Dear So and So

[lph]

Awesome story, rebeccaC |-D What was he actually expecting, anyway... to beat you, and you be all impressed and happy about it?

[rebeccaC]

for me it was just about riding a really hard effort on a nice scenic road without much traffic...he was kinda irrelevant....
I see the ‘Michael’s’ as helping me learn more about dealing with the separation of personality and work…..works for me

Dear El Nino

After two days of commuting in cold very windy rain your beginning is noted.
I’ve got a feeling your going to give me some interesting rides this winter. Looking forward to the adventures! After my ride home yesterday though I was thinking I’m going to need lots of chocolate for the hot chocolates that will be needed to get through this. I’ll send you the receipts for reimbursement.

rebecca

[ny biker]

Dear El Nino

After two days of commuting in cold very windy rain your beginning is noted.
I’ve got a feeling your going to give me some interesting rides this winter. Looking forward to the adventures! After my ride home yesterday though I was thinking I’m going to need lots of chocolate for the hot chocolates that will be needed to get through this. I’ll send you the receipts for reimbursement.

rebecca

Indeed. I saw video of flooded highways in southern California on the news. I hope they're getting the word out to not try to drive on flooded roads -- all sorts of bad things can happen.

Perhaps TE still has some good rain gear in stock? You can probably get a good deal if they haven't moved to the new warehouse yet.

[rebeccaC]

Some areas of southern ca are going to have problems with a lot of rain over a few days like what happens during an el nino winter, especially those areas that also had fire damage last summer. The areas I live/travel in/work/ride in have a good infrastructure to deal with it though. I have some good rain gear and kinda welcome the different riding these next few months might bring…..and the center of a good storm can have a couple days of great riding!!!!

I’m sure the rei's here are doing well in selling rain gear this year ….and we need to think a little more about the bike room at work

eta

Indeed. I hope they're getting the word out to not try to drive on flooded roads -- all sorts of bad things can happen.

as i rode to work the first morning i actually was remembering how deep some of the pot-holes, especially the alley ones, were

[Crankin]

Talked to my brother in San Diego. It's bad there... thankfully, his home is OK, but one street away, flooding, 2 feet of water running in the street and into driveways.
We had "100 year" floods 2 years in a row, in Phoenix, in 1979 and 1980. It was hell. The bridge over 1-10 was washed out, I had to leave for work at 5 AM and leave an hour early to get home in 2-3 hours, for 6 weeks, the second time. The first year, I lived/worked on the same side of the river (normally a dry wash), but I couldn't go anywhere else, including to my parents' 4 miles away, outside of Tempe. I hope the infrastructure is better today because the rain is heading east.

[azfiddle]

I remember those Crankin- I wasn't living in Phoenix but worked on the Colorado River as a field biologist and we would go over to Tempe where our project was based- trying to get around to get paperwork done before a birding trip to Mexico and I remember it was a mess.

[OakLeaf]

Yeah, be careful with those potholes. I have a friend who broke his neck at the very end of a ride when he hit a pothole filled with water, not realizing how deep it was. Very thankfully the fracture was non-displaced and he's back to 100%.