Crappy day yesterday. Rode the backup bike to work. Came out to rush home for a vet emergency and found a flat tire. The tire had separated from the valve stem - no patching for you! I had a spare, then discovered I left my pump and CO2 inflator at home.

Finally got home, got the pooch to the vet, and found the kidney failure was too far gone. Riley's in a better place, but I'm a wreck.

Today is a new day.

[MENTION=422519]SloButWide[/MENTION]: Sorry about your dog. That sucks.

Today was a beautiful morning. 64°F, sunny and hardly a breeze. It rained during the night so there were puddles and wet spots, and the air was pretty humid. Lots of people must have agreed with my assessment of the day as the MUP was rather busy for that early in the morning. Lots of walkers, joggers, leisure riders and other commuters.

Got to work and was locking up my bike when I noticed my rear tire on my road bike is starting to show cord. I bought a new set of tires a few months ago anticipating that this set was reaching end of life. I'll replace them both over the weekend. Got more than 3700 miles out of this set of tires, which were the original tires that came with the bike. Not bad.

I did rotate these tires at around 2000 miles. I know Sheldon Browne was an advocate for not doing that, with the idea that you're moving the more worn tire to the front where you need the traction the most. However, I was unable to find replacement tires that matched the original equipment tire, so when I replaced one I wanted to replace them both so they matched. Any of my other bikes I really don't care and will run tires that look different on each wheel, but for some reason I'm a bit more vain with my fancy road bike. So I wanted to try and get the tires to wear out at about the same time so I could replace them at the same time. The new tires are Continental gp4000s which are easy to find, so now I can just replace each individual tire as it wears out and not futz with rotating them. Or maybe I'll try Sheldon's advice and as the rear tire wears out, put the new one on front and move the less worn front tire to the rear.

I could just about copy and paste [MENTION=175954]Tundra_Man[/MENTION] 's post. 16C/61F, sunny, bit of a breeze, with wet spots from overnight precipitation. And humid. Got to work soaked in sweat.

I also found some bald patches on the rear tire of my fixie, but I noticed before I left, so I rode a different bike. The bald spots kinda look like chunks of rubber were actually torn out of the tire, rather than just wear. Makes me wonder if Gatorskins are not good tires for a fixie with all those madd skidz I do. :) It was an old tire from a different bike.

I made it home after all, with that loosening axle nut. Heavy rain, not an unpleasant change of pace from the usual humid heat. It looks like rainstorms again this evening, but I'm feeling a bit more confident now that I have the right size wrench in my saddle bag.

I was riding along and a truck is coming up behind me, and I hear a "pop". I look back and the hood of the truck had flipped open. (One of those flip-forward-to-open type of truck hoods.)

I bought a new bike! I had +25,0000kms on the old one and everything was starting to wear at the same time. I bought a used cannondale caad10. Super stoked. I couldnt get one of the pedals off my old road bike last night, so i had to steal the captain's right pedal off my tandem. I rode to work this AM with mis-matched pedals but still loved it.

Yep, gotta work today. Low traffic on the roads and on these forums today. One of the hottest, muggiest mornings so far this summer. Last week's cool down was a short lived treat. I am off work tomorrow for the 4th, but may get a morning ride in anyway.

Halfway through the year and I am aiming for an arbitrary 6,000 miles for commuting this year. I am about 30 miles short of the 3,000 halfway point, but summer and fall usually have more weeks with higher mileage so I'm not worried about the minor shortage.

Monday morning.. so great! Energetic despite kayaking 9.3 miles yesterday. A bit muggy but a light breeze.

Roads were pretty quiet this morning. I'm guessing lots of people (not including me) decided to take the day off to make a long weekend.

I spent a few hours on Saturday putting new rubber on my road bike, cleaning and lubing the drivetrain, and giving the whole thing a much needed bath. Even went so far as to disassemble the cassette and scrub the gunk off the cogs. All shiny now!

Then 1/2 mile from home I came across a house who had one of their lawn sprinklers spraying directly into the road. This wasn't a slight overlap; this looked like the spray head had been installed 180 degrees backwards and was watering the pavement instead of the grass. I stopped and pondered the situation, not wanting to ride my freshly scrubbed bike through the mess (plus get sprayed myself in my work clothes.) I had only stopped for about 5 seconds when the zone finished it's cycle and the spray heads retracted into the ground. I then proceeded very slowly through the wet and made it to work without undoing all of my cleaning efforts.

I know my bike will eventually get dirty again. I just wanted it to stay clean for more than 1/2 mile. :)

Beautiful morning ride in, the weather is turning and looking more like early summer. The sky was clear, the sun was warm, the breeze was mild and I had a nice speedy ride in and I'm now feeling like my muscles had done some work. Most of the rest of this week is forecast for similar weather, rain on the weekend (of course!) and, if the long range can be believed, more sun next week.

Have a great day people!

Again, a great ride in this morning, warm, sunny, sweaty (oh, wait, that's me).

I had hoped to do a longer ride this morning, 22km/14mi instead of my usual 9km/6mi ride in but I have accepted a challenge recently to do extra fitness every day so last night, I did some bodyweight/calisthenic lower body exercises and I woke up a bit sore so I decided to do the regular route. Maybe tomorrow, I'll get out on my road bike and take the longer route (let's hope the weather holds up, I haven't checked).

