Nice cool morning. 80 on the way back. No ragin cagers,...no salmon (some sidewalk riders though). Stopped by the LBS to get my front inner tube replaced as I don't have the proper tools yet. It was busy so the LBS owner bought me a coffee (iced mocha breve) at the cafe next door. Talk about awesome customer service.

A lovely ride in the upper 70s (middle 20s C). It is supposed to be cooler this evening and tomorrow morning, but that is all realtive in good weather.

Didn't happen. I was dressed and ready to go but, walked outside to another flat. This with a new (loaner) wheel, tube, and tire. My wheel is still in the shop awaiting the installation of a new axle. I was running late and didn't even investigate this one, my guess is that the tube's valve stem was cut by the wheel as the shop put a presta valve in a rim drilled for schrader-the valve stem was noticably crooked and was probably cut. Monday was my first day back on the bike after a week's vacation and, after numerous flats (4 or 5) in the weeks preceding vacation. So, I can't seem to win, I might take the week off while I re-evaluate the situation, it's gotten too frustrating at this point.

Nice day today, sunny, cool, and calm. First ride since GRABAAWR legs still a bit sore.

woke up late after getting no sleep and rushed out the door without breakfast or coffee. took the hybrid/winter commuter. getting the feel was a little funky but it's a comfy bike so the ride was quite pleasant. the new chain and freewheel were smooth. still kinda funny riding a bike with fenders this time of year ...

13.3 miles
28.9 max
15.6 max
51 min saddle time

Had a flat when I got downstairs to my bike last night. Slow leak of some sort, cuz no holes were visible. Something wrong w/ the valve perhaps? Anyway, threw on my spare tube and got it inflated enough to get to where I needed to go and then on to home.

The ride in this AM was really nice. On the cloudy side, which kept down the heat from the sun, and yesterday's afternoon thunderstorms really dropped the humidity a lot (and the temps some, too). It all made for a comfortable ride to work.

In other good news, I'm getting my first Surly! OK, not a bike - just a fork... I've been wanting to replace the crappy suspension fork on my hybrid for a while now, and a friend (who's a mechanic at an LBS) texted me to tell me he could get me a new Cross Check fork from a friend of his for $40 that would work for my bike. It's w/in about 10 mm of what I calculated I'd need (in terms of suspension-corrected axle to crown) to replace my current fork, so I asked him to get it for me. I hope to be able to pick it up Thursday. Who knows when I'll get it installed - maybe Saturday AM at the co-op. Nonetheless, I'm excited to make the switch to rigid. It'll be nice.

Took the Central Valley Greenway in today again. I'm getting better at this route. I'm trying to stretch my commutes out this week to make up for the extra long Canada Day weekend coming up.

drank too many beers at the ball game last night... combined with late-night dominoes pizza resulting in a less than optimal ride in to work this morning.

50F and grey. Still, at least. Expect wind going home tonight.

Last night ride home had to deal with headwinds most of the 8.5 miles, so it was a slow ride. This morning was 55* and overcast. It was a busy commute, saw an all time high number of commuters, 9. Sure have been enjoying the Axiom Seymour panniers, makes loading and unloading so much easier.

Happy to report I didn't have a flat...but my wife did. On her car!

When we bought the new house a few weeks ago my wife predicted she'd get a flat on the car because of all the nails and screws lying around. Sure enough, when I changed her tire it had a nice screw sticking out of it.

My ride was uneventful.

I went to bed late and had a headache when I woke up but I didn't let that stop me from riding my bike back and forth to work. 60 degrees heading in about 75 on the way home. Perfect weather. Got passed and cut off by a right hand turning cager on the way home. It was inconsiderate and dangerous but I made it out alive.

A beautiful day. 76 degrees, a bit chilly compared to last week. Nice, nice ride.

Hey a fellow CVG user! Where abouts do you start and end on CVG?

I start around Hume Park and continue on into Vancouver.

good ride home. love to sweat! :-) the traffic cops working the repaving detail got an eyeful as I accelerated explosively through their section (only when waved through of course!)

Absolutely freaking beautiful! 70'ish with low humidity, nicest day in a couple of weeks. High today only supposed to be in the low 80's.

Was the slowest ride I've had in a bit simply because I was sucking in all the wonderful weather and wasn't in a hurry at all to be at work.

It was a bit of a chill downhill this morning at 62 F ( 16 C). The legs had energy today, and I just wish I could figure out how to make that happen every day.

55 degrees and beautiful morning. Did not feel too good though. Feel much, much better now. Ready to ride home, problem is gotta work 8 more hours.

Upper 50sF with a headwind. Slow & easy this morning, at least until the end. I passed a father & son riding together. I think father was commuting to work, and son was going to school. Then I caught a commuter on a hybrid. He was doing 13-16MPH. I thought I'd just stay behind him and take it easy. Well, someone else was reeling us in, and just as that person was about to catch us, the guy I was following went a different way. So I dropped the guy who was previously reeling us in. Silly.

I got SMOKED! but it was OK. I was cruising at a nice 17 mph up a grade and then I heard a little wind and a "good morning" as I turned my head. as he passed he smiled and looked at my suspension fork. he was older than me and a black ninja with a black backpack. he was working hard to pass me but he didn't let up and was soon out of sight. when I get passed these are the guys I like passing me.

13.39 miles
26.7 max (I guess I took it easy this morning)
15.6 avrg
51 min saddle time

Very nice ride in this morning, a little cooler than it has been.

18 miles
16.8 av
1:04 min ride time

Another beautiful day, cool, calm and sunny, with almost no traffic.

Great ride home last night! Lower 70s temps, no humidity, light to no wind. Coming out of Clarkston I see an older guy on a MTB, stopped, talking to woman about her dog. I continue on riding on the road should, about 1/4 mile down the rode passing over I-75, out of the corner of my eye I see something pass me on the bike path. Dammit! Dig in a little to catch him, just as am approaching the other side the light changes as he speeds ahead. By the time the light changes he has a good 1/8th mile lead going into back to back hills. The chase is on! As he is cresting the 2nd hill I close to within 50 yards-- as I crest the hill he is now 200 yards ahead. Dammit! I'm riding my super fast Specialized TriCross and he's on a Schwinn MTB with Knobby tires. I continue the chase and a mile later I am on his tail. Continue up another small hill, thru an intersection and pull beside him. Old guy? I'm 56 years young--he looks to be mid to late 40s. How far you going I ask? Glass Road is his reply. "I'm going to Glass Road also, I live up on Granger road" I say. We ride the rest of the way to his corner leisurely pedaling along talking about where we work, whats the best routes etc. First time I've seen him and he lives about a mile away from me! Small world! I bettered my best time by 6 minutes, so the chase really helped push me. My best ride of the year!!! This morning was cool, but once again made great time.

Good commute yesterday, although something on the bike just doesn't seem quite right. The handling seems sluggish and loose. I stopped a couple of times and looked, but I can't seem to find anything wrong with it. Total mileage was 13.6, with an average speed of 10.0. That's an improvement from last week's best average speed of 9.8. I'm a Clyde on a hybrid with balloon tires, so anything over walking speed is a win for me .

This morning was fantastic. I was actually quite chilled when I started out, which is very unusual for the end of June in sw Ohio.

New route with new scenery, which is unfortunately a mile shorter than my old route. Had to abandon the old route because of hillbilly motorists with rage issues. I was starting to think I had a target on my back. Then I figured out it had more to do with a local concentration of high-density apartments and a particular demographic living there.

Overall, happy. Nice weather and my new route goes right past a McDonald's so I got a fruit & yogurt parfait.