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Old 03-24-05 | 07:17 AM
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JohnBrooking
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From: Southern Maine

Bikes: 2006 Giant Cypress EX (7-speed internal hub)

I rode in the snow this morning!

Normally, in the dead of winter, I don't do that. I don't have studs, and usually snow means it's a storm and the roads are slippery and dangerous. Now, since it's late March, it's well into the high '30's already, there are only a few inches of wet stuff predicted, and it's supposed to all be gone by late afternoon. Furthermore, the roads started out clean. So I left early (which for me means before 7:30 AM), and sure enough, the roads were only wet, and I had no problems aside from from sitting here typing this in damp pants (after having brushed mucho sand off the cuffs).

Riding in the snow wasn't exactly pleasant (those lightly drifting flakes are not so gentle impacting your eyeballs at 20 MPH, and the glasses watered up too much to be used halfway through), but it wasn't too bad, and it's always nice to have a new experience.
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