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Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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Nice ride in today, but I had the wind at my back. Not looking forward to the ride home

Days like this explain why some bikers ride like Aholes.  Pedestrians are insane.  Almost worth not riding in :(....  *
*pedestrians ruined my ride once I hit the loop.  

I wasn't directly involved, but approaching Broadway on Rosemont today, I saw a pedestrian crossing the street. He went to go behind a bike waiting for the light and tripped on the bikie's rear wheel! As I went past, the bikie was bending his rear fender back into line.

OTOH, I can sort of understand why pedestrians might be deranged right about now. If you're not generating heat, I can't see how being out in this weather could ever be "comfortable".


Apie (10.6) said:

Days like this explain why some bikers ride like Aholes.  Pedestrians are insane.  Almost worth not riding in :(....  *
*pedestrians ruined my ride once I hit the loop.  

Heading into the office I hear "I was so cold waiting for the train, I thought I might die" I turned the corner, nodded, thunked the helmet on the desk, acted like it was just another day.  You would have thought they had never actually seen a titan before. 

They ask "Weren't you cold?"  I can give them the honest answer, an ambivalent "Yea".  "How was it", and I ponder and say "It hurt" as if it was nothing.

I was almost a rock star today.  Tomorrow: Encore

No. I did not ride. I did wear my new windproof fleece balaclava walking to the train. What wind? I didn't feel a thing.

Still riding. I don't know if the folks at work (and my wife) think I'm badass or batsh*t crazy. I haven't had any problems yet. I think today's ride home will dictate whether or not I ride tomorrow.

I was fine today (still sweaty--somehow??), but am a little nervous for tomorrow, since it's supposed to drop another 15 degrees or so. At what point am I actually going to get frostbite? I think that's my real fear. The roads are beautiful and dry, though!

deployed my nuclear outfit this morning and got just ever so slightly overwarm by mile 4 or 5.

There's probably a fine line between batsh*t crazy and badass, but I think there's something to be said for going out in crazily harsh conditions (if only for a little bit).  Last year, I went out riding for fun in the January polar vortex at about 5am in -12F with strong wind. It was unbelievably terrible. I mean, oh my god, was it harsh.  Maybe the worse 4.3mi of biking in my whole life.   However, it was also maybe one of the most awesome rides ever.  It changed my whole outlook on winter riding because I knew that no matter how bad it actually got, conditions were unlikely to ever be THAT bad.  It made riding the rest of the winter seem so much easier.   Honestly, there hasn't even been a day in 2015 that has been that bad.   So, I say get out there!  ;-)

... and yes, people will definitely think you're crazy for it.

No problem getting home today. Should have a nice tailwind in the morning, and the forecast for around 5pm tomorrow looks no worse than this afternoon's commute. I think I'll ride. Everyone else should as well. :-)

I was on Clark St. last night around 10pm, too. :) I thought it was nice and quiet (moreso after I turned south off on Southport).

 

But by the time I got home from my ~30-40min ride, my toes were freezing to death! Can't remember the last time the felt so bad. Also I took off my balaclava on the walk home from the Divvy station and for some reason left it hanging out of my back pocket; when I got home it was frozen solid. :)
 
Josh L. said:

Not sure how many of you biked last  night but my was it raw. I don't ever remember before my face being cold underneath my balaclava.  Clark Street was brutal around 10.

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