I took my fat bike, but removed the fat tire wheels and replaced them with 29" wheels with knobby mountain biking tires. (If you want to sound like an experienced and/or hipster biker, you can call these wheels "29ers.") The heavy bike and the knobby - very frictiony! - tires made for a very slow ride to and from work. Those factors, the weather,* and my out of shape-ness made for one tiring 15-mile (total) ride. I'm beat.
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| Fat bike, with 29ers |
For those of you who don't live here, you can see that there is still ample snow in some places, like on our back patio. The roads were clear of snow, had just a bit of ice, and were covered with all the debris that's been sitting in the snow for many months (but what feels like an eternity). Most of the bike lanes contain parked cars due to the snow/ice piles that are still next to the curbs.
I am happy that I was able to ride today. Last year, the first day I rode was 3/28. Two ridiculously long, snowy winters, even for Minnesota. Climate change naysayers can come shovel my driveway next winter. I'm ready for another season of biking, after I get some rest.
* It was 11 degrees when I rode to work. The 15 mph winds meant that the wind chill was -5. It felt relatively warm, though, except on my numb feet, with the bright sun. It was 23 degrees when I went home, with a wind chill of 11 due to the still-15 mph winds.
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