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Old 12-04-11 | 09:11 PM
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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')

40ºF, 25 mph wind, and rain. November had near record snowfalls, and broke a couple of daily low temp records, so many roads were 3-5 inches thick with ice before this storm hit. It poured rain and blew near hurricane force winds last night (peak gusts of up to 118 mph recorded up on Hillside), turning much of the ice into slush and making a few roads unrideable; plus the storm drains were still frozen under a thick coating of ice, so there was a lot of standing water. The 25 mph tailwind pushed me to work pretty fast, although a couple of hub-deep puddles slowed me down, as did the fact that I had to take the long way on account of the MUP connector into downtown being covered in bottomless slush. At least the wind died down to 15 mph for the ride back.
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