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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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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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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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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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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…
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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,…