Chapeau Brian and Ryan on the snow commute! I bailed on the commute entirely and worked from home today and based on the traffic reports I was hearing alot of car and bus commuters wish they would have had your commute. Hope you get there and back safe and sound tomorrow, it was pretty icy in spots as I navigated on foot to the local pub and back this evening in W. Seattle. Just can pass up $3 pint nights ;-)
Ryan On Nov 22, 8:52 pm, Brian Hanson <stone...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
