Road Cycling - There will be NO MORE posts about how nice the weather is where you live ...

... unless you send some my way :mad:

There are times when I truely hate Chicago. I just wanna ride!

Fair & 74 right now..... sorry, couldn't resist.

Fair, 74*F

You're a nasty, cruel, bad bad bad man :cry:

I just wanna ride!

Don't let a little cold weather stop you!

... unless you send some my way :mad:

There are times when I truely hate Chicago. I just wanna ride!

Grab a mountain bike and power through the snowed in roads
I think its fun :D

After a season of suffering through races and training rides, the last thing I wanted to do was drag my arse outside and ride in 20 degree weather.

That's why god created mag trainers.

... unless you send some my way :mad:

There are times when I truely hate Chicago. I just wanna ride!

How about how nice it is where I was??? I was in Hawaii last week and it was 82 every day, but it got downright cold at night. The temperature dipped way, way down to 68 one time!

But, ah, back in the wonderful weather of Maryland, a high today of 45!

did you ride today, trekrider? I didn't...I ran instead...too much salt and residual ice. tomorrow is looking good though...

Mac, don't worry by May it will be nice enough to ride in Chi-Town.

Mac, don't worry by May it will be nice enough to ride in Chi-Town.

At this rate, you might be right! I'd chance a ride outside if it wasn't for the ice that is still around just waiting for me.

MacMan - does this make you feel any better? My son and I rode in The Illini Chill "A Red Flannel Affair" (hence the goofy red flannel pants over my tights!) this past Saturday in St. Joseph, Illinois. Low 20's both temp and wind, blowing and drifting snow, ice, busted butts. This was the 3rd annual, and is billed as "Illinois' Premier Winter Fun Bike Ride In The Country".

There will be NO MORE posts about how nice the weather is where you live ...... unless you send some my way :mad:

There are times when I truely hate Chicago. I just wanna ride!

the weather was really nice here in SW Missouri today. :-)

we don't live in chicago for the weather. or the sports teams. or for the traffic. or for the taxes.

Even though we had great weather in Southern California, I still miss Chicago and running and biking along the lake shore. Remember you have real Irish bars and pizza!

Now this is snow. It would be worse, but we had a melt in between the normal accum.

Here in Tennessee, Febuary is the LONGEST month! :eek:

I don't mind the cold, If I can have a little sunshine. All this endless rain be damned! I have only seen the sun twice, for a few mins., in the last few weeks!

I can hardley wait untill July and August. Then I will be wishing for a few clouds and rain. hehehe ;)

It was like 80 F. here in Tampa today. Not a damn cloud in the sky. When is that damn cold front ever going to get here?

It's perfect here in Phoenix, but we'll be begging for mercy in a few months. Have you ever ridden in 115 degree heat?

Now this is snow. It would be worse, but we had a melt in between the normal accum.

RunYun, I see that your mailbox looks a lot like my own from the relentless attack from the snow plows. I think next year I will build a cement pillar Just to keep the mailbox upright!

At this rate, you might be right! I'd chance a ride outside if it wasn't for the ice that is still around just waiting for me.




HI MacMan,
I'm in your boat in R.I .Between the snow,ice and don't forget how the sanding.I'm grounded until spring and I'm getting the fever to ride!All we can do is hope for an early spring!! :rolleyes:

Later;
Robin

GoJohnnygo, I think you guys got it a little worse than us. I'd go riding, but a lot of the roads have barely had enough room for two cars let alone bikes.

HaHa, I live in Winnipeg, Canada and for the last few days it has been down to -58 degrees Fahrenheit with the wind chill during the day!! Luckilly it warmed up to a balmy -5 for our annual Ice bike Event! And for the snow... I have no pic but there are drifts 6 feet high along every driveway in the community! Now THIS, is a long winter!

Now, why don't you all just become bike bums and move out West?

George

*cough*(just taken this morning)
http://runn.org/log/pics/021004/day.jpg (http://www.runn.org/main.html)
*cough*


huh? someone say something?



:D

*cough*just taken this morning:D

C'mon....you live in OC.... you could do better than that..

MacMan - does this make you feel any better? My son and I rode in The Illini Chill "A Red Flannel Affair" (hence the goofy red flannel pants over my tights!) this past Saturday in St. Joseph, Illinois. Low 20's both temp and wind, blowing and drifting snow, ice, busted butts. This was the 3rd annual, and is billed as "Illinois' Premier Winter Fun Bike Ride In The Country".

