Windy Day down by the river

Aurora River Ride

The fox river trail south to aurora is closed until June. No biggie, but...
This will keep my quest to the Virgil-Gillman Trail at bay until then.

So....There is a forecast of 9" of snow for this weekend, but it was in the low 50's here today.
Come on spring. Good thing is that all the snow and ice is gone from the trails.
its always better to be riding.

Fermilab Sunday

Fox River Trail Ride - Batavia to South Elgin

Great Ride yesterday afternoon. It was very warm out (50F) and the Fox River Trail on the east side was free of snow and ice the whole way to South Elgin. There were some challenging spots in a muddy-limestoney areas but the new bike performed beautifully. The skinny tires worked well and i can't wait to new the stratus new shoes, thinking Conti-SportContact. This was also the first ride with the new Rans Chopper Fairing. So far I really like it. Its ugly and not super sexy, but it did hold the iPod and speakers and waterbottle with no problem, and i did notice a reduction in wind in my chest and leg area. Now all that wind goes right into your face. Also lost a super blinky from the back of the aerotrunk.

Nice Fermilab ride

Had a nice ride thru Fermilab with Steve (pictured) the other day. First nice day of early spring and one of steve's first rides thru Fermilab. Medium to heavy work traffic but plenty of cool things to see. Nickel tour included fishing ponds, main ring road, horse farms and BUFFALO.

Right around 15 miles total.

Trail Check

I gotta fever...and the only remedy is more cow bell, baby!
actually, i just have really bad cabin fever. BAD.
We have a small break in the weather coming on so I road south today on the west side of the river to check out trail conditions. Made it to Moosehead before the trail is completely iced over. The other side of the river was iced over almost completely. My hopes for some trail rides have been thwarted. Need to head North to Geneva to check there and maybe St. Charles.

With the heat rising up to the 50's this week a few good FermiLab Rides are in order.

New AngleTech AeroTrunk

Had a great ride with the new trunk.
Great design, easy handle, and tons of storage. Perfect. I ordered it from Angletech Cycles. Very helpful and response time to questions is lighting fast.
http://www.angletechcycles.com/

Its freezing cold here currently so my test rides have been shorter. But so far here is what I can tell you.
The Stratus is a very long recumbent, almost 8' feet, and when riding with the AeroTrunk on I don't feel the back end of the bike when i am at speed. I could even make the bike lighter by taking the rear rack off, due to the fact that the Aerotrunk is held on un-supported and I think this would improve things even more. The Angletech Aerotrunk has been said to give you 2-3kmh with a decrease in drag and wind resistance. I need a new bike computer to prove this out. Can't wait to do some time trials on the new bike.