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In Seattle the Cascade bike club is making it really fun for commuters for bike to work month.
I received an email today that if we happened by certain locations between 330 and 6pm today we could win FREE STUFF!
And it was POURING! I had to go a way I am not really familiar, but one of the prizes was an Ortlieb bag which I do need (especially today) so OFF I went into the pouring rain and industrial neighborhood. The spot was "under the Spokane St bridge" well, that's a long bridge! so i rode around disconsolately for 35 minutes under that bridge, dodging giant drips, puddles and feeling like a drowned rat, and finally gave up, crossed to the other side, and !! there they were. the Cascade people. and i was the very first Cascade member to pass them by. So they took my picture and gave me a large men's wool jersey. Hm, how useful! but I was happy to get it. Maybe I will use it as a prize for my bike to work team. Anyway; i'm home. Almost
everything I was wearing is wet. Shoes, socks, (ankles) teeshirt, slacks, rain pants, raincoat.
Dry was my wool sweater!
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05-06-2009, 03:43 PM #1
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what would induce you to ride an extra 10 miles on your rainy commute?
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05-06-2009, 04:05 PM #2
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Yay, Mimi for the prize! You are dedicated.
That Ortlieb bag would have been a real prize.
Hmm.. what would induce me..a gift card for $500.00 to a sporting goods/bike store/grocery store/pharmacy chain/bookstore. Ok I would settle for $100.00.
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05-06-2009, 04:19 PM #3
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05-06-2009, 04:28 PM #4
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05-06-2009, 04:37 PM #5
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what would induce me? I actually did it today, went off on a side road cuz it wasn't busy, and happened across a place that sells MG's...
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05-06-2009, 05:09 PM #6
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Yippee for you!!! I would've ridden 30 miles out of the way for an Ortlieb bag.
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