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Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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I wiped out on Kinzie between Orleans and Franklin.  Damn it was icy, so I took the lane.  Got caught on an ice lip and did the slow motion fall.   Thanks to the cars behind me that didn't run me over.  

Absolutely not horrible out this morning.  The temp was in the low 30s but I refuse to go back to long tights, so I rode in shorts with thick wool socks up to my knees.  It felt great!

Nice ride until my not normal but quicker route to Printers Row backfired after finding Harrison fully under construction at Halsted.  I didn't realize construction had started already.  Ended up winding my way to Roosevelt then back north - only consolation was a nice tailwind coming north again.

Second day on my new bike and ended up going straight into the back of a suddenly-stopped car. So that was fun.

"I predict Robert Underwood will have a nice tailwind this morning." - Carnac the Magnificent

I wish I could wear that to work.

Well, according to the weather report I had a tailwind.  It wasn't enough to really notice, but it was nice not having it fight me the whole way.

Temp was nice.  Someone told me not to "freeze out there" on my way out this morning.  I was like, "once you hit -45° its like, whatever!"  come on.  tell me to not freeze!?  what an insult.  NO, YOU DONT FREEZE!  Ill be sweating buckets bro!  

nice ride this a.m.
  
Skip Montanaro 12mi said:

"I predict Robert Underwood will have a nice tailwind this morning." - Carnac the Magnificent

water fountains functioning again!  It must be spring!

Gene Tenner said:

Strong head wind while riding west! Enjoy!

I believe I had a tailwind...  got kinda squirrely on me in E-town but was pretty steadily behind me the rest of the way.  Its possible it was the "canyon" effect, where the buildings redirect the air flow... or not.

So I guess, "5 Seconds of Summer" is playing...whoever that is.  I saw about a thousand teenage girls camped out from the front of the Riviera theatre down to the corner and around the block.  You'd have thought the Beatles were in town.

If you're not cussing out the headwind, you've got a tailwind.

Robert Underwood said:

I believe I had a tailwind...  got kinda squirrely on me in E-town but was pretty steadily behind me the rest of the way.  Its possible it was the "canyon" effect, where the buildings redirect the air flow... or not.

So I guess, "5 Seconds of Summer" is playing...whoever that is.  I saw about a thousand teenage girls camped out from the front of the Riviera theatre down to the corner and around the block.  You'd have thought the Beatles were in town.

Hit 20+ MPH on my 35 pound touring bike today for a good while without breaking a sweat.  Too cool.

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