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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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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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Beep. Beep. Beep.
So. We were without air conditioning in our building for awhile today. Fortunately it’s a nice day out with unseasonably low humidity and a breeze, so I was able to open the window to make it tolerable. It’s amazing how much beeping you hear in populated regions (like college campuses) nowadays. Seems like all day…
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Today’s Ride
I got an early start on the commute this morning, so I decided to try an alternate, longer route to get from Elkridge to UMBC on the bike: West on Montgomery Rd Right on Rockburn Dr Right on Montgomery Rd Right on Kerger Rd Right on Ilchester Rd Left on Beechwood Rd Left on Bonnie…
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Back on the bike after ice storm
I rode my bike to work today for the first time since the ice storm that hit the Baltimore/Washington area this past Tuesday and Wednesday. My usual commute takes me through Elkridge, Relay, and Arbutus, MD, including a short trip through the Patapsco State Park Avalon Area. Today, the roads were fine for the most…