"500 fights, that's the number I figured when I was a kid. 500 street fights and you could consider yourself a legitimate tough guy. You need them for experience. To develop leather skin. So I got started. Of course along the way you stop thinking about being tough and all that. It stops being the point. You get past the silliness of it all. But then, after, you realize that's what you are. " - Taylor Reese - Knockaround Guys
for me, I figured 3 hours in the cold would be good enough to be a legitimate tough guy.
It was cold, real cold, 22 when i left. It was also windy, 18mph from the west with gusts over 30mph. The path was horrible. Bumpy, Icy, slow, slick as snot ( did i mention i crashed 4 times?)
Here are the stats:
Hours - 3
Bottles - 2
iPod - 1
Crashes - 4 ( I jammed the shit out of one of my fingers on one digger)
Layers - PLENTY!
kj's - who knows, the power tap froze
Distance - im guessing about 50km - it took 3 hours to go what is usually a 2 hour cross ride
Glad i had - the ipod - priceless on any solo ride, hot-tronics foot heaters, priceless when you ride in Chicago winters, and finally a HOT shower to melt in when i got back.
here are a few pics...
1 comment:
You are a full on pimp.
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