Originally Posted by
CptjohnC
You sure? 37 @ 7:45 was what the radio said (can't swear to the location, but I recall it being relatively nearby -- Vienna perhaps?), and my thermometer agreed. I admit I am a bit further west ;-)
I left for work at 8:30. Weather Channel said 47 or something like that, and the NWS official data for National Airport (still can't stomach the Reagan part of that, even after all these years) online said 48 as of 8:50, I believe. I suppose some of that could be do to readings in different places. An extra hour of sunlihgt may have also played a part. I wore shorts and two tee-shirts - one short sleeved, the other long-sleeved and was quie comfortable on the ride in. Not cold, not hot.
Originally Posted by
CptjohnC
Hmmm -- could it have been time of day? It might have been a little light, but overall I'd have said pretty normal for a Friday, and the rack at work was about average- full.
I dunno. I normally see more people on my commute at that time of day, even since the time change. I am often one of four bikes parked at my office. Today I was one of two. Could all just be a fluky coincidence that I happened not to see too many, but on my trip from Alexandria to downtown DC, I saw, I think, six fellow bike commuters total, all on the MVT, except for one guy I passed by the Washington Monument.