Originally Posted by
Tundra_Man
37°F this morning (yes, I wore shorts
)
I had originally intended to get up early and tack on an extra 10 miles just for fun. At 6:15 my wife poked me and asked, "weren't you wanting to get up at 5:30?" Yes. Yes I was. Oops. So I took the direct 9.5 mile to today's work location and didn't ride any extra.
After I had gotten there and showered and dressed, I found out that two other co-workers had ridden. One rides fairly regularly, so that wasn't a big surprise. But for the other guy it was his very first time bicycle commuting. It also happened to be a new company record (sad that only 3 riders is a new record, but oh well...) so we decided to go back outside and snap a photo.
Glad to hear that the cyclecommute "madness" is catching on at your workplace. I run into a person on my route that also works at Mount Sinai but in a different hospital. It's nice to see the commuting peeps on the ride once in a while. The director calls me "superman" and another co-worker says "I don't know how you do it."
So no new commuters here, yet. But there are two doctors that I see once in a while that also cyclecommute.
Was a nice ride in today at ~52F. I usually get away with knee covers and baselayer under the jersey in this weather. Should go up to 70F or a little more like yesterday later on. I wouldn't do shorts only in much less than 50'sF. I also think that @
jrickards and @
mgw4jc are bit crazy. Or maybe they just forgot to put on their tights?
Having said that, I saw a runner in Central Park on Tuesday wearing nothing but shorts and underwear. It was 45F that morning and I was wearing my tights and long sleeve jersey. I think THAT DUDE is nuts...