The commute was smooth this morning, but unfortunately nothing else really was. 48F and sunny with winds from the S @ 6mph. I always check my bike the night before to make sure everything is good, except last night. I came down this morning to a flat front tire. I replaced the bad tube with a new one and headed out to school. I almost didn't take the bike because of that, but decided to fix it. When i got to school, i was chaining my bike to the rack and heard a hissing sound. There was a piece of metal sticking out of the side wall of the rear tire. Before i head home i'll have to replace another tube. It's a good thing i have/had 2 spare tubes. I've gone about 1.5 months with commuting to school thru the streets of Springfield and about 3 months doing short trip around my town without a flat, then this occurs. The good thing is at least none of the flats happened during the commute out in traffic.

45F, grey.

2 other bikers in the cube farm today!

Temps hovering around the freezing point. Nice, uneventful ride. There were a couple of stretches where I was riding directly into the rising sun and could barely see beyond a few meters ahead. Made me a bit nervous to think about the equally blinded motorists travelling the same roads!

58F
Ripping Santa Ana headwinds all the way in.
Sneezing from all the Spring pollen.

About 60 this morning. For some reason I felt (and was) slower than I was yesterday. Okay, I felt like poop this morning, so the commute was reeeeely slow.

My commute was quite nice-- I picked up my bike last night from the shop- I got an over-due overhaul. It was like riding a brand new bike. Plus I stopped for a Belgian Waffle at the waffle van on the way down Market St.

A lovely Spring day. The commute was perfect. At 5.30am it was just right at about 10degC (don't do F just C I'm afraid) with a high of about 15degC on the way back. Wind was not annoying me today. The bike is running well after the refit and is infinitely more comfortable than it was. So looking forward to getting some big miles in. Todays highlight was spotting some roe deer on the way in just as the sunrise was taking hold. Yep...wish they were all like that.

Just back from a week's vacation in Ireland, so the 90 degree weather we encountered yesterday upon returning home was a bit of a shock to the system. And it's around today for my first commute back. Fun, fun, fun! The morning 70 degree commute was enough to convince me that a quick wipe down in the bathroom or a few swipes of dedorant weren't going to cut it anymore either. Took a full on shower when I got to the office today.

That said, and as much as I am grumbling about the heat, there was a nice tailwind this AM. That, plus my nicely rested legs (no cycling, just lots of walking and driving in Ireland) made it possible for me to make the 7 mile trek to work in just over 25 minutes. Just about the fastest I've ever done it.

Now it's time to go face the heat. I like biking around DC, but all those cyclists in Dublin seem to have the right idea - living somewhere where the temps aren't quite so high!

Today is not my day for commuting . It got up to 93F with sunny skies and winds from the WSW @ 13mph. I was at 3.5 miles into the commute home and had to end it early cuz i got another flat front tire. This morning it was flat, so i switch to a brand new tube. Before i left campus, i had to change the rear tube. When i was chaining it up to the bike rack earlier, i heard a hissing and found a metal piece sticking out of the side wall. I was having a great ride home and was staying steady at 23-24mph for a least a good mile, probably due to the wind helping. I usually do about 18-19mph in that area. While waiting to turn left at a light, i was planning to pull into a parking lot to check my bike because i heard a noise that sounded like something was vibrating around. When i left the light, before i pulled in the parking lot, i noticed my front tire was low. The noise ended up being a loose fender vibrating around. I pumped up the tire and waited to see if it would go down after a few minutes. I called my mom and gave her a heads up that i may need a ride, and sure enough, the tire went flat. I had to wait for about 30min for my mom to show up and got a ride the rest of the way home. Now i have to figure why my front tire went flat twice today. Sorry for such a long write up. Here's a pic of the metal piece and a pic of my bike while waiting for my ride.

I want to hold off leaving for a half hour, maybe the rain will slacken, but the babysitter is on the clock (spring break) and I don't value being dry *that* much...

Very Warm today! mid-80's!

Nice to ride with fewer clothes. Made good speed in and home. Rode bike path and it was mobbed with pedestrians, runners and slow cyclists but I still enjoyed it. I hammered through the empty stretches and occasionally slowed to a crawl. It was like doing wind sprints.

Nice warm ride in at 21 C ( 70 F). Last summer there were only a handful of 20 something C ( 70 F ) mornings. It all changes tonight as something comes in and cools it all down, hopefully not too much. Yesterday, I found a flat tire on the way out. I pumped it up and got about a mile before I had to
change the tube. It had two patches already, and no apparent reason for the flat, so I put a new tube in, and hopefully, it holds up for awhile. With all the glass, nails, screws and debris on the side of the road, I am happy it does not happen more often. The last time it happened, I was surrouned by 5 ft hight snowwalls, with no other place to change it than right a patch of sidewalk. Yesterday, was warm and sunny.

