I'm not sure what is more disagreeable. Getting soaking wet riding without any rain gear, or getting hot and steamy while wearing rain gear. Riding home, it's a no-brainer. I'll get wet. But I hate showing up at work in soaking riding clothes.

So...It was raining this morning. Low 60sF. No wind.

It was raining like crazy today. I didn't bother putting my rain coat on. I just hung my stuff up and let the A/C drying in my office. As I left work for the library it rain again. Suprising enough it didn't rain on the way home from the library.

nice ride today if you like to swim. 73 deg. 94% humugity. lord it was wet. clear sky at 5:30 am with stars shining, Moon blazing, and the birds cheering me on. wonder though do the birds stop making all that racket after I pass by or is that going on all the time at that time of day? Sunrise was pretty spectacular this morning. Bright red/pink clouds spread all over the eastern sky. should have had my camera. oh well. will just have to remember it. hmmm.... red sky at night sailors delight, red sky at morning sailors take warning... uh oh... ride home might be a little dicey today.

Yesterday: I took the long way home from the train, and got caught in a deluge. My new summer rain attire is, unsurprisingly, is merely water resistant. My stuff was still wet this morning, despite hanging it up to dry promptly when I got home last night.

Today: surprisingly, we didn't get the forecasted rain.

Finally saw the sun today, but it was incredibly humid. I really don't mind this weather, but my ride was horrible because my knee was killing me. Normally when it is sore, it never bothers me while I ride, only walking up stairs. But today, it hurt like crazy, despite the compression band. I hope the ride home is better.

A beautiful morning here in DC. Sunny, not too hot, no rain. I saw lot's of bikes on the way in this morning.

Nice ride in, only remnants of last night's rain and humid. I slept in a little as I wasn't even going to come in today (awaiting arrival of new flat panel TV) but decided to at the last minute-if for no other reason that to get a ride in (it's shaping up to be a very quiet day around here). Also, will leave around 11 since delivery time is of the always appreciated "four hour window" variety. Good news is I'll have time for lunch then a nice, little nap. I'm going to take my time and not push too hard, I want to save something for tomorrow's training ride.

Last night's ride home was eerie..It had rained on and off most of the night and by the time it was time to go, Pea Soup fog had rolled in.Visability was about 100 feet.Kind of scary to ride in trafic but I didnt have any problems.Looks like rain for tonight.

Agreed w/ fellow DC commuters. Today was pretty nice. I miss the 50 degree mornings of a couple months ago (more my style weather-wise than this realtive heat and humidity), but still not too bad today. July and August will be painful for this lover of cool temps, though...

Saw more bikes this morning than any other day this week. And some of them even responded to my nods/waves/good mornings. Passed a rider sitting in the grass along Ohio Dr. Slowed to make sure he was OK... said it was just a flat which he had the tools to fix, so on I went.

Highlight of the commute was taking advantage of newly established access to shower facilities here at work after the ride in. Very nice to be able to rinse off and wash up before heading up to my desk. Ahhh... cleanliness.

Looking fwd to a nice ride back to Alexandria after work and (hopefully) squeezing an hour-or-two morning ride into what is sure to be a busy weekend schedule.

brisk, cloudy, fixed

man, tight groin from fixie-ing the other day. Stretched more yesterday, going to stretch more today. Is it fixed, or is it a different width between the cranks (both are variations from the usual geared ride)

Perfect day today. Actually not a bad week weather wise although it still is a bit cool around here. Did a 4 out of 5 for the week.

No major incidents, actually had a guy in a car appologize for having his car sticking out to far in the bike lane while he was waiting to make a right turn.

Also saw a guy on his commuter riding along in bare feet!! Looked like that may be a bit painful.

That's what crushed me as a kid switching from a coaster-brake cruiser w/ barefoot friendly plastic platforms to a 10 spd huffy, those damn metal cage pedals.

Yesterday, I awed some high school guys with how fast I was going during one stretch. They made to catch up to me at a light to express how cool they thought it was (they were on BMX bikes).

aint that the way!

Today I rode my TT-fied Trek (aerobars + forward seatpost + rear wheel cover = poor man's TT bike). Going to try and get my fitment right on the way home tonight. Already in 20 minutes this morning, I'm pretty sure I need a lower/longer stem.

Ride in and back all good. Stupid headwind on the way back of course. I found a bouquet of flowers on my way home though.

Rode 20 km today, to downtown and back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKCnHWas3HQ Reading that made me think of that song!

I had a nice sunny ride today. I took the scenic route. Surprisingly, I didn't see a lot of other cyclists. One less car, indeed ...

Easy ride in today, 60 F (16 C). Although, this weekend down on the eastern shore, where everthing is flatter made me jealous. Flat riding is really nice and nothing seems to tire. Hills are a fact of life, but I can do without them.

overcast; 50s; I was slow with average speed dipping to 15.3; left ankle has been bothering for a week or two; it could use an epsom soak and a wrap; maybe 2nite

~60F this morning. Wind light & variable. Lots of those cottony things floating around in the air.

On Saturday I cleaned up my bike. I forgot my spokes were shiny. The cassette is all clean and nice. The chain looks new. I had it soaking in pro-link over night.

Easy ride this morning. A little warm, mid-70s, but enough of a breeze to keep it fresh. A brief encounter with a dog but I saw him before he noticed me, I dismounted and walked about 100 feet before he wandered off in another direction and I got back on.

I did a hard (for me) 46 mile breakfast ride Saturday, so my 7 mile commute is nothing in comparison.

Tough ride in: sore legs and really tired-a real struggle. I did a 30 miler yesterday with the focus on hills training, well, one hill in particular. It's not a huge hill but fairly steep (steeper than anything I face on my commute) and the 30 miles weren't a problem but, I rode the hill 6 times in succession while staying seated and in my big ring. I'd crest the hill, rest for a minute or two, and do it again. I wasn't puking or anything but, it's more than I've been used to doing. Legs did ok but I'm really feeling it this morning. Then, our son had us up several times last night; allergies (lots of coughing/crying). So, I'm exhausted today with rubbery legs. I took it easy, spinning and coasting quite a bit. Kept my speed around 15/16 mph. for most of the ride. I'll focus on recovery in the early part of the week and am planning another training ride next weekend. I think I've finally figured out how to incorporate an early weekend training ride while managing: household chores, a baby, the wife, etc-looks like it'll be a good summer.

The end of my commute is a 1.5 mile climb. Halfway up it it felt like someone was holding a brake closed on my rear wheel (and since it is a fixed gear with no rear brake, I had no clue what was wrong). The road doesn't have a big shoulder, so I just pushed through and got to the top. When I got there I saw I didn't tighten the bolts enough when I put my rear wheel back on last night and it slipped. I rode 3/4 of a mile uphill with my rear tire rubbing against my frame...I guess that is one way to get a workout though

First ever commute by bike this morning. I figured it'd be worth doing and gives me another excuse to ride the Raleigh. 16.8 miles in, 58 minutes to get to work and felt pretty good - 34 and 27 milers over the weekend. Normally a 25-30 minute drive(14.5 miles), but gotta take a longer route with the bike. I think I could get used to this commuting by bike thing. Great way to start my day Now I just gotta get home