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giddything
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pho wrote: If you don't mind rain. it's nice out! Just watch out for those icy patches you rode through yesterday with ease. They are much slicker now. The sidewalks are turning into skating rinks as we speak; I expect the trails and streets are much the same. I'm breaking out the Yaktrax tomorrow for sure.
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Svenn
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:48 am |
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 Engages in bitter arguments over 165 vs 170 cranksJoined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:23 pmPosts: 3063Location: atop a barrel
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Anyone been on the Greenway or other off street trails in MPLS? Are they icy or what?
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Svenn
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:36 am |
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| Engages in bitter arguments over 165 vs 170 cranksJoined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:23 pmPosts: 3063Location: atop a barrel
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Trails/streets ,its all good. One street with a severe concave surface was pure washboard ice about 1/8" thick, just about to melt.
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Tigerbeat
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:23 pm |
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 Off the BackJoined: Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:51 amPosts: 376Location: s mpls
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Bloomington Ferry Crossing will probably be ice-ice-ice until we get some consistent snowfall again.
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Shizzy
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:20 am |
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 Can't... stop... doing... the Monkey TagJoined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:22 amPosts: 1369Location: Regina
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Minnehaha parkway trail was sandy as all hell, but mostly free of ice.
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Nickel
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:48 pm |
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 Doesn't like shants but wants to fit inJoined: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:16 pmPosts: 3155Location: St. Paul
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Sandy is also how I would describe E River Pkwy path. Some icy patches visible.
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kn_mpls
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:28 pm |
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 Can't stop soaping my legs in the showerJoined: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:37 pmPosts: 2300Location: NE Mpls - Windom Park
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What's the Low Road look like right now? Rideable of I put fatties on the Cross Check or should I take the MTB? Can't imagine fat tires are necessary right now... Thx.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:15 pm |
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The Greenway, at least from Bryant to Kenilworth, was quite treacherous tonight. Ice, snow-covered ice, and snow almost everywhere. I saw a rider fall on a straight, flat, ice-covered section near Freemont. Studs are definitely recommended!
Wirth and Cedar Lake Parkway trails were in much better shape, but icy in spots.
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Bandicoot
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| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:02 pm |
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 Greenway GremlinJoined: Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:43 amPosts: 16
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Greenway and LRT (UMN to Minnehaha) are mostly clean, but every now and then there are patches of well-polished ice, sometimes covering the whole trail. I regretted I had studs on up to the point where I came across them.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:28 am |
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| Glass CrankerJoined: Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:14 pmPosts: 220Location: SW Minneapolis
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Greenway from Bryant to Kennilworth, Kennilworth from Greenway to Cedar Lake Parkway, Cedar Lake Parkway Trail to Wirth Parkway, and Wirth Parkway trail to 55 (except for usual stretch from Ewing to 394) are all plowed down to a thin layer of crusty ice/snow and are in pretty decent shape. Bryant and Dean Ramps are unplowed. Watch for piles of snow at street and path crossings.
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halfpint
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:19 am |
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Has anyone ridden the Bloomington Ferry Ped Bridge today?
I'm thinking about riding tomorrow, but it was quite icy last week and I ended up having to walk more of the trail than I would've liked to. I'm a little nervous that it is even worse after the rain/freeze since last week.
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Bandicoot
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:09 pm |
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| Greenway GremlinJoined: Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:43 amPosts: 16
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Northeast: wet mushy snow. It's a shame the streets are plowed just once after the snowfalls and left nearly unridable until the sun does its job.
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Chilly Willy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:27 am |
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Bandicoot wrote: Northeast: wet mushy snow. It's a shame the streets are plowed just once after the snowfalls and left nearly unridable until the sun does its job. Amen to that. 5th St. was one long slushfest this morning.
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reptile
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:28 pm |
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 My tiny cap defines meJoined: Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:42 pmPosts: 2207Location: the far northeast
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The snowplow was just getting set-up on the Stinson leg of the MDT this morning at 9:00ish...hopefully it's cleared this afternoon b/c it was untouched yesterday/this morning.
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HerculesTRockefeller
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:37 pm |
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 My middle name is SchwinnJoined: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:12 pmPosts: 4094Location: Quoting Lebowski.
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It's February, and the First Ave bike lanes downtown are a complete joke.
Full of slick ice and impassible snow. And jerkoff morons who park in the bike lanes even though all the other cars around are parked coorectly. Maybe when the bill to make this illegal (again) passes. Oh wait MPD doesn't care about people parking in lanes.
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