Winter 2015- who's still riding?

Traffic 'round these parts dropped off pretty dramatically a few weeks ago... hard to tell from the "I rode today" thread who's still riding, as one would have to conclude that Gene is the only one out there most days by reading it....

Who's sticking it out and plans to continue to ride pretty much every day regardless of weather?

(Was winter 2013;   2014 starts on p. 36;   2015 starts on p. 61)

 

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Permalink Reply by Beans on January 24, 2014 at 9:38am

I think I might as well after today. Now watch, I'll be stubborn and ride anyway 'cause I love ridding my bike.

Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

Based upon the weather forecast for the next five or six days, I am "crying uncle" and leaving my bike at home until there is a break in the snow and the early morning temperatures are above zero with wind chill close to the actual temperature.  It looks like that might be next Thursday. :-(

Permalink Reply by Adam 9 mi on January 24, 2014 at 9:46am

I'm going to try and get a couple rides in over the weekend if I can. But unless something changes I probably won't commute to work until about Thursday as well, which sucks.


Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

Based upon the weather forecast for the next five or six days, I am "crying uncle" and leaving my bike at home until there is a break in the snow and the early morning temperatures are above zero with wind chill close to the actual temperature.  It looks like that might be next Thursday. :-(

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on January 24, 2014 at 10:07am

I am too busy issuing the following death threat to ride.  

Dear Mr. Groundhog:

Your day is coming up in 9 days.  If you see your shadow and claim that we are going to have six more weeks of winter, I am going to hunt you down, kill you and serve you as stew.  You had better not see your shadow, and if you do, you had better pretend that you did not.   And if we have six more weeks of winter as bad as the past several weeks, not only are you going to be stew, I am going to make a fur hat and gloves out of your family.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 24, 2014 at 2:00pm

I am usually in the animal rights camp, but under the circumstances I might be willing to help out here.

Crazy David 84 Furlongs said:

I am too busy issuing the following death threat to ride.  

Dear Mr. Groundhog:

Your day is coming up in 9 days.  If you see your shadow and claim that we are going to have six more weeks of winter, I am going to hunt you down, kill you and serve you as stew.  You had better not see your shadow, and if you do, you had better pretend that you did not.   And if we have six more weeks of winter as bad as the past several weeks, not only are you going to be stew, I am going to make a fur hat and gloves out of your family.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 24, 2014 at 3:15pm
Punxsutawney Phil!

Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

I am usually in the animal rights camp, but under the circumstances I might be willing to help out here.

Crazy David 84 Furlongs said:

I am too busy issuing the following death threat to ride.  

Dear Mr. Groundhog:

Your day is coming up in 9 days.  If you see your shadow and claim that we are going to have six more weeks of winter, I am going to hunt you down, kill you and serve you as stew.  You had better not see your shadow, and if you do, you had better pretend that you did not.   And if we have six more weeks of winter as bad as the past several weeks, not only are you going to be stew, I am going to make a fur hat and gloves out of your family.

Permalink Reply by Josh L. on January 25, 2014 at 4:16pm

It is really cold out there. Just biked back from Lincoln Square to Uptown, a massive ride, and it felt like Siberia. Yikes.

Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on January 25, 2014 at 4:23pm

You don't really believe any of that b.s., right? Today, we have satellites continuously monitoring weather conditions on earth, advanced supercomputers that model weather patterns and Doppler radar systems to provide the most up to date forecasts. But I don't put any faith in that crap either. I rely strictly upon those trusty woolly worms.

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

Punxsutawney Phil!

Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

I am usually in the animal rights camp, but under the circumstances I might be willing to help out here.

Crazy David 84 Furlongs said:

I am too busy issuing the following death threat to ride.  

Dear Mr. Groundhog:

Your day is coming up in 9 days.  If you see your shadow and claim that we are going to have six more weeks of winter, I am going to hunt you down, kill you and serve you as stew.  You had better not see your shadow, and if you do, you had better pretend that you did not.   And if we have six more weeks of winter as bad as the past several weeks, not only are you going to be stew, I am going to make a fur hat and gloves out of your family.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 28, 2014 at 3:52am

Tomorrow is looking like a distinct possibility!  Temperature by the time I leave around 7:30 is forecast to be around 3 degrees ABOVE zero.  The wind is going to be strong, but it will be a tailwind for me.  And during the day temperatures will rise to high teens.  It will be a happy day.

Permalink Reply by Ryan Stahlman on January 28, 2014 at 3:59am

What is the direction of the wind in the morning? I am itching to ride. 

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on January 28, 2014 at 4:02am

Here is the next two days.  Morning from the west and afternoon from the southwest. 

Permalink Reply by Ryan Stahlman on January 28, 2014 at 4:05am

Thanks!  Looks like a crosswind for me, but that is not unusual when riding from the south.

Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on January 28, 2014 at 4:08am

It felt like a tailwind coming from the southwest this morning, but I think you should probably refer to a weather-map. One can plug in a zip code at http://www.wunderground.com and often get weather data that is a lot more relevant for you than say, O'Hare (unless you live at O'Hare of course).

I'm pretty sure that this was a record cold ride for me. 

Ryan Stahlman said:

Thanks!  Looks like a crosswind for me, but that is not unusual when riding from the south.

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