Thanks, [MENTION=188444]groovestew[/MENTION].

My commute was...oh yeah I didn't commute at all. I recently had 3 weeks off work and have to burn up the rest of my use-or-lose leave by taking 3-4 day weekends for the rest of the year. Wait...what were we talking about here?

The commute this morning was a nice uneventful ride, with the temp at 37f degrees under partly cloudy skies.

Between a couple of extra miles in the morning and afternoon, I managed a 30 mile round trip yesterday.

Nice weather still - cool mornings require a jacket and lightweight gloves, but I'm still holding onto the shorts. Forecast for tomorrow morning is 40F though, so not sure if I'll want to suffer through that or not.

39F this morning and I think we've reached the point where fair weather commuters are done - only 3 other riders on the MUP

Definitely a morning where the leggings and jacket were required. I think it was 36F, and I was actually too warm until I hit the downhill part of the ride. That balanced things out for a while. Eventually unzipped the jacket though and pulled off the full finger gloves. It was nice to have warm legs though. So, I was able to pedal pretty hard and make good time.

Yesterday I broke my personal record on my way home. 18MPH with help of a tailwind. 42 minutes riding time for 12.6 miles. Felt great. This morning was bit cold high 30s. Not much wind. I'm getting used to bike commuting which is great!

Today was my first bike commute in about two weeks due to vacation last week and having to work out of my office (with a car) the week before that. Unfortunately, I missed riding in the nicest weather we've had all year, but the weather also made for a great vacation.

The missed commutes means that it will be a struggle to reach 40,000 miles bike commuting by the time that I retire in early 2017. Earlier this year, I thought that I would easily top the 40K mark by this fall, based on my usual commuting patterns. However, a combination of terrible weather and work commitments have thrown a wrench into that plan.

The good news is that I plan to retire at the end of January after working for 40+ years and bike commuting the past 10 years. My cycling mileage will probably decline after I retire and no longer bike commute, but I will still do plenty of riding for recreation and travel.

Congratulations!! I confess, the first thing I thought was the selfish "darn I can't chase his commuting mileage any more" :lol:

40K is just a number - you've had outstanding consistency over years. Well done.

Thanks, WPH. I am a bit of a numbers geek and use it for motivation, but it really doesn't matter if I end up with 39,999 miles.

BTW, while I was out, we had to deal with Hurricane Matthew and it was devastating in NC. I work with the state emergency response team, which I why I had to work that week with my car. The flooding here was incredible, on par with Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Fortunately, I didn't suffer any personal damage, but the greenways in my city were heavily flooded and washed out in places. Many portions of the trails that I frequently ride on were covered with floodwaters ranging from 4-12' deep for a while. Some parts of the trails may be closed for repairs for months.

My afternoon commutes have been plagued by gnats lately, especially (but not only) along the half mile of canal towpath. Sometimes clouds of them, bouncing off my face like snowflakes, getting in my eyes, tangled in my arm hair, stuck in my clothes. Ugh. Maybe it's cold enough to keep the little buggers down now....

Drove; needed to pick up a 20' ladder.

Tomorrow, would love to ride, have a chance at a 15 mile commute straight to a meeting which is late enough I'd have time to cool down and change but also scheduled the car for 150k mile service so will drop the car at garage and take a company car to the meeting.

I recently moved for my new job and it is a 3.5 mile bike ride from work. Rode to work for the first time yesterday in uber-rare southern california rain and again this morning. I am extremely happy that I am fortunate enough to be able to commute this way and get to riding my bike again!

Seeing other posters' comments about speed and mileage make me want a cycle computer! I imagine I am quite slow, but it would be awesome to know what my top speed currently is, and to track progress over time.

This morning was 55F! So warm! I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. I sometimes get antsy that the ride is so uneventful, but I should be happy about that fact.

I did see two pairs of eyes as two young raccoons scuttled across the MUP this morning. They were pretty far away, but I tried to turn my light downward, away from their sensitive little eyes. Always warms my heart to see them paired up like that. Probably littermates exploring the world? Raccoons are adorable and smart.

Either you or Albert Hammond are lying.

I do have a cheap cyclo computer but I use Strava via smartphone lately to log my data. There are some fancy cyclo computer that syncs with Strava but I just use my phone. Start an app and put it in bike pocket and go. There is a challenge each month and it's fun to my number goes up. I guess it's another motivation.

I recently started a bike commute as well. Enjoy your ride!

She hates California, it's cold and it's damp (sang the guy from NJ)

You are right, it is. Horrible place...don't move here! :D

32 degrees yesterday. Hands and ears were cold. It's suppose to rain all day today. I'm driving. PS Have off sit training this week but have my gloves and hat ready for next week.

A chilly 34f degrees on the commute this morning. Though the commute itself was a very nice uneventful ride.

Mid 30s in my little fishing village this morning. I dressed right and felt fine on the ride in. Do I have the right combination of clothes for the ride home? I'm not sure...

Congrats! You will be missed around these forums. But not having to commute at all is a good thing. For now, I can only think about retiring when I change a flat (ha! get it?).

Ditto for the past few days.

As someone else mentioned, if you have a smart phone with GPS, just use that. Strava, Map My Ride, Endomondo, Runkeeper and many other tracking apps are free. Most will track other activities such as running too.

Coldest morning yet, -7C/19F, with a bit of a breeze from the north. I was comfortably dressed, actually a bit sweaty but my hands were, for the most part, comfortable. My toes, however, could have used a bit more protection from the cold. I have some toe covers that I'll have to get out for the rest of this season.

The coldest morning since winter today at 41F. I still felt fine in shorts though. A little cold at first, but one good hill later I was fine.

I used my phone to record my ride home yesterday and then condensed the 48 minute ride into 6 minutes. Nothing crazy happens, but I've found it interesting to see what other people's rides look like so I'll post it here. The quality isn't great either. I was using a "Fast Motion" mode which basically tries to do a time-lapse type of video, so it's not exactly a fast-forwarded video.

48F with a bit of a headwind. A friend gave me a fancy Castelli jersey (something I'd never buy) which he swears is the best piece of gear ever. I think I'm just not a fancy gear guy... going back to my merino shirt and jacket.

10-15 mph wind at my back on the way in this morning. I hardly had to pedal. Not going to be so lucky heading home tonight though.

Took a few vacation days and then wasn't able to ride yesterday due to after work commitments. Back on the bike finally this morning. a cool 41 riding into steady headwinds from the ENE. At least no rain yet. Supposed to hit this morning sometime and rain most the day. Pretty sure I'll be getting wet for the ride home. On the plus side the winds are supposed to pick up and stay out of the ENE so I should get a good push.

4 weeks, less a day, since my little surgery. Wanted to ride so very badly! Not quite ready, gotta give it another week or two.

Dang, your phone had enough battery/storage to let it record video for almost an hour? Did you speed it up in post or set it to time lapse?

Decent ride yesterday, although I tried pushing hard on the way home and still arrived home later than I hoped. Taking Thursday and Friday off this week, so no commutes but I plan to do some rides. Going to take a more in-depth look at the new Big River Crossing that finally opened last weekend - a bike/ped path crossing the MS River on the side of the Harahan RR bridge. Memphis and Arkansas are now connected by more than just I-55 and I-40 interstate highways.