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I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on March 7, 2013 at 12:50pm

Overall, a pretty nice day to ride, albeit slippery and sloppy.  My bike slid out from under me on one especially icy curve, but I managed to hop off before the bike hit the ground.  Then I had to plow through a 40' stretch of 6" deep mud left by construction trucks.  My dress pants cuffs look a little grungy for work today.  Oh well, good times.

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on March 8, 2013 at 6:31am

Beautiful morning for a ride into work.

Permalink Reply by grayn8 on March 8, 2013 at 6:49am
Today is so frick n frack beautiful. I know the shift in hours is going to change the early am light, but today is ermahgawd expletive!


Gopher Biker said:

Beautiful morning for a ride into work.

Permalink Reply by Christopher C. on March 8, 2013 at 8:32am
Oh yes it is. Going to enjoy this sun and fun before the weekend rain!



Gopher Biker said:

Beautiful morning for a ride into work.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on March 8, 2013 at 8:38am

Had to wear sunglasses!  We are so blessed to start our days outside in the sunshine.

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on March 8, 2013 at 10:27am

I forgot to put the memory card in my camera this morning. Just as I was about to wail and cuss, I realized that I still had the opportunity to relax, enjoy the sun on my face, slice through a still wind and gaze in wonder at the most inspiring lakefront in the world. Even though I am on the lakefront trail over 300 days per year, I still enjoy the shimmering water, the skyscrapered view, the fun sculptures popping up and the reflection back in time, amazed that Burnham and the rest could have been so forward-thinking to set aside our shore as 'free and clear' of buildings, so that I could enjoy a mellow ride on a crisp March morn.

Life is good.

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on March 8, 2013 at 11:41am

Yes, back from Orlando and the past two days riding in Chicago have been Great!

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on March 9, 2013 at 3:17pm

For more bike ride photos from today, click here.

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on March 9, 2013 at 3:36pm

For a 1:06 video of ice waves at Belmont Harbor's point, click here.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on March 9, 2013 at 4:51pm

That is so neat!  Next week you might see sailboats racing in the harbor.  "Frostbiting" was supposed to start this weekend but they cancelled because of that very ice.  And thanks for continuing to report on the bike rack on the dock. ;-)

Gene Tenner said:

For a 1:06 video of ice waves at Belmont Harbor's point, click here.

Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on March 9, 2013 at 7:12pm

It was a nice day to do a ride to the loop, light traffic. Some ice skaters, a couple kids on skateboards.

Let's Spring forward into the 50's.

Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on March 9, 2013 at 7:16pm

I had a little ride today. I tried to see how far up the North Shore Channel Trail I could get before the snow made it impassable. Unfortunately, that was at Touhy. Rather than head east over there and take some streets north, I turned around and called it a day after 10 miles. I'm hoping the rain tomorrow kills off most of the snow.

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