A very pleasant ride to work today. Cloudy with the temp at 54f degrees. The part that makes me smile is the jacket and gloves I wear, yet I wear shorts on my legs. I will need them for later when it is warmer this afternoon.

And yay it is Friday!

We leave tomorrow am for MI to me my son and his wife for a until next Wednesday!

Felt cooler than 58F this morning but I'll take it!

Nice ride home yesterday on the e-bike. Not much to report other than seeing a Lamborghini Gallardo with aftermarket wheels and exhaust turning left across from me, while I waited behind a Sheriff's car at a light. Never seen that one around town before. Got it on video. :)

I've been riding my Lemond (racing bike) lately, and it's small and needs a taller stem. I gave myself a break and rode my Raleigh in again, and this time, I listened to myself when I said take it easy going into work.

I still have a lot of upper body work to do to build endurance. I'm not sure if I have to build myself up to get there or start riding with higher handlebars or a combination thereof. So far, I'm doing the combination approach.

I took the longer route which is more scenic and less trafficked. It skips a hellish segment of street traffic, so I avoided some stress. The weather is gorgeous today and started to feel summery though it's still not outright hot yet.

50F, gray.

Do you mean like work on your core so you can maintain a tolerable riding position for longer?

Yes. I'm doing dead lifts to strengthen my lower back. I'm doing pushups and overhead presses to strengthen my shoulders. Right now, my shoulders hurt right next to my spine. Riding makes me feel like I've been doing pushups all day, i.e. tired. My legs are in great shape and never hurt me.

A lot of the zillion little supporting muscles around your shoulders can be worked just with 5 pound dumb-bells. Extend arms sideways, extend arms forward, start w/ arms up and sweep down sideways. Good luck!

It's been beautiful here in Tulsa this week (my first week of commuting)! Mornings in the 60's, mid 80's in the afternoon, and low humidity. Not looking forward to next month when it's 90% humidity all day, and 95 degrees or higher in the afternoon!

Was a nice ride in this morning at a more liesurely pace. I took more time to clean up the wheels this morning before leaving. I just checked the weather and its 84F out! Will be rocking the short sleeve jersey and bibs to give the girls a peek at my fabulous arms and legs. ;) In return, all I ask is a short skirt once in a while... Ah, I like the warmer weather... :D

Sounds like a nice english teacher.

The rides here have been nice. I have been enjoying the 1989 hardrock I acquired, but I am not riding it since I need the trailer regularly.

My island repair business has been good also. I have been getting a few bikes every few weeks. I just had to change a bottom bracket that was in poor shape, it came out in more pieces than it should have and it was cross threaded. So I had to buy a big 32mm wrench, a length of threaded rod, nuts, and big washers. The rod, washers and nuts were to put through the bb and hold the tool on while I forced off the fixed cup with the new big wrench. I am hoping to buy a proper stand and some cone wrenches.

But first we will move into the new house. We will get a tarpaulin garage for the golf cart we will eventually buy and I was hoping to make it into a bike garage and work shop. These are extra costs I think of when buying a home, ohh how I will be surprised when I get the real extra costs. We go to the lawyer and hand over our down payment and sign paper next week, with a plan to take possession the 29th!

Enjoy your weekend.

rides have been great lately. I've been riding every day so my legs are getting a bit tired. If all goes well, next Friday i'll have 25,000kms commuting since i started ~5yrs ago.

Took a big digger today. Somehow the fixing bolt that holds my front rack and fender came loose. Weight on the front rack pulled the rack down and intersected the tire, cantilevering me up and over the bars. Luckily I was on a very light downhill and only traveling 15-18mph. Unfortunately, the fork is toast.

Woke up late and had to rush out the door. Saw a deer s little too close for comfort on the trail. Wound up getting to work at my usual time. Practicing a faster cadence and learning to shift better with my current shifters. Ride back was on a clear warm night. Moon was nice and bright. Saw plenty of bunnies both ways.

Today is Sunday, and I got a substitute gig for just today. I occasionally work as a paid church choir singer. It was a long commute. Ride bike to PATH subway (between NYC and NJ), ride PATH subway to Newark, ride 10 miles in the heat to the church, which is in Millburn, NJ.

Morning traffic was very light. It was nice riding in my old neighborhood.

It was an interesting challenge to stay sweat-free for church. I wore a Smartwool™ thin t-shirt, and it worked magic. Even in 95º heat, with a dress shirt and tie on, I didn't get wet.

