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#bikestreak

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Marty Cormack

#BikeStreak Day 75:
I awoke early and saw on the radar the snow was about to start. As I had a couple essential items needed, I decided to dress quickly and jump on my #ebike to go to the grocery store before dawn and snow, for 6 miles. With the cloud cover it was still mostly dark. The wind was strong out of the Northeast and the temperature was falling. I guess our chance of more rain than snow is diminishing. It might be an interesting day given the blizzard warning.
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Sage green Vado SL ebike parked on the Bear Creek Trail in the dark. The trail is illuminated by the white bike headlight and the red taillight. The creek is behind, partially visible and there is some faint light above which backlights the bare trees.
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Marty Cormack

#BikeStreak Day 71:
Back to reality. We had plummeting temperatures and increasing wind, so I went out before it could get worse. I rode my #ebike to Silver Lake and then Cascade Lake to see what our record warmth yesterday did to the lake ice, and the ice is completely gone. But the ride wasn't comfortable, as there was rain, then sleet, then light snow, and by the end my hands and feet were cold.
I think I'll just stay in and watch hockey this afternoon.
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Sage green Vado SL ebike parked on the Zumbro North Trail looking East to Silver Lake. There is a strip of brown lawn between the bike and the lake. There is a Canada Goose behind the bike on the shore and several more swimming in the lake. There is a small island with bare trees near the far shore. There are trees and houses past the far shore and the sky is cloudy.
Sage green Vado SL ebike parked on the Cascade Lake Trail with the lake behind. There is brown lawn between the bike and the lake. In the distance is the Rochester skyline under cloudy skies.
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Marty Cormack

#BikeStreak Day 68:
With a forecast of sunny skies, warming temperatures and light winds, I decided it would an opportune time to haul my #bicycle to just over the Iowa border and ride the Wapsi-Great Western Line Trail. I am pleased with that decision. The trail was mostly clean and dry, just one segment still snow covered and unrideable, but that was the scenic route into Riceville, so I took the direct route instead. I saw Pheasants, Turkeys, Killdeer and heard lots of songbirds.
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Dark brown Diverge bicycle leaning up against the concrete obelisk Wapsi Great Western Line Milepost 6N with a concrete trail curving to the left through an oak savannah with one of the trees behind still having its brown oak leaves on a sunny day.
Dark brown Diverge bicycle leaning on a wooden railing added to an old rust colored steel truss railroad bridge with the Wapsi Great Western Line trail underneath surrounded by some bare trees. The bridge deck is wooden with some old asphalt partially covering. The sky is blue.
Dark brown Diverge bicycle parked on the concrete Wapsi Great Western Line Trail in front of an open brown scrub covered farm field. On the distant ridge is a large number of white 3 pronged windmills with hazy blue sky.
Dark brown Diverge bicycle parked on a concrete culvert bridge of the Wapsi Great Western Line Trail over the Wapsipinicon River. The river is surrounded by bare trees and brush under blue skies.
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Marty Cormack

#BikeStreak Day 57:
Despite it being the first day of meteorological spring, we were back into winter weather as it was 19F (-7C) when I set off on my road #bicycle. I rode the #RochMN city trails and the Douglas State Trail to Douglas and back for 30 miles. But the stronger March sun kept me warm enough that I did not need heated gloves or socks; I would have on a cloudy day. Yesterday's strong winds took down a couple large limbs on the trails that will need to be remedied.
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Blue and black Roubaix bicycle with Bar Mitts leaning against the concrete obelisk Chicago Great Western Railway milepost "M137" just off the asphalt Douglas State Trail looking Southeast. The trail is lined by bare trees on a sunny day.
A large broken tree limb hangs precariously over the asphalt Douglas State Trail looking Northwest on a sunny winter day. The trail and ground are snow free.
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Marty Cormack

#BikeStreak Day 56:
The city in which I live, #RochMN , is amongst the windiest cities in North America. And today we have a wind advisory, with 25 mph sustained winds and even higher gusts. It only made sense to ride my #ebike , so I rode out to Cascade Lake and back for 20 miles. When riding the East side of Cascade Lake, I was leaning about 30 degrees just to keep upright with the strong side wind. It was sunny when I started, but mostly cloudy when I got home.
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Sage green Vado SL ebike with Bar Mitts parked off the Cascade Lake Trail looking Southwest toward Interlachen Lake. There is brown lawn in the foreground, the lake is frozen over and there are townhomes on the far shore. The sky is mostly blue.
Sage green Vado SL ebike with Bar Mitts parked off the Cascade Lake Trail looking East back toward Manorwoods Lake. The asphalt trail heads back to a bridge over Cascade Creek which links the manmade lakes and there are townhomes behind on the right, utility poles center and bare trees left. The sky is blue with puffy white clouds.
Sage green Vado SL ebike with Bar Mitts parked off the Cascade Lake Trail looking North at the confluence of Cascade Creek and the Zumbro River. There are bare trees on the left and senior living apartments on the far right. The sky is blue.
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Marty Cormack

#BikeStreak Day 50:
After watching #mnwild win in OT, and with the temperature just under the freezing mark, I set out for a #bicycle ride. But the front derailleur cable snapped almost immediately and I had to turn around and swap bikes. I ended up using my road bike to ride #RochMN city trails and some county roads for 30 miles. It was nice not having to use battery heated socks or gloves, and using my regular bike helmet instead of ski helmet and goggles.
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Blue and black Roubaix bicycle with Bar Mitts parked on the side of Olmsted County 25 looking North with a mostly snow covered corn field with grain bins in the distance on the right and the bare tree covered Weatherhill behind.
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Marty Cormack

#BikeStreak Day 46:
After it bottomed out at -17F (-27C) here overnight, by noon it had gotten to -1F (-18C) with a -18F (-27C) windchill, substantially warmer than yesterday. So I rode my #fatbike on the #RochMN city trails and around Soldiers Memorial Field for 11.4 miles. When facing the NW wind with the sun at my back, it was almost brutally cold; but when I turned around, it got a lot more pleasant, and I actually had to turn down the heat on my electric gloves.
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Dark grey FatBoy bicycle leaning against the chain link fencing that separates the bike trail from the Soldiers Field Golf Course facing South. The golf course is snow covered with occasional bare trees lining the fairways. The sky is blue and the bright sun is casting a shadow of the bike coming toward the camera.
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Marty Cormack

#BikeStreak Day 45:
If it wasn't for the streak, I'd take the day off. Instead I rode my #fatbike around the neighborhood for 2.2 miles in the coldest windchill I've ever ridden, -9F (-23C) air temperature with 15 mph winds for a -31F (-35C) windchill. If you add my bike speed (8 mph) when riding into the wind it was closer to -35F (-37C) windchill.
I'll wait until tomorrow afternoon to ride again, it is supposed to be -1F (-18C) and -16F (-27C) windchill by then.
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Dark grey FatBoy bicycle leaning on the brown/tan brick facade of my townhouse with a white 2 stall garage door with 8 small square windows, light yellow vinyl siding brown shutters and a large crabapple tree trunk in the foreground. There is a couple inches of snow on the ground and the concrete sidewalk and driveway are well shoveled.
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