Light rain or spitting overnight so roads were damp but drying and air was very humid and at 13C/55F, it was a bit of a cool start to the 46km/28.6mi ride in to work (extended commute). I am pleased with my average speed of 27.4kph/17.0mph given the 491m/1610ft climbing over the distance. I have a charity ride in mid-September that I'm training for: 4 days, 4 Centuries, but it is relatively flat with about a total of 1,900m/6230ft climbing over the 4 days. Compare that with this morning's ride, repeated enough times to complete a Century would amount to 1,710m/5600ft so today's ride was essentially harder than what I will encounter on the ride.

The sky was clear and, when the sun rose, sunny and it warmed up nicely as the ride progressed. Another 17km home tonight. But tomorrow, via a combination of the same ride into work, to my in-law's after work, then home again, anywhere from 81km/50mi to 98km/61mi to 127km/79mi for the day (we'll see how I feel).

Rain, rain, rain... I waited at home for it to subside a bit which in hindsight was useless. A couple miles into my commute I rode right back into it. The goal for today will be avoiding thunderstorms on the way home. On the plus side I got to test my new rain jacket - I think I like it!

I reached a point on yesterday's MTB ride home where I thought, you know, I don't really care to do any more bicycle riding this week. Unfortunately that point was halfway home! I pressed on my MTB route instead of turning onto the street, but regretted it. I had to stop for a break several more times in the next 2 miles. It wasn't my bum ticker, breathing was fine too. Maybe I bonked a little. I ate a pack of Nutter Butters and drank a half liter of water soon as I got home.

57F and overcast. There was one car here but building was still locked; then I saw the guy getting out of the car! So I had to race to pull my keys out of the pocket of my shorts that were stuffed in the bottom of my backpack to beat him in (and also disarm the alarm with the keypad at my door when his doesn't have a keypad). Victory!

Well I've pretty much always ridden a bike because I liked to, not for the sake of fitness, though I was happy to have the benefit incidentally. Only in the last three years or so have I had goals of fitness, and having a bike commute is a big part of making and meeting goals.

Last night, I rode home gently, as not every ride has to be a training ride.

I rode into work today for the third day this week. I don't have many weeks where I ride for three days, so this is good. I've decided that the new stem and handlebar arrangement is an improvement but needs further improvement. Maybe the handlebars are too narrow and also too high. The position I have is comfortable on my back but for some reason doesn't encourage me to stand up. My knees are too close to the bar ends.

It's neither warm nor cool today. I guess that's called tepid. I'm tired of stinking up my synthetic jerseys, so today I wore a thin wool t-shirt under a synthetic jersey. It was warmer than I'd like but not uncomfortable, and it did help wick sweat away.

I hang my cycling clothes on a stool and blow a fan onto them. In a few hours, they dry. I hope I'm not stinking up my office for my officemates. I think I better ask them.

Last night, someone passed me and said I have a gorgeous bike. I said the same to him and laughed.

I am so glad I did not chicken out of bike commute today morning when I looked at the weather prediction. There was a 60% chance of rain and thunderstorms in the evening. But come 4PM and nothing but a few drops of rain. And that too went away a few minutes into the ride.

It was 103* F on the way home using my not so fast commuter. Hopefully my bike mechanic will get my rear tubeless tires replaced for my faster commuter bike.

A good 15 miles this morning. Still quite warm with high humidity. Glad to see Friday get here. I need to do a good bike cleaning this weekend. It's been a few weeks since the last one.

I hate when that happens! I had the same yesterday on the ride home but was because I was soaked, could hardly see, rain wasn't letting up, and just wasn't having fun! Working from home today so will probably start jonesing to ride. Never satisfied

Took the day off because it is my son's birthday today. He turns 2.
But still managed to get out on my "other" bike and put some miles on it. I need to build some trust with that bike.
Even though I didnt commute today, I felt like checking this thread out to see how everyone else's commute went :)

52F, overcast

Light rain when I left the house, got progressively heavier. Glad I arrived when I did, now it's pouring!


Light rain, dark skies; I wanted to have a backup blinky just in case. Well, the USB light I charged overnight didn't hold the charge, and it's been too long since daylight time started for the other one to have any charge left at all. One battery-operated blinky still worked, and of course the dyno lights were bright. Still got one smart aleck who felt compelled to yell, "Mumble bumble wet..."

