Now here's a testament to the bike commute. I just talked with a co-worker who left before me to take the bus (faster than cars in weather like this), and she just got home 5 minutes ago. Granted she went 25 miles to my 10, but 5 hours vs. 1 hour. Yikes...
Brian (happy to be a biker) Hanson On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:39 PM, rob markwardt <robmar...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Only made it three blocks up to the corner store tonight...too cold to > enjoy going much further (no snide comments from the cold weather list > members...I moved here from Havre, MT where it's currently a balmy > -2!). My winter bike is a RockCombo with fat 26" wheels and 700c > fenders. Lots of clearance which you can see in this pic from our > last big snow storm in 2008. Hope to get out for a bit tomorrow. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/77502...@n00/3126870205/ > > Rob Markwardt > Seattle > > On Nov 22, 7:50 pm, rcnute <rcn...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I had seven miles each way. Funnest commute ever. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/30684...@n08/sets/72157625324703389/ > > > > Ryan > > > > On Nov 22, 5:33 pm, Brian Hanson <stone...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I had to ride in today what with the snow and everything - I don't get > these > > > chances much since I moved here from MN. I didn't take the Hilsen (not > snow > > > qualified), but did OK on the Riv'ified Miyata. The Big Apples did > their > > > job, but it was getting sketchy on the way home with the temps around > 28F > > > with 20 mph wind gusts and the melted snow rapidly turning to > ice/crust. > > > > > I had to remove the front fender half way through the ride as it kept > > > jamming with snow and I grew tired of the extra effort pushing with > rubbing > > > snow. I just about lost it going over a bridge the first time the > fender > > > got clumped/locked up. Kind of like slamming on the front brake. > After > > > that, I just kicked the tire/fender every few minutes to knock the > build-up > > > off. > > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/stonehog/sets/72157625324064593/with/519. > .. > > > > > Overall, it added about 15 mins to my 10 mile commute, but I think I > was > > > going faster than most of the cars I saw on the road :) > > > > > Riv content - this set has some fall commute pics of the Hilsen... > > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/stonehog/5197783254/ > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/stonehog/5197783254/> > > > > > Brian > > > Seattle, WA- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
