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Hewing to my promise to let no weather stop me from my appointed cyclecommute, i found myself on the
Fox River Trail, heading from St. Charles to Batavia. Outside temp was -5.1F.
The trail has been somewhat plowed, by a fellow cyclist who pulls a plow down the trail with his
bike, and by the Geneva park district, but some areas were still badly drifted over. In St. Charles,
the trail was only discernable as the _big_ white space between trees.
My first mile, from St. Chas to Genva, took about 17 minutes.
My safety glasses developed an annoying tendency to completely ice over on the lee eye. Monocular
riding isn't as much fun as it sounds and eventually i just pocketed the glasses. I think my
bakalava wasn't adjusted right or something, channeling my panting wheezes into my face.
My extremities were quite cold until my vascular system decided to join the ride about 15 minutes
into it, at which point i was toasty and serene. Lots of layers, nothing constrictive.
I have decided to switch my bike from inverted tread Kendas to knobbies in the hopes that i might
actually gain traction in the drifts. We'll see... I have a cyclecommute buddy whom I meet in
geekneeva, which makes the ride funner [sic], but today it also was nice to know there would be
backup should either of us have a problem on the trail.
So: Total trip time: 7.5 miles in 52 minutes.
And finally -- i had more fun riding today than you did driving. Neener. and I wasted less gasoline,
too. 8-p 8-p 8-p
.max
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Fox River Trail, heading from St. Charles to Batavia. Outside temp was -5.1F.
The trail has been somewhat plowed, by a fellow cyclist who pulls a plow down the trail with his
bike, and by the Geneva park district, but some areas were still badly drifted over. In St. Charles,
the trail was only discernable as the _big_ white space between trees.
My first mile, from St. Chas to Genva, took about 17 minutes.
My safety glasses developed an annoying tendency to completely ice over on the lee eye. Monocular
riding isn't as much fun as it sounds and eventually i just pocketed the glasses. I think my
bakalava wasn't adjusted right or something, channeling my panting wheezes into my face.
My extremities were quite cold until my vascular system decided to join the ride about 15 minutes
into it, at which point i was toasty and serene. Lots of layers, nothing constrictive.
I have decided to switch my bike from inverted tread Kendas to knobbies in the hopes that i might
actually gain traction in the drifts. We'll see... I have a cyclecommute buddy whom I meet in
geekneeva, which makes the ride funner [sic], but today it also was nice to know there would be
backup should either of us have a problem on the trail.
So: Total trip time: 7.5 miles in 52 minutes.
And finally -- i had more fun riding today than you did driving. Neener. and I wasted less gasoline,
too. 8-p 8-p 8-p
.max
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the part of <[email protected]> was played by maxwell monningh 8-p