Saturday was one of those days that I usually wouldn’t ride. I’ve got a lot of excuses up my sleeve. I commute in the cold all week – why would I want to ride on a cool Saturday? It was windy. I had run 8 miles in the morning already. I was suffering a little [...]
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A Windy Saturday
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January 12, 2012After three days of really nice commuting weather this week, it came down on us pretty hard. With a skim-coat of ice and snow this morning, 22 degree temps and 21 mph winds, I decided to carpool with Pam. It’s the first non-bike commute day of 2012 and also the first since we had our last little round [...]
Cold Ears
January 10, 2012One of the first pieces of cool weather cycling gear I acquired was the Pearl Izumi beanie pictured above. It fits nicely under a helmet and can be worn over the ears or if it gets warm, worn above the ears like a normal headsweat. I would model it for you, but it gives my [...]
Is this January?
January 5, 2012Well, it’s not exactly beach weather, but for the first week of January, I guess I can’t complain. Except for Tuesday morning. That was cold. The official low for the morning in Springfield was 13, but when we ran and when I left for work our thermometer read 19. The trip home the last two nights [...]
Evasive
December 21, 2011Well, this morning was another one of those days. Gray, misty, cloudy and damp, with slick roads and low visibility. I was in my normal “riding in darkness” mode. Black jacket with a high-vis vest over it, twin lights on front, blinking spokelights and two blinkies on back. I couldn’t have done much more to [...]
