Ka_Jun

Colder than I thought, this morning. Upper 40Fs and felt like it. Only had shorts, jersey, vest on. Saw one roadie going the opposite direction. Man, I love riding in.

duckbill

Kinda cool at 4 degrees C this morning but sunny. Speaking of buts, passed a very attractive young lady and we exchanged good mornings. Sigh... if only I was 20 years younger.

JCFlack

My first round trip commute yesterday - I've ridden all the way home several times and have commuted to the Metro, but this was the first all-bike day. The amazing thing is that I made both trips (about 12 miles to work and 9 back - shorter route) in just over an hour each way on a VERY slow bike.

jpdesjar

warm ride home yesterday
this morning the temps were back to normal and i held the longest track stand while waiting for a train to go by

that was fun

noisebeam

As always the commute is a pleasure.

But the new twist is that the locker/shower is closed for repair. So I've been showering outdoors under a tall spigot (still wearing bike shorts) and then a deck change. The cold shower in the breeze is very invigorating.

Al

wristwister

Haven't you heard? If you have lots of money, you don't need to be 20 years younger! Just pass her your phone number written on an ATM receipt showing your account balance.

Great commute this morning. Very foggy through the valley, and I left my waterproof windbreaker at work so I wore a sweatshirt. Got soaked! REALLY makes me appreciate that windbreaker.

jyossarian

Saw a wobbly dude in b-ball shorts riding to work, and found a fair weather fixie locked up to the post I usually lock to. Cool and nice, I could use more spring days like this.

HardyWeinberg

~45F, precip right about the center of the mist/drizzle continuum.

rumrunn6

wow it took a long time to get into this thread today - almost as long as my commute and now I don't even remember my ride ...

actually the ride was fine and my back wheel feels good, I had broken a spoke and the wheel went out of true, LBS fixed me up for $24

I'm now riding on my feet over the worst bumps

BikeLover1989

Today's commute was kind of slow in the morning thanks to the headwind and the temperature being only 4C at the time. On the way home, very fast. My leg muscles are now getting fitter and fitter due to the mostly uphill commute to my place of work.

grey_falcon

Well I'm a lurker no more... today's commute was... interesting to say the least. The route to school was ok sure I'm passing a school i should be going to cause its really close... but that's besides the point... It was 8 degress Celcius when left home and it was 14 when i left the school, though on the way home was interesting, while leaving the school i had one driver honk at me for no reason, then i saw one biker going in the same direction in front of me and since he was on a mountain bike (Yea i now own a hybrid bike) i passed him. As i passed him i waved, then got a little a head of him then i get honked at by this red minivan so the other biker comes up beside me and we talk a bit about how some drivers don't like bikers and about him getting into an accident. So anyways we then have to go our separate ways and as i get to the intersection by my place i see another biker and another wave. So yea... that's my commute for the day...

Iowegian

It was a glorious ride in for me this morning, temps were higher than usual and it's the first day this year I rode in without tights. Glad I did, too, since I had to remove some clothing half way as it was verrry nice. Right now there is that rarest of things for me, a tailwind on the way home. I ride towards the mountains in the afternoon and in our local micro-climate that usually means a headwind in the late afternoon. Today however, there must be some weather out east that is creating a wind that should zip me home. What a perfect day.

Nerdanel 

Beautiful weather, but I had to be driven to and from the subway yesterday and today instead of riding because my cat bit me good right before he died of heart failure, poor thing, and the bite is now infected. I'm supposed to hold my hand up in the air all the time, even while sleeping, which is a neat trick. It hurts like heck and I miss my cat.

con

sunny, blue skies and in the low 50's. The ride home should be in the 60's

ryanwood

I had a tail wind today so I went for the hill climb from hell. I don't usually ride up that hill on my commute because I am just trying to get around, but I was feeling inspired with my tailwind.

doorunrun

I just finished building up a road/commuter bike and today was my first try at commuting. The ride was a little over 5 miles. I live outside about 25 miles of town, so I drove to the outskirts of town and parked and biked from there. I got started a little after 7:00 AM and the ride took just under 30 minutes to get to work.

