Warm but wet ride this morning. I had planned to drive because the forecasters were calling for thunderstorms overnight and this morning, but it was dry when I got up. I checked the radar and there were just a few sprinkles around, so I decided to ride after all. However, those few little showers hunted me down on the way to work and I got fairly wet but not soaked. It was worth it to get a ride in, particularly since the weather is supposed to be nice this afternoon.

Commute was very smooth this morning. 42F with winds from the NNE @ 5mph. I left my house a little later than i was hoping but actually made it here the same time as i do leaving earlier. Normally it takes about 1.5 hrs, but today it only took 1hr and 15min to go 19.1 miles. Most of the stop lights that are usually red were green. It did seem traffic was a lot heavier though. They're expecting rain for the afternoon commute, so we'll see how that goes when i head home in about 6hrs.

Pleasant ride in, although rain's predicted for the trip home. There's been a fair amount of speculation at the C&V forum over what's been driving up prices on ten-speed frames from the seventies and eighties. Well, if scarcity has anything to do with it, then blame BU undergrads. Now that the weather's improving, Comm. Ave has become the scene of a constant parade of Peugeots, Raleighs, Schwinns (no Paramounts, though, as far as I've noticed), Bridgestones, (steel) Treks, Miyatas, Centurions, etc. Tip of the hat to these kids' good taste.

39F, sunny, damp

geared down from 42/17 to 42/18, big improvement on steady churn uphill to the office. Won't get to find out how it is on the screaming descents home until Thursday or Friday though.

My second day of commuting this season, and it was warm enough for short sleeves. I even left early today, and got to really stretch my time out. I even saw the old lady being walked by her tiny dog that loves to come toward me on my side of the path, I bet she missed me as much as I've missed her.

This morning was warm and almost, dare I say, muggy? Temps in the 50s but the humidity was sky high. Didn't get rained on but saw lots of ominous looking dark clouds around, which produced a lunchtime thunderstorm. Hoping for a dry ride home, but if not, that's why I got fenders! ;)

Friday afternoon on the way home got a flat. First one since I got my new MiniMorph over the holidays. Changed out the tube and was riding again in a few minutes. The MimiMorph worked great! Great little pump. Warned a few passing cyclists about the hard-to-see glass that caused it. Hopefully they were able to avoid it. It was the only thing that spoiled an otherwise delightful ride home w/ temps in the 60s and lots of sun. And even at that, the successful real-world trial of my MiniMorph made even the flat seem like not too big a deal.

Getting light just after 5.30am here which makes the cycle into work all the more enjoyable. It was a cracking morning but my colleague, whom arived about an hour behind me, was blown about and suffered severe rain. Must've caught that 'weather window' :).

However on the way back home it was BIIIIIG RAIN!!!!! Can't say it was a problem though

The afternoon commute heading home was a bit wet, but was expected and wasn't too horrible. 49F with scattered rain showers and winds from the E @ 7mph giving me headwinds. I finally got to see my fenders in action and they worked like they should. I ordered last gear but there was an issue with the shipping so i don't have it yet. I was supposed to have it by last Wednesday. Given the clothes that i wore because i was expecting rain, they held up pretty well keeping me relatively dry for the most part.

Hmmm... a lot of people talking rain. We're enjoying lots of sunshine. Started my commute in the mid 20's F and it topped 50F on the way home. Great bike commute. They have even swept up allot of the sand from the roads from the winter. Our snow is gone which is odd for this time of year.

Still off the bike from recent car/bike accident. Weather is getting nice too!

Soggy commute in to the city this afternoon for my night shifts. I've got those booties too but they really don't do anything for the rain except soak your shoes, good if it's cool out though, they do keep your feet warm. Temp was 6C at the start of my ride but went down as I approached Toronto, but I brought extra layers and put them on as it got cooler although the rest of my gear was pretty soaked and covered in road grime. Oh well all part of spring I guess. The ride was good but I'm looking forward to drier weather later in the week, don't mind cold on the bike but really could do without the damp.

Rain didn't materialize; bummer. It will never rain again because I have full fenders. The wind blew in the opposite direction it normally does today. I enjoyed not eating wind on the way home for a change.

A good ride in and the temps are still good at 3 C (38 F). A large police presence this morning around 5;15, and that is unusual. There was a fellow talking to himself in a bus shelter, but that is not unusual. He might have been speaking to me, but I don't hear well with my stretch hood on. When
I retire, I may take up residence in a bus shelter and speak to people as they come in, or to myself when no one is there.

For the second day in the row, showers moved through our area just as I was getting up and ready for work. Yesterday I rode through the rain, but today decided to drive -- mainly because I had an errand to run. I ordered a new rear wheel for one of my bikes the weekend before last, and when I inspected it after it arrived, it had a substantial dent in the rim. Not good, particularly for a brand new wheel. So I had to forsake riding one day so I can take the wheel by a UPS store to ship back to the bike parts company. I'm kind of ticked because not only am I missing a commute, but it will probably take 1-2 weeks before I get the replacement wheel. I am curious about the company's quality control because the wheel actually had an inspection tag hanging from it, and the dent is very obvious.

Soggy! Steady rain all the way in. Everything that shouldn't get wet was in plastic. Mid-30sF. I heard a Red-Winged Blackbird, so it's officially spring. :)

Riding home yesterday, I heard a metallic "pop" and knew I'd busted a spoke. Yep, rear wheel. Only slightly out of true, so I continued on my way, and of course I rode in this morning. Will go to LBS when it opens. Even MTB wheels can't take my abuse. :P

Nice this morning, temps in the mid 30's. Supposed to be in the low 60's on the way home tonight. Wednesday and Thursday may be a bit wet.

This weekends snow is almost gone. Time for spring.

