More Riding Less Winter

Another nice and easy 20. I'm lovin' this weather. Looks like I'll break 10,000 miles, for 2012, on Saturday. 20/15.7

Fifty Felt Fine

Liked that temp today. Apparently these two did as well. I spotted them along the Mississippi at about 40th Street. 20/15.2

Still Riding

Back on the road bike, with temps moving closer to warm. I have to admit warm is what I like and when that isn't quite achieved, I'm willing to settle for a bright sun warming my back. That's not asking for much is it?
Got a new light today. With work taking so much of my time recently, I realize my rides could take place without a bright sun, or even a bright moon, for that matter. Got a Nite Rider Minewt Pro 750. I'll let you know what I think first time I take it out. 20/14.8

Tingle

Whoa! That was cold. I don't think it even got above 30 today. I was a little caught off guard when I woke up to a 1/2 inch of white covering everything this morning. Courthouses were closed for Veterans Day, which used to be called Armistice Day, so I had the day off from my abstracting business. I opted to head out to my house and get some work done, which I've been putting off too long. I thought it might be a good idea to let the sun clear the trails before I rode, and if I waited 'til the afternoon it could possibly be a little warmer. The sun didn't work too good, but after I got home from my rental, I called on Evil and we hit the trails together. Evil is a really good bike. He can handle it all.

I was feeling it today; recovering from the weekend rides, a little manual labor at the rental, and I was up late with Penny last night. She took me to the Springsteen concert, which was great. I was motivated to a quicker ride pace by the thought of my favorite split pea soup and bread sticks, both made from scratch, waiting for me at the conclusion.

Nice long weekend. Now prepping orders for tomorrow's abstracting work. 20/14.1

Oh Minnesota

70 degrees yesterday...ice today. Three of us headed for Wayzata. The sleet was like needles to the face. Snow came a little later and a small dusting started to accumulate. We were on road bikes and the temps and wet conspired to foil our plans, gunking up our drive trains, brakes and even headsets with ice.
Favorite ride quote of the day: Holy Jeez! My brake levers have ice on them! - Aaron

Amy and I rode together for a little bit and them came back and reunited with Aaron, who was very under-dressed. She said, well, Tom, here we go again. Yep, a couple of veteran winter riders. Obviously there aren't too many friendships out there like Amy's and mine, but also, when things turn a bit adverse I can trust her to be at her best and be watching out for me too. We did turn back for home a little sooner than we hoped, but the conditions did do a number on or bikes, and things started to get a bit sketchy.

Warm Wet and Windy

A lot more people showed up for today's ride. I figured with the fog and drizzle it would just be Amy and me, but 8 of us set out for Stillwater. Nice to ride with so many in November.
I'm going to try and get a post up on Saturday and Sunday for the next week or two, and then hopefully, after Thanksgiving, get back to a post a day. Sorry for the diminishing number of posts.

Gettin' Ready To Ride

We got back to St Paul, and the sun started to come out. About 3 miles from home I ran over some broken glass. Decided to walk the bike home and change the flat there. As I walked the weather just kept on getting warmer and warmer. I couldn't resist the temptation to ride some more. Got the flat fixed and put on another 15 miles around the lakes. The afternoon was glorious. Temp got up to 69.
65/ 16.4 and 17/16.1

Gray Winter Ride

Six of us out there today. Nary a breeze but the temps registered at the brisk level. I opted to dress  a little extra warm...no regrets.
All clouds and no leaves...rather bare, but a beauty still exists in the starkness.
Absolutely wonderful to be with friends. I don't understand how anyone could want to spend their Saturday morning doing anything else.75/17.2