I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by Rozie on January 17, 2012 at 5:23am

LOL! Good luck :D

Melanie said:

@Rozie- No need to be jealous, I have an 8 mile commute against the wind this evening (weather.com listed it as 18-20mph at 5:00pm). After a full work day, I'll get my @ss handed to me on my way home :) Hopefully the drizzle will stop so it won't be too miserable.

Rozie said:

@ Melanie~ Jelous...wind was back handing me all the way here lol

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on January 17, 2012 at 5:24am

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on January 17, 2012 at 5:25am

Arrr, me hardies. Avast. 'Twas a piece o' eight ride in this mornin' with me jolly roger flyin' high, but t' ride home will be cold and snowy fer ye, weather we bilgerats be prepared for, 'cept for t' wind ... blow me down.

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Permalink Reply by Bliss BT on January 17, 2012 at 8:07am

I was happy to see the plows ready and waiting to clear the bike lanes on the way in.

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Permalink Reply by JeffB on January 17, 2012 at 11:13am

Any late day (Tues 1/17) updates on the condition of the streets in the city? Looks ok from my window, but I'm concerned about black ice on my ride home.

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Permalink Reply by Chad McQueen on January 17, 2012 at 12:22pm

I enjoyed my 11 miles in sleet and snow to work and will ride home in about an hour!

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on January 17, 2012 at 12:23pm

State from Erie to North was fine. Puddles still appeared to be liquid from 4:30-5:15. The lakefront path was salted from Fullerton to Montrose. The wind was not as bad as I expected.

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Permalink Reply by Melanie K on January 17, 2012 at 1:08pm

Chicago to Wells north to Lincoln were pretty clear- Lincoln starts to get icy once you get past Foster, but the roads were salted, although the curb side was still slick. Headwind wasn't as horrible as the weather channel forecasted. It is getting really cold out, though, or maybe that was just me and the windchill I was heading into.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on January 17, 2012 at 1:19pm

So happy to hear that you're doing well out there, peeps! I am a wuss. No way I was going to ride around in that today--wet/cold/ice/wind? No thanks.

I will say what you already know by now based on the other's posts about the roads. The sidewalks are insanely slippery and probably a lot more treacherous than many of the roads.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on January 17, 2012 at 1:42pm

Lincoln is getting actively salted-I caught up to a truck headed north just past Addison a little after 5:15 this evening. I only went as far as Wilson, but that was in pretty decent shape heading west for a few blocks. Good luck out there everyone!