Congrats Tundra! That is an impressive number of commute days.

I opted for an additional base layer this morning and was glad I did once I started hitting some headwinds. It was in the low 30s, so not too bad, but wind.

Fifteen miles for the ride to work. I am off work tomorrow to go see Rogue One and get some Christmas shopping done. Happy weekend everyone!

It's 4F this morning with -12 windchill - I officially have a cold and hacking up scary stuff - hit 4,000+ commuting miles yesterday - so I drove today

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I was very careful today..lots of wobbles and one bail :rolleyes:


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17F/-8C with fairly light winds this morning. What wind I had was mainly a tailwind, so no complaints.

My commutes are usually uneventful as I primarily take lightly traveled roads, neighborhood roads and MUP's for a majority of my ride. Even so, this morning I witnessed more dumb driving than I've seen in quite a while. I watched two cars blow through red lights (not just pushing a yellow light... these had been red for while and it looked like they simply weren't paying attention AT ALL), one guy nearly t-boned me coming off a side street (but at least he gave me a friendly wave as he drove past), a car making a left turn at an intersection labeled 'No Left Turn', and one guy, who was playing on his phone or something, that managed to sit through a green light. I was behind directly him and finally yelled "HEY" to get his attention (as I don't have a horn), and it did seem to wake him up. He started forward just as the light turned yellow again. I didn't cuss at the guy or flip him off (which would be tough to do in mittens), but he proceeds to put his pickup in park and get out of his vehicle. I'm thinking 'oh great, what type of crazy person am I going to have to deal with this morning'. But, he just looks at me and the five other cars behind me for a couple of seconds, doesn't say a word... and gets back in his truck. Interaction with crazy person avoided. Ha ha!

0 degrees in the windy city this morning with a -17 windchill.

i wussed out and took the train. boooo me.

shockingly, the CTA was actually on top of its game this morning. color me pleasantly surprised.

I was looking at some silly bike forum on my phone when I looked up and saw it was time to go, and I wasn't ready. By the time I was out the door, I was three minutes late :eek: which means I had to raise my average speed by 1 mph or I'd miss my train. Which isn't really that easy, that early in the morning! I made it, though. Whew.

is that from when you went out this morning to start your ride? you store your bike outside? did it work OK? nothing froze up?

Yep..that was this morning leaving work.
Not really possible to store it inside at work... believe me , it's probably safer anyway outside.
Had to work the rear derailleur cable...no response for the fist block....slowly started working (shift.. wait a couple of minutes...bingo..it shifts ):)
Key is not to go to far up the cassette and use just the front which I guess works better mostly (shorter Run? stays cleaner?)

2 hr school delay for snow today. My son desperately needed it for an assignment he totally forgot to do last night. Nice ride in but all that slush and water coating everything could be some serious ice tomorrow morning. Might be time to put the studs on tonight.

Boston's getting Arctic like Temps and wind.

But I was warm and happy on my 10 mile ride home into the teeth of a steady 20 mph wind with gusts to 35 mph.

1 positive thing about a brutally cold headwind is working so hard that you get home in a sweat.

Today was my first time skipping a ride because of weather in over 2 years (last time was wind gusts >50 mph). I put on my studded tires this past weekend just in time to get in a day's commute before the snow storm. 4 inches of snow on Tuesday, and the studded tires (Schwalbe Marathon Winter) were awesome! The steep hill on my way home did suck a little more than normal though.

This is my first winter in Ohio, so riding in snow that isn't slushy on the streets is new to me. I moved from New Mexico, where it does get down in the teens (°F), but the wind chill is less brutal. Anyway, yesterday was my coldest ride ever: 5°F, no wind. Overall, it felt pretty good. A little slipping in the snow/ice ruts on the bikepath, but nothing major. On the icy streets, I could hardly tell the difference from normal riding.

Today, however, the winds picked up and the windchill dropped to -13°F (4°F air temp). I feel comfortable with my body layers, but I haven't pulled the trigger on some sort of eye protection. Being new to Ohio, I was concerned about exposed skin at that temp (just around my eyes in my balaclava), so I drove in to work today. Oh well. Hopefully, I'll get something in the next week or two and be unstoppable (short of work being closed anyway)! ;-)

Had my bike in the shop a couple weeks ago for a bunch of stuff (new Stages Power meter on 105 crankset, new rear wheel, cassette, etc). It was ready for pickup the day after Snowmageddon 2016 hit Greater Vancouver. Was keen to check out the Stages, so threw my bike on the trainer in the basement (we've had a Kurt Kinetic Road Machine for >3 years, but I've never ridden it - mostly just my wife). Did a 25km ride tonight while watching Thursday Night Football; it was almost even tolerable riding on the trainer :)

Tough rides yesterday and today, headwinds each morning on the way in. Today 15F/-9C. Amazing how you discover the weak spots in your layers....the crotch being one of 'em :0

Chance for freezing drizzle today so took the bike with the studded tires. Of course the wind was the against me the entire way. Don't remember so much drag from the tires last year, very probable I had them backwards! Probably won't do anything now.

Last night's commute home was pretty gross - 10 mph headwinds and 19F. Taking the day off today because it was 4F outside.

Coldest commute since last winter with temps in the low 20s F. Forecasters had predicted lows in the teens but I didn't think it would dip that much and I was right. I was dressed perfectly and very comfortable, even my fingers and toes. My water bottle was slushy by the time I got to work but not frozen solid, which usually happens when temps are in the teens.

The ride home last night was another matter and very difficult. The front that brought this cold air was moving through NC yesterday afternoon and it was very windy. Temperatures were dropping throughout my ride and were down to about 30 F by the time I got home. However, the worst part was that I was riding right into stiff headwinds almost the entire way. It was probably my slowest commute of the year.

I commuted 4 days straight this week (Mon-Thurs) for 168-miles! I drove to work today because of an office activity after work. Unfortunately my old car is not liking these cold temperatures very much. Just as I got parked in the parking garage at work, it blew the lower radiator hose. Well damn! At least it didn't happen on the freeway.

Cold...for me. Probably a toasty time by the fire for others in the country. Temps at 30, "feels like" in the teens, dry and windy. Very enjoyable ride, made all the more enjoyable knowing I don't have to ride home. Office holiday party is tonight. Let the booze flow!

25F, two shirts under the coat today, and my ears were definitely cold by the time I got to work. Nice sunrise though!

Temp today is the warmest it's been all week, topping out at 15°F. However, snow is falling steady and we're supposed to get about 7" of accumulations by tomorrow, at which point the temps are expected to drop to -25°F with winds pushing the wind chill down to about -50°F.

Got about an inch of fresh snow down on the ground so far. I'm thinking I'll probably ride home early and finish the day working remotely. I could make it home later in the deeper snow, but it would just take more time. I don't have any reason I need to physically be in the office this afternoon, so I might as well make my commute easier.

Coldest day so far, something under freezing but pleasant enough on my faring bike to only need my indoor clothes. Unfortunately I was something of a distraction on the roads, with cars pacing me a couple of times and one a lane over using his smartphone camera. Why did that start up all of a sudden, why today? I don't know, unless people think this weather is "extreme" and think the bike is clever.

Did you feel homesick watching Matt Damon in The Martian?

plus you'd be more likely to ride in daylight & with less traffic

My commute was icy for the first time in weeks.
I was glad I had studded tires on the bike as there was no ice at home lucky me as I already crashed once this winter on an unexpected ice.