Another really good day. Abeit a bit more humid than earluer this week. The cool temp and low hunidity on Tuesday was sublime. :) I felt like I could ride a gear higher and I did at most points. I rode from home Tuesday and Thursday. So ~160 miles for me this week. Yeeay.

Beautiful weather again! So many commuters out. Love it.

A co-worker asked a question this morning, that I actually had to think about for a second or two. Do you bike commute just to get to work, or because you really like to bike?

Habitually, I'd answer without a second thought, I do it for fun. But after that many commutes, yeah sometimes I'm just getting to work. A little bit of both.

54F today morning when I left the house. By evening, it will rise up to 86F!
I took a shorter route today. It goes through Nashua downtown and shaves off 7 miles from my usual route. I didn't enjoy it as much as my normal route though. Too many traffic lights.

We finally got that break in humidity over the weekend. Sunday was beautiful and I got out for a 20 mile leisure ride. Most of my rides fit in the transportation category, so it's nice to just ride once in a while. It was so much fun I made a smile on the map.

A nice cool morning at 61F and continued low humidity. Felt like fall. Loved it.

I did have one lady not yield in a round-about this morning. I was plenty visible but she just kept going with her coffee cup in hand looking at me as I shook my head at her.

What a beautiful day to commute... 59F out the door this morning! I haven't commuted much the last two weeks because of my work/travel schedule, so this was a very nice way to get back into commuting rhythm.

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Only rode 175 miles in July. Lowest mileage July I've had in years.

The good news is I still rode every single day I went to work. I just took a lot of time off this month for various reasons.

My first day to ride to work in almost a month! Me and the heat/humidity don't get along well, so I've only been riding to the gym before work. We're finally getting a break from the heat, so I hope to get back on my schedule of riding to work 3 days a week. Hopefully the weather-guesser is right and we won't get above 90 all week! It's been almost 100 for over 2 weeks!
I did get a nice surprise today though! There was a nice, new layer of asphalt on the worst section of my route! Between that and catching about half of the stop lights green, I was smiling when I got to work today!

I came whipping around a corner this morning, taking the turn a bit wider than I should, and low and behold, there comes a car. So, I had to lock em up and slide over to the right. I cringed, not because of the near miss, but because I knew what sliding like that must have done to my tire, which has about 4000 miles on it.

Sure enough. Looking at it when I got to work showed a nasty gouge and a big bare spot where the threads now showed through. Damn! I was hoping to get at least two more weeks out of that tire. Now, I have to change it tonight...if I even make it home.

For me, I think its: Feel good keeping in shape, like to bike, avoid bus/train issues, meet other cycling peeps, get to work.

It was another really nice ride into work from home today. Nice and cool at ~70F. My left crankarm started creaking more this morning. It just needs to be removed and cleaned. I also put some blue locktite on the crank bolts. But they still seem to come loose after a day or two. :( I also think I have more issues with this Token BB (as opposed to the Campy BB). The crank bolt is missing a washer on the token one so that might help explain the boot loosening.

I saw one of our itinerant tenants yesterday, parked in front of the grocery store, with bar-ends mounted inboard as hooks for his crutches. But can he ride the bike? Dunno. Are they a prop in the one sense, or the other?

The weather forecast sounded like it was saying I'd be a fool not to ride in. I think I broke my record again today, riding into work. I'm on fire.

No commute today, compressed schedule required in the morning. No commute tomorrow, dentist appointment at lunch time.

Yesterday I rode back through the shorter route as well, the one that takes me through downtown. It was NOT at all enjoyable. Bad roads, worse sidewalk, ton of traffic lights and impatient drivers. Went back to my 17.5 mile route today morning. Nice cool 65F weather.

A good morning ride for 16+ miles. Still really nice out with temps in the low 60s and low humidity. I'm not sure when it will be back to normal, but I'm enjoying it while I can.

Beautiful morning for a ride, cool and clear. It's also the last day before school starts, so I took the long way in for the first time in a while. Road construction had badly screwed up that long route, but they finished the part I take over the weekend.


Re: school. What's up with starting so early? We only started before Labor Day one time that I can remember, and that's because Labor Day was the 7th that year.

Don't keep us in suspense -- did that bald, worse than bald, tire get you home last night?