Spring in Illinois is starting to make me miss winter...
Posted Apr 13, 2013, 7:07 PM UTC
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Come to Michigan, where winter hasn't ended yet! Snow/hail in the Detroit area this morning, mid-30s.
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haha I hear you Spartan. Minnesota just had the second coming of Winter too. Seriously, wtf are you doing Winter it's Springs turn for a season you already had your fun just go already
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I was out this morning, went thru some HAIL, of all things. And that wind from the west...
Cleared up eventually at least! http://i.imgur.com/XnMzO2F.jpg
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I swear, the wind is *always from the front, doesn't matter the direction I go in...Also, sweet picture!
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Where at in Illinois? I raced this morning, and it was kind of decent weather. Just cold...
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Central. We got 4 inches of rain, 2.5 of it overnight. End result, 4 days of rain, wind, and flooding.
I was supposed to race Lincoln Park today, but my hard drive crashed, I lost a lot of work, and racing took second place to trying to keep my life together. :(
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I grew up in Decatur. I didn't know you guys got so much rain. I'm racing in champaign next month. Maybe I'll see you there.
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Look for a slow guy on an expensive bike, and if he's slow enough and the bike is expensive enough, it's probably me :p
More seriously, shoot me a PM closer to the race, I'm planning on doing miles before /after and would love company!
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I live in Chicago now, so I'm not going to be in central IL to do any riding before the race in Champaign, unfortunately. I'll be the guy riding a Specialized Allez wearing an evolution jersey.
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Lincoln Park in Springfield? I used to do training rides there when I lived down the street from that park a few years back. Fun place to ride. Sorry about the flooding. It always rains here in Portland, but thank god it never floods.
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Lincoln Park up in Chicago. I forget the name of the actual suburb thing it's in.
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Your flair confuses me. Are you a Belgian in Illinois?
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When I joined the sub I was living in Belgium. I've since downgraded from the Ardennes to cornfields, but am in denial - I keep lying to myself that I'm not in this hell hole of bad roads, high winds, non-elevation, and (lately) flooded roads.
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Well, :( It could be worse? You could be in Florida with me, with higher winds, and still no elevation, with high humidity and heat.
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Ha, I suppose that's true! When I went to FL, the omnipresent alligators terrified me.They are in your freaking ditches! I can't imagine trying to change a flat with an alligator right there.
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Alligators are my favorite part of Florida. They aren't that bad if you give them the evil eye.
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The no elevation thing is easily solved by riding an overpass on the highway 37 time.
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That is a glorious Garmin mount. Could you please link to it?
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Looks like a K-Edge mount. Got one, they rock!
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This is excellent. Thank you sir, the deal is done.
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I hear you. 40 miles of gravel with a 20+ mph headwind for a long portion of it. Ice/snow at the start. Northern Illinois.
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Our last week has been 40F, 30mph winds, rain, and grey skies - all of which are infinitely worse when the week before, I was out in short sleeves!
But it's gonna top 70 tomorrow!
And then back to the 40s...
Just give it some time and we'll be able to go out and enjoy the summer until it melts us.
I'm going to enjoy that one day of awesome so much! Especially after today's ride...
It's been just like that here on the Wisconson/Illinois boarder. On my ride to work this morning we had a bit of snow flurries.
Do you guys have flooding, too? That's what's really made this horrible. All the roads are washed out, so you get hosed down on every ride.
Not yet but the river is really high here. Any more rain and down town would flood for sure! We had bad flooding a few years ago so I know what your going through....yes, pun intended.
Is that a paved beach or a flooded path?
Yeah... We don't have beaches here. That is a flooded road.