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Never trust the weather forecast
So.. yesterday’s morning forecast: mostly cloudy all day, then rain after 7pm. I leave work at 5, so no need to pack rain gear for later, right? Wrong. It started raining at 3:30, and I got to ride home in a steady drizzle with no rain gear. No, it wasn’t all that bad. But, I…
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That hit the spot
I celebrated the end of February with my first long morning ride in forever (well, since February 4, which might as well be forever). I took New Cut Rd into Ellicott City, then rode along River Rd to the park entrance on Ilchester. The trail still looked too snow-covered for road tires, so I doubled…
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Give and Take
So, an after-work commitment kept me from biking yesterday, on what turned out to be a pretty nice day. I made up for it by riding in today, on a day where I thought I wouldn’t be able to ride. We’ve got yet another storm riding up the east coast, but this one is slamming…
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Bike First, Ask Questions Later
Rain in the forecast for later today, but it was nice this morning, so I packed the rain gear and rode in. You gotta ride when you can in February. Murphy’s Law says that if I don’t ride in, the rain will hold off until after I get home. So if it’s not raining, I’d…
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Perspective
Took my first post-Snowmageddon ride in this morning, and it wasn’t too bad. I wanted to do it yesterday (Thursday), but on Wednesday I decided to go jogging for the first time in, oh, around 6 months. Then on Wednesday evening, I ground out another 10 miles on the trainer. So yesterday, the executive decision…
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Desperate times…
Desperate times call for desperate measures. The snow has kept me off the bike for 2 weeks, so last night I broke down and used the trainer. I’ve never much cared for the trainer. It’s exceptionally boring and unrelentingly grueling at the same time, which is a pretty unappealing combination. I lasted 30 minutes and…
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Snowpocalypse
Unfortunately, Snowpocalypse 2010 has put the brakes on bike commuting for the time being this winter. If I can’t do it safely, I don’t do it, and the roads are not in good shape for biking. I’ll be back out as soon as some of it melts, and/or I can find a safe route to…
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This morning’s ride
Being that this may be my last ride for a week or so, considering the weather forecast, I decided I’d depart from February tradition and try to do a longer morning ride. I took the fixed-gear and rode out to the park entrance at Ilchester Rd, but the Grist Mill Trail was still too snow-covered…
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Riding while the riding’s good
Trying to get my rides in while I can this week.. more snow forecast for overnight into tomorrow and then again this weekend. Conditions this morning almost identical to yesterday, maybe a couple degrees warmer. We may have rain/snow for the afternoon ride home, so I packed some rain gear. I rode into the park…
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Repair Stand
On the ride home today, I cut through the middle of the UMBC campus and stayed off the roads as much as possible, sticking to sidewalks and watching for pedestrians. Never my first choice, but it kept most of the salt off my bike. The rest of the trip home was uneventful. It’s much lighter…