Saturday was another bitterly cold day but unlike the last one, this one included a nice layer of snow and ice as the cherry on top of the poop sundae.
I'm not sure what the snow totals were but the forecast had said we could get up to 3" of snow with maybe a 5th to 10th of an inch of ice on top of that. Not sure we got the 3" of snow but we got enough and the ice covering it made the residential streets pure ice better suited for skating than riding a bicycle on. Even those with studs were slipping a little so decided that about all we were going to get in was a short breakfast ride. We took advantage of sidewalks and open grass areas as much as possible to avoid the worst of the ice, breaking new tracks in the snow should count as "Dog Miles" as OmaTodd suggested because for every mile you pedal it feel more like 4.
A short, butt puckering ride later and we managed to safely make it to Cultiva for a little breakfast and coffee. The East Campus location is always a little bit more crowded with it being right next to, you guessed it, the East Campus of UNL but it's a little bit less of a ride and has more grassy spaces between it and the shop.
After successfully navigating the ice flow back to Cycle Works a few of us opted for a regroup at Method, they even had a new bouncer at the door and our own reserved table just for us.
No Saturday ride next Saturday as we will all be testing our fat biking skills at the 2nd annual Fat Bike Frozen Ididaride, still time to sign up if you want to come play in the snow. Team Sad Pandas will be there defending our 3rd place finish from last year.
Sign up HERE.
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