I do have a cheap cyclo computer but I use Strava via smartphone lately to log my data. There are some fancy cyclo computer that syncs with Strava but I just use my phone. Start an app and put it in bike pocket and go. There is a challenge each month and it's fun to my number goes up. I guess it's another motivation.

I recently started a bike commute as well. Enjoy your ride!

She hates California, it's cold and it's damp (sang the guy from NJ)

You are right, it is. Horrible place...don't move here!

32 degrees yesterday. Hands and ears were cold. It's suppose to rain all day today. I'm driving. PS Have off sit training this week but have my gloves and hat ready for next week.

A chilly 34f degrees on the commute this morning. Though the commute itself was a very nice uneventful ride.

Mid 30s in my little fishing village this morning. I dressed right and felt fine on the ride in. Do I have the right combination of clothes for the ride home? I'm not sure...

Congrats! You will be missed around these forums. But not having to commute at all is a good thing. For now, I can only think about retiring when I change a flat (ha! get it?).

Ditto for the past few days.

As someone else mentioned, if you have a smart phone with GPS, just use that. Strava, Map My Ride, Endomondo, Runkeeper and many other tracking apps are free. Most will track other activities such as running too.

Coldest morning yet, -7C/19F, with a bit of a breeze from the north. I was comfortably dressed, actually a bit sweaty but my hands were, for the most part, comfortable. My toes, however, could have used a bit more protection from the cold. I have some toe covers that I'll have to get out for the rest of this season.

The coldest morning since winter today at 41F. I still felt fine in shorts though. A little cold at first, but one good hill later I was fine.

I used my phone to record my ride home yesterday and then condensed the 48 minute ride into 6 minutes. Nothing crazy happens, but I've found it interesting to see what other people's rides look like so I'll post it here. The quality isn't great either. I was using a "Fast Motion" mode which basically tries to do a time-lapse type of video, so it's not exactly a fast-forwarded video.

48F with a bit of a headwind. A friend gave me a fancy Castelli jersey (something I'd never buy) which he swears is the best piece of gear ever. I think I'm just not a fancy gear guy... going back to my merino shirt and jacket.

10-15 mph wind at my back on the way in this morning. I hardly had to pedal. Not going to be so lucky heading home tonight though.

Took a few vacation days and then wasn't able to ride yesterday due to after work commitments. Back on the bike finally this morning. a cool 41 riding into steady headwinds from the ENE. At least no rain yet. Supposed to hit this morning sometime and rain most the day. Pretty sure I'll be getting wet for the ride home. On the plus side the winds are supposed to pick up and stay out of the ENE so I should get a good push.

4 weeks, less a day, since my little surgery. Wanted to ride so very badly! Not quite ready, gotta give it another week or two.

Dang, your phone had enough battery/storage to let it record video for almost an hour? Did you speed it up in post or set it to time lapse?

Decent ride yesterday, although I tried pushing hard on the way home and still arrived home later than I hoped. Taking Thursday and Friday off this week, so no commutes but I plan to do some rides. Going to take a more in-depth look at the new Big River Crossing that finally opened last weekend - a bike/ped path crossing the MS River on the side of the Harahan RR bridge. Memphis and Arkansas are now connected by more than just I-55 and I-40 interstate highways.

I always charge my phone before leaving work, so it was at 100%. I didn't even look at storage, but I see now I'm down to 1GB. I move photos and videos off pretty regularly, so it usually has a decent amount available.

I used this "Fast Motion" mode on the video camera. Basically that means it is recording less frames per second (thus using less memory). Watching it in real time looks jerky like an old-time movie. And it is pretty shaky. The Fast Motion mode is intended to then speed it up. You can select the entire timeline or just sections of it and speed it up by 4x, 8x, 16x, or 32x. I just went with 8x for the entire length.

The original 47:37 video is 3.87gb at 1280x720. The condensed 05:56 video is 345.93mb.

And I thought you were just a really fast rider.

Raining this morning but enjoyed it, absolutely no wind. On the way home was another story. Off the next 2 days... well not really putting a floor in.

Been looking at this bikeforums.net for a long time, finally signed up. One of the benefits of this, is that after reading many posts, I bought a Schwinn Tempo, great city bike. Light enough, good ride, and not to flashy. Ridden every day this week.

Welcome Commuter 42

It was a very nice uneventful ride today with the temp at 28f degrees when I left the house. Though the skies were mostly clear and I got to ride by some moon light.

Been off the bike for 5 days now because of rain

Congrats on the purchase and rides this week. I hope this forum continues to encourage your new addiction.

Cloudy but only 10% chance of rain today. I left early enough to get an extra few miles for just under 17 total. I pushed the pace on a 1.75 mile stretch. I set it up in Strava as a segment for myself. I mostly likely set a PR there this morning but won't know for sure until I upload from my Garmin tonight.

After that I did a nice cool-down cruise through a neighborhood and around a shopping center.

Forecasted 20mph tailwinds was a bust for the ride home yesterday. Slogged my way home in the rain. Didn't want to overheat with the rain gear so I took it easy. This morning was cool with no wind. Made a stop at the grocery store for some lunch supplies.

Welcome! Is 42 a reference to Hitchhiker's Guide?! 50F this morning with a wicked crosswind. It rained last night so piles of wet leaves in the dark this morning - zoiks!

Ah just get out there and embrace the rain. Yeah its not as sexy as some folks make it out to be. But its not too bad if you're willing to get wet and do a little extra bike cleaning. Speaking of which it was 46F this morning and no rain yet. But I fully expect to get wet this afternoon. They predict up to 0.8 inches of rain in the NYC area. So it will be rainy all the way until tomorrow morning. No worries since I broke out the heavy duty rain jacket!

https://www.rei.com/product/883098/n...ke-jacket-mens



Edit: Just avoid any "road jewlery": Manhole covers, metal grates, metal curb edges. The metal bridge joint expansion covers on the GWB deserve a special mention. I fell on them twice over the last three years. I got no serious injuries, but they can and do catch you off guard. Oh, and also avoid those bumpy sidewalk "pads" or whatever they're called. There's one on the NJ side of the south sidewalk before the GWB. It would be less slippery if they took it off and just left it bare concrete...