I had a nice commute in this morning. The temp was 41f degrees with very cloudy skies but dry streets. At the end of my commute there is a large hill I ride down and make a left turn at the bottom.This morning there were a few cars coming down the hill with me so I stayed more to the right but when I had to move over to make my left turn this guy must have thought he came to close because he apologized to me after I turned. That was thoughtful of him.

Warm ride in this morning at 70F. Pretty windy and not in a helpful way. Some storms are moving in after lunch., hopefully they'll be done and be on their way by 5pm.

The new MUP that is close to the office has had some repairs. It was having some drainage issues and water would be on it for 2 or 3 days after a rain. They seem to have fixed some of this, but still need to repave where they added drain pipes.

Remember when you were a kid and went riding after a big storm? That's what it was like this morning - wet! 54F, pretty good headwind that's supposed to pick up to 20+ by this evening, so I'm hoping for a fun tailwind

There's been a lot of rain and the forecast is for more rain this week. Disc brakes and long fenders will be the order of the week.

It rained heavily last night, but stopped by the time I left home. Road was not too bad, actually. Got here without getting wet, either from the rain or sweat.

Welcome to spring in South Dakota. Woke up to 3+ inches of wet, heavy snow and still falling. Pulled the winter bike down from storage. I knew I was tempting fate two weeks ago when I cleaned it up, lubed and adjusted it before I put it away for the season. Looks like I get to do that again.

Temps were hovering right above freezing and there was a steady north wind. I made it less than three miles into today's eight mile commute when my chain started skipping. Ice had built up in the cassette and derailleur and quickly turned my 21 speed drivetrain into a 0 speed. I pulled over under an overpass and tried to clean it out the best I could with a stick. I managed to get one really low gear working and continued on towards work.

About every mile and a half the ice would build up again and I'd have to stop and use the stick to try and unjam the cassette again to get this granny gear working. Slow going.

I made it within two blocks of the office and was waiting at a stop sign, when some yahoo in a car thought it would be funny to swerve over through a deep puddle as he crossed in front of me and completely soak me with a tsunami of slushy water. Idiot.

I was tempted to work from home this morning, but I had a meeting scheduled so I decided to brave the ride to the office. The way this day has been going so far I suspect the person I'm meeting with is going to cancel on me anyway. :)

Most days, bicycle commuting really isn't that hard. Today, not so much.

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Cool and foggy this morning. Most exciting thing was: as I approached the intersection with traffic light at Princeton Pike, I had a green light; but I saw a car approaching from the right, and though he clearly had a red light, did not seem to be slowing down. So I slowed down. The car blew through the light right in front of me. It was a police car.

Yeah, I still see police cars in NYC doing illegal U-turns and other stuff. I guess they get the golden "right of way."

Was a nice cool morning ~51F. Looking forward to 70F this afternoon. I only rode one day last week. Started getting sick from Tuesday on and went to the doc to get an antibiotic on Thursday. Just coming off of another bout of bronchitis. Was fun coughing up green goo in the morning late last week.

Cool, 6C/43F, overcast morning ride in. Although the roads were wet from overnight showers, the air was dry when I left so I wore shorts and my rain jacket. However, about 5 minutes into the ride, a very light shower (really just spray) came down for the rest of the ride. Fortunately, by that point, my legs were warm from the 5 minutes of riding so for the remaining 25 minutes of the commute, I was fine but a bit cold on the last segment before my office where I'm coasting down a hill for about 500m/yd and then I got a bit cold.

Similar conditions are forecast for the ride home.

You definitely win the determination award for the week. I almost feel bad posting about my easy ride and nice weather.

Although I had to bail on the ride home yesterday. A bad storm hit right at 5pm. My wife came to rescue me and the rain was coming down big time. They put down the back seats in the minivan while I waited with my bike under the building's front awning. Then I quickly put the bike in and jumped in the car, but still got soaked in less than 30 seconds. It was mostly done about 20 minutes later, so I could have just waited it out.

This morning's ride was quite nice though. I left about 10 minutes early and took a longer route for 17 miles total. Although I was at one stop light that I had to wait two cycles for because I didn't get a left arrow. A school bus was behind me but wouldn't pull up close enough to trigger the left arrow due to railroad tracks. Not sure if he can normally get past the tracks but didn't because of me or what.

Headwind this morning! I left a minute late, and had to hustle, and the wind did not help. But I didn't miss my train, so it's all good.

And today, for the first time in 2017, I am wearing shorts to work. It must be summer.

After yesterday, today's commute was a complete non-event.

35 degrees, sunny and barely any wind. The 4 inches of snow we got yesterday had mostly melted off, so I was back on the summer commuter. Should be 60 degrees by the time I head for home this evening.

Nice ride this morning, around 48-50 F, so I wore my jacket. I took the newly-completed road connector near my house, which cuts 1/2 mile and nearly 3 minutes off my commute distance and time. I've been waiting on that road to be connected for over a decade now. It will also cut the distance to get to my son's school from as much 3 miles down to 1 mile, and should also greatly reduce through traffic going through the city park next to my neighborhood.

