It seems like last year every time the forecastors predicted snow it never happened, so this year when they said "storm total accumulation of 4-7 inches" we were skeptical. It was 60F and beautiful the day before and Tom never imagined the snow would accumulate and stick... he thought it would just melt away. Thinking it wouldn't be too bad he decided to ride his bike to work.
He left work about an hour early to ride home and it took him about an hour. Normally it takes him about 35 minutes. On a good day he can average about 16mph. In the snow the fastest he could pedal was 8 mph. As he was leaving work he noticed he was traveling faster than the cars on the Interstate Hwy. He rode the bike trail from Camp Douglas to Hustler. He said it was breathtakingly beautiful, but it took him 30 minutes just to get to Hustler. His feet were dragging through the snow. He said he was definitely not cold and got quite a workout. Once he made it to the plowed roads he said it felt like he was going downhill because the pedaling became incredibly easier.
Would he do it again????
DEFINITELY! :-)
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