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This morning while preparing for work I checked my weather app which showed -1c / 30.2f and just a few puffs of precipitation clouds in the sky. Looked outside and see that overnight we got a little snow, but it was only sticking in the grass and not on the sidewalks/streets.

OK then... good to ride to work. (hate the subway and will do almost ANYTHING to avoid it)

Pack my office clothes in the backpack, suit up in winter bike gear and walk outside. Shit. Small snow flakes are falling all around me. Oh well, it isn't TOOO bad. Besides I'm all suited up. If I go back in and change, I will be late for work.

Check app again. There is no way this will continue. It is a freak snowcloud like the ones we had yesterday; they dropped a few flakes and then stopped. Decision made... press on.

Cautious and slow it goes the first half of my journey, then I start to realize that the flakes are getting bigger and bigger... Hmm. They start to stick to the bike. Cute. I like the look of the white on blue. Of course the windshield is also getting a good coating... um... this could be a problem. I pull to the side and take this photo before clearing the windshield.

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Bruno and I made it to work just fine with no incidents.
AND I took one of the cutest photos I've made with him so far.
It's gonna be a good day!

What would you have done?
Would you have gone back inside, changed clothes and taken alternate transportation?
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Great picture!

I'd have pressed on - as long as the snow wasn't settling on the ground.
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Awesome photo!

I would have pressed on as well.

Be careful riding home.
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Yep, always press on
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Pink
I'll be in Berlin on May 28th.

Yes I will.

Bill xxx
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Melody says "Hi" to Bruno, and hopes you both got home okay. (Pic from a few weeks back.)
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for?
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for?
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... you told me not to drive, but I made it home alive...
Indeed I did make it home alive, thanks everyone for your well wishes.

AND did it again this morning with spitting icy rain. I went out again even though my significant other was grumbling something horrible as I left for the office...

... so you said that only proves that I'm insane...
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Bill I would be happy to meet you in Berlin, holding out a couple of cups of coffee for you and Fenner (or whatever else you might need), and shake your hands as you pass through.

If you wish a toilet/refill break, may I suggest the Spinner-Brücke (literally translated as Nutter/Crackpot Bridge... appropriate for your trip? I think so). It is a restaurant/PTW meet-up spot at the end of the AVUS (straight highway used as a racetrack in the past, complete with viewing stands). All of this is on the west side of Berlin, so you don't have to venture too far into the city.

AVUS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVUS
Spinner-Brücke http://spinner-bruecke.de/
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You and Melody are a pair after my own heart. :D
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Monsters
I kinda like that idea.

Let me clear it with Fenner.

Bill xxx
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Your picture just made me crack the biggest smile. I'm impressed with all of you cold weather riders. SNOW!! I just had someone tell me they were surprised I was riding in our cold winter weather in December in LOS ANGELES, CA. Which our cold is nothing!
And I never see snow. Ride on!
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all you need is ...
... windshield wipper (GTS300ie Super 2015 mini project nr1)

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