I organized a Sunday morning group ride for the Harmon Bike Club. Unfortunately, I woke up to find two inches of snow that were no where near the weather forecast for today (I was expecting a 92% chance of rain.) Well I'll be damned if I'm going to let down the one other person that might be willing to plow the slush with me this morning. I took the Xtracycle, wore my yellow rain coat (very rare occasion), lots of wool, and ski gloves. A small thermos of coffee was my back-up plan.
After two cups of coffee at The Hub, I rolled out at 10:20 by myself. Here's where I went:
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And here's what it looked like:
I stuck to the arterials where the cars had already plowed most of the slush off of the roads. I was already soaked when I reached Point Defiance Park, so I opted not to ride the portion of 5-Mile Drive that is closed to vehicles each weekend morning (more slush and run-off.) The 14 mile route felt more like a 20-miler, which was what I was shooting for today.
The sun peaked out on my way home. I got lots of smiles from drivers and saw one other set of bike tracks in the park. Those are very uplifting signs on a ride like this. Signs that kept me grinning the whole way.
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15 March 2009
14 December 2008
It's Snow Time...
I rarely miss the opportunity to ride some bikes in the snow. Tacoma saw an inch or two last night and the brisk ride this morning on my Xtracycle was great. The temperature gage read 28F and the roads were mostly dry, but icy. The Schwalbe Big Apple tires and disc brakes gave me confidence both on- and off-road.
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