been a while but i have still been riding...
 

It has been a while since I have posted on here. Last week, I had 85 miles in three days and it was warm, gloriously, warm and sunny. Saturday, I participated in a charity ride on my commuter bike because I have sold my road bike. I am pretty pleased with my ride. Averaged 16.4mph on a cyclocross set up for commuting for 63.3 mile (Rack and fenders). The fenders came in handy since it was cold [mid 40's] and rained off and on for most of the early 40 miles of the ride. I felt good and enjoyed it even though I rode in the rain & it was cold & windy &I got lost (thankful for Garmin 800 and the ability to route me places). It eventually provided a good route and that was pretty bike friendly back to the bike shop. I was out so long that they called me and asked if I was still out there. :eek: I felt bad for that.

This morning it was in the 30's and I was riding in the dark at 0630..

Finally got another ride in today. Just finished overhauling my 3 speed, so I took her for a 1 way trip. The Better Half will be giving me a ride home (that bike stays at work). It was cool, verging on cold and I made it to work just a minute or so after our weekly staff meeting started (would have been just on time if our boss didn't call it early!) No big deal there. I also had a few extra cherry tomato plants to bring in with me for one of my coworkers. Using a backpack is always great, especially when you don't have to wear it!

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Until I solve my foot pain problem, I can't ride much for now. :(

I will second that thought!

It was a nice uneventful commute this morning with the temp at 28f degrees. Oh and an almost full moon. I only get to see that the first quarter mile, then I head east and it is to my back. Oh well. Still and all it is nice to be out and riding this morning.

Sorry to hear that, hope you heal up.

Beautiful moon set coming in this morning.

Yeah, that was a beautiful moon this morning, right next to a bright planet. Cold, though! Last week I was hearing peepers in the swamp; today it was all quiet, except that maybe I heard a fox let out a single yelp.

Cold again today at about 33F. Almost wore all my winter gear, but instead I let my chin and toes get a little cold.

Sunny and a high of 68 will make for a nice ride home.

Apparently no one's informed mother nature that it's spring, 29F yesterday, 39F today... at least trending in the right direction

A colder morning today, -10C/14F, but I was comfortably cool. Front tire flatted last night, possibly right as I turned into the driveway as I detected nothing beforehand and it wasn't until I had gone back out after dinner to move the bike from the side to the back of the house that I saw the flat. Fixed it this morning by swapping out the studded tires for knobby tires on my MTB which was ok because although there are still a few icy spots, only about 2 were not visibly dirty with sidewalk sand and they were easily avoided. A storm is forecasted for Thursday night with 15-30cm (6-12") of snow but as I don't work from Good Friday to Easter Monday inclusive, it could be gone by the time I need to ride in on Tuesday, or the worst of the storm might miss us altogether.

we are trending the other way 33F yesterday and 29F today. frost warning this morning. wore my winter stuff. I am not sure what I will be wearing in the 66F tonight, although 10-20 mph wind will make it colder than that.

supposed to be 60 this afternoon with winds gusting to 40mph - counting on it being a tailwind!

[MENTION=322871]arsprod[/MENTION] wind is gusting here today too it certainly wont feel like 66 today!

Low 40's this morning, 60's this afternoon with a HUGE tail wind. Should be fun!

Mr. State Trooper was back again this morning. I had a run-in with him on the rural roads near my office back in December. Nothing from the PA this time. I made him wait as we approached a 90-deg. sharp left curve, with other traffic oncoming. After the curve and traffic I waved him by, and he threw a little tantrum by flooring it around me (still a full lane change, though). This was a Chevy Tahoe SUV highway patrol vehicle, BTW. Guess he was none too pleased about having to slow down for TEN WHOLE SECONDS.

I am glad there was no PA belly-aching from him today. I always find it funny when people fail to see the difference a few seconds makes, especially the people who floor it and peel out between lights. Only for my grandmotherly driving habits to see them at the next light. As many of us know patience is a virtue.

The commute itself was fine. But pulling stuff out of the pack this morning I felt wetness. I thought wth? There ain't no liquid in here. At the bottom of my pack was a banana I put in the pack yesterday!

