so free.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on February 14, 2011 at 4:04am
spring windbreaker!
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on February 14, 2011 at 4:08am
yes, the tweeders were at Black Rock.

Leah Jone said:

Ah... I finally rode yesterday from Edgewater down to Bucktown on Damen. It was tight and stressful without the bike lane, but no potholes to speak of. Then I hit Armitage to Elston to North to Halstead - potholes GALORE on North Ave and some asshole drivers from Texas. Then I hopped on the Brown Line to the loop, rode around a bit to and from dinner.

 

At the end of the day, I hopped on the train back to Uptown and then rode home from Wilson around midnight. I probably did about 8 miles and was pretty comfortable except for my gloves - did NOT need my lobster gloves yesterday.  

 

Was the Tweed Ride at Black Rock? When I passed it on Sunday around 2:30, there were about 20 bikes locked out front. I almost scrapped my plans and went in to see who was there.

Permalink Reply by igz on February 14, 2011 at 8:00am
kept my usual outer shells, just without all the layers beneath.
Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on February 14, 2011 at 1:09pm
Time to lock this fread until November.
Permalink Reply by Reddog (Cliff) on February 14, 2011 at 1:11pm
I rode to work early this morning sill bundled up and was wet with sweat when I got there.
My innner layer and scarf and Balaclava were in my back pack on the way home.
Permalink Reply by Leah Jone on February 14, 2011 at 1:32pm
Such an optimist, but winter ain't over yet.

envane x said:
Time to lock this fread until November.
Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on February 14, 2011 at 4:26pm

Wonderful day for a ride. Stopped at the flower shop on the way home. Rode the rest of the way and as I was pulling into the back gate I hear a hiss. A flat, I'll deal with it tomorrow morning.

Permalink Reply by igz on February 15, 2011 at 3:04am
Yeah...LOTS of patches of ice all over the place. And much of it looks like just water...so be careful, especially around corners where water has puddled and in general where the snow mounds have been melting off.
Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on February 15, 2011 at 3:08am

Going South on Halsted/Lincoln/Wells no ice patches to speak of.  Nonetheless, I say exercise caution with anything that resembles black ice.

Next few days s/b nice, but I agree with Leah, Winter ain't over.  I remember snow for a few baseball home openers in April!

 

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on February 15, 2011 at 4:18am
I didn't, instead sat in traffic on LSD and had to fight someone for a parking space at work.
Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on February 15, 2011 at 4:19am
I didn't either. I had my bike up on a table fixing a flat. Went to get the pump and it fell over, bending the wheel. Probably fixable, but exceptionally annoying.

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