Wow -- a revealing bit of introspection, there. :)
Rainy commute, but the truth is that I love rainy commutes. Part of that is the brevity of the ride; another part is that I feel I've finally figured out how protect my bike, and my person, and my stuff, from the rain.
I've put a couple of hundred miles on my B17 now, and it's fully broken in. It's got that ever-so-slight hammocky spring to it; and when I took a look this morning I noticed the sit-bone impressions. Yep -- she's all mine. :)

First bike commute in over a week. The wife had surgery last week and she requested I not commute in case I had to run home. Also, the weather has been crazy changeable- In one 24 hour period we had rain, then dry with 70 degree temps but 30+ mph winds, then snow. Craziness. This morning was pleasant though with a tailwind (which means headwind for the ride home). I was just shy of my shortest commute time. I also rode with the vintage Wrights saddle I bought off ebay that came in yesterday... nice.

My plan (nay, dream) is to become a Wal-Mart greeter and hand people their carts when I retire.

Nice clear morning. I decided to try the train this morning. It's only been running two days, so I was curious. It's alright I suppose. Still has some things that need to be worked out I think.

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Oh! I almost forgot. My pedal fell apart on me when I was just a few blocks from work. I figured out how to make it function OK, but I'm going to have to replace it. One of the rivets broke. Oh well, I have been planning to get some new platforms soon anyway.

traveling for work. Going to scope out a potential route from the motel today, hopefully bike it the next 2-3 days however long I'm out here.

Pleasant ride in this morning. -5C/23F when I left home. We had an inch of snow Sunday night, most of which melted off the main roads already, but left some ice behind in the residential areas. The mini plows were out last night clearing the MUTs, so that was nice. I won't be taking the studs off just yet, though. Got chased by a dog while its owner screamed at it. Guess she needs to watch more Dog Whisperer episodes.

There was a nice, light, gentle snow falling for the second half of my commute. I didn't see any other cyclists out, but I saw some tire tracks in the fresh snow, so at least one other person was out riding this morning.

Had an eye appt. this AM literally right next door to my apartment building, so the commute in was delayed until now (i.e., lunchtime). Nice ride in. Temps around 50, cool breezes. Stuck with shorts and a couple tee-shirts and was quite comfortable. The flow of tourists in town for cherry blossoms seems to be ebbing as it invariably does this time of year... don't mind tourists too much, but I do dislike, as a cyclist and when I'm on foot, the big groups or families that manage to take up the entire width of a 15 ft wide path, walk real slow, and pay no attention to their surroundings. Argh...

I managed to get my front derailleur readjusted Sunday night and have enjoyed having my big chainring back the last couple of days. Still use the middle chainring most of the time, but it's nice to have the bigger chainring, too, especially coming down the back sides of the overpasses.

Care to name the company? Just curious.

This is the biggest challenge to my commute in the Spring, and, it's not only the increased foot traffic but, the additional cars/busses as well. I will typically ride on the sidewalks from 14th/Constitution to the 14th Street bridge, particularly if I'm tired and don't have the steam to keep up with traffic. This time of year though, it's much quicker/safer, actually, to be in the street-even if I have to deal with more cars. I'm glad they come here and learn about our city but, they completely forget about common courtesy in the process, those few blocks can be excrutiatingly slow.

Otherwise, the rides have been nice, Summer's coming. I switched back to my timbuk2 messenger style backpack, it's a somewhat tighter fit than my regular backpack but, it offers much better water resistence-in fact, it's water proof which is good for what might be a really wet Spring. I'm hoping pull the fenders off by May and switch to faster rolling road tires. Have to replace brake pads, seat, too.

Thought I was going to get right hooked this morning. My own damn fault for not taking the lane more assertively. Just sort of zoned out there and next thing I knew a car was right on my left hip and gunning to get around. Hit the brakes, juked left and went around the other side.

Other than that, it was pretty uneventful.

It's been just fabulous. Still warm, some wind sometimes but not usually in the morning. Light traffic (although the baseball games start tomorrow so that'll all end in chaos - using bike video cam tomorrow to record ride near the stadium area as game ends and drivers get stuck in the construction..). Warm weather is great. I need to get my warm weather riding shirts out at this point already. Of course I may have just jinxed that.

Yesterday interesting incident: another cyclist & I waiting in right lane at light at Fairview/Denny. Tour bus on our left (I rode with him up Fairview - good driver). SUV behind us and a Metro bus behind him. Light turns green, cyclists proceed straight, SUV turns right onto Denny. Hear revving engine gaining speed behind me then "bbeeeeeeeeeeeep! beeeeeep! beeee...CRUNCH." The tour bus has completely pinned a little black Honda to the curb. Other cyclist and I look at each other, shrug, and proceed with no traffic following us (due to entire northbound lanes being blocked). Glad it wasn't us, but suspect that the driver of the bus, after the SUV turned right, was proceeding with a lane change and the little black car (fast accelleration) either made a quick right onto Fairview and tried to pass the bus, or zoomed from behind the bus and tried to pass (getting stuck behind us cyclists) and ended up in the blind spot of the bus.

Kinda chill this morning. Almost turned around and went back home. Not because of the weather, but I got a good distance from the house and realized that I didn't have my obnoxious yellow safety vest on.Oh well I have lights, I thought, Then a light fell off. Went back to get it. Then I realized I forgot my water bottle. Then as I was leaving work, I saw that my cage came off my pedal. Luckily I work at a machine shop and we have plenty of nut and bolts. But jeeze what a day.

it was raining. but I didn't care.

all because I have new rain gear.

A good ride in at 4 C ( 40 F). This afternoon is supposed to be warm, and sunny, so I will be looking forward to that. The wind was whipping up, especially on the top of the hills, hopefully that dies down. Warm winds are fine, but those chilly winds I can do without.