Strange weather data this morning. Currently, just after 8am, TheWeatherNetwork is reporting that the current temperature is 17C, it reports that it was 15C at 5am and 11C at 6am, weird!

After my 9km ride home and dinner, I am going cycling with a friend who wants to learn her route into work (and back). Her work is 200m/yd from our home so I'll pick her and her bike up from her home, bring her to our home and we'll ride together back to her place and then I'll ride back home for an extra 21km (and then I have another fitness routine to do, upper body this time).

Have a great day and I hope my American friends had a great Independence Day yesterday (without the aliens though)!

A good day off for the 4th. I wanted to meet some friends who were going for a group run, but my bike lock was still at work (I normally leave it outside where I lock up). So I got out early enough to ride to the office, retrieve my lock, and ride back to the start of the run. Then we visited for a bit before I rode back home. 17.5 + 6 = 23.5 miles ridden. 7 miles run.

Quite muggy this morning, but an enjoyable enough ride in I suppose.

Ugh beat this morning, up till 11 last night with fireworks. Pleasant ride in with a sprinkle or two. Surprised I didn't hit any poppers along the way.

Well back to the grind after long weekend. Hope you Canadian guys didn't miss us too badly! 71F this morning and very humid - I was actually chilly.

Today is my first day back at work. My previous day at work was June 22, so it's been a while. I pushed myself to get on the bike, and that's a good thing. I didn't push myself to ride hard except for a couple of short segments. The weather is pretty mild for this time of year, not terribly hot or humid. But I just spend a week in the country, and being back in the city, it's easy to notice how much dirtier the air is here. Well, that's life, and there is still a benefit from cycling, even in dirty air.

Yesterday was the Fourth of July, and the Riverbank State Park has so much garbage littered all over it that it made me very sad. The city will pick it up quickly, but why do people have to do that?

Back in the saddle again!


Been a while; just short of four months since a medical issue kicked me off the bike (and a lot of other stuff!). Great ride this morning. It rained last night so the roads were wet and the air was humid, but everything is so much greener than my last bike commute! Traffic was light, which was nice. Magnolia trees are starting to bloom, and the crape myrtles are still in bloom. Didn't see any bluebirds, or hear any thrushes -- hope they're around this summer anyway.

64F, bright. Mountain hiding behind haze today but the clouds on the summit you can see.

A very pleasant commute this morning. I saw three animal cross the street together but they were two far ahead so I could not tell what they were. But they made it across safely.

Three separate deer crossings today too! As well as bunnies out the wazoo.

Back to commuting today. Last week I could do only one day.
Today morning it was a bit chilly!
Speaking of sightings, I saw a few bunnies and a deer sprinting into the woods. The sprint was a sight to see!

It sucks.no rain predicted today so here I am caught in a heavy thunderstorm about 14 mi from home without even a jacket. Predicted to last until 10 pm. Awaiting my rescue team. :( only 16 mi logged today.

Another pleasant uneventful commute this morning.

Yesterday's commute home was so nice. It was just the right temperature, not to hot yet not cold the air felt warm on my arms. I just want to ride in those conditions everyday!

Same here! Looks like we both are in the same region.
Yesterday's evening commute could have been a leeeeetle bit cooler though. Still, not a bad day at all.

We had a little thunderstorm come in right at 5pm yesterday. I managed to get about halfway home before it hit. I saw/heard two lightning flashes and thunder booms so headed for an underpass to wait it out. Ten seconds after getting under it the rain started. I waited for the worst of it to pass and then rode home in the lingering light rain. It cooled things off quite nicely and gave me a bit of a tailwind.
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Quite warm and muggy this morning: 73F and 93% humidity. I actually hope for the afternoon showers to happen these days to keep the forecast high of 93F in check.

past couple days have been quite muggy. [MENTION=366933]mgw4jc[/MENTION] cool picture and glad you had a place to hide the worst of it out.

I have not been on here in a while but I have still be commuting. :thumb: Tuesday for July 4th I rode with a friend 63 miles with 4393 ft of elevation gain. I rode up a mountain and saw 15% grade on my GPS. It was tough. My legs are tired but I have been still riding. I have been trying to dodge the thunderstorms this summer as well. it has been more challenging since I now get off earlier which seems to be when they hit. I have been pretty lucky so far though... we shall see.

enjoy the ride folks

A little warmer and rain. Hoping to dodge afternoon thunderstorms. I got honked at by a retirement home bus - just seemed wrong!

always hate it when the bunnies come out the wazoo...:roflmao2: you might want to get that checked out haha :innocent:

sorry it made me laugh

I replaced the worn out rear tire on my fixed gear, and while I was at it, replaced the chain too. I should have had the presence of mind at the bike shop to purchase a new cog too, 'cuz the new chain and old cog do not mesh well at all. So it will remain unridden until I replace the cog. Hopefully the chain ring is okay.

Rode my old steel Bianchi today, which is a lovely bicycle and doesn't get enough miles. Perfect riding weather this morning.

I'm on vacation this week. Mostly it's been family stuff but for tomorrow I've rented a sweet Ibis MTB to ride in UC Santa Cruz and Wilder Ranch while my wife takes kiddo and the babies to the Monterey Bay aquarium.

Headwinds and tiredness made for a slow crawl back home. But i got to look around a bit more than usual :)

78 degrees and muggy! Although had a good tailwind. Wore bike shorts for the first time today. I can see the allure to it.. and so can my wife...