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Ick
Stomach bug kept me off the bike (and home from work) on Friday. I started coming down with it on Thursday afternoon, but was able to ride home, although it was a bit of a struggle coming up Lawyers Hill. It was an unseasonably warm 50 degrees out, so I dressed down quite a bit…
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Morning Ride Notes
Took a 15 mile ride in today, and the roads/trails have improved enough that I was able to stay clipped in for the entire ride. That doesn’t happen very often in January. Weather conditions were almost identical to yesterday morning, except with a bit more of a breeze. I switched back to clipless pedals with…
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More on toe clips
I switched footwear for the ride home today. Instead of hiking boots, I wore an old pair of suede high-top lined shoes that I had lying around the office. They fit in the toe clips a lot better than the boots, so the ride home was more comfortable. They’re not weatherproof, so I wouldn’t want…
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Toe clip verdict
Part of the fun of winter biking is experimenting with various combinations of clothing and equipment, to find out what works and what doesn’t. No two rides are the same in winter. Riding in the summer is boring by comparison. Today’s experiment was riding the fixie with toe clips and hiking boots. This was a…
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Joys of Winter
No ride today due to an illness in the family. This is our second go-round with the stomach bug this season. The stomach bug is one of the occupational hazards of parenthood. If you’re single and childless, you might catch a stomach bug once every 3 or 4 years. With kids, the frequency shoots up…
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Today’s ride home
The ride home today was around 10 degrees warmer than the morning ride. I shed the extra layer of socks, PolarTec top, and head band. It was a fairly comfortable ride. I rode into the park to check the road conditions, with the expectation that I would have to hike the River Rd access road. …
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Salt Mines are Back
19° for my ride this morning. I rode down Lawyers Hill with the intent of riding into the park, but found (not unexpectedly) that the River Rd access road was still snow covered. Not possessing snow tires, and not feeling like hiking it in road cleats, I turned around and detoured onto U.S. 1 to…
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Heat Wave
Wow, it’s supposed to get all the way up to 37 today. That’s going to feel downright balmy on the ride home. Did the same ride as yesterday with the same clothes. There are still 4 or 5 icy spots where I need to unclip and walk/slide myself and the bike across/over, but I’m getting…
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More experimentation
Not too much to say about yesterday’s ride home. Uneventful, around 30 degrees. Wore the same stuff as the morning ride minus the head band, and was comfortable. This morning, I switched to the fixie, with a couple of new twists. The first addition was fenders, which I put on last week, to see how…
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New route this morning
Yesterday evening’s ride was uneventful. I wore the same clothes minus the arm warmers. It was a few degrees warmer (around 28) and I probably should have shed the PolarTec top instead and kept the arm warmers. That’s what I did this morning, which was 27 with a bit less wind. I was comfortable for…