[MENTION=422519]SloButWide[/MENTION] That is awful. I am sorry but I hope that you can find a replacement.

The wind sound awful for a lot of you and I hope the cycling gods bless all of you with a week of tail winds.

The commuters around here must be enjoying the weather. As [MENTION=333933]timvan_78[/MENTION] said, all the blossoms are starting to peek out and there have been a plethora of crocuses (croci) and daffodils along with other early season bloomers the last week or two. It makes for glorious riding, the colors and the smells.

Aw man, SBW major bummer. I hate that feeling.

It’s becoming spring, and the commuters are multiplying. I saw the girl on the neon pink guru—can’t miss that bright bike!
The other day I hit 19,000kms since I started commuting for real.

I usually have a pretty uneventful ride, but I had 2 close calls in a row last week:
1.) Riding along on 1[SUP]st[/SUP] ave from salt st to Manitoba st.I’m in the bike lane, beside a car.The car infront of that car stops to turn left at Manitoba.
The woman beside me tries to go around the left-turner using the bike lane (which I’m in!). I rapped her window with the back of my left hand as hard as I could and she slammed the brakes.
2.) Crossing Gilmore at Still Creek Ave Friday night.I’m waiting at the red light.It turns green.I double check behind me to make sure there’s no right-hook potential, and start going.(That intersection is notorious for right-turners.I know since I go through it EVERY DAY!)Suddenly (as I’m crossing), out of nowhere, this guy in a red honda comes flying through the intersection from my left, through the red, right at me.He slams on the brakes in the middle of the intersection.I stop and rip into him.After a few choice words, I start again and get out of the intersection so he’s not stuck there.I swear Friday nights are the worst.

This weekend, the fam biked to a monster truck show. I’m pretty sure we were the only ones that bike there.Lol.
This AM was enjoyable.

I got lucky today. Winds mostly at my back both in the morning and the afternoon! I had to run by the bank after leaving the office, so I took a different route home - my old route (mostly) from when I first started commuting in 2013. But when I got towards the end I took a different road that didn't exist a few months ago. Pretty nice ride, felt pretty comfy in my new Performance Ultra bib shorts.

Finished out the month of February with 295 miles, as compared to only 98 miles for February last year. So far I've only missed 2 days commuting for the year. Positive result!!

Yesterday commute home crosswind of 34 mph with gust to 47 mph reported at the airport that I commute to and from. Winds like that made me pay attention to what I was doing as the wind really affected my commute to say the least. After I got home though it was kind of fun looking back at it.

This mornings gusts to 20 mph seem like nothing now. beautiful sky, 42 degrees, I can't believe what an easy winter we have had so far in MA.

March is off to a great start with beautiful weather and a fantastic commute this morning. Temps were about 10 degrees colder than yesterday in the upper 30s, but the high is supposed to reach near 70 again this afternoon. My favorite sort of weather for riding, and the wind even let me off easy this morning.

Ditto tarwheel's weather. I still went with shorts and no tights this morning. My knees and ankles were a little cold, but I survived. And that's one less thing for me to carry home tonight.

I left a little early and hit 15 miles for the ride in. It's supposed to be a little cooler the rest of the week, but spring is definitely taking over.

Terrific morning! I was in Atlanta over the weekend, hanging out with my BIL on Friday and we realized we were both out of coffee, so after a few cold ones in Brookhaven, we walked to this awesome store called Savi (all kinds of cheeses, snacks, coffee, etc - I wish I had one!!) and came across Jittery Joe's Morning Ride. I couldn't not buy it. So I started my day out right.




Warm enough for shorts and a jacket, while the ride home should be awesome weather wise. I just put on some new tires on my Fred Sled (Clement Strada 700x28) and have been itching to try them out. I have a set of 25s on another bike and really like them. Decided for lunch I'll just go walk to Chipotle or something to minimize the carrying load, and wear a new pair of Chrome Union shorts so I could wear them all day. So here is the carbon Fred Sled. I know the shoes look janky, but they were very secure



Only hang up today was one of the roads (which happens to have a bike lane) was shut down both ways for road work and the detour route was a bit sketch for a mile or so. I hope it is open this afternoon!

