Originally Posted by
Pig_Chaser
Yay... they repainted the lines on the resurfaced portion of hwy2 (110kph/65mph 3 lanes). The shoulder is as wide as a lane and yesterday there was just far spaced white dots to mark the lanes and nothing to indicate that there's a shoulder. Amazing how much safer a white painted line can make you feel. I hope they put in rumble strips too.
I had a fast commute home (+32kph avg) despite a headwind all the way, gotta love that.
Great to hear there is improvements being made, hopefully that continues, it certainly thus increase some type of awareness.
Originally Posted by
noteon
Picked up my boys a little earlier than usual, towed them up to River Run Playground for a couple hours of running and climbing. My wife rode her old Bianchi hybrid down (with the brand-new Brooks 67) and joined us, and we all headed back home around sunset, beautiful breeze, beautiful river, three-year-olds singing the Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! theme and giggling like lunatics behind me. Commutes don't get much better.
That is absolutely an awesome commute, a
family on bikes 
That is great that you were able to do that and seriously that had to be fun. Tem youngins most likely gonna follow suit
keep with the good example
Originally Posted by
12bar
Today was cloudy and windy (15-25 mph) complements of FEY but it was the most important commute since I returned to commuting about 3 weeks ago. Why was it the most important? because I really wasn't in the mood and thought I would just ride my motorcycle. I rode my bike instead and felt great all day and the wind was really no problem.
Some of the recent news stories of Fay had me worried as my sister and her family are living in South Florida, I felt better when I heard back from them and all was good. Just hope the story does not change when the storm shows it is truly a boomerang. You made a great choice to take the
journey by bike though a motorcycle is good but you made the best choice. Thanks for sharing.
Originally Posted by
Cycho
I'm relatively new (2 months) to the "commute by bike" way of life so the cooler temps take some getting use to. 10 minutes into the ride though, it was glorious!
Why not call it Commuting by
Human
Powered
Vehicle ? My guess it is a bit wordy. Glad you had a good experience of course experiences vary though the benefits become more apparent in that consistency.
Originally Posted by
DataJunkie
Was passed by another roadie cruising in the low 20s. Decided to see if I could hang with him on my SS and was able to pace the guy. More likely than not this guy was not even trying.
After loosing almost 8 lbs my speed seems to have picked up a tad. Good cool morning commute.
That is great news, I am glad to hear things are going well with you. Welcome back to the commute healed and on the road again
So good to hear these great examples give you one more reason to make that change. To ride a bike and to commute by it are exciting things. Your health and the environment are only one part, keep it up. As I am sure you will. Got me thinking about my commute but really I work from home most of the time so my rides are really just that. In themselves there are stories. That of course is for another thread.