Of course it isn’t even March yet and there’s still time for another big snowstorm or two, but this week got downright springy. I dug the ‘cross bike (and the blog) out of winter hibernation and took the long way to the grocery store in the melty goo. The Cross-Check would have been a great snow bike and winter commuter, but I didn’t want to get it all salty… I may have to get another one to build up as a city bike.
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Last summer’s spike in dangerously clueless newbie cyclists riding the wrong way in the bike lane on Queen’s Quay has been followed by rows and piles of bicycles abandoned in snowdrifts this winter (I guess people got where they were going before the first snowstorm hit, and took the streetcar home). I’ve been following one particular bike down the street since December.
I wonder what’s the best formula for waxing your chain if you’re going to store your bike inside a snowbank?
It’s a global epidemic: see the Bicycles in the Snow pool on Flickr.
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