45F and clammy. Supposed to rain a LOT starting later and slowing down in April or some such.

Nice ride this morning, bright moon, and that row of planets is still pretty. A little cold, but no headwind like yesterday. Unfortunately my train sat in Princeton Junction station for an hour while the police chased down a trespasser on the tracks farther north. One person on the tracks, and they closed down all rail traffic on the NE corridor for an hour! I'm not saying they should have done anything different... but what a waste of a lot of people's time. I just slept, so I didn't really mind so much.

Yesterday I found myself in the middle of a herd of deer on my ride to the station, and a couple minutes later came very close to getting too close to a skunk. An almost completely white skunk, too; black stripe from his head down his back to his tail, but below that the white stripes went almost to his legs. Or her, of course. I kept my distance.

Nice job. I have 292 for the month and that is a lot better than last years with only 66 miles for month of February.

windy on the way in yesterday but I was glad with the gear I chose to wear even if I carried it for 26 miles on the "way" home. I went hunting for elevation gain and bagged my second virtual badge on Strava. I got home in almost darkness but I got the badge and then some! thankful for my wife and her patience with my umm addiction.

Supposed to be warmer this evening but winds are to pick up. The winds are picking up this week cooler tomorrow and possibly some rain on the Wednesday evening ride but I am tempted to see if I can ride 4 days this week.

Soggy soggy with some headwind this AM. Rain and 6degC (43F)

I got 334miles in Feb, (538kms) not bad.

13 degrees this morning, 5" of fresh unplowed snow on top of a layer of ice, and a stiff headwind.

Needless to day, no speed records were harmed while completing today's commute.

rain in 1... must be time to leave

That was a rough one, nothing but strong headwind for 11 miles.

I got right hooked last night on the way home. I saw her approaching in my mirror, she passed just as we reached the intersection, then I heard her brakes and knew...

Fortunately, we were pacing one another and I was able to make the unintended right turn safely along with her, preventing contact. I shouted and waved, but she drove off.

Clueless...

17 F this mornin. Better cold and solid than warm and mucky.

The ride home wasn't bad either.

Yesterday hit 70F in the afternoon, but then some clouds rolled in and it cooled off for the evening ride home. And some winds came with it.

There was a guy bleeding out a fire hydrant in one neighborhood. It was sending a big gush of water across the street. He saw me coming and adjusted the flow a bit, but I decided to jump on the sidewalk anyway to avoid the river running across and down the road.

A nice 43F for the ride in. Shorts only again for me. Still some winds, but they just build strength, right?

I got lucky with the weather this morning. A cold front moved through the state overnight with early morning showers, but it was all cleared up by the time I left for work. Roads were still very wet but my fenders handled that just fine. Today was my 5th consecutive day of bike commuting and 7th day of riding, and my legs are feeling it. A stiff wind this morning didn't help. However, I will get a much-needed rest day tomorrow because I'll need my car at work.

Strong winds from the north and west. When I headed in that direction, I felt it but wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Hope the ride home is the same. If the winds hold it could be a fast ride home.

I was a little warm but wanted to make sure I was prepared for some wind chill.
[MENTION=175755]Phil_gretz[/MENTION] glad you saw and were aware of her actions even if she wasn't.. Glad you could evade.

Really wet this morning. Feet haven't dried out yet. Otherwise an uneventful ride.

3 degrees this morning. Yay spring.

Winter's back, 19F

45F, sunny, clammy. While I did catch the biblical downpour for the ride home last night, I did get in just before the hail. And the frogs. So that was good.

Rainy and upper 40s this morning. My shoes and pants got soaked, but everything in my bag stayed dry, so at least I didn't sit at my desk with wet clothes all day! The ride was fun, and traffic was pretty good. I had only one vaguely harrowing moment on a hill where I got going pretty fast and someone turned in front of me. For a second, I thought I was going to get plastered on their rear window.

Too bad my riding clothes didn't dry. My ride home was mid 30s, real feel 20s in damp clothes. The head wind was awful. Tomorrow will be better. It should be chilly, but dry. I can handle one or the other, but not both!

Colder, just below freezing but no wind at all.