Yesterday was gross. Just muggy and rainy. I got dressed and walked out the door of my building and realized that a cold front moved in overnight. 50 degrees when I left, wasn't really expecting it, but not much would have changed except maybe a baselayer. Bit chilly till I got warmed up and had a good ride otherwise. Dry roads, no wind, ran a bit late but still got into the office at 745 after a shower.

Yesterday's ride home in the rain wasn't quite as miserable as one might think. Yes, it rained, sometimes quite heavily, but once you accepted the fact that you were going to be wet it wasn't so bad. Anyway, I was soaked all the way through. Even the shoe covers did nothing to keep my feet dry. The problem was that the rain on my lower leg seeped into the shoe covers and then down my socks, so wet from the inside out.

This morning was much better, but having woken up later than usual so I had to push the pace a tad.

Wind, wind, wind, you damn wind. 45F, grey, wet, and did I mention it was windy? 20mph SW winds (mostly headwind for me) and the forecast is for the wind to reverse to NW around 3p. I'm hoping to leave at 2!

Yesterday I drove in with the commuter bike and rode it home.

This morning I brought the MTB. It's been a while. The trails are not that nice - all the low points got completely chewed up with hoof craters and bike ruts in our record-setting, drought-busting winter. I was actually surprised there were no blockages. There was a big blow in March that obviously knocked down a ton of trees, but they've all been cleared. The high & dry areas are overgrown with something shin-stabbing - nettles? sowfoot? I'm not that versed in plants

This afternoon I'll be visiting the Energizer Station in Folsom.

Forecast was off today. I know it would be ~69F so debated on wearing a baselayer under the jersey. Turned out I didn't need it but wore it, anyway. The forecast claimed that it was only going up to 71F or so but that's already been exceeded. Its all good. Warmer is ok as long as its not 100F with over 80% humidity. :D

Rode with my son to his middle school and then on to work. It's nice to grab a few minutes with him now and then. We talked about soccer and homework. I think he tells me stuff when we're riding that he wouldn't tell me otherwise.

So is CA officially "out" of the drought? Or is still considered a drought with just huge amounts of flooding rain here and there?

This year is not a drought. We've had near-record rain and snow and the snowmelt is still coming. But it's winter-to-winter here. The "water year" starts in October and dries out by May. No telling if next winter will be small again.

I see, well good to know there's finally some relief over that way. Hopefully lower forest fire risk also.

I rode into work for the first time in over a week. No more excuses. I lifted weights at home first to get me going, and then I rode hard. It was very rewarding. The weather is almost summery but not hot yet. I rolled up my pants to make cheap knickers, because Jan Heine wants $189 for his knickers. (Brits call them plus fours, they are not underpants.) I'm sure they're very nice, but I'm not spending that much. I wore a t-shirt, and when I got to work, I put my dress shirt on over the t-shirt.

I took a fun ride with friends on Sunday and my shoulders hurt. My new observation is that I need to do some upper body work frequently or at least before a ride. When I do, then I feel good.

I'm not sure there's a 1:1 correlation. The trees that made it aren't dried out and dying any more but there's a lot of new dead ones and there's way more undergrowth that will turn into kindling after it dries out for five or six months

Oh my, good heavens :-(

And then one has to start cleaning. Pff... But I share your optimism! Can’t be afraid of the wind so to speak.

I hit up the Bike Month Energizer Station in Folsom after MTB'ing the south side of Lake Natoma.

Another nice commute today with the temp at 46f degrees and clear skies. With the winds gusting out of the west later today at 10 to 20mph is should be an fun ride into the wind home.

Wet but loved it! I've seen a lot of other cyclist this week but no one this morning.. bunch of fair weather riders!

Yesterday I checked my tire pressures since I hadn't ridden in a few days. Added some to the rear, front felt ok. A bit soft but passed the thumb test. Get on in the afternoon, and checked again. Front was a bit soft. Well, the front doesn't take the big load, so I'll just be careful and ride light.

First intersection I get stuck between cars and the curb, pile of gravel in the road. Well, pinch flat. Pull out my spare (which was a patched spare anyway, as I was having crap luck with flats), and realize my flat kit (levers, co2) was at home. Sigh. I have my mini pump buried deep in my bag so I pull that out, and start pumping away. Get it to a decent pressure, and install it. Think.. well maybe a BIT more wouldn't hurt. PSSSSSSSSS the patch wasn't as good of a patch as I thought. So now I walk the 3 miles to the closest shop. buy two tubes. Get rolling. Home about an hour later than expected.

This morning was nice and brisk, no real issues. No wind to speak of, just chilly.

A little cooler this morning at 52F, but clear and going to warm to 80. These nice morning just make me want to keep on riding. "Where was I going? Work? Oh, right."

Ugh. My solution in that situation is to call the wife for a pick up and hope she's not too far away or heading in the opposite direction or something.