More @#%* Snow II
03-24-07, 09:18 AM
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More @#%* Snow II
Well just when you thought it was safe to come out and play...
Pushing 50 degrees today and mud season is getting underway....
2 - 4" of snow tonight...
Not that much but just enough to make tomorrow a trainer/roller day...
I will be taking the Frankenclimbing bike out today for about 40 miles...
It took 5 hours to clean it up from the last ride...
I don't think the roads are as wet but there is still a lot of salt and cinders and more to be put down tonight....
So I will not be taking the Record RS out for its maiden voyage...
Maybe June???
Pushing 50 degrees today and mud season is getting underway....
2 - 4" of snow tonight...
Not that much but just enough to make tomorrow a trainer/roller day...
I will be taking the Frankenclimbing bike out today for about 40 miles...
It took 5 hours to clean it up from the last ride...
I don't think the roads are as wet but there is still a lot of salt and cinders and more to be put down tonight....
So I will not be taking the Record RS out for its maiden voyage...
Maybe June???
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03-24-07, 09:53 AM
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^^^ Awesome! I see a days pleasure in cleaning and tinkering 
Plus you got to ride to boot 
Plus you got to ride to boot
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03-24-07, 09:56 AM
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Wow, I'm glad I'm not the only guy with a very muddy drive.
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03-24-07, 09:56 AM
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I'm not usually in favor of driving to the start of a ride, but I'd encourage it here.
03-24-07, 03:58 PM
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more snow part 2 here too!
it's been muddy and wet but fairly nice, although I swore I lost an ear from the cold on my way back today.
more snow heading our way tonight!
it's been muddy and wet but fairly nice, although I swore I lost an ear from the cold on my way back today.
more snow heading our way tonight!
03-24-07, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by John Wilke
GET THE SKIS OUT MAN!
But it going to be a late night tonight, so I may pass...
Originally Posted by blonduathlongrl
more snow part 2 here too!
it's been muddy and wet but fairly nice, although I swore I lost an ear from the cold on my way back today.
more snow heading our way tonight!
it's been muddy and wet but fairly nice, although I swore I lost an ear from the cold on my way back today.
more snow heading our way tonight!
Girl Scouts, gymnastics, food shopping...
By the time I got out the clouds had moved in and my ears and arms got quite cold as well...
But I did get 40 miles in....Second ride of the season....
"It doesn't get easier...You just get faster"....
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03-24-07, 05:19 PM
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I squeezed in a short 30 minute ride today (I was lucky to get that much). It was my first ride of the season, so I spent as much time as I could climbing up the hills in my town to shock my system back into the rhythm of things.
We'll see if it worked.
We'll see if it worked.
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well hammertoe, we certainly didnt get much! thankfully!
couple inches and it's fairly mild today, just a little wet. Looks like the ride is still on( good, cause I needed it)
couple inches and it's fairly mild today, just a little wet. Looks like the ride is still on( good, cause I needed it)
03-25-07, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Hammertoe
Well just when you thought it was safe to come out and play...
Pushing 50 degrees today and mud season is getting underway....
2 - 4" of snow tonight...
Not that much but just enough to make tomorrow a trainer/roller day...
I will be taking the Frankenclimbing bike out today for about 40 miles...
It took 5 hours to clean it up from the last ride...
I don't think the roads are as wet but there is still a lot of salt and cinders and more to be put down tonight....
So I will not be taking the Record RS out for its maiden voyage...
Maybe June???
Pushing 50 degrees today and mud season is getting underway....
2 - 4" of snow tonight...
Not that much but just enough to make tomorrow a trainer/roller day...
I will be taking the Frankenclimbing bike out today for about 40 miles...
It took 5 hours to clean it up from the last ride...
I don't think the roads are as wet but there is still a lot of salt and cinders and more to be put down tonight....
So I will not be taking the Record RS out for its maiden voyage...
Maybe June???
I knew why I loved Australia. Summer is too hot, but winter is sweet, no snow except certain mountain ranges, not many, and minimal rain for extended periods. Winter never gets below 0 or -3C lowest. Usually about 5-10C.
03-25-07, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Hammertoe
It took 5 hours to clean it up from the last ride...
03-25-07, 06:37 AM
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I think I speak for everyone in the NE when I say we hate you gabdy. 
03-25-07, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by damocles1
Don't be mad...
89 and sunny here today....bad pollen though...
89 and sunny here today....bad pollen though...
03-25-07, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by blonduathlongrl
well hammertoe, we certainly didnt get much! thankfully!
couple inches and it's fairly mild today, just a little wet. Looks like the ride is still on( good, cause I needed it)
couple inches and it's fairly mild today, just a little wet. Looks like the ride is still on( good, cause I needed it)
Thank goodness, that was a dud....
I was out until 1:30 last night and the roads were greasy...
I will hold off riding outside today (I don't want to clean another bike) but tomorrow looks good...
Originally Posted by iNewton
Holy hell that took forever, how did you clean the thing?
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Originally Posted by Hammertoe
By stripping the bike down...Pulling the cranks, taking off the chain and cassette, taking apart the headset, just about everything except recabling...
jw
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Originally Posted by rINGrING
I think I speak for everyone in the NE when I say we hate you gabdy.
Will take the camera phone. Maybe I'll think to take pictures.
Ciao!!
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Originally Posted by blonduathlongrl
I thought I was in the @#%* snow thread. I must of enter the " I hope you sneeze and cry your whole ride" thread.
I just got back and took some photos...
I was pretty much covered in a fine merangue of yellow pine pollen. Notice the stripes from my helmet vents...
03-25-07, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by damocles1
I just got back and took some photos...
I was pretty much covered in a fine merangue of yellow pine pollen. Notice the stripes from my helmet vents...
I was pretty much covered in a fine merangue of yellow pine pollen. Notice the stripes from my helmet vents...
xrated photos on here!
