It was a cool ride in at 40 F ( 4 C). It won't be long now before the freezing mark in the morning is the norm, then below freezing will go on for months. I am ready for spring already.

Three for three so far this week, and I might be able to bike to work every day for a change. My bike commuting has been off the past couple of weeks due to factors beyond my control, but everything is working out great so far this week -- great weather, favorable work schedule, healthy. There's a good chance of rain today, but it was clear when I road to work and it's supposed to be clear again by late afternoon. Can't beat that.

Those signs don't apply to him! Didn't you get the memo? :rolleyes:

No errant cagers for me today. 46F, overcast, with a headwind. Didn't see any other cyclists. I had to make a conscious effort not to turn and look at a woman runner as I passed her from behind. She had fantastic form, and her running seemed okay too. ;)

Heh. Always an adventure.

It was actually warm here this morning, even at 6:00 AM was about 70F. I got a new pair of full-fingered gloves, thinking it was going to stay cool, but my hands were sweating by the time I got to work.
Also, just as I got to work, my homemade headlight mount (made of 1/4" lexan/polycarbonate) snapped off. I guess I will have to make something out of aluminum bar stock...

Good commute at 34F and partly cloudy with no winds. Starting yesterday till the beginning of next week, I'm house sitting for my mom's friend and I brought my trike. My commute went from about 1hr 20mins at 19.1 miles one-way to about 30 mins at 6.6 miles one-way.

First day back home after a nice, four day trip to Chicago => first commute since Friday. Cool (mid 50s) and cloudy. Just my kind of riding weather. I'll even take it a little cooler if I can have a long sleeve T.

I feel like I can already predict who will still be commuting this winter... those of us (like me) who were in shorts and a short sleeve shirt will be commuting come January. Those people already wearing full-fingered gloves, multiple layers on top including a jacket and gaiter -- probably not. Just guessing. I saw a few people dressed like that the latter this morning.

Chicago was cool. Bikes everywhere. And flat as a pancake. Man, I thought my commute was flat. ;) Anyway, thanks, Chicago, for a great weekend. Very fun town.

He couldn't stop further away, his passenger might have to walk a few hundred meters! Edmonds station is horrible for this. The line of cars picking up and dropping off in the no stopping zone blocks the entrance to the parking lot built for passenger pick up and drop off.

I took the short route to work this morning. Stayed up late last night waiting for my wife to come home.

5C/41F, calm and cloudy. Quite a dark ride in this morning, thanks to the cloud cover in the east. Lots of other cyclists out this morning; most were well lit, but there were a couple of requisite ninjas.

This is my first day riding this week, thanks to being sick for the first couple of days. The weather has been so awesome (for October), and we could easily get a cold snap any day now, so I feel like every day I miss riding is a day squandered.

Very pleasant ride this morning; cool temps (shorts, long sleeve wicking tee, and full finger gloves for me, though I might have been okay with short sleeves and fingerless gloves once I got going.) Half finger gloves for the ride home for sure!

Way too much traffic passing the local high school -- I almost had to look at my watch to see if I was especially early or late. No traffic at all on Chain Bridge Road, instead of the usual mile plus back up. My total riding time was 5 minutes less than normal, because I was able to ride down the hill at speed instead of creeping past the stopped cars!

Also -- This was my first ride with rack and panniers instead of a backpack. That's going to take getting used to, but that's the subject of another post.

38F, clear sunrise until I went down into the last holler, pea soup from there on.

chilly 34F, nice morning though, hopefully this is my last week of leaving for work at 5:30am yays i got a new position might even have bankers hours but i doubt it.

I did the double commute again today.. That is ride my motorcycle to the gym, then haulazz back home to grab a bicycle to commute to work! :D

The only problem was, I had a hard time choosing which of my vintage bikes to take!! :D

One of my vintage raleigh competitions?

http://www.cehoward.net/newral1299.jpg

Or my vintage litespeed classic?

http://www.cehoward.net/lspeed74.jpg

I am on the white competition!!! ;)

Now, getting ready for my lunch ride!!http://www.cehoward.net/badteeth%5b1%5d.gif

My commute in today started pretty great. It was just getting light out and the temperature was nice and cool but, not TOO cool. Left the coffee shop to head to work a little earlier than usual so traffic was much lighter. All was going really well until about the halfway point (still 7 miles to go) one the worst bloody noses I have ever had suddenly hit. It kept up the whole way to work. I got some good stares from people walking by me with my blood smeared face and my blood soaked beard. Hopefully the commute home will go better.

