Toward the middle of the week, Mike and I agreed that if Saturday was a halfway decent day we were going for a ride. Well, yesterday was about that. Halfway decent. We had sunshine, but coolish temps in the low 40’s and a southwesterly wind of 10-12 mph that was just annoyingly cold. Unlike our [...]
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January 28 Bike Ride
January 29, 2012Add another layer! – Cold morning
January 18, 2012Well, the weather is certainly different this morning than it was on Monday. Thirteen degrees when I left the house, but no wind, so this morning was actually a more enjoyable ride than yesterday’s morning sufferfest in the wind. Since it’s been a while, I thought I would give you a breakdown of the different layers [...]
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 [...]
We missed the monsoon – so far.
December 19, 2011It’s a good thing I didn’t get too worked up about the weather forecast. All weekend long, I heard nothing but raving about the monsoon we’re supposed to get today and tomorrow. I chose to ignore that last night and packed my pannier anyway. When we got up this morning, it was not raining yet, but radar showed it [...]
Bullets
December 15, 2011Some days, my brain turns to mush and everything I think about comes out in bulleted form. Today is such a day. The noise barrier on Ingram Mill is complete. With the warmer mornings the last two days, I’ve been taking the longer, 10 mile route to work and riding the entire length of the wall. Since they’ve [...]
