December 19, 2008

Snow-covered bike, fitted with fenders, after trying to go for a ride in the snow after the storm on 19-Dec-2008.

After the snowing stopped (about 3pm) I decided that I should try going for a bike ride. This was much more difficult than I expected, and I wasn’t able to ride more than about 100′. As soon as I’d get going the front wheel would slide and essentially turn into a ski, and I’d slow down enough that I’d have to stop.

It seems the only thing that this much snow is good for is holding up my bike while I take a picture of it fitted with its new fenders. The rear one is a little low, but that’s roughly how it’ll be adjusted.

This weather is making me wish I had access to a Pugsly, but I also don’t want to spend the $1500 or so it’ll take to build one up nicely. I think I’ll just wait until a bit of the snow goes away.

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This is only the beginning of a rather large snow storm, and the reason I am working from home today.

For those of you not in the midwest, this is the reason I’m staying home today. Also, this was taken about 45 minutes ago (yes, it seems the time in my camera is wrong), and we’re only about half way through the storm.

While I was writing this the power flickered, went out for about 30 seconds, then came back on. While I would still have had hot water and the ability to cook food, I would have been without heat had the power stayed out, so those 30 seconds were a bit nerve wracking.

Looking outside, my footprints from when I went out to take that photo have pretty much been obscured and now just look like slight dents in the ground.

For reference purposes I’ll quote the National Weather Service‘s warnings for today. One of them even notes that there may be thundersnow. There is no snow more hardcore than THUNDERSNOW. \m/

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Day: December 19, 2008

Riding In Deep Snow

Thundersnow