I'm not used to riding in traffic but it was light today and at that hour things went pretty well. One section of the ride I was on the sidewalk and came to a light where a lot of cars make right-hand turns. My route took me straight. I think I should have pressed the crosswalk button as we didn't automatically get a walk signal. My point is I should have kept to the road and just stayed in the right lane and let the cars planning on making the right turn get over into the turn lane.

Oh well, the afternoon ride started about 5:30 PM and I took a different route back to my truck. The road heading away from campus was narrower, only two lanes, and no bike lane. Cars were backed up from the light and I followed other bikers on the sidewalk. I got onto a large east-west road that was somewhat hilly, I kept to the sidewalk as there was not a bike lane. Reading over the rules of the road and looking through this forum, I probably should have bit the bullet and kept to the right lane. It took about 35 minutes to get back to the truck and the ride home. Doh! I should have packed some Gatorade.

I'm not used to glancing over my shoulder and I found the backpack I had was a little too heavy to swing around to look to the rear. I'll probably get a clip on mirror for my helmet. Also, I'm not comfortable moving over into traffic to get to the left-hand turn lane.

I'm in north central Florida and the weather was beautiful today! I hope to commute this way at least once or twice a week.

Grim

Been a great week even with some decent head winds on the way home a couple days. 60f in the morning just warm enough that I don't need a wind breaker. 80f for the ride home and 50% humidity. Doesn't get any better then that in GA.

Got a few new commuters that I have noticed this week. All but one are sidewalkers. I don't blame them on this one hill but most of them were making it hard on themselves by walking their bikes where they ripped up the side walk where they are installing right turn lanes. Blew by them at 25mph yelling "crosswalks kill! I hope they can stick with it and get off the walk.

buzzman

rode in via Comm Ave this morning. then had to get to an appointment about 1/2 way home then rode back to work then rode home via the bike path- gorgeous at 7:30pm but man, some of the joggers and walkers just won't give an inch. So strange to have to dodge onto the grass or into the dirt to get around some of them. so it goes...

JoeSoMD

Nice ride in today... but last night I saw something that I never thought I would ever see. ELEPHANTS!!!! 3 of them hanging out at the side of the road. Big too! Apparently the circus is in town. Talk about a double take!!! They didn't give a crap about my bicycle... they were more interested in throwing some straw around. I assume that they were staked, but I didn't notice. Nice looking critters.

jpdesjar

well i didn't see any elephants or any other circus animals but i did see a hot air balloon
the ride was very nice and sunny
i think i will meander around a bit after work...supposed to be 65 or so later on

apricissimus 

Riding my bike is usually the best part of my day. The ride in was very lovely this morning, and now I'm faced with another 8 or 9 hour of being trapped in my drab cubicle. So depressing. The contrast is stark.

jpdesjar

i feel ya man...we are in the same drab boat
i take frequent breaks to walk around and go look at my bike

Doohickie

Same here.

This morning it was really, really, really pleasant. With temps in the 60s, I wore shorts, a t-shirt and my reflective vest. The sprinkles from last night's rain hadn't quite stopped and the ground was wet with lots of puddles. Thank goodness for fenders.

The temperature was perfect, the mist only added to the enjoyment. It was a great commute.

vtjim

Mid 30sF, sunny, very light headwind. Not many people out this morning. Saw one rider going the other way. Passed another going my way.

Also saw Ceiling Cat. He ran from me, which isn't surprising, as I'm a devout follower of Basement Cat.

Pig_Chaser

I saw a rider last night actually riding on the road with decent lane positioning. 90% of riders here use the sidewalk and the remaining 10% gutter hug. I wanted to wave, but then I thought i'd give the thumbs up but by the time i was passing him i ended up giving him the motorcyclist's downward Vee. How dorky is that? I'm glad no harley riders were around to take offense to that.