I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by Serge Lubomudrov on February 8, 2013 at 11:20am

Indeedy. I got as far as Clark and Belden, where I decided it would be better to wait for a bus, when my bike tried to slip from under me at the red light stop. No wonder: for about 20 minutes until the bus came, and then another 20 from that intersection to Broadway and Addison, I didn't see a single scraper cleaning those streets from quickly accumulating snow. But I did see a few cyclists passing by. Hope they got safe to wherever they were going.

. . . And this morning ride was just fine. To my surprise, Sedgwick was as clean as Wacker Drive.

Kevin C 4.1 mi said:

Slippery.

Serge Lubomudrov said:
Was OK riding to work. About to start back home. How does it look? . . .

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Permalink Reply by Beans on February 8, 2013 at 11:24am

Still doin' it!

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on February 8, 2013 at 11:40am

Again, ice is my kryptonite. Hopefully Monday will have better road conditions.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 12mi on February 8, 2013 at 11:47am

Many things work like kryptonite on me: sloth, water, and cold being some of the greener isotopes, though ice is clearly the greenest of them all.

in it to win it 8.0 mi said:

Again, ice is my kryptonite.

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on February 8, 2013 at 11:47am

One of my coworkers forwarded me a weather warning for more snow today. 1-2 inches with more on the other side of Lake Michigan. So long as it's clear by tonight...

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi on February 8, 2013 at 11:56am

"sloth"? As in you are too lazy to ride? ;-)

Skip Montanaro 12mi said:

Many things work like kryptonite on me: sloth, water, and cold being some of the greener isotopes, though ice is clearly the greenest of them all.

in it to win it 8.0 mi said:

Again, ice is my kryptonite.

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Permalink Reply by Serge Lubomudrov on February 8, 2013 at 12:09pm

Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi said:

"sloth"? As in you are too lazy to ride? ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 12mi on February 8, 2013 at 12:23pm

Something like that, yeah. I get up at 5am-ish, look at the thermometer and the darkness and think, "Hmmm, the train sure seems like a better option..." On the plus side, I also swim, so on days when I fail to get up the gumption to ride, I will often head to the pool.

Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi said:

"sloth"? As in you are too lazy to ride? ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 12mi on February 8, 2013 at 12:23pm

Yes, but I'm not that hairy, certainly not on top of my head. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on February 9, 2013 at 1:38pm

For more bike ride photos from today when prayer to the gods of studded tirees and granny rings paid off, click here.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on February 9, 2013 at 5:26pm

I had a lovely 7 mile ride this morning in Beverly and Morgan Park. Clean pavement, pleasant sun and no wind - delightful!

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on February 9, 2013 at 10:26pm

West town and back this AM/afternoon. Felt like a strong headwind both ways but I think it may have just been the studded tires.... As of this afternoon there's no pavement that justifies them-- we're down to either dry pavement or "bumpy" ice, and they don't do well on either.