I rode today. Did you?

Nice first ride in the COLD.

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Permalink Reply by Jared on March 16, 2015 at 9:12pm

Well half a mile to take my bike in to be fixed.

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Permalink Reply by daWillinChi on March 16, 2015 at 9:19pm

What happened to your bike?

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Permalink Reply by Jared on March 17, 2015 at 10:11am

Derailleur broke once I got out of the train station. Totally shot. Wade and Ross did a temporary fix so I could ride home. But it needs to be replaced. And part of the frame is bent. Its in the shop now...

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Permalink Reply by grayn8 on March 17, 2015 at 7:46am

One nice day and all hardiness seems drained. This am wind killed my quads heading SB.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on March 17, 2015 at 8:01am

Heading south? I rode from Evanston to the Loop this morning. I don't think I've ever ridden so fast solo, certainly not that easily. And I wasn't riding one of my go-fast bikes. Weather Bug reported a flood advisory, so (of course), I had to check out the lake. I turned off LFT at Foster, then took Simmonds to Montrose. I stopped at the Montrose marina because the sailboats in dry dock were singing like a steel drum band ("Let us out! We want to go play in the water!"). I took some "video":

Windy Commute

You can't really see anything because it was too dark, but perhaps you can hear the band. Sorry it's sideways. I guess I forgot to tilt my camera properly before pressing "record".

I was having so much fun I kept going south instead of turning off at Fullerton. I got as far as the Oak Street curve where I was thwarted by big chunks of ice the wind had thrown up on the path. I stopped and took a little video there as well. Then I turned back, took the Oak St underpass, then headed west to Wells to resume my commute.

(I hope the clips are accessible. I can't view them in Chrome, and Firefox gives me an internal server error just trying to access the album.)

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Permalink Reply by grayn8 on March 17, 2015 at 8:21am

Chicago to Ogden to douglas park. So, south and west. And I didn't feel like I had a nice tail wind. Glad you did. I'm just feeling burnt. Maybe I need to check chain and tire pressure. Link worked in mobile. Lake looked awesome.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on March 17, 2015 at 8:27am

Riding on city streets heading primarily southeast, it was a nice tail wind. Except when it was a head wind. Or a cross wind.

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Permalink Reply by Huck1eberry on March 17, 2015 at 8:38am

Straight down Kedzie Humboldt to 65th. It was something.

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Permalink Reply by Jose A. Terrazas on March 17, 2015 at 9:04am

Yes, I rode today. Straight into the wind. 35th and Damen straight North to Grand and eased up a bit westbound on Grand to Kedzie. Thought I was going to fly off the I55 overpass. Hoping to sail home later.
Whew!!