Please post more details about the broken stem.

Scavenged the stem off my cx bike and headed out solo. Holed up in Piermont waiting for this "thundersnow" to let up. Saw some 8am Kissenas headed back to the city. The stem... Hit a pothole about a block from my apartment and stripped two screws out of my face plate. They just popped out. Bars did a 180°. First I took a few screws from the cx bike to see whether the threads were completely stripped. Yup. Waiting for a fit before buying anything new. Blerg.

sorry to hear that.  best of luck with the repairs!

Thundersnow ain't letting up. Me and the Team SixCycle crew just called spouses. So much for #rideallyear. Good times. Still up for CP laps tomorrow, Yang!

Spouses?! No one mentioned that option to us. 

"This ain't so bad," I scoffed when I heard Andy turned around before the GWB.

All of these stories make me very happy that I stayed home and made panckakes.

Don't you lunatics read weather forecasts?

My weather forecast told me to stay home this morning unless I thought that 60% chance hyperthermia was a good thing. Slept in, built up my new track bike, now enjoying the NYRangers game. No complaints Will be out in PP sometime later trying out the new ride.

I went out early which was GOOD because the weather didn't start getting bad until later in the morning but BAD because when it did I 90 mins from home on the Jersey side of the bridge (ok I guess it was just bad). When I woke up i saw there was only a 30% chance of light rain so I thought I'd man up for a change. I think i like being a wuss better, its much warmer.

@Ross Hyper Hypo

@John Oh no, I meant Hyper

@JeffC forecast was 30% chance of rain/snow in NYC, but 60% in Piermont. Made it a no go for me.

Tomorrow's weather looks like a good one though!

@Ros and the rangers actually won!

I know a guy who has tickets. Wann go sometime?

#hotboidate

Ryan J said:

Don't you lunatics read weather forecasts?

I was studying the weather forecasts carefully. I convinced myself that the storm would be passing early in the morning and that by 11am things were going to clear. I had considered delaying my ride, but when I woke up everything was clear and I concluded that the storm had amounted to nothing. We were in the clear and I TOOK MY FENDERS OFF. Little did I know that the weather front was just a little late. This delusion was driven by two factors: 1) a weekend in California where they report rain accumulations of 0.01" and warn about rain that never comes . . . all the time. 2) dispersions from Bertucco about my not offering to be present on recent rides in dubious conditions.

This was an epic ride - where was Bertucco? I don't know what happened in the city, but it was a whiteout of thick heavy snow flakes  on 9W. We could barely see where we were going. You couldn't see through your glasses and the big chunks of snow hurt your eyeballs with your glasses off. The real lunatics were still going north (Erika). Konrad was driving an unsustainable pace (for me) trying to get the the GWB as quickly as possible (so that we could shiver our way south on the A train).

I'm dying to hear what happened with Erika and the call to the spouses.

Weather conditions were monitored carefully at Chez Tarte as well, but I somehow convinced myself that I'd "beat the storm" even after getting a 30min late start thanks to the stem fiasco. And for the majority of the ride, everything was fantastic. Yes, the ground started the get slippery. Yes, the flakes started stinging my eyes on the descents. But I've experienced much more misery on the bike in the cold. In fact, I never really got cold. Not much wind and temps weren't too low. Even my toes stayed warm despite my soggy booties.

@Erika - Save up some choice words for any Kissena who strips down to bibs and starts doing pushups unless it's Perlberg.

I'm a bit jealous of those who got stuck in the snow.  It's been a while since I've enjoyed such conditions at such length.  FWIW, if I had been out there, I would have had started with a fender on and a rainjacket in my pocket. (stopping is usually a bad idea--no one wants to re-start after being totally soaked.  But if you do, ask the proprietor of whatever business you're stealing heat for an extra favor, a garbage bag.  cut a hole for your head and arms and put it on.)

@Wump what's the name of that rain jacket that folds into a teeny tiny packet?

Jeff Owens said:

@Ros and the rangers actually won! I know a guy who has tickets. Wann go sometime? #hotboidate

@JeffO, that sounds like fun. Can't say no to a NYR game at MSG! Let me know.

Jules,

Thundersnow ain't letting up. Me and the Team SixCycle crew just called spouses. So much for #rideallyear. Good times. Still up for CP laps tomorrow, Yang!

@Tarte what time you headed to CP? Can't decide whether to hit GWB or do a few laps at CP.

@Yang, On a tight schedule (bruncg plans in BK) so I was thinking BB at 7am, CPx3, back in BK by 9:30.

Brrrrr, wussing out.
Might do CP later —  any takers txt (646) 7852107

I'm heading to prospect for a few laps ,anybody else?

FUK THAT. 

Woke up late, skipped the ride and went straight for the coffee and doughnuts.

Looking to hit one of the parks late morning or early afternoon. Hit me up.

Yang et al, I'd be up for PP around noonish/oneish.