multimodal commuter
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Location: NJ, NYC, LI
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Happy New Year, guys, and welcome back to work....
My first commute of 2018 was 14 degrees F, and only 4 miles to the station, so not too bad, though there was a wicked wind. I was on my folding bike, with a Shimano Alfine 8 speed hub, and the hub did not like the cold. I'd had the bike indoors overnight, so the hub started out warm, but within a mile it started skipping occasionally, and by the time I got to the station it was freewheeling in some gears. Not good! It thawed out on the train, though.
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