Wow. The second picture brings back memories. What route did this take? I went to U of I, I'm assuming thats from the Urbana/Champaign campus, right?

And my grandmother, who still lives in the area wonders why I moved to Fort Lauderdale, where its currently in the high 70's and sunny.

damianb - we rode east out of St. Joseph then north and east to the small town of Royal, about 11 miles. Then turned around and rode back. Rode township roads, which were primarily oil and chip under the snow and ice.

And yes, that's Urbana-Champaign. Go Illini!

Oh man, the weather here in the norhteast is rotten as all hell.....but i did get out today for my first ride of the year...VERY WET from melting snow, but good times....

Ride Temp: 46 degrees...HEAT WAVE!!!

Who's complaining?!?!? (Here in Minnesota we embrace the seasons!!!)

Even though we had great weather in Southern California, I still miss Chicago and running and biking along the lake shore. Remember you have real Irish bars and pizza!

I certainly do miss the Irish bars and pizza but I'm not so sure about biking along the lake shore. Admittedly, I haven't done that in over ten years and they've probably repaired a lot of the concrete. I remember tacoing the rear wheel of my MTB when I attempted to gap a large section of broken concrete near Oak Street Beach and mistimed the jump.

the weather was really nice here in SW Missouri today. :-)

I know, it was like 48 here in NW Arkansas. It had been in the 20's all last week up until yesterday.

Today is our fifth day of 38ºC/100F and it will be this way for another 4-5 days. With Saturday being 40º+. Some areas are getting 47ºC/116F today. Don't talk to me about snow. :D

CHEERS.

Mark

These Florida winters are brutal! I don't know how much more of this sun I can take before I have to get another beer :p

These Florida winters are brutal! I don't know how much more of this sun I can take before I have to get another beer



When is hurricane season? :P

All you CA and FL peeps have all robbed me of any sense of humanity I may have had - I hate you all! And that guy frrom Australia ... well, that's just downright uncivilised (not withstanding the fact that I regret not moving down there when I had the chance :().

I certainly do miss the Irish bars and pizza but I'm not so sure about biking along the lake shore. Admittedly, I haven't done that in over ten years and they've probably repaired a lot of the concrete. I remember tacoing the rear wheel of my MTB when I attempted to gap a large section of broken concrete near Oak Street Beach and mistimed the jump.

Not too many people ride along LSD anymore. They all cram onto the foot-/bike-path that the city has extended (they did a good job on this I thought). The path is nice but absolutely mental during the day. When I was still in the city I used to ride it at about 3:00 am - now that was a blast!

... unless you send some my way :mad:

There are times when I truely hate Chicago. I just wanna ride!


Jeeze, I just got back from a ride; it was about 65 degrees F when I started. Cool, but very dry--didn't even notice any sweating.

I would send you some of our weather, if you could send me some of yours--we need the rain and the fruit trees could use some coolness. . .

I just got the call from my LBS. My shoes and new ultegra pedals are in. Did I rush down there try them on, rush home put them on the bike and ride till the moon shines? No! 4-6 inches of snow tonite!!!!!!!

why bother. I'll pick them up tomorrow and well maby go sled riding or if it's enough snow I'll go back country skiing. I wanna ride though :(

I can't say that I have missed a day riding here in lovely Chicago. Yeah the snow stinks with the salt and everything, but that's a good excuse for a winter beater bike. No, wait that qualifies all of my bikes as winter bikes then. Why it almost felt downright balm out there today, I didn't need the full face mask.

The Lakefront path is still in ok shape right now, they keep plowing it when it snows so you can still ride it. But then again I always try to avoid that thing anyways, too crazy for me. I'll take on the car traffic anyday over the Lakefront path.

Today is our fifth day of 38ºC/100F and it will be this way for another 4-5 days. With Saturday being 40º+. Some areas are getting 47ºC/116F today. Don't talk to me about snow.

I've ridden in 47C before. It's not so bad if it isn't humid. Of course, when it is humid, anything above 25C becomes unbearable.

As far as 65F or whatever it was goes, I'd just about pull on the Goretex jacket for that! Even our "winters" don't get that "cold".

Having said all that, I still hold that 12 degrees C is the ideal temperature for human habitation -- and that as soon as I have some money and my CPA qualification behind me, I intend moving somewhere this happens more often.