Pics of my winter commute
01-25-09 | 10:36 AM
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The frozen lake I pass on the way back home:
By the time I took these pics, some of the snow had begun to melt, but you get the idea.
I also could only stop ot take pics along the MUP, but not he road that I ride. It has no sidewalk and I wasn't about to stop on the side to take pictures.
By the time I took these pics, some of the snow had begun to melt, but you get the idea.
I also could only stop ot take pics along the MUP, but not he road that I ride. It has no sidewalk and I wasn't about to stop on the side to take pictures.
- I wish I had as much scenery on my route.
01-25-09 | 11:21 AM
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Thank you. I do love the scenery.
Yes, the front QR wheel is unlocked. One of the things I still have to fix about the bike. Luckily there is almost nill in the way of bike theft on my campus (although I did have a frame pump stolen from my bike back in October. Thanks for the reminder I do still need to get a non-QR skewer for it.
Yes, the front QR wheel is unlocked. One of the things I still have to fix about the bike. Luckily there is almost nill in the way of bike theft on my campus (although I did have a frame pump stolen from my bike back in October. Thanks for the reminder I do still need to get a non-QR skewer for it.
01-25-09 | 12:30 PM
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Nice pics. I wish the MUP around my house was cleared of snow somehow, but its not possible with the crushed limestone.
How does that bar end mirror (mirrylce?) work out with your bar ends for your hand? I presume OK, since you ride with them, but is there anything you had to tweak or modify to use it? I am getting a new winter commuter, and was going to sacrifice a bike mounted mirror to have those sleek bar end hand holds (the kind that are on the end, and half above and half below the bar). I thought of some sort of bull-horn bar end for my hands like you have, but figured the mirrycle mirror would still be too close?
How does that bar end mirror (mirrylce?) work out with your bar ends for your hand? I presume OK, since you ride with them, but is there anything you had to tweak or modify to use it? I am getting a new winter commuter, and was going to sacrifice a bike mounted mirror to have those sleek bar end hand holds (the kind that are on the end, and half above and half below the bar). I thought of some sort of bull-horn bar end for my hands like you have, but figured the mirrycle mirror would still be too close?
01-26-09 | 06:44 AM
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Trombone, the commute is all of 1.5mi in each direction. Yeah. I'm that hardcore. 
It's much faster for me to ride to school than it is to drive, once I take into account that there is always room on the bike rack, but never a spot anywhere near the school in the parking lot.
Actually the mirror does sort of get in the way. When I bought the bike off CL in November, it came with the bar ends, so I kept them. I added the mirror (a Cateye) when I brought it home. The mirror gets in the way of the lower part of the bar extension. The par that sticks straight up. but they kinda curve in at one point, and I can still grab that top part because it curves away from the mirror and creates a little more room.
It's much faster for me to ride to school than it is to drive, once I take into account that there is always room on the bike rack, but never a spot anywhere near the school in the parking lot.
Nice pics. I wish the MUP around my house was cleared of snow somehow, but its not possible with the crushed limestone.
How does that bar end mirror (mirrylce?) work out with your bar ends for your hand? I presume OK, since you ride with them, but is there anything you had to tweak or modify to use it? I am getting a new winter commuter, and was going to sacrifice a bike mounted mirror to have those sleek bar end hand holds (the kind that are on the end, and half above and half below the bar). I thought of some sort of bull-horn bar end for my hands like you have, but figured the mirrycle mirror would still be too close?
How does that bar end mirror (mirrylce?) work out with your bar ends for your hand? I presume OK, since you ride with them, but is there anything you had to tweak or modify to use it? I am getting a new winter commuter, and was going to sacrifice a bike mounted mirror to have those sleek bar end hand holds (the kind that are on the end, and half above and half below the bar). I thought of some sort of bull-horn bar end for my hands like you have, but figured the mirrycle mirror would still be too close?
