The last few times I've put on my pack I've sort of half-noticed it seemed light. I figured it was out of water and no cargo, but no, it turns out the lock wasn't in it. Want to know where the lock has been all week? Hanging from my hitch! Let's just say a cable lock is not really adequate for locking this up. And yeah, it's been bouncing off the ground.

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Nice morning. With a new experience for me: when I got on the canal towpath, I saw the red tail light of another bike in front of me. I had just about caught up with him when we got to the end of that section of the path, he went right, I went left. I think the guy was a commuter, though. :thumb:

Excellent morning.. a little warm but a-ok. Didn't feel like going to working and needed to clear my head a bit so did a bit of riding around... 6 year anniversary of my sister passing.

Went for a 77km/48mi ride on Sunday and although I wasn't trying to push myself, I am pleased that I was able to complete it with an average moving speed of 24.9kph/~15.5mph. However, it was the longest ride of the season so far so I was physically exhausted after I was done and took yesterday off and an easy ride in to work today. I have to continue to do rides like this so I can do back-to-back centuries (not the same day, consecutive days) in preparation for a charity ride in mid-September where we'll be riding (in a group so I'll benefit from drafting when I'm not pulling the group) 4 consecutive century days, a challenge for most of us but the terrain will be relatively flat, a total of 1,900m/5,700ft climbing over the 4 days.

Anyway, today's commute was nice, a comfortable 17C/63F temperature but a moderate breeze from the SE so, other than the first third of the ride, I had a headwind for most of the ride. It was overcast and the forecast threatened rain today but now, 2 hrs later, it is nice and sunny.

Similar weather for the rest of the week I think but of course, rain forecast for the weekend when I'll do the same 77km ride again.

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Exactly my weather today, hot 'n muggy - I love it!

Really cool pic @esmith2039.

I'm back to work after a road trip to Wisconsin for my sister-in-law's college graduation. I went for a run on Friday morning in Appleton and saw a few bike commuters. It was pretty flat there compared to what I'm used to. But I can see how wind would be a big factor too.

About 70F this morning with 80% humidity. Some afternoon showers possible I hear.

73 degrees this morning and the humidity was not too bad. Funny, I got Lasik a couple of years ago, and after twenty-odd years of wearing glasses it's amazing how quickly I forgot about lenses fogging up in the summertime :). I cut ten minutes off my time from Monday. Have a good day, everyone.

Today's plan was to take my road bike for a nice long ride, 42km/~26mi, as my way in to work. I got up at 5am to wake up my son for his early shift and went back to bed and didn't want to get up at 6am but by 6:25, I was up, outside and on the bike. However, 6:25am left me little room for stopping at the halfway mark for a brief rest as it would take me about 1:40hrs to ride that distance and I had to be at my desk in 2:05hrs after putting my bike away and showering. After 6km into the ride when I was riding mostly south and west, my route changes direction to east and then north and that is when it struck me, the 22kmh/13mph constant wind from the northeast. The headwind was going to sap my energy and lengthen the time it would take me to complete the ride so I decided to cut the ride short to a 22km distance which means that I take the 2nd exit off the highway. As I was riding down the ramp off the highway, I realized too late, that I had taken the first exit off the highway, not the second so my ride was shortened even more to 18km. Oh well. I have a few tweaks to do to a geological map I'm working on that I can complete before my editor arrives.

It was cool, 11C/54F, and breezy as I mentioned and sunny but not sunny enough to really make my arms feel warm, I'm glad to be inside the building now.

Tomorrow is my 57th birthday and I've taken the afternoon off, originally to take my wife to her doctor's appointment (the treatment, a new one, may make it difficult for her to drive afterwards) but she doesn't get home from work until nearly 2:30pm (6am-2pm shift) so I'll have some time after lunch to do that long ride for my commute home (assuming I don't take the wrong roads again, LOL).

A bit wet! That wind made it sting a bit. No extra miles today.

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Cooler weather, riding in today, which was a respite from the heat over the past couple of days.

In another week or two my wife and I, along with the dogs, will be shifting out to our 'beach house' for the summer. The gardens are in, of course, but I can only get out there once a week or so to water, mow, etc. And that's where I was last night. It's been dry lately. I bailed a lot of water out of the sump to pour on the tomatoes, peas, strawberries... but it was still dry. This morning I got one bucket of water that I was pouring on the strawberries when there was a flash of lightning and I thought, okay, maybe this isn't necessary? So I locked up the house, got on my folding bike and headed for the station. I got a half mile before it started to rain, and by the time I got to the station, four miles later, I was thoroughly drenched. So, in my wet shirt, wet shorts, wet shoes... I spent an hour and a half on a refridgerated train. Really unpleasant.

Yuck, I'm shivering just thinking of it.