Newark is a very poor city, and the contrast between Newark and the other towns is striking. People are so clearly poor and in poor physical health, and the city is in bad shape. Then I rode through South Orange, Maplewood, and Millburn, all very wealthy suburbs. There are lots of trees and mostly single family homes that are very well kept up. I lived in Maplewood from 2003 through 2013.

The PATH subway was crowded coming back, so the bike and I stood up, and traffic in Manhattan was pretty heavy, too, but it was a fun adventure.

I just finished my first ever bike commute to work. A lot of the inspiration came from lurking in this forum and reading about and learning from y'all's adventures. Thanks for the inspiration everyone!
To say I am not a morning person is to vastly understate the matter, so one of the main problems for me is getting up in enough time to make this a viable regular option, however now that I am showered and changed and sitting at my desk about to go get a cup of coffee, I can say it was most definitely worth it, and I think I might be hooked.
Y'all have a great day!

to quote my neighbors, "you are Hero"

Nice ride in at 78F and low humidity. Haven't ridden from home in a while so went for it today. Will be a bit of a slog for the ride home when it goes up to 95F (or so they say). Will take it easy and stop for more water along the route.

And you will soon be addicted! Pretty sure this was the warmest morning so far this year - 73F and it was great not to have to wear anything but shorts and a shirt. Predicting 90+ for this afternoon... bring on the summer!

Turned muggy over the weekend (ugh!) and looks like it's here to stay for the summer. On the ride in to work this morning heard 2 loud pops, but everything seemed to be ok. That stretch of road was rough, so I thought maybe the kickstand had bounced down far enough for the pedal to hit. Three miles later (and still 2 miles from the office) I was on nice smooth pavement, but had a small, consistent bump-bump-bump from the back end. Looked down and saw that the back wheel looked warped. After getting to work and inspecting the back wheel, looks like there's 3 broken spokes! ($@&$%!) :mad:

78 degrees this morning. and muggy.

we're supposed to get up to 92 today.

yuck. is it fall yet?

It's about 85º or 90º here today. I wore full cycling kit and sweated as hard as I wanted to. I started out slowly and built up the effort, because I enjoyed it so much. My boss and the new junior engineer were working in boss's office, and I go through there to the wiring closet where I change clothes. As I emerged from the wiring closet, I said, "In as Superman, out as Clark Kent." ;)

I'm drinking my ice water which I have on hot summer mornings. I now have a nice routine of hanging all my soaked clothes on a tall stool in front of a box fan. It doesn't seem to push a body odor through the office, and when I put the clothes back on, they won't be gross and clammy. These nylon-or-whatever jerseys do get stinky, though. I might be better off wearing wool as I did yesterday. Why suffer through that stink and risk causing others to suffer it?

What did you wear? It might make a difference.

shorts and a jersey.

clothing isn't what makes or breaks summer for me. i could ride naked and it wouldn't make a difference.

it's my stupid effing head. even with my buzz-cut, it turns into a goddamn 360 degree fire hydrant at the slightest hint of warmth.

[MENTION=195860]Steely Dan[/MENTION], do you wear one of those wicking rags under your helmet? Some people swear by them.

no. i've never heard of that. it's probably something worth checking out though.

but even beyond all of the various strategies for dealing with sweat, my dislike of summer goes deeper than that. i simply don't like warmth. i don't like the feeling of warmth. i don't enjoy the sensation of it. it's unpleasant and uncomfortable to me. warmth = badness.

i like cool. i like being cold. cold feels good to me. cold is very, very nice.

we're now officially in my least favorite season of the year.

i know i'm a bit unusual.



i'm also just extra grumpy because it's only mid-june and were already in the freaking 90s. it shouldn't be this effing hot yet.

It just felt like a grim slog today and I can't figure out why. Weather was cool and breezy, my heart wasn't bothering me.

55F, partly sunny; I have been feeling generally beat since 2 cross-country redeyes last weekend. I keep riding though. Tomorrow I have to head up to Seattle straight from work so will be driving.

Today was the first day that I wore shorts and a wicking shirt for riding, and changed at the office. With temps in the low 90's by this afternoon, it was that or skip a day (or two), and I missed 3 days last week, so...

Just took it slow, aimed for a steady pace. Succeeded.

By-the-bye, I'm planning on walking to work and back on the solstice.