I find this weather entirely objectionable.
I will be spending the rest of the day in my secret underground lair.
Ride Log:
- Week Miles
- 0 mi
- 2012 Miles
- 470 mi
- Total Miles
- 2076 mi
A Question for the Minnesotans
How cold does it have to be before it’s a good idea to wear goggles? It looks like it will be 10°F for my Friday morning commute, and I don’t want my eyeballs freezing shut.
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Commute
Today was my first ride with the studded tires on this season. I am suddenly aware of how much of my bicycling fitness I lost while I was off the bike hiking for the past 2 months.
Evidently, hiking and bicycling use entirely different muscles.
The sloth has proposed riding our bicycles to Washington DC this spring to visit the new president.
It’s pretty far to the White House from here. I will need to get my ass back on the bike with more regularity to make that trip possible.
Today: 10 miles
January: 20 miles
2009 Utility Miles: 20
2009 Total Miles: 20
Departure Temp: 25° F
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Commute
As I was going through my boxes of bike stuff to find my gloves and whatnot this morning, it occurred to me that my collection of bicycling paraphernalia is worth a lot more than my car.
That’s almost ridiculous.
Update: I walked over to the empty cubicle my bike parks in to get a snack from my pannier. I have a flat tire!
I found a 1.5″ nail sticking into the tread near the valve stem. I bet it was long enough to stick into the rim tape.
Turns out the topeak alien tool’s built-in tire levers actually work. (I didn’t have my normal kit with me). Keeping a floor pump in your cubicle makes lunchtime bicycle repairs more pleasant. Maybe I should stash tire levers and a spare tube in a desk drawer, too.
Today: 10 miles
January: 10 miles
2009 Utility Miles: 10
2009 Total Miles: 10
Departure Temp: 29° F
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