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River bank repair
With bad weather threatening for tomorrow, I decided to do a longer ride this morning. I rode out to New Cut Rd, then River Rd, then through the park. Today, part of River Rd was down to one lane for construction work. It looks like they’re doing some sort of restoration/shoring up of the river…
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Never a dull day..
You never know what kind of weather you’re going to get in winter, and this morning was a perfect example. We got a “surprise” light frosting of snow/sleet/rain overnight. No mention of it whatsoever in yesterday’s forecast. By the time I had to leave, the system had moved out, but the roads were still wet,…
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Squeak
I dusted off the road bike for the start of the work week. I hadn’t ridden it in two weeks. Yesterday I tightened up my rear derailleur cable. It took a full turn and a half of the barrel adjuster to get it to shift onto larger cogs without hesitating. Anyhow, it paid off –…
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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…