07-02-2015, 04:27 PM
I had to get money and the only way I could do that was to ride to the truckstop to cash a company check (I was driving a truck over the road in 1996). I didn't have the truck and my car didn't have a rear end in it at the time so the bike was my only option.
BTW this was February in Chicago. It was all of 20° out and I was wearing just about every piece of clothing I could get onto my body, and it still wasn't enough. I got on the NW tollway (I-90) and rode the 35 miles I needed to at speed. I can only imagine what the people around me were thinking.
I was a human popsicle when I got home. I think I sat at the truckstop for 45 minutes before I got the nerve up to get back out there. That was COLD!
BTW this was February in Chicago. It was all of 20° out and I was wearing just about every piece of clothing I could get onto my body, and it still wasn't enough. I got on the NW tollway (I-90) and rode the 35 miles I needed to at speed. I can only imagine what the people around me were thinking.
I was a human popsicle when I got home. I think I sat at the truckstop for 45 minutes before I got the nerve up to get back out there. That was COLD!