tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post116884120264168996..comments2023-12-28T21:22:10.935-07:00Comments on Jill Outside: Remind me why biking is funJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168917306475409212007-01-15T20:15:00.000-07:002007-01-15T20:15:00.000-07:00I can't believe your endurance! I have just realiz...I can't believe your endurance! I have just realized I can officialy be called a couch potato!<BR/>I have used my family as an excuse for not getting out on the road enough but I have just realized I am simply lazy!<BR/>There doesn't seem to be as many cool places to ride here but I think that is also a product of my own lack get up and go.<BR/>This stuff you're writing is great!<BR/>In the words of Wayne and Garth (Wayen's World) worthy!David Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041580123414270092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168910662548482902007-01-15T18:24:00.000-07:002007-01-15T18:24:00.000-07:00After reading your posts, I promise not to be whin...After reading your posts, I promise not to be whiny about a little moisture ever again. That is about the worst it ever gets out here in PA. We do tend to get that freezing rain quite a bit over the next couple of months, so I am not about to give up my trainer just yet. I may have to look into those studded tires for the MTB though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168899686473792242007-01-15T15:21:00.000-07:002007-01-15T15:21:00.000-07:00http://www.ramsays-online.com/treadonline/chains.h...http://www.ramsays-online.com/treadonline/chains.html<BR/><BR/>threaded connectors and a tire pump may just make snaux a little more adaptable to ice without studs.<BR/><BR/>ymmv but worth a try.<BR/><BR/>cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168890066673142492007-01-15T12:41:00.000-07:002007-01-15T12:41:00.000-07:00I think the worst of it is that it looked so promi...I think the worst of it is that it looked so promising, what, 2 days ago. Then the nasty flow pattern of warm air straight from Hawaii made it to town and it did get super-nasty. Out towards the university today, there was just enough ice left on the shoulder to make it pretty sketchy even going really slow. I think our only hope for the next week is that the ice gets melted off soon, then it'll be time to dust off the road bike with fenders again!<BR/><BR/>As for stay-dry-gear, the best I've managed is the "cheap" Columbia rain gear, some strategic duct tape (biking tends to rip the crotch seam enough to leak and I get chain-suck on the leg despite the reflective leg-wraps). And extra-tufs on the feet. Not pretty or elegant, but I am generally dry. The road grime on the rain gear is pretty spectacular/gross.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168877505427506602007-01-15T09:11:00.000-07:002007-01-15T09:11:00.000-07:00Sometime its just that way.... I'll send that pad ...Sometime its just that way.... <BR/><BR/>I'll send that pad tues!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168873942694633542007-01-15T08:12:00.000-07:002007-01-15T08:12:00.000-07:00I think you should move someplace less miserable--...I think you should move someplace less miserable--like Minnesota. Our weather sucks too, but we actually get a variety of sucking. Sometimes it's so miserable we have to get up at 4am to get our ride in before it gets so hot we get heat stroke.<BR/><BR/>Wanna come to Texas for Hell Week in March? It'll be a nice change of pace ;)Saschahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753671246115554231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168873387315684812007-01-15T08:03:00.000-07:002007-01-15T08:03:00.000-07:00I agree with Shawn.I agree with Shawn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168869409990360442007-01-15T06:56:00.000-07:002007-01-15T06:56:00.000-07:00Jill, you keep me in absolute awe with the miles a...Jill, you keep me in absolute awe with the miles and conditions you ride. <BR/><BR/>Some of the Spinner guys asked who you were over at Bike Forums (I'm running it out of the Clyde forum there as well). I intro'd them to your blog and they were absolutely floored, in the good way!<BR/><BR/>Keep it up, milady! You help me keep going when I start to flag, as well as a lot of others, I'm sure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168857337527863592007-01-15T03:35:00.000-07:002007-01-15T03:35:00.000-07:00In some cultures well developed bike pushing muscl...In some cultures well developed bike pushing muscles are considered sexy.Snakebitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879428992616238833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1168848143467140372007-01-15T01:02:00.000-07:002007-01-15T01:02:00.000-07:00Jill -- Just dig into a half gallon of Ice Cream -...Jill -- Just dig into a half gallon of Ice Cream -- that's bound to cheer you up.shawnkieltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414687355264886702noreply@blogger.com