My recommendation is to lock your cable to the bike when you travel so you have to have your keys with you to lock it up. That's what I do anyway and it works for me.

Overcast, mid 40SF, with a helpful tailwind. Saw two cyclists going the other way, lots of night crawlers (worms) on the road, a suicidal squirrel, and the pair of ducks are back at our office. They come back every year and set up camp. People bring them food and water.

Nice, fast ride in this morning. I was struggling at first but then sat in the pocket of a speedster on a fixie after he passed me, he was flying. I caught up and let him pull me along, all the way from the airport to the DC side of the 14th street bridge. He then turned toward Hain's Point and I continued in to work. It was a lot of fun, we must have been averaging low's 20's although, I'm only going by feel since my computer has been off the bike for about a month.

Also, I did my good deed for the week yesterday. I came up behind a guy on a nice Masi road bike. I was looking at the bike as I waited to pass, and noticed that both of his wheel quick releases were in the open position. I mentioned this to him as I passed but, he didn't seem to understand. We both stopped and I showed him how to properly tighten his skewers and secure his quick releases. He had simply hand tightened them as much as he could. I explained how to adjust them and that a properly adjusted and closed skewer will apply much more clamping force than he could possibly do by hand tightening. I felt pretty good that he could safely finish his ride without the possibility of (both) wheels falling off (patting myself on the back right now).

Wow -- sorry to hear about your rotten luck. When it rains, it pours.
Speaking of which, I'm looking back on all the Noahic flooding we got over the past month and marveling at how fast the rain ate up my four-week-old brake pads. The fronts are worn down so much that all that remains of "Kool Stop" are the tops of the K and S. It's clear I need a new set. To those of you who live in monsoon climates: is it normal to replace your pads once a month?

Had a flat on the ride home yesterday. 42 degrees riding in this AM. Chilly.

Computers dead, don't seem to miss it.

The cycle is broken. Like pathdoc said, a little chilly this morning (43 when I left the house), and the morning tailwind was a calmer headwind. But.... the payoff comes this afternoon. Instead of riding into 20-30 mph headwinds, I'll have a 10 mph tailwind, with temps in the mid to upper 60s. I can't wait for quitting time! Also, on the way home this afternoon I'll pass 1000 miles for the year.

Rode to wal-mart, had to lock up in the garden center though. Bought a few things, get home and realize I need to return something but it is about to start storming so it looks like this trip will be in the car. Better foresight next time I suppose.

The ride though was very nice. Light traffic and it was breezy and cool because of said storm coming.

30mph rear winds. Nice, but weird. Almost ran into something because I didn't realize how fast I was going and had to slow down to make the slight turn. At home I realize I made the best time ever, and didn't even try.

blinding sun, gusting winds, freaky sleet/snow/mist

Last night was a good commute for the most part. I couldn't help but give a d-bag the finger twice last night, though. Honked at me a couple times and then passed aggressively. This on a road w/ sharrows. Guess he didn't get the concept. Not surprising. Oh, and as is so typically the case, the bad driver was a Maryland driver. Predicatble. So I gave him the finger as he passed. He get past me only to be held up waiting for a left turn at the next intersection 400 feet up the road. As I passed his car as he waited to turn left, I couldn't help but flick him off again. He deserved it.

I don't encounter that type of driver too terribly often and I can usually let it slide and forget about it, but not last night. Maybe it was the heat, or the jet lag, or... I dunno. Anyway, only downside to an otherwise good commute, and it happened in the last 1/4 mile, so at least the first 6.75 miles were unspoiled by a-holes.

Today - hot and windy... at least it was a nice tailwind on the way in around noon after a morning medical appointment. I am looking forward to tomorrow when the highs are supposed to return to a more seasonal 60-something degrees. I need to ease into this summer thing. Not a big fan...

The first seven miles weren't that good. It took me forever to warm up and settle into a good groove. The fact that my RD is still broken and I'm running singlespeed (50x17) doesn't help, either. Especially with how windy it's been. Can someone tell me why every wind is a headwind?

The last half was better, my legs are remembering how to do what they do. Gonna try a new route home after work, mostly along a canal road that Google Maps has suggested. Hooray adventure! Hopefully I'll get my new RD, chain, and grip tape ordered tomorrow as well.

I wimped out. 60mph wind gusts seemed scary.

Nice sun->hail->sun transition