Fortunately we have big sinks. Completely submerged the pack, washed, rinsed and dried. Time for spring cleaning.

Cold one this morning, -11C/12F with a headwind of 17kmh (and travelling at an average of 15kmh) resulting in a windchill of -22C/-8F and very cold fingertips (the rest of me was fine, I should have worn the mitts I was carrying).

Nevertheless, I had a good ride but with the windchill, I'm glad I didn't take the longer route as I was thinking of doing earlier.

Have a great day people!!

Ha! I had that once last week - driving. The first two lights the little sports car with a loud muffler floored it on the green and I caught him in my minivan at the next red. The on the third one I timed it even better so I didn't have to stop and blew by him just as it turned green. I even missed a turn so I could do this and ended up taking a longer way home.

Ugh, squashed banana. Fun.

Nice little tailwind for a part of the ride home yesterday.

Much warmer this morning at 51F vs. yesterday's 33. Shorts without the tights worked fine. High of 70+ today. Great riding weather.

Wow wow wow. My fastest commute ever yesterday! 15.5 miles in 60 minutes flat (usually it takes 70-85 minutes). Hit nearly 40 MPH on the one big hill which is my fastest speed ever, and took the 3rd overall spot on one Strava segment. It was an awesome ride.

33 degrees this morning, steady rain falling, 40 mph cross wind. Had a flat. Temps are supposed to drop, rain is supposed to turn to snow around 10 AM and we're supposed to get about 8 inches by the time to head home.

Remind me again why I decided to ride?

Yeehaw, had one of those myself yesterday. A guy on a recumbent with fairing passed me without pedaling - I'm guessing the fairing was acting like a sail. The problem is the winds haven't died down and this morning sucked. I'll take rain, sleet, snow, ice, etc over strong head/crosswinds. But there will be another fun ride home today!

Was a nice commute this morning with 51F or so. Heard that its going up to 70F so will be in shorts and short sleeve jersey for the ride home. :) I recently used a Park DAG-2 to realign the rear derailleur hanger on the Orbea bike. Also made a slight adjustment on the high limit screw. Now the shifts are *much* better.

45F sprinkly. Awesome to be back on the road bike vs cross bike.

It was not a true commute, but today I rode my old commuting route to meet some former coworker friends for lunch. Snowy and 32F, enjoying the drop-bar Pugsley.

Smiles and snowy eyebrows

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It was a nice commute if you do not mind fighting the whole ride. The wind was from the east with gusts up to 20mph. The good thing is if the wind stays in that direction it will take me home!

Bright, almost full moon, high overhead; but no stars. A little hazy. Pretty warm. The peepers were singing again.

It's strange; the winter wasn't really very tough, but some of the roads have just started falling apart this month. Big potholes are opening up daily, and I'm spending my commute trying to memorize them. Good times!

I don't remember ever having to pull off the road for sirens before. I heard them from way off, looked back and could see the flashing blue lights coming from behind. I got off the road into some grass. He turned off just before reaching me, but I waited a bit longer for cars that had pulled off a bit behind me to go on.

51F again this morning, but felt warmer than yesterday. I got warm enough to shed the jacket for the last couple of miles. Then I got cool again but preferred it as the bit of sweat dried out and I felt better going into the office.

Felt as cold as yesterday but was only -6C (21F) instead of -11C (12F) but the headwind was stronger. Forecast for this afternoon/evening is 15-20cm (6-8") snow but with the next few days having highs of 3-5C (37-41F) and sun, the snow should be gone by Tuesday, my next workday.

Happy Easter everyone!

Today was my first bike commute of the week as I haven't been feeling well, probably due to the pollen. Everything is covered in yellow dust here and I'm moderately allergic to tree pollen, so I haven't ridden since last Friday. The pollen levels are still high today but I finally took some allergy medication and decided to go for it. Hopefully I won't end up suffering for it.

We typically get one week each spring when the pollen levels skyrocket, and this seems to be the time. It's about 2-3 weeks earlier than usual but that's consistent with the mild, wet winter weather that we had.

Oppsite of my week, today will make four straight days of strong headwinds on the way home (unless the wind dies down during the day)...I'm already sick and this just makes it worse, was barely moving on some stretches.