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08-19-04, 11:02 AM
It's August, supposedly, here in Minnesota. We have yet to have a 90 degree day. Yesterday's high was 72(?) and it got down to a chilly 48 for my commute home. In northern MN there were already frost warnings posted (I'm suppose to go camping up there next month, there could be snow!).
I luckily prepared for the cold by bringing along my full length gloves, hat, and wind shirt. I've moved my tights to my new place, so my legs were a little chilled. But, in all the packing and repacking of the messenger bag, I forgot one major important item, my head lamp! D'OH. I was a bit miffed, and spent the commute home asking how I could be so stoopid, and checking to make sure I wasn't hypothermic. I still managed a good ride, shortend my normal route due to needing light. The bike paths aren't lit and I tend to have a difficult time discerning the path from the turf that is over growing the sides of the path, especially at full speed, without a light.
Did I mention the wind? Out of the NW 15-17 mph with gusts to a pedal stopping 30, that was on the ride to work. Of course I'm also riding my single speed. I got to the lake that I pass on my route to work, and there were White Caps! I've never seen white caps on Medicine lake before. By the time I got off work the wind had settled down, which meant there wouldn't be a wind chill effect, just a shrinkage effect.
Somtimes I think I need my head examined. But in all it was a really great commute, sweating like a pig on the way to work, no sweat, but a lot of cursing on the way home.
Just a commuter's life in Minnesota. I've started seeing the leaves begin to change as well. This is going to be a long cold winter.
I luckily prepared for the cold by bringing along my full length gloves, hat, and wind shirt. I've moved my tights to my new place, so my legs were a little chilled. But, in all the packing and repacking of the messenger bag, I forgot one major important item, my head lamp! D'OH. I was a bit miffed, and spent the commute home asking how I could be so stoopid, and checking to make sure I wasn't hypothermic. I still managed a good ride, shortend my normal route due to needing light. The bike paths aren't lit and I tend to have a difficult time discerning the path from the turf that is over growing the sides of the path, especially at full speed, without a light.
Did I mention the wind? Out of the NW 15-17 mph with gusts to a pedal stopping 30, that was on the ride to work. Of course I'm also riding my single speed. I got to the lake that I pass on my route to work, and there were White Caps! I've never seen white caps on Medicine lake before. By the time I got off work the wind had settled down, which meant there wouldn't be a wind chill effect, just a shrinkage effect.
Somtimes I think I need my head examined. But in all it was a really great commute, sweating like a pig on the way to work, no sweat, but a lot of cursing on the way home.
Just a commuter's life in Minnesota. I've started seeing the leaves begin to change as well. This is going to be a long cold winter.