1st day of the year in shorts - woohoo!

Today was my first commute to work after my holiday. It was noticeably darker that just a couple weeks ago (I live in the other hemisphere and here, you could say, "winter is coming"), but still not that cold. Around the 9km mark we passed by a car accident that had happened and was causing a huge traffic jam (I ride on the bicycle path so it didn't affect my commute), which was probably 5km or so long, I was happy I was riding instead of driving today!

From now on most of my morning commute will be in darkness, which means ninja cyclists will be much more annoying.

If I leave work on time I'll do most of my ride with daylight, at least it was so last year when the government decided to perpetuate DST through the whole year, but this year DST will end in May so probably my afternoon ride will also be in the dark for a few months.

Nice ride in on a strange day here: Our metro/subway system is completely shut down for emergency repairs. It did seem like there were a few more bikes on the trail.

Cool, calm and a little foggy. Today's commute matches my personality well...

I saw this in the news and imagined it would affect our DC commuters. A few more bikes doesn't sound bad, but I wonder how "a lot more cars" is going for everyone else.

Nice and warm here at 58F. Spring is in effect with many trees blooming. I hope to get a pic of my neighborhood and post it.

This morning I was catching up to a leisurely rider who was slowing down and stopping while she tried to wave a car on to back out of its driveway. The driver was being hesitant because of her and probably because he saw me approaching too. She seemed to be getting more emphatic with waving the car to pull out, but she never looked back. I might have also stopped, but there was another cyclist coming from the other direction and the driver was not moving. Plus I was trying to maintain momentum up a hill.

When I went past her she said something like, "Oh," as in, "Oh, that's why he won't back on out." I didn't say anything to her because I couldn't think of anything short enough that she could have actually understood. I have found that most drivers prefer the walker or runner or cyclist to just go on in a situation like that.

I tried a new route home yesterday. You'd think after six years of mostly the same commute that I'd have tried them all but I've always avoided the one section of narrow one-lane, high traffic. McGinnis Ferry if you're local. That part is a fail, rush hour traffic was stacked up and slow and no room to squeeze around in some places, not even a sidewalk. But the last half is glorious, so it was worth a try.

I should have done that yesterday too, I wore tights and was sweating by the time I got home.

No bike commuting today or perhaps for a couple of days. My winter bike is down with a "sproing" broken spoke and I don't have any spares. I don't know if the LBSs are setup for bikes yet or have sufficient stock in spokes to fix mine. With the above-freezing days that melt the snow and ice and below-freezing nights that freeze the daily melting, I'm not ready to bring out the non-studded bikes yet so I'm looking forward to getting the spoke replaced.

Wind advisory today - I'd rather have snow! Ride in was with a 15-20mph head/cross wind, this afternoon they're predicting gusts to 45. I found gears this morning I forgot I had!

First commute since Monday of last week, first commute of this year's DST. We ended up getting over 10" of rain in this area from last Tuesday night through last night. I wasn't able to commute at all last week after Monday. I had planned to get back on my regular Tu/Th schedule this week, but I ended up working from home yesterday while my house got a complete new HVAC system.

Then this morning I woke up an HOUR late, but decided to get dressed as fast as possible and head out anyway. Left the house about 6:40 and got to the office at 7:58. Little late to my desk after showering, but no big deal. It was a little cooler than expected at 48 degrees, but no wind to deal with. This afternoon should be perfect - 70 degrees with a light west wind.

Just looked at last years commuting mileage thread, and I'm 150 miles up on commuting and 200 miles total for the year, compared to this time last year. :thumb:

38F, foggy, cars mostly w/ no lights

I don't remember. Must have been okay.

Same as Monday: a little below freezing and breezy. My legs are starting to come back, and if I alter my route a bit, I could get away with riding my summer bikes. Might try that next time, as long as we don't get more snow.

Car-heavy at work today, so when I got home I grabbed a bike and picked up the kid with it. About an hour and ten minutes of riding and socializing, I am not going to count it for mileage since it wasn't to work.

On the way home last night I stopped to take a quick pic of a street in my neighborhood. All the Bradford Pear trees bloomed at once on Monday. I can smell them as I ride down the street.

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A little cooler at 47F this morning meant a jacket and full-finger gloves. But still going to be in the mid 70s today.

It took longer than usual to loosen up this morning. I was groaning on the hills. I'm a wimp, I guess. Otherwise, I'm glad that I rode in...

Today was my 25th consecutive commute. Head wind was fierce. The temp was 31, but I was freezing with the wind. Toes were like ice by the time I arrived. At least today I went to our company office where I had access to a shower to warm myself back up.

Beautiful ride this morning with mild temperatures and a light tailwind. I rode my cross bike for a change of pace and made great time. I left an hour later than usual because I didn't get home from work until about 9 pm last night. I had been out of town at a meeting and we didn't return to my office until 7 pm. By the time I had checked my emails and phone messages and got ready for the ride home, it was 7:30 and nearly dark. However, I managed to squeeze in two more commute days by riding to work on Tuesday with my travel clothes packed in panniers. I used one of the panniers as my "suit case" and traveled light.