A bit cooler this morning and wet from overnight storms. My wife asked me to drop something off at the vet since it's on my way. I'm sure she told me what it was but (as usual) I wasn't really paying attention and put what looked like a pill bottle in my pocket. Arriving at the vet's office I gave the receptionist the pill bottle and her face made me realize I'd been riding with dog poop in my pocket.

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I made it a little more than halfway home yesterday before the rain started. I had seen it on the radar but thought I might get lucky. Instead I got a nice shower and my bike is a little bit cleaner than it was. I was pretty soaked.

Nice enough ride in this morning with an ATM stop on the way. Always nice to combine simple errands on the bike.

Consecutive commute number 317:

Warm, humid and windy. Had a big storm roll through last night so there were a lot of sticks and twigs down. One managed to get jammed in my spokes and rear derailleur. Thankfully it was small enough to not cause any problems other than making a bunch of noise and making me stop to remove it.

54F, gray. Got my Dad's bike in the mail last night, put it together and rode it in to work this morning. Nice! 99 44/100% stock (new pedals, seat, and one inner tube). But those knobby tires gotta go and/or I need to restrict it to offroad use.

Nice MTB @HardyWeinberg . Bridgestone anything are classics. It was a rainy ride in (well for at least the second half). It was nice catching up with a guy, Chris, that I haven't seen on the commute in a long time. What a change in the weather. Nice and cool. I think I like today's light rain and cool vs yesterday's hot like an oven. The creaky BB went away. So I guess I should ride in the rain all the time...

Very nice Bridgestone. It looks brand new!

-Shin

I am kind of amazed by how new it acts. I mean, pretty thick coat of dust and cobwebs, but other than that...

Dust and cobwebs smooth out the texture of rust and old paint flakes and makes it more aero, that's probably why it behaves like it is new!
:lol:

My first commute back after being in Michigan visiting my son and his wife for five days. The commute this morning was pleasant with sunny skies and the temp at 50f degrees.

A little muggy this morning but not bad. Took a detour through the Union cemetery. Also signed up for the 15 mile Ride2Blvdia for Saturday. It'll be the first organized ride for me.. funny it's almost the same route as I take everyday. Going to use my commuter and standard garb.. I'll probably be the only one!

A lovely 70F with 86% humidity with a high of 91 forecast. I left about an hour early and went to the gym on the way for a bit of weight lifting.

I passed a turtle on the MUP. He'll probably get the last laugh as he zooms by while I'm sitting at my desk though.

Beautiful 57 degree 14 mile ride in today.
Proper preparation is key, unlike what I did today. Last night I loaded my pannier up with the supplies I needed for today, this morning I added a few more things. I thought it was a little heavy to use only one side, so I mounted the 2nd bag just in case my balance was thrown too far off, I could shuffle some items. That's when I noticed one of the bags no longer has the clip on the bottom that slides around the rack, no biggie I will ride with it and see if it flops around. During the ride the bottom clip on the backup bag fell off so I had to swing back and get that. Tonight I need to see if I can find more clips, or find a way to secure the bottom, so I don't need to buy new bags

A few miles into the ride I realized that according the speed on the computer I was flying, then I remembered that I switched from 700*25 tires to 700*32 and never adjusted the wheel size on the computer. No big deal, my watch automatically detects workouts and tracks distance. I look at the watch and find out its not turned on. The battery died last night so I put it on the charger, never turned it back on when I took it off the charge this morning. No big deal, I had Strava running on my phone in the bag. So I get to work and check my mileage and time. I had started the Strava app, but never hit the record ride button.

So I had a great ride in, but no data to back it up. Next time I will check all of my gear before I leave the house. Also when I went back to the computer it looks like I had the wheel size set up completely wrong the last time, but I think I have it right now.

What a mess - big storms last night. I've been able to avoid storms this week but I think my luck will run out today for the ride home

Definitely an interesting e-bike ride going home yesterday. At one point on a rural road I saw in the distance up ahead (in front of 2 cars that had just passed me), 2 small animals run across the road, the 2nd one appeared to be a rabbit. When I got closer I saw that the first animal was a cat. Sooo... a smaller rabbit chased a larger cat across the road? :lol:

Then when I was just around the corner from my house, 2 small dogs came running out after me, barking up a storm. I stopped at the corner, turned right around and chased the dogs back to their house! That was kinda funny in retrospect, although at the time I was feeling fed up with dogs chasing me and barking. A couple of girls were in the garage playing with the dogs I think, so I said "keep the dogs in the house please". I then turned back around and went to my house. I think I heard one of the girls saying "you're scaring them" or something like that. Oh well, keep your damn dogs contained before they run out in front of a car trying to pass me, and get killed.

I've been feeling depressed which leads to laziness which leads to depression, so I forced myself to ride into work today. It hasn't broken the feelings, but it's a good thing I did it anyway. I didn't ride slowly or hard, just kind of moderately. The weather is perfect today.

52F, drizzle. Stuck with the tolerable-weather bike (fenders but no headlight). Here it is in the dentists's stairwell. No new cavities!