My Schwinn has been alone at the bike room for the last three (business) days. Hmm.
This morning I decided to check the brakes on my way to work. REI on Halsted is overwhelmed with all the snow things, so I had to ride to another bike shop, where it was found that I've been riding with a broken rear axle for who know how long. Ouch.
Anyway, it's all fixed now :)
Hope you're okay, Minh.
Yeah be careful!
Today was nice, sunny a little slushy but warm for this time of year.
This weekend is going to be nasty rain, melting snow then going back below freezing.
I am not looking forward to rain and might very well skip it entirely.
Today was a nice treat. Been wearing less gear and getting around briskly.
Below freezing--gah!
I am not looking forward to rain and might very well skip it entirely.
Today was a nice treat. Been wearing less gear and getting around briskly.
Below freezing--gah!
i ride everyday. don't you?
I was able to get out and do a training ride to highland park. Once the sun came out it helped the salt make mush outta everything. My clothes got soaked with mush from passing cars> I was too cold to continues so I took the Metra home.
Not to self: PUT ROAD TIRES ON THE CYCLOCROSS BIKE
I spent the week before Christmas in rainy California, where my hopes of renting a bike were dashed. So yesterday after something like two weeks off my bike, I finally rode. I did dual-mode in the morning, riding to Southport and then taking the train downtown. On my way home from the west loop to Edgewater, I made a pit stop in lake view for dinner.
I find that I'm still avoiding my crash location (Halsted/Chicago), especially now with the bridge out and the detour. So last night I went up Elston to Armitage instead of doing the Larabee detour. Drivers were friendly until my last mile or so between Leland and home on Kenmore.
I had one Taxi do a rolling left turn (didn't trust him to stop, so I yelled at him) and another that got really close next to me and stared me down, when I was trying to take the lane on Kenmore. The bike lane isn't ridable until Ardmore, so I needed to take the lane to stay upright and out of the door zone/slush pile.
Happy to be riding again and happy that most of my layers are figured out. I just need to suck it up and buy a good winter cycling cap and stop messing around with my ears.
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