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Winter Is Dead

Rode IPP / Fox River  Valley today.

Maywood to South Elgin is Dry and Fast.

Fox River Valley from S Elgin to Aurora is high and tight but has many black flys swarming. Tasty! 

Auroura Spur to Lombard Dry and Fast.

Considered grabbing a 2Bros but missed turnoff.

Hit only 2 puddles near the Warrenville Section.

Did not hit any joggers but they did outnumber bikes 50-1.

3 bike shops in Geneva by River, needed patches, coffee and egg sandwich!

No excuses Winter his dead, ride your ass off!

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Permalink Reply by Fran Kondorf on April 6, 2014 at 7:16pm

Yep. I got my gf out on her bike today, so it's official.

Woot.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on April 6, 2014 at 7:55pm

Hit a couple puddles while riding off trail near the Skokie Lagoons. Hit one HUGE surprise puddle that fully submerged my left foot, but made it through without a crash.

Also, while dodging some trail debris I  hit the biggest pile of bird-poo I've ever seen. This pile was at least 8 inches in diameter. YUK!

Spring is coming, but it still looks like fall out there:

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on April 6, 2014 at 7:59pm
If it snows again, I'll have Peter and Fran to blame. Hubris!
Permalink Reply by Fran Kondorf on April 6, 2014 at 10:39pm

Hey, I never said ANYTHING about snow- this is Chicago after all, Kevin!

Kevin C said:

If it snows again, I'll have Peter and Fran to blame. Hubris!
Permalink Reply by Drewbacca on April 7, 2014 at 12:20pm

Aurora Spur to Lombard is open? That's good to know, it was detoured around construction last time I tried that route.

Salt Creek between Busse Woods and Brookfield is all clear too. 

Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on April 7, 2014 at 12:42pm


Yep, I was out from 8am-noon along the NBT and the nearby horse paths and single track. Tons of joggers!

peter moormann said:

From the photo it looks like you got out early, I had a late start and was in shadows by noon.

Did you ride the North Branch Trail up there ?

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on April 9, 2014 at 9:34am

Weather models are predicting up to a foot of snow for next Monday April 14....

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on April 15, 2014 at 3:03pm
Permalink Reply by Vilda on April 15, 2014 at 3:22pm

Everyone is a Bastard!!!

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on April 15, 2014 at 4:19pm

You heard it here last Wednesday, folks.

Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on April 15, 2014 at 10:33pm

Yeah....I cleaned all my winter gear and actually put stuff away.  I'm back into lobster gloves and layers tomorrow morning.

h' 1.0 said:

You heard it here last Wednesday, folks.

Permalink Reply by Fran Kondorf on April 16, 2014 at 9:10am

Yeah, I needed my w*nter gloves for the ride last night.

I will NOT utter that word again until December.

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