I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 20, 2014 at 4:39am

Lovely morning for a ride.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on January 20, 2014 at 5:47am

Nice morning, only saw one other bike and it was a fitness biker not a commuter.  Then again I was also running late and it is a holiday.  Looks like tomorrow will be a bit too cold for my toes but we'll see.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 20, 2014 at 6:20am

Holy crap the comments.

Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

Permalink Reply by Simon Phearson on January 20, 2014 at 6:58am

We seem to share a route along the southside LFP - I was on it myself this morning, and didn't see any others, either. Which was a shame - it really is rather nice right now. Makes me sad, knowing that all of it's going to freeze and get buried under snow after such a short period of being clear. We'll see how the salt holds out, I guess.
 
Ryan Stahlman said:

LFP was heavily salted and clear. Did not see another cyclist on it for the whole 8 miles I rode this morning. I am disappointed that it may be snowing for the Winter Bike to Work event tomorrow downtown. It may be worth the snowy ride for cheesecake and coffee though.

Permalink Reply by Ryan Stahlman on January 20, 2014 at 8:07am

That's cool Simon, maybe we will run across each other some time. I ride a grey touring bike with steel fenders and a lot of lights.

Simon Phearson said:

We seem to share a route along the southside LFP - I was on it myself this morning, and didn't see any others, either. Which was a shame - it really is rather nice right now. Makes me sad, knowing that all of it's going to freeze and get buried under snow after such a short period of being clear. We'll see how the salt holds out, I guess.

Permalink Reply by Eli on January 21, 2014 at 3:15am

Side streets were not cleared but the ones I was one were mostly packed hard enough to ride on. Damen was clearer, though not clear enough to ride in the bike lane. With enough layers the cold wasn't as bad as I feared but I really felt that northwest wind (a headwind for me most of the way). 

Permalink Reply by Robert Underwood on January 21, 2014 at 4:01am

I rode to work yesterday, then two blocks before I got there, I remembered I had the day off.  Had coffee Starbucks and went home.  This morning I made it ok, Clark street was mostly plowed.  I left early to avoid the crazy people during rush hour.  last mile or so just rode in the road with the cars since they were going really slow. 

Permalink Reply by Duppie on January 21, 2014 at 4:04am

It's been awhile since that happened to me, but I have done that before. I know how that feels.

Robert Underwood said:

I rode to work yesterday, then two blocks before I got there, I remembered I had the day off.  Had coffee Starbucks and went home.  This morning I made it ok, Clark street was mostly plowed.  I left early to avoid the crazy people during rush hour.  last mile or so just rode in the road with the cars since they were going really slow. 

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 21, 2014 at 4:04am

I rode today, sticking to main roads instead of my usual Lake Front Trail route. A bit sloppy, but most streets were plowed and salted – although the bike lanes were close to unusable. The majority of drivers were accommodating. I stopped by the Winter Bike to Work "Rally" to pick up some free coffee and Clif bars.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on January 21, 2014 at 4:15am

I did the same thing! I've been on paternity leave for two weeks and it was my first day back to work, or so I thought. I considered it a "training ride" and blasted my way back home. The weather was pretty mild and the ride felt great. 


Robert Underwood said:

I rode to work yesterday, then two blocks before I got there, I remembered I had the day off.  Had coffee Starbucks and went home.  This morning I made it ok, Clark street was mostly plowed.  I left early to avoid the crazy people during rush hour.  last mile or so just rode in the road with the cars since they were going really slow. 

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on January 21, 2014 at 4:43am



Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

... although the bike lanes were close to unusable.

Does Chicago have the concept of a snow emergency, where after a certain size snowfall they do some sort of even/odd parking to allow the plows to clear streets to the curb? In the last round of snow it didn't appear that was the case, at least not on any side streets. The snow was just plowed up against the parallel parked cars, obscuring bike lanes.

Evanston hadn't yet declared a snow emergency this morning, though I'm surprised they didn't. The actual snowfall was difficult to judge because of the wind, but when I was out shoveling my sidewalks this morning it seemed like 4-6", which should have been enough to trigger the alert.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on January 21, 2014 at 4:46am

Last night along the lake was very pretty.  Today it's just too cold.

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