augustgarage

Had my first commute into work this morning - 16 1/4 miles one-way, not counting a couple stops on the subway. Despite getting momentarily lost (trapped at the Mormon temple in fact), and having my brand new Brooks Team Pro saddle fall off on Santa Monica Blvd, I still got in slightly faster than I would have by bus.

Looking forward to the afternoon commute!

Sixty Fiver

Yesterday...



Today is a slush-fest.

asphalt junkie

Yes I rode yesterday and today. Still have my winter tires on so I figured what the hell. Last night was a bit dicey for me. Strong winds, low visibility and little margin for error on roads put me on edge. My ski goggles helped but even those kept getting frosted over. I, too, got the slush spray repeatedly. But I made it home safely and have a story to tell. One guy rolled his window down at a stoplight and offered me a lift. I appreciated the offer but I was almost done by then.

This morning was much better. Still snowing but the roads weren't bad. Much slush but mostly wet pavement. It was fun and I arrived about as quickly as usual.

Chalupa102

A lot smoother commute on the way home. A few morons on the road in the Springfield area, but that's really nothing new though. 53F with sunny skies and winds from the NNW @ 17mph giving me a nice tail wind for most of the ride. The tail winds helped me to keep a pretty fast pace on the flats.

Sentinel04

Had a great ride to work and an even better ride back. For some reason, even though the elevation change is more challenging, biking home is so much fun. Before I get on the Custis trail I have about a half mile of street biking which is probably my favorite part, oddly.

bugly64

Decided to stop for breakfast at Hardee's this morning before work. I went 4 miles in the opposite direction for two sausage cheese biscuits and a small Diet Coke. It warmed up nicely and the wind wasn't harsh for the ride home making it great commute day.

Sentinel04

What is the temperature like for your morning and afternoon commute?

scroca

I don't normally post to this thread unless something unusual happens, like this morning. I ran over a possum. It was dark and foggy so I suppose that's why I didn't see the critter until it was too late. Got it with both tires.

bugly64

27F is what it's been lately, but this is Great Falls, Montana and the weather is not easy to predict or plan for this time of year.

bugly64

Afternoon has been from 40-60F but it could been freezing and snowing almost immediately.

buzzman

Oh what a great commute day. Rode in this morning then checked my voice mail in the afternoon to discover my wife decided to ride in and would be leaving work around the same time as me. Her workplace is about 15 minutes closer to our home so I booked over and met her and then we did the ride home along the bike path together. Sweet ride. I can't believe it- she's done one other commute day this year (about a week ago) and other than that hasn't been on the bike since December 4th. She rode like she'd been riding all winter- so much for me feeling like I've been riding all winter and I'm in great shape. She moved along just as if she'd ridden all winter.

Once the snow and ice is gone she is obsessed with her bike commute. I couldn't be happier about it.

clg

Day 3 of my return to bike commuting ended with a nice ride home in the dark, light traffic. The ride in was beautiful, 70's with a tail wind. I got my new set of lights today; Magicshine 1400's, now all I have to do is convince Geoman that it's missing the attachment to mount of the handle bars. I sent him some pictures today. I'll let you know how they are once I start using them.

fletchh

A mindless ride in, until snapped back to reality by a trash truck waiting for me to get through one of the speed slowers for cars. It was uphill and I just didn't feel rushing. Temps are steady, 3 C ( 36 F ), this time of year. You people out west keep that slush stuff to yourselves, we don't want
any of it here.

vtjim

Sunny, 30F, bit of a headwind. Starting to see more cyclists in the morning, and a lot more in the afternoon. Yesterday I was hanging out behind a couple of roadies. They stopped after about 4 miles so I attached myself to a guy on a hybrid for another half mile until he turned.

I'm thinking about converting my old Peugeot frame to fixed. I say that every spring, and then I don't do it.

Doohickie

Last night's thunderstorms were done by this morning when I rode in and roads were mostly dry. I decided to take the highway bridge over the Trinity River which turned out to be a good move. When I got up to the low water crossing where I usually cross, it was flooded. Rode into a pretty good headwind this morning but it was tolerable, knowing that it will be at my back this afternoon.

2su

bikes in the shop... didn't feel like breaking out the tank so took the train. it sucked.

groovestew

Little less than ideal today. Feeling a bit under the weather today, but rode anyway. Temperature at about -5C/23F and breezy, but it was mostly a cross wind, so nothing too nasty. The derailleur cables were gummed up or something, because the bike wouldn't shift at first. I pulled into a parking lot to see if I could get things moving, and managed to get a limited gear range - two cogs in the back, two rings up front, and that was enough to get me to work. I'm hoping that it was just ice and that parking my bike in a heated underground parkade will fix that up.

Still plenty of ice and snow on my route, but today is supposed to be nice (up to 8C), and if the weekend is as nice as is currently being predicted (12-13C), that should take care of the rest of the ice and snow on the roads and trails.

tarwheel 

Topped 800 miles commuting and 1500 miles total biking YTD this week. The weather is typical for spring around here - chilly mornings and warm afternoons with 30+ degree swings in temperature. So my seatbag is stuffed with bike clothes in the afternoons.

clg

Not bad for a first commute. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Good luck.

bugly64

It felt a lot cooler than it was this morning. I made it to work and had to high tail it to the clinic because I forgot about Physical Therapy (Pure Torture) appointment for my back pain. I hauled $100 worth of groceries home from the commissary without any issues. I don't even think about how much I am buying now that I have a Dummy.

Doohickie

The commute home was great. Still lovin' my new old Wrights saddle on the commuter. Warm temps in the 60s and a strong tailwind. What more can a commuter ask for?

buzzman

Something happened on my commute in this morning that was noteworthy and I can't, for the life of me, recall WTF it was.

heywood

Buzzman, that's usually not a good sign.. sure you didn't get hit on the noggin?

-5 this morning. Better than the -9 forecast but we've got a 30km north wind fortunately i'm riding south and it's supposed to dissipate this evening.

vtjim

Winter is back! 20F / -7C, sunny, with a gnarly tailwind shoving my tired @$$ down the MUP. It's extra nice because I had a strong tailwind pushing me home yesterday afternoon.

Before I left for work, I saw several wild turkeys and 4 or 5 deer in the woods behind our house. We live in a zoo!

Pig_Chaser

-4C with a headwind brrr. I hunkered down in the drops and still managed to make good time.