I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on February 16, 2011 at 5:11pm


It was a beautiful day for a bike ride today.

I hope you stopped counting honks, thumbs up, waves and "go Del Valles" after you got to about 128,000, because that's going to be what it takes for second place and any chance of being in the run-off. I'm just sayin'...


Travis Kluska said:
 with my Del Valle for Mayor sign attached to my back and charting the route for Saturdays bicycle ride for Miguel. To many honks, thumbs ups, waves, and go Del Valles to count :)
Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on February 17, 2011 at 3:35am
Yes. Weather is such a tease.
Permalink Reply by Jeremy on February 17, 2011 at 4:39am
No winter gear put me in the mindset to check out the Lakefront path...might have been the wrong decision.  I wasn't prepared for the massive chunks of missing asphalt or the areas where the beach was flush with the path and everything was sand.  But by the time I got to the Chicago underpass I was acclimated, even with having to move more "do not cross" barriers to actually get out of the stairwell.  A great day for a ride, but I think it might be back to cutting through neighborhoods tonite.
Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on February 17, 2011 at 8:08am
How big were the sand stretches?  I was planning on LFP for my ride home tonight.

Jeremy said:
No winter gear put me in the mindset to check out the Lakefront path...might have been the wrong decision.  I wasn't prepared for the massive chunks of missing asphalt or the areas where the beach was flush with the path and everything was sand.  But by the time I got to the Chicago underpass I was acclimated, even with having to move more "do not cross" barriers to actually get out of the stairwell.  A great day for a ride, but I think it might be back to cutting through neighborhoods tonite.
Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on February 17, 2011 at 8:18am

The S-curve was a dirt singletrack through the ice but passable.  Lots of sand just south of Fullerton but not the worst I've seen it.

Permalink Reply by Jeremy on February 17, 2011 at 10:30am
Agreed, it's ride-able, just messy.  If you start further south take it easy around the s-curve b/c it was only wide enough for one close to the wall.  By now it's probably melted more though.  Good luck!

Serge Lubomudrov said:
South of Fullerton, few hundred feet. Sand's not too deep, and you probably can take a detour on a muddy path which parallels the trail at that point.

in it to win it said:
How big were the sand stretches?  I was planning on LFP for my ride home tonight.
Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on February 17, 2011 at 10:34am
I can hear the wind gusting out there.  I rode into the office this morning, but now I'm wondering about riding home tonight.  I've got a couple of hours left at the office, so I hope folks will report after thier commute home. 
Permalink Reply by Liz on February 17, 2011 at 10:46am

I usually ride parrellel to the bus routes home, that way if the wind gets too bad or I have mechanical problems, I can just jump on the bus.


y a j said:

I can hear the wind gusting out there.  I rode into the office this morning, but now I'm wondering about riding home tonight.  I've got a couple of hours left at the office, so I hope folks will report after thier commute home. 
Permalink Reply by Reddog (Cliff) on February 17, 2011 at 1:03pm
Went out to the lakefront and back from Humbolt park today.  Overdressed, sweaty.  shed layers and gloves on the way home.  It was a little messy, but very nice.
Permalink Reply by Chris Mateja on February 17, 2011 at 1:50pm
I rode EVERYWHERE today. It was awesome. Windy, but awesome.
Permalink Reply by Michael A on February 17, 2011 at 6:19pm
Today was pretty windy, but the best part of the riding today was coming home after the chainlink bar night and NOT having to do the undressing, unlayering dance before going to the restroom.
Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on February 18, 2011 at 3:47am

Windy again today.  But I'll take it over zero degrees!

Makes the ride North in the PM quite nice (unless wind changes direction)!

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