Weather was gorgeous...only my third week riding in but it was an easier ride today with a little cooler temps and I'm getting the logistitcs and the backpack packing down.

Said no one ever. Or something.

Threatening thunderstorms and rain clouds yesterday afternoon dissipated and went south of me just before I headed home. There's a chance for more today, but I rode anyway.

Took a chance and rode today despite our continuing weather pattern of daily thunderstorms. After watching the weather forecast on TV this morning, it was looking like the storms would set up south and west of our area, if they are right. That's a pretty big IF because our local forecasters are notoriously bad at predicting rain.

Our weather here this summer has been the worst that I can remember. We've had hotter summers and wetter summers, but we've never had such a combination of heat and humidity. Every day the air feels like a wet blanket, and the high humidity means that the threat of thunderstorms never really goes away. Last week was about the only week all summer when it didn't rain nearly every day, but the heat and humidity were so intense that the heat index was reaching 110 or higher every afternoon. I can't wait for fall.

79F 87% this morning. Whew! Where's my dry heat?! lol

A nice 59*F this morning. Humid but not bad. Left before the sunrise to avoid the sun in the eyes of the cars coming up behind on the 4 miles of highway I start out on. After that I turned and got to enjoy the sunrise off to the side. Very uneventful ride. Near 90 with high humidity for the ride home.

Tired.. worked late and only 4 hours of sleep. Did a bit extra last night too. Might have to drive Friday but nearing 1k miles for the year and I'm behind.

Nice ride. Cooler, looked so much like rain I might not have rode if I had looked out the window before getting my bike out. My rule is if it isn't actually raining when it is time to leave, I ride. But sometimes I break that rule. glad I rode though.

Pretty nice for the ride in...not too hot, and though the clouds were heavy, no rain while I was riding. Put a new rear tire on since the last commute, but can't really tell the difference.

Great ride home! It is mid-90°'s and humid, but weirdly that's what I like best. I got a 2nd personal fastest on one 5.4 mile segment, which would be 4th on the all time list, and a 4th personal on the overall commute segment, at 19.4 mph my fastest in 2 years. I was getting a little bummed not seeing any achievements this year whenever I turned Strava on, but it restores my confidence just a little.

A very nice commute in again today. No humidity and cool at 58f degrees makes pleasant riding conditions for me.

It was so cool this morning, I was actually cold for a little while! Very nice.

well I took my O2 rain coat out of my pannier Monday morning and I think it has rained every day since. Tuesday a massive thunderstorm moved through weather alerts said 2" of rain coming down flash flooding etc. By the time I was ready to go it had moved on. :) (thankful for the fenders) Coming in yesterday I shortened my ride because I was afraid it would rain on me. Riding home I rode home yesterday in a steady rain only two times was it really hard though(difficult to see) People at work were asking me if I had to ride home in it. I said I rode here. 11-12 miles in the on a summer day is nothing compared to a metric century in the rain & 42F earlier this year.


I put the rain coat back in the pannier. Maybe the rain will stop. Today is my Friday. heading to the beach with the family this weekend. (hoping it does not rain the whole time)

[MENTION=73614]rhm[/MENTION] what temps did you see this morning? I saw 66F and it was cooler than usual especially with the moisture still in the air.

Wow [MENTION=134924]RidingMatthew[/MENTION]! Quite the week. And 66? It was still 72 or so here this morning. High dew point and high humidity, so no different. So far all the rain threats have turned to nothing or just wet roads for me so far.

It's Friday for me too as my youngest turns 11yo tomorrow. She has a lunch time horse show to wrap up a summer camp and we'll be eating cake and such after that.

Nicest commute this morning that I've had in quite a while, with cooler temperatures and lower humidity. Nothing extreme, just more like "normal" for summer around here rather than the extreme heat and humidity we've had most of the summer. A cold front moved through here yesterday, so I actually benefited on my ride home as well yesterday in terms of temperatures and humidity even though I had a headwind. The wind was at my back most of the commute this morning.

Warm and humid this morning, 19C/66F, 85% humidity, so I was dripping like a pig when I arrived after 23 minutes on the bike. This afternoon is going to be worse with a forecasted air temp of 33C/91F and a humidex of 39C/102F: Environment Canada has a heat warning in effect for today.

