Scooting on Groundhog Day

"Chuckles" (chucklesw37) 02/02/2020 at 16:30 • Filed to: two wheels good, Scooterlopnik, Riva125Z

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It started to snow about 30 seconds after I took this picture. Luckily I was only a few minutes away from my house.

The weather was nice for about 2 hours today, so I went for a short ride. I filled the gas tank for the first time since November and it needed all of 0.9 gallons. I also was able to do a top speed test, and the 125cc engine was able to hit a blistering 49mph. I guess that's incentive for me to shed a few pounds.

atfsgeoff > Chuckles 02/02/2020 at 16:49

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If you hit 49 on level ground, you won't gain any speed by losing any amount of weight. It will help you maintain higher speeds going up grades though!

Chuckles > atfsgeoff 02/02/2020 at 16:56

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If I lose some weight, it might not take quite so long to hit 49 :-)

There’s a chance that I could go faster, but I ran out of road. I just took a quick ride to the Speedway on 378, and then I hit 49 on my way to center valley parkway. Maybe if I had stayed straight, I could have crept up a few more mph.

Coming back home over south mountain, I had a hard time maintaining 25 up the steepest portion of the road.

For Sweden > atfsgeoff 02/02/2020 at 17:04

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Losing weight reduces frontal and wetted areas.

atfsgeoff > Chuckles 02/02/2020 at 17:09

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Did you take 145 over the hill? Or a back road?

Chuckles > atfsgeoff 02/02/2020 at 17:31

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I try to mostly stick to backroads. My minute on 378 was the exception. Here’s a very rough sketch of my ride.

atfsgeoff > Chuckles 02/02/2020 at 20:49

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Oh man, is that honeysuckle road? That thing is wicked steep. I’ve ridden up it from emmaus a venue a couple times on my bicycle and it was brutal

Chuckles > atfsgeoff 02/02/2020 at 20:55

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I only came back down Honeysuckle, not up it. If you know where Bulldog Beverage is on Emmaus Ave, that’s where I went up. On the way back I took Stonesthrow to Black River Rd, and then down Honeysuckle.

Coming up Stonesthrow, I thought about going up Honeysuckle but it looked too steep.

shop-teacher > Chuckles 02/02/2020 at 23:32

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I did too! It was 48° today, and I was dispatched for a bag of ice before company came over. I scooter in February I’m Chicago!