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Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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The streets should be too warm to freeze up until tomorrow soonest, and they'll hopefully have a bit of salt on them by then. Enjoy!

Skip Montanaro 12mi said:

It was about 50 and sprinkling lightly when I came in today. Anticipating worse weather on the way home, I tossed a wool jersey and some gloves in my panniers. (I have my bar mitts installed, so didn't need gloves on the way in.) My wife reminded me that she won't be home this evening, so I'm left to my own devices to get home in case the weather proves worse than I anticipate.

I took the LFP home from Monroe to Diversey last night. No wind and I was nice and warm. Not  a single other biker at 7:30 but a few runners.

Today was the perfect day to ease into winter biking for my 8 mile commute.  No wind, and I didn't have hand issues which are usually a problem.  Looking forward to biking by all the traffic on the way home.

awesome! I love those days.

Mollie said:

Today was the perfect day to ease into winter biking for my 8 mile commute.  No wind, and I didn't have hand issues which are usually a problem.  Looking forward to biking by all the traffic on the way home.

To those who rode the lakefront path today, is there much ice on the pavement? I've been avoiding the path all week (because I seem to be more prone than most to be overcome by the forces of gravity when trying to ride over ice.)   But I really don't want to deal with traffic on local streets for my commute home today, so I'm hoping maybe the path isn't too icy. I checked the ActiveTrans "lakefront trail conditions" twitter and there's nothing new since last week, so I'm hoping some Chainlinkers can report back about the path. Thanks!

Didn't ride today, but it was fine yesterday morning. I think the Chicago Park Department does a good job keeping it passable (plow, salt, etc, where necessary).

From Montrose to Blemont the lakefront trail was well salted with a few puddles and a periodic ice puddle that was easily spotted and avoided.

Shelley Scott said:

To those who rode the lakefront path today, is there much ice on the pavement? I've been avoiding the path all week (because I seem to be more prone than most to be overcome by the forces of gravity when trying to ride over ice.)   But I really don't want to deal with traffic on local streets for my commute home today, so I'm hoping maybe the path isn't too icy. I checked the ActiveTrans "lakefront trail conditions" twitter and there's nothing new since last week, so I'm hoping some Chainlinkers can report back about the path. Thanks!

Nice ride home tonight. Wind died down and 30deg felt pretty warm after the cold snap.

Tonight was brisk cold clean air. Rode 9 miles to my Mom's for Thanksgiving dinner. Rode home with pannier stuffed full of leftovers. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

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