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Old 03-03-09 | 01:00 PM
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...

Originally Posted by noglider
It was 12F this morning with a very strong wind. And we got a fairly big snowfall, and the plowed areas are totally icy. So I didn't pedal in today. It would have been mighty painful.
I rode, and it totally sucked. Could have been worse, I suppose; when I got to work I heard a spspspspspsps kind of sound and realized I had just punctured my front tire. And for some stupid reason today I didn't have a patch kit with me. Had to walk to a bike shop to get one. Looks like we're good to go for the ride home, though.
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