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Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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I was not cold riding home, but I felt like I was pedaling through water with that wind.  I hate wind!

Felt nice along the LFP tonight. Getting to it from the west loop and leaving it heading westward to the house...well that was another story. Freezing fingers and toes. Still, a very nice ride.

Very thankful my commute is only 20 minutes.  Sadly, I probably won't ride Wednesday if we get the predicted 1 inch of snow.  Had a bad experience a few years ago and any sign of snow freaks me out!  

Rode Divvy north last night. Those cross winds really move the bike.

Any idea what was up on Clark St this morning? An unbroken line of cars from Wilson down to Armitage, and south of North Ave to the loop wasn't much better.

Felt bad for the huge groups of people at the bus stops, but felt pretty good just cruising past it all.

There was a clusterflub of stuff this morning that caused traffic. The bus fire on LSD along with an elementary school fire by Armitage and Sheffield backed everything up on the north side. Elston was also bumper to bumper the whole way. A few drivers were getting impatient and driving in the bike lane. 

Days like today I'm glad I ride. It was a bit more hectic but I don't think the traffic added more than a minute or two to my half hour commute. Most of my co-workers came in late whether they drove or took public trans. 

Nights like last night when I caught a flat going home are the downside but oh well. 

I did not.  And I am sorry.  The wind last night wiped me out, so I decided to take the train (fortunately the Blue Line).  The car I got on was carrying an unfortunate soul who was carrying all of his possessions in piles of plastic bags and was exuding an incredibly strong odor.  Almost every time I take the train instead of my bike, I am sorry.

I rode today, slowly getting my clothing combo right to stay warm.  Although the $30 Planet Bike gloves I bought that worked oh so well until it gets into the single digits with the wind chill leave me wanting more.  Going to have to mess around with that end of things to keep the fingers warm.

Lisa, just don't let your bike know that.  No one likes to watch a bike do the "I told you so" dance.

Lisa Curcio 4.1mi said:

I did not.  And I am sorry.  The wind last night wiped me out, so I decided to take the train (fortunately the Blue Line).  The car I got on was carrying an unfortunate soul who was carrying all of his possessions in piles of plastic bags and was exuding an incredibly strong odor.  Almost every time I take the train instead of my bike, I am sorry.



Chitown_Mike said:

I rode today, slowly getting my clothing combo right to stay warm.  Although the $30 Planet Bike gloves I bought that worked oh so well until it gets into the single digits with the wind chill leave me wanting more. Going to have to mess around with that end of things to keep the fingers warm.

Bar Mitts are my solution. I have both the drop bar and flat bar versions. The drop bar version, while meant for modern day brifter-ized setups, works just fine with older aero brake setups, and last weekend I even used them on my RRB with non-aero brakes. While they retail for $70+, you can often find them at discount on eBay.

I have never seen traffic on Clark St. as bad as it was this morning. From Howard all the way down it was bumper-to-bumper with cars stranded in the intersections at every red light. Did Evanston catch fire and LSD fall into the lake?

I rode in yesterday morning, but lost steam about riding home last night at 7:30pm. Unfortunately, this morning I clearly picked the wrong day to train or bus in from the north side! Bike is still downtown, though, so I'm hoping to get up the whatever-it-takes to ride it home tonight before the snow flies!

The gloves that changed everything for me are the $6.00 wool inserts for miltary issue Trigger Finger Mittens. Any Army Surplus store should have them in stock. On the worst days, I double them up and feel just fine!

Chitown_Mike said:

I rode today, slowly getting my clothing combo right to stay warm.  Although the $30 Planet Bike gloves I bought that worked oh so well until it gets into the single digits with the wind chill leave me wanting more.  Going to have to mess around with that end of things to keep the fingers warm.

Lisa, just don't let your bike know that.  No one likes to watch a bike do the "I told you so" dance.

Lisa Curcio 4.1mi said:

I did not.  And I am sorry.  The wind last night wiped me out, so I decided to take the train (fortunately the Blue Line).  The car I got on was carrying an unfortunate soul who was carrying all of his possessions in piles of plastic bags and was exuding an incredibly strong odor.  Almost every time I take the train instead of my bike, I am sorry.

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