Yesterday I left the office an hour later than last week, taking advantage of daylight saving time. So when I got to the D&R Canal towpath, it was still light. I surprised a fox, who ran away, rather than ducking into the underbrush, so I sped up as much as I could, and the fox just kept running down the path in front of me. Of course I couldn't see him all that well, but the tail with the white tip was pretty obvious.

And this morning, in the dark, a fox ran across the road in front of me. About a half mile from the same spot, so it might have been the same one.

28F and blinding sun!

Definitely in the 2 outfit season, bundled in the am, stripped in the pm.

Yeah, riding pants this morning but I packed shorts for the ride home. Dark, 36 degrees (below freezing in Dallas, where I catch the bus), but oh so blessedly dry and starry. I thought I could get away with a pair of old running shoes for the ride. It was a mistake: my feet never warmed up, not even on my long climb. Oh well, they'll be fine tonight! And there's enough daylight for my long ride home.

Just on the last few hours of 5 12hr shifts.. 40km return each day..which was a nice break from work but man..wind and rain for each and every trip..Real spring can't come soon enough for me.. I could have really used my pedelectric but i put that in the LBS for bb/spring tune up last week..although my back up bike is IGH (nexus 8) so i'd prefer it got the road grime..

Clear and cool ride this morning - low 50s. Gonna be a nice day, wish I could ride more and work less.

Another picture perfect day in NC, sunny with mild temperatures. I completed my first 5-day bike commute of the year, despite thinking on Monday that I might only be able to ride two days. I had to go out of town on business Tuesday and Wednesday, but biked to work with my travel gear in panniers, so I was able to ride to work on Tuesday morning and ride home on Wednesday afternoon. I also had planned to take Friday off for a weekend trip, but that got canceled, so I rode today after all. It's supposed to be a cold and rainy weekend here, so it's nice to be able to ride when the weather is favorable.

I would love to chase a fox that way, [MENTION=73614]rhm[/MENTION].

I rode to work and back yesterday. The weather was glorious, and so were the views of the river. I'm lucky I have such a scenic commute.

I think I figured out my foot pain problem. It seems I have a bunion, so I probably don't have a pinched nerve. I'll see a podiatrist.

Broke out the road bike today (vs the cross frame). Like flying!

edit: also, 28mm tires at 80-90 psi not nearly as harsh as I feared on this one stretch of chipchipchipseal compared to the winter bike 35mm tires at 70psi

Interesting commute today. This morning was uneventful, but dark. Rolled out on time for once, at 6 AM on the dot, but sunrise isn't until 7:05. Upper 40's.

This afternoon started out sunny and 70's when I left the office:
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Then some ominous clouds started rolling in. Quick check of the radar showed some approaching storms (had no idea when I left work) but I thought I could beat them.
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Nope, the wind that was out of the southeast suddenly shifted to north/northwest, very strong, and I got caught in some pea-size hail (the circled white streak in the video capture). Kinda stung a little.
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By the time I was nearly at home it had stopped raining, sun started coming out again and there was a rainbow. But the temperature had plummeted into the upper 50's.
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I knew there was rain forecast for tonight, but this one caught me totally by surprise. I didn't have any fenders on the bike or anything. Oh well, bike needed to be washed anyway.

I didn't commute. But I did do a slow 14 km, at about 7 km/h. We took about 4 hours with a break for ice cream and fish and chips.

My son was the limiting factor for speed, not me! But he pedaled the whole way.

It was a family ride with my wife, son, and daughter. None of have been riding the last few months, for me it has been fourteen months.

As for my daughter it was her first two wheeled foray, she rode in the trailer I acquired shortly before the accident. After she nursed and had a nap, she loved it!

Anyway I felt good overall and all thing considered and I was able to go longer than I expected. I even thought I could have held a higher pace and I could start commuting.

Great news [MENTION=190611]joeyduck[/MENTION]! I'm sure it feels good / strange to be back out there.

A cooler morning of 36F here today. Had to pull out some of the warmer gear that I thought I was done with for a while. It seemed lighter out when I left compared to last week.

Nice, sunny, cool (-6C/21F, but -11C/12F windchill) ride in. Saw 2 other bike commuters this morning and there was a bike in the bike cage before mine.

My wife wants to bike this summer as our sons will be away (one working, the other at school) and as I will be cycling most days this summer, I won't be able to drive her to work which means that she'll have to pay $6/day (I know many other places charge more, a lot more but my workplace has free parking so from $0 to $6 is a big change) and she doesn't want to do that every day. (When are sons are at home, they can drive her and pick her up.)

Her workplace has some bike boxes (what I call them) for parking, somewhat like the photo below, so, as long as she gets there early enough, she'll have a place for her bike.

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Awesome [MENTION=190611]joeyduck[/MENTION], glad to hear you're feeling much better. Best wishes for continued recovery!!!