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One characteristic of life in Los Angeles is that the days after a winter rainstorm are often as beautiful as a day can be and still be something the human soul can experience without exploding from an excess of joy.
Yesterday it rained, mostly gentle rain but sometimes a good hard rain, and I was out in my yellow ...
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The Bridge at Playa del Rey |
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Los Angeles, winter, snow, Playa del Rey, the Bridge |
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While my friends in Portland are wondering whether to invest in studded bike tires or not--will the snow and ice last, or will it melt away as soon as you've mounted your hundred-dollar hoops?--we in LA have been having our own bout of doubt about the climate. It's not the rain that has us pondering--in fact, we need more of it ...
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Los Angeles |
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rain, snow, cold, weather, bikes, studded tires, gloves, global warming |
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Last week's storm passed through, giving LA a much-needed wetting, and giving me a chance to pull my rain cape out of its stuff sack and enjoy riding around in the gentle, musical showers that followed the first few squalls.
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Playa del rey |
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The Bridge, Playa del Rey |
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The Bridge, Playa del Rey |
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Our first real rain of the season. We've had some "rains," which were enough to leave the streets wet but which totalled a mighty 0.02 inches so far (six weeks into the rainy season), so this morning's clatter in the downspouts was sweet indeed. After a walk to the post office, I suited up for a rain ride to the market ...
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Los Angeles |
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rain, tire, Schwalbe, Marathon, Pasela, Carradice, cape |
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rain, tire, Schwalbe, Marathon, Pasela, Carradice, cape |
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As I discovered today when I rode down to the Bridge at Playa del Rey to visit with my old friend Bill. As we were about to leave, we noticed he'd gotten a flat tire. So off it came, out came the old tube, in went the new tube, and here came my pump.
Only today, I wasn't carrying my trusty Topeak Road Morph (that' ...
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Playa del Rey |
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mini, pump, Performance, Mini-Max, Topeak, Road Morph, flat tire, tube |
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mini, pump, Performance, Mini-Max, Topeak, Road Morph, flat tire, tube |
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San Francisco, CA
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20°C
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Wind Chill:
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20°C
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Humidity:
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61%
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Speed:
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34 km/h
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Direct.:
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300°
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Barom.:
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1013.5 mb
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WNW
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