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Old 01-03-11 | 02:04 AM
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GriddleCakes
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From: Anchorage, AK

Bikes: '06 Surly Pugsley, '14 Surly Straggler, '88 Kuwahara Xtracycle, '10 Motobecane Outcast 29er, '?? Surly Cross Check (wife's), '00 Trek 4500 (wife's), '12 Windsor Oxford 3-speed (dogs')

40F/4C with a warm south wind. MUP is in great shape for biking, condensed snow with a melt/freeze ice layer on top (except for the bridges, where the pack is roughly 4 inches of slush over hardpack); it's also empty, since it's terrible for walking and skiing. Minor roads are holding on to their ice cover, which is nice, but major roadways are a slushy, sloppy mess. Most of the alleys that I use to navigate downtown were awash under snow and ice melt. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Breakup sucks, and should only be suffered once per year. Although it was a bit of a novelty to ride home with no jacket and rolled up sleeves in January.

Also, I haven't worked a Sunday in forever (covering for a sick co-worker), and had forgotten how empty the roads are at 7:30am on a Sunday morning. Felt like I had the whole city to myself, until I saw a couple of cars downtown. It was nice.
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