I'm really liking my new helmet-liner style of Buff which has a bit of a band around the openings that is keeping the sweat from my head from running down into my eyes or across my glasses.

Have a great day!

Not too hot this morning, but very humid. Should have a heat-index around 107F for the ride home tonight. :-(

I feel you... literally same here. Work travel has interrupted bicycle commuting, I hate when that happens. Glad to be back at it if for only 2 more days this week

My commute was insanely fantastic. It's warm but there are cool breezes. The views of the river and of the hundreds of athletic people I passed were spectacular. I rode my road racing bike which I don't ride often. I didn't carry any luggage, and I rode like a bat out of hell, averaging a screaming (for me) 15.7 mph, well above my typical 13 mph average.

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"insanely fantastic" Those are excellent adjectives which make me smile. I wish more things could be described in that fashion.

I loved those days when I could ride the racing bike.

Rode my folder today, a Tern Node D8. Me and a coworker are stopping for a beer or two after work. Much easier to put this in his truck than my long wheel base recumbent. The last couple of days the temperature has been in the upper 60's for the ride in, upper 70's for the ride home.

the west side greenway in Manhattan is such a great ride. Better on weekdays when it's less crowded too.

Over lunch today I met a group of old co-workers. The restaurant where we were meeting was only about a half mile away, so I didn't bother changing out of my work clothes.

As we were leaving it had started to sprinkle. By the time I got to where I'd locked up my bike it was full-on downpour. I retreated back under restaurant's awning for about 10 minutes until the rain lightened up. I then hopped on the bike and raced back to work as fast as I could. I still got a bit wet, but nowhere near as drenched as I would have had I not waited.

In retrospect I'm glad we didn't leave the restaurant two minutes earlier, otherwise I'd have been halfway to work when the skies unleashed.

There was quite a bit of fog the first few miles, then it cleared up. Maybe 73°F, I was completely drenched when i got to work. Any good way to handle the fog? It must have been 95°F on the ride home, barely beat the darkness. I am glad my route is north-south, so the sun is really not an issue to me or motorists coming behind me.

Yeah it is Friday! The commute in this morning was nice. I saw some turkeys and a black cat. The heat and humidity are expected back later today for the ride home.

Excellent temp this morning. Unfortunately hit a pot hole and over the handlebars I went. Perfected the tuck and roll.. and this is why I wear gloves. My left side will be telling about it all day.

Our reprieve from the muggy weather was short-lived. It was pleasantly dry during my morning commute yesterday but the humidity was back by the afternoon and this morning it was as bad as it's been all summer. I was completely drenched with sweat by the time I got to work today. However, I made surprisingly good time considering that I rode the long way home yesterday, ending up with more than 45 miles commuting on the day. Forecasts are calling for a 50-50 chance of rain today, so hopefully I can make it home without getting caught in a thunderstorm. I'm going to get soaking wet one way or the other but would rather not deal with high winds, hail and lightning.

I think that today was the first ride in the rain this year. It has been a dry summer and although there have been some rainy days, I don't recall purposely avoiding riding in them, just luck I guess (unless I really have forgotten about riding in one or two). The rain started out very light, then progressed to a heavy rain but within 6-7 minutes, it was done and no rain afterwards: that was shortly after 6:30am and it hasn't rained since, just my luck. Had I waited 15 minutes, I would have avoided the rain but would have been late for work as I am starting early to leave early.

I took it easy so that I didn't slip on the wet surfaces but traffic was light so I could go wherever in the lane I wanted.

Enjoy the weekend!

Hot, muggy, foggy. The state fair opens today and the MUP runs right along the edge of it and they set up cow pens right along the trail. So I was greeted this morning by mooing cows. Not long afterward I was arriving at my office building downtown to see GenCon attendees walking the streets. Kind of a twilight zone experience!

Pointless story: The other day I got a bug in the eye… no big deal, it’shappened before. Usually you ride alongand then suddenly—bam-there’s a bug in your eye.This time it was different:I saw him from far away, was focused on him,and kept focus on him as he flew right into my eye.


It was like clearly watching a bug fly directly onto your eyeball. So strange.

I have had that happen on my motorcycle, thankfully I had my visor down.

Last night as I was getting home from from gear store shopping a fellow rode by on his bakfit, that's not that unusual. What was cool was that in the front cargo area he was loaded up with what I think was a big dummy. I felt he needed side marker lights to announce his wide load.