Great commute in on a warm day. Pumped up the tires at a gas station along the way. Did not climb like a freight train today but remember to spin up the hills instead of mashing. Only saw 1 driver texting or reading his cellphone in his 3500 lb BMW X5 SUV.

Gorgeous day in the Lower Mainland. Took the scenic ride in... about 20km. Enjoy it more that I expected. May try it again. But it is getting frosty....

Wow! That's an amazingly lightweight X-5 --was it stripped down for racing? The 2006 X5 weighed over 4600 lbs, empty, and a 2010 model is almost 5000 lbs :-)

A bit windy but still a nice ride today. I took a detour on the way back to stop for lunch downtown, and then get my gears adjusted at the bike shop. I figured since they said free adjustments for a year I might as well let them do it. Since I got my Trek 520 at the end of August I've put 1100km on it. Despite the detour, the trip back was 3/4km shorter than my normal route.

After 5 1/2 weeks of rain-free weather it looks like my luck is about to run out. Showers and flurries in the forecast for the start of next week. So much for having a clean bike.

Whoops! And here I thought I would be gracious and try not to overstate things! LOL.

Miserable. 15mph wind blowing steadily out of the SW this morning so I had to ride straight into it. The wind picked up to 20+ mph and shifted 180 degrees so I had to ride straight into it on the way home. Oh yeah, and it was raining and the temperature fell nearly 10 degrees in the previous hour. Yep, commuting season is almost over.

Are you kidding... the fun's just starting! Where are your studded tires? I thought you Wisconsin folks were tough. ;)

Happy Days!
 

I now get to park my bike in the compound at work. It's a locked up area surrounded by an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire. It's also under video surveillance by security. That being said, I'm still gonna use my Rambo u-lock and my Terminator square-linked chain! :D

Decent commute to the house where I'm house sitting. 58F and mostly cloudy with winds from the S @ 7mph. I left a bit later than I usually do on Wednesday afternoon and traffic was extremely heavy. During the trip, my fender was pretty much rubbing the rear tire the whole time. I pulled over to fix it in the very beginning but no sooner than I did that, it was rubbing again.

62f when I left the house at 6:40am. Dodged the rain and had a nice ride in for the middle of October. Ride home was nice as well.

No thanks, no winter bike commuting for me. After 1500+ miles on road bike this summer and fall, a winterized commuter going 12 mph doesn't seem appealing.

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It was nice today in the morning, I live less than two miles away from work so it takes me about 10 minutes to get to work. I came home for lunch as well =)

Good ride in on my MTB at 42 F ( 5 C). My commuter needs work, so it is a change of pace to be on the other bike. I love my MTB on bad winter days, it really holds on to the road. Although, if we did not get bad winter days, that would be OK too.

I did my first commute in the dark last night. I used the Planet Bike lights I bought a few years ago so I could ride in the park in the evening, and these were mostly adequate. Since I'm in NYC I don't really need them to see the road, just so I stand out. I don't know how many times I'll really do this though. It wasn't all that cold yesterday but I could see myself not wanting to have to get on the bike in the dark and the cold after a long day at the office. I figure I have maybe one or two more commutes in me this year. My alternate is the subway, so it isn't like I'd need to drive instead.

Weird commute this morning. It got extremely foggy about halfway to work, so thick that I had to pull over and remove my eyeglasses. Fortunately I can see well enough without them, but the fog was still so thick that I had to ride slower than usual. Some of the traffic lights weren't visible until you got within about 50' of them. We don't get a lot of fog around here, and I'm thankful for that.

39 F. and slow going thanks to a head wind...I did get to see a nearly full moon set.