Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Snowbiking Chicago: Champion Funzone 2005-2006

Dear dudes,

The bike home from work was the superfun-times. Let's all pour one out for Ullr.


Discuss.


-gbx.

Classic: skids that make Teadogg look like a little baby, Mexican dudes asking if I need a ride home, same looking baffled and amused when I decline the offer and can't wipe the ****-eating grin off my face.

Dud: Jeans, overheating.

(here's an idea: let's keep all Chicago wintry ride talk/planning here, eh? Am I the only one that's into keeping things tidy like that?)

Also: I'm heading out for some more in a bit -- bright green Marmot jacket, ski helmet, stupid look on my face. Holler.

hey

When you going out?

Soon-ish -- stopping at a friend's house first, probably, then: I don't know. I'll try and hop back on at her place, eh?

I've also gotta get out of the stupid work clothes. The ONE day I don't wear "appropriate" gear for the commute.

Yeah...I'd be down to get a drink or something and have an excuse to go out.

riding/playing in the snow on my bike today was great ...funny looks from motorists are classic. i thought about putting knobbies on my commuter but i felt fine with 23s... i just have to remember to wear glasses or goggles- my eyes were getting blasted...

Yeah, my 23s did me A-OK.

Gogs are essential.



Ok, I'm really leaving now.

Can't wait--heading to the Charleston. Smoke free, just like you!

Rode a bit to get some dinner and it went well. I've never ridden in snow like this so it was different. I am running 27s right now and I felt good. Almost ate **** once.

you guys blow. I should've read this before I left for andersonville from river north.

Rode a bit to get some dinner and it went well. I've never ridden in snow like this so it was different. I am running 27s right now and I felt good. Almost ate **** once.
hey dummy you have 25s.

You know my bike better than I do, my friend.

Almost ate **** once.

Did it look anything like this? (http://www.trevorash.com/blogphoto/snowfallsml.wmv)

That was about an hour ago. My first ride in the snow. Good times, good times :)

Definitely not! I was almost home and went through a walgreens parking lot that had some ice chunks in it. Nice fall though!

chomping on ice while riding in the snow is the cat's meow. it doesn't really hurt that much and, **** yes, it's so much fun.

Ate it once and only once on the way back tonight. I, uh, did it on purpose....

Classic: skids that make Teadogg look like a little baby


dude, you've seen me skid on dry pavement, and while it's raining - what do you think I can do on the snow?


are you steppin'?

I will destroy.

This is why riding on the southside is *way* better than up north - last night an older southside couple looked at me as i was riding by, passing cars in 6 inches of snow, and said to one another "that guy is like a stealth bomber - dark and fast!" (i was wearing dark clothing).

This is why riding on the southside is *way* better than up north - last night an older southside couple looked at me as i was riding by, passing cars in 6 inches of snow, and said to one another "that guy is like a stealth bomber - dark and fast!" (i was wearing dark clothing).

edit: this is why the soutside is way better than up north for just about everything

that's only one of the reasons I like the southside so much. everything is better down there.

i'd like to take this opportunity to say 'woof' to 00/gal's new avatar.

woof.

I can attest that Gbx was the anti-Stealth Bomber last night...he could be seen for miles.

yeah, I'm hungry too. wait what was the question again?

I think the cold weather is getting to your tropical brain. Carlos, you're getting weirder and weirder.

i'd like to take this opportunity to say 'woof' to 00/gal's new avatar.

woof.

That's my doggy Beaker! He was loving the snow last night.

My bike = sled

So much fun. I took some photos but it was only an hour into the snowfall. In other news, I dropped my chain on the yellow bike and slid down a hill. Whee!

Email from colleague regarding lunch:

"You are observant, steak tacos it is. Lettuce, tomato, onion."

I like onion and cilantro (all-traditional-like) on my steak tacos.

thank the good lord our latest holiday basket is filled with english muffins and honey. the first one was several boxes of margie's sweets—I think I had 15 pieces (gut-rot) the first day. I'ma get fat.

endum—anyone get sausages in their baskets yet? those are the best.

Please note:

Those metal things they throw down on the road to cover up "imperfections" and stuff? I did, uh, some "testing" and figured out that yes, they're slick and yes, you will fall pretty hard. Maybe even right in front of a bus.

I put cross knobbies on and geared down to 42x16 last night. **** rules. It's a shame I can't make it to PGH for tomorrow's alley cat...

Wait, where's this alleycat?

Wait, where's this alleycat?

Pittsburgh. It's to celebrate Ted, Jessie, and Sean's birthdays. Entry fee is a six pack and gains admission to the SECRET after party.

OH yeah! More F.U.N.Z.O.N.E.

gibs, what is F.U.N.Z.O.N.E.?

The F.U.N.Z.O.N.E. that can be named is not the F.U.N.Z.O.N.E.

steaky, and 00/gal... caught you guys riding down california tonite.. that was me yelling out my friend's car window.. hope you didn't think i was just some troublemaker.

where were you headed? we went to the california clipper for a heavy dose of 2nd hand smoke.. mmmmmm..

steaky, and 00/gal... caught you guys riding down california tonite.. that was me yelling out my friend's car window.. hope you didn't think i was just some troublemaker.

where were you headed? we went to the california clipper for a heavy dose of 2nd hand smoke.. mmmmmm..

I thought that was you... but I also thought it was gcrew2 driving. we were headed the F.U.N.Z.O.N.E., and if that can be named then it is not the F.U.N.Z.O.N.E.

see my pic-o'-the-day tomorrow for clues.

I want some Clipper action sometime this week, no excuses. Who's in?

i'd be in to a clipper run. weekdnights there are a little less stevie ray vaughn-ish.

I thought that was you... but I also thought it was gcrew2 driving. we were headed the F.U.N.Z.O.N.E., and if that can be named then it is not the F.U.N.Z.O.N.E.

see my pic-o'-the-day tomorrow for clues.

nope that was another friend driving, but it was GC2's birthday... we were coming from WHIRLEYBALL... :D
nothing like waking up w/ a little whiplash. :eek:

I wasnt in a funzone this morning when I lost the contents of last nights dinner to the toilet.

my I was in a snowbiking funzone was this morning! riding the lakefront path (which was basically a sheet of solid ice) I crashed twice, hard. i skidded on the ice for a good 40 feet. It was funny, 'cause I was on my side and looking directly at my bike, also sliding. didn't hurt to bad, snowcrashes are always entertaining.

then I got chased by a cop for coming down a one way street the wrong way and running two red lights. never got me, thanks to a snowy alley. screw you raygunner!

Two miles west of the funzone yesterday afternoon, wiping all of the grey slush off of the bike. I'm thinking more and more seriously about "liberating" the blue Schwinn Super Sport that's been locked in front of the Rainbo, wheel-less, for six months and turning it into a beater.

I wasnt in a funzone this morning when I lost the contents of last nights dinner to the toilet.

maybe you should've switched your keys to your left pocket after all.

Daerest FUNZONE --

You know you're my dogg, right? So don't take this the wrong way: you're not impressing anyone, bro. I know you've been laying low lately, and want wow the ladies (Hi Katrina!), but now is neither the time nor the place for this sh_t. I am very sick, and need both medicine AND dry, sticky roads on Sunday. Plz, knock it off.

y u braek <3 all tiem??!1/1

HUGZ

_gbx

gibs, hate to break it to ya... but F.U.N.Z.O.N.E. isn't a person. it's not even a fun zone.

I wanted to go for a ride so bad last night, but none of my friends would go.

This is off-topic, but Chicago related - does anyone know if John from Cyclesmithy posts here?