05-24-2017, 02:46 PM
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#4781
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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Maybe I should have brought my winter bike instead?
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05-24-2017, 03:16 PM
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#4782
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First Line Centre
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Ride safe lads.
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05-24-2017, 03:19 PM
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#4783
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Getting geared up to head home now, catch you all on the flip side, and if this is to be my last post forever...Zeppelin Rules!
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05-24-2017, 04:07 PM
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#4784
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Franchise Player
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Godspeed, you poor bastards.
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05-24-2017, 04:33 PM
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#4785
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Franchise Player
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That was savage. I'll take -20 any day over this garbage. The wind!
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05-24-2017, 04:52 PM
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#4786
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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I felt a bit wistful this morning as I walked into work, watching all of the cyclists heading past me. Now, I'm not so wistful - I really hate biking into the wind, so I'm just as happy I left the bike at home. I think if I lived/worked outside the free fare zone or if I saved more time cycling vs. walking, I'd be more hard core on the cycling bit.
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05-24-2017, 04:53 PM
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#4787
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jan 2008
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That sucked. Really a toss up if the bus would have sucked more or less.
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05-24-2017, 04:54 PM
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#4788
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My face is a bum!
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If the wind is straight out of the west in the river valley, I may end up missing my turn and flying right into the zoo.
If the wind is coming out of the north after I head out of the river valley, I may have both my fastest and slowest segments of the year in one ride. Days like this I wish I strava-ed
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05-24-2017, 04:56 PM
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#4789
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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Really hope everyone had gloves. The wind is brutal on the hands.
Yeah definitely prefer riding in -20c over that.
I came over the hill at st. George's heading west and I thought the wind was going to push me backwards.
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05-24-2017, 05:14 PM
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#4790
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Just got the feeling back in my thumbs. 50 minutes in that ####. My chest, legs and arms are all still red. Shoe covers kept my feet warm, but not dry. Rain and wind suck
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05-24-2017, 05:33 PM
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#4791
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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So glad I brought the balaclava for the ride home. Served a dual purpose for heat and a layer to shield my face from that rain/sleet mix just nailing you savagely while riding westbound. Stayed pretty warm, did somewhat rainproof mitts over my bike gloves and only started to feel a chill in them around the twenty minute mark.
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05-24-2017, 05:50 PM
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#4792
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Now world wide!
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Crazy. You guys are getting the remnants of the wind storm that clobbered BC last night. I don't remember there being much forewarning given the size of this system. It's like a massive, mild hurricane crawling across western Canada. My gf is stuck at Edmonton airport right now, flights all delayed or cancelled.
Ride safe!
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05-24-2017, 06:32 PM
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#4793
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ALL ABOARD!
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You're all heroes in my books.
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05-24-2017, 06:32 PM
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#4794
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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The folks that rode today are insane.
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05-24-2017, 06:47 PM
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#4795
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary
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I put grocery bags over my shoes to keep my feet dry. Worked pretty well!
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05-24-2017, 08:10 PM
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#4796
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Franchise Player
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As fate would have it I worked from home today, so I had no choice about biking or not this morning.
You guys that rode today are badass and for that I salute you
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05-24-2017, 09:50 PM
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#4797
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Big time, I brought my balaclava as well, what a godsend!
I salute all of you crazy effers for riding in that nastiness today!
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05-24-2017, 11:29 PM
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#4798
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First Line Centre
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I went to work this morning in shorts and a dress shirt. then looked out the window and thought that I better be sprinting my bike back home the short way...
Hope tomorrow is better.
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05-25-2017, 06:59 AM
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#4799
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Way better this morning, but that north wind was nice and strong. Took an alternate route to try and sidestep it as much as possible.
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05-25-2017, 07:11 AM
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#4800
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Franchise Player
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I looked out at that wind this morning and thought, no......
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