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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…
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Happy February
We got around 5 inches of snow on Saturday, so I kicked February off with a ride very typical of February.. snowy and salty. The roads were actually in really good shape until I got to UMBC. Mostly clear of snow and ice, and not too much salt. In the park, the access road was…
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Road Bike
Took the road bike this morning. Since I took the fenders off this bike, I’ve been trying to only take it out on dry, sunny days, which are hard to come by around here this time of year. With cloudy skies and a “chance of sprinkles,” today’s weather isn’t what I’d call ideal for taking…
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Back to normal
After Monday’s wild weather, I’ve had a couple days of uneventful, almost boring rides to and from work. The weather has been in the 30s and 40s for the most part during my rides, although today it was a bit chillier at 27. I’ve stuck with the fixed-gear all week because the roads are still…
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Weird weather
OK, so I wimped out Friday and took the car to work on a day when the weather ended up pretty good. History has shown that when I wimp out on a ride, 9 times out of 10 I end up regretting it, and that knowledge helped get me on the bike this morning, on…