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biker7
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 In a gear most men use only on the downhills!Joined: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:25 amPosts: 2952Location: Roseville
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Going north to work today was a blast. My best time for the new commute.
Coming home was another story. Thankfully, I beat the rain.
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HerculesTRockefeller
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:02 am |
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 My middle name is SchwinnJoined: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:12 pmPosts: 4094Location: Quoting Lebowski.
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Yesterday evening, I got alternating blasts of rain and wind. I would get wet, then the wind would dry me off. Mother nature had me in a rinse cycle.
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HerculesTRockefeller
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:24 am |
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| My middle name is SchwinnJoined: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:12 pmPosts: 4094Location: Quoting Lebowski.
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So how bout this wind! Hoooooweeee!
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cheffelipe
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:48 am |
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 My tiny cap defines meJoined: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:01 pmPosts: 2169
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HerculesTRockefeller wrote: So how bout this wind! Hoooooweeee! +1 I woke up a couple of times last night because of the gusts. That was even AFTER the beer30 race, which is saying something!
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mn_rando_guy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:51 am |
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 Sometimes worries that steel is not realJoined: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:18 amPosts: 1045Location: The great West of Colorado
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HerculesTRockefeller wrote: So how bout this wind! Hoooooweeee! +1, but it will hurt going home unless it changes direction for me
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gromitxt
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:14 am |
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| Fender BenderJoined: Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:53 pmPosts: 81Location: Minnehaha
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Today's the first day I considered crossing Hiawatha instead of going over it on the Sabo bridge. I didn't give in, but oh man was that a burn. I did not pick my SS gear ratio for days like this!
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mn_rando_guy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:47 pm |
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| Sometimes worries that steel is not realJoined: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:18 amPosts: 1045Location: The great West of Colorado
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gromitxt wrote: Today's the first day I considered crossing Hiawatha instead of going over it on the Sabo bridge. I didn't give in, but oh man was that a burn. I did not pick my SS gear ratio for days like this!
-g Did I pass at about 7:40ish. I was in a yellow vest riding a blue bag with handlebar bags and I was turning left off of the lrt to cross hiawatha? There was someone in jeans I believe who looked like his gearing was really working him good.
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gromitxt
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| Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:52 am |
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| Fender BenderJoined: Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:53 pmPosts: 81Location: Minnehaha
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mn_rando_guy wrote: Did I pass at about 7:40ish. I was in a yellow vest riding a blue bag with handlebar bags and I was turning left off of the lrt to cross hiawatha? There was someone in jeans I believe who looked like his gearing was really working him good. Nope, I'm usually starting work at 6:30 or 7. Yesterday it was 6:30, so I was making the slog around 6:15-6:20. I ended up getting a little bit of a push on the way home, but it was coming too much from the W and not enough from the N. And another tough climb over Sabo today! It's quite a feeling to come around that building just east of the bridge, with only gusts or little pockets of wind resistance before it, and then just WHAM into a solid push all the way up that approach. I'm thinking they should build something really BIG right on the West side of Hiawatha, where they're tearing up whatever was there before... -g
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reptile
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:22 am |
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 My tiny cap defines meJoined: Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:42 pmPosts: 2207Location: the far northeast
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Looks like it's gonna be a son-ova-bitch out there today....50+ mph winds this afternoon with pressure being some of the lowest MN has ever seen. YIKES!
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Snak Shak
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reptile wrote: Looks like it's gonna be a son-ova-bitch out there today....50+ mph winds this afternoon with pressure being some of the lowest MN has ever seen. YIKES! I made a special point of riding today just to experience that mayhem. It was already blustery this morning on the way in, so I bet it will be worse later today. I feel so alive!!
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Radlerin
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:08 am |
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 Dances on the pedals in a most immodest wayJoined: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:03 pmPosts: 5567Location: Funkytown
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50 mph!! Uh...think I'll take the Greenway home,
to be on the safe side!
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lowrah
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 Rides in bad weather just to taunt those who won'tJoined: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:00 amPosts: 1460Location: P-horn
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http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collec ... s/updraft/BOMB CYCLOGENESIS!! I love Updraft- weather/ meteorological dorks, unite.
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kn_mpls
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:14 am |
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 42% more WOTF's than TOTH'sJoined: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:37 pmPosts: 2316Location: NE Mpls - Windom Park
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50mph tailwind over the Hennepin Bridge on my way home? Hell yes!
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Snak Shak
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:27 am |
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kn_mpls wrote: 50mph tailwind over the Hennepin Bridge on my way home? Hell yes! Um. That would be a 50 mph HEADWIND for me. 
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mnbico
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:21 pm |
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| Greenway GremlinJoined: Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:04 pmPosts: 15Location: By the twin towers
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Headwind, tailwind, no problem. It's the gusty crosswinds I'd face that grounded me today. I've ridden in 50-60 mph crosswind gusts before and the risk of getting blown into traffic or into the curb is too much. Be safe out there! (OTOH, I've captained a tandem in similar conditions and it was much more stable, except for the stoker being scared with all the leaning. But my stoker is off to college... Any takers?  )
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