It was a good ride in. All the winter street lights, as I call them, are on, and I noticed a couple folks walking, who probably have been there in the dark, before all the lights came on. Two cyclists going in the opposite direction all lit up. I have seen more cyclists this summer in the 5am hour, than in previous years. Nothing consistent, but still a good thing. Maybe, I will see some in the winter.

Had a great ride this morning. Coolest morning commute since early June, with temperature in the upper 60s. Humidity was lower too, and I didn't sweat much for a change. Schools have started back, so there were lots of students waiting at bus stops and the traffic was much heavier than it has been in a while.

dang near chilly. Love it.

Low 60sF. Cloudy. No wind. Several cyclists out. I passed 3, caught one but didn't pass (~16MPH cruise), and together we passed 2 more. I saw someone from my building riding on the last block before work, too.

Leaves on younger trees are just beginning to turn down here (~100-300' above sea level).

Heard a rumble as I neared the Newington woods at the former Pease Air Force base, and a Blue Angel fighter was going into a full vertical take off to my right. Then it banked and flew overhead. I felt like Tom Cruise pumping his fist as the Top Gun fighters took off. But I was on an '84 Schwinn, not a Japanese race bike. And I'm not Tom Cruise. *shrug*

(The Portsmouth air show goes on all weekend here, featuring the Blue Angels. Will be a huge event).

2nd day this week driving in.

Tuesday morning I woke to heavy rain and decided it wasn't worth riding. Of course I chose poorly--by the time I arrived at work the rain had slacked off, and the afternoon was really nice.

This morning I took my wife and daughter to the airport. They're flying up to PA to visit my in-laws for a surprise birthday party.

Now for the good news: I'm a bachelor all weekend AND I'm taking tomorrow off to ride with my best friend.

Blue Angels at an AFB?! Blasphemy! They should only be at NASes!

Commute today was good and bad.
The good: cool weather, and um....
The bad: A headwind the whole way. Got yelled at by a cager at an intersection, I was not 15 feet from the stop sign, taking the lane, and he tried to pass me... when I told him to slow down, he popped his head out and said "you're supposed to ride off the side of the road! If I see you on the road I'll kick your *&^%&!@#$" So I just said "No you won't, you better look up the law!" and kept on riding. He didn't like it, but didn't bother me again, either.

Louisiana State law RS 32:76.1
and just for fun, State law RS 32:201

The morning temps are heading in the right direction, 12C/54F, up 2C from yesterday and 7C from Tuesday. Had a rare headwind (well, okay, breeze) for the ride in today. The sun between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. is now getting right into the danger zone, where it's low and directly in the line of vision for parts of my commute. If I can't see what's 10 feet in front of me, neither can the drivers behind me. These days I wish for cloudy mornings.

I had a driver yell almost exactly the same thing at me last year. I guess he's moved to LA.

warmer today about 65 at 6am, woke up late had to hurry in to work this morning made the nearly 4mile ride in record time with an average speed of 22.4mph i was flying and out of breath, but hey i was two minutes late

Geeze, I cant average 22 mph.......in my jeep. That is pretty fast.

Coolest commute since summer began, due to both cooler temps (mid-70s) and a rare headwind. When I walked from the shower/locker room into my office building, I didn't break a sweat for a change. The winds aren't supposed to change much during the day so I should have a nice tailwind home tonight.

i tell ya with that new 50tooth up front i can fly plus it was 6am and all i had loaded this morning was my laptop

Just an easy relaxed commute today. Made it into the parking garage before the rain really started to fall this morning. Planning a much longer commute in tomorrow as I have no drop-off or pick-up duties! Yay!

It's not blasphemy anymore - the Air Force left 20 years ago. Now it's just a Nat'l Guard station with a 2+ mile runway.

Got downstairs to my bike last night to find a flat front tire. Presta valve issues again. Might have to start paying the couple extra dollars per tube to get my new tubes at the LBS and not at the co-op. I didn't use to have problems with them until I started getting them there. Just a slow, slow leak from the valve. No holes in the tube. Had to pump up again twice along the ride home. I knew what the problem was, but just didn't feel like changing the tube yet.

Changed the tube last night at home and had a very nice ride in this AM. Depsite the slight headwind and the fact that my highest usable gear right now is still just a 36-13 (due to a bent big chainring), I averaged close to 16 mph. The weather was really pleasant.

I love riding my bike to work!

Returned on Tuesday from vacation the previous week. The week leading up to the vacation, I drove everyday due to needing a car for errands and such. So it had been over 2 weeks since I had ridden to work! You don't realize how much you miss something until it's gone. Feels great to get back on the bike.

weird ride home today 106f when i left started to down pour midway this is about the only time i really didnt care about getting soaked cooled me off, the temp didnt change much an hour later back to sunny and 104f

Windy this morning. Going to be windy and hot on the way home.

Cold this morning, 49 deg. Best commute ever on the way home. 70 deg and dead calm. Fastest commute I've had at 19.7 mph over 11.5 miles.

Had a nice cool commute this morning, arriving just after sunrise. Had a great ride home too- I worked a 12 hour day and the sun was just setting as I pulled out. A nice ride home is the perfect way to relax after a tough work day.

Sorry I haven't been posting much here since I started commuting this week... there's not much to report, other than stupid drivers, so I just thought I'd spare you the agony. I'm down to 185 pounds on the scale, that's 25 pounds lost so far.

My commute route is totally different from my normal cruise. I pass by the municipal airport, an old train station, a plantation house, an abandoned meth lab, through a school zone, and across a bridge... then I go down a road through some cane fields and end up at the factory I work at. Here's what we build there: sugar cane harvesters. If any of you guys have John Deere or Cameco sugar harvesters, this is the factory they came from.

We are having a breakfast at work today and I wanted to contribute, so I cooked up some ham and picked up biscuits on my way to work. First time I've ever carried a load of ham and biscuits in seat bag. It was a tight fit, but I did it. Got in an extra couple miles on my commute as well.

The forecasters here can't seem to get it right. They have been blathering all week about the cold snap we were gonna have this weekend, supposedly starting today. Well, I get up this morning and it's warm outside (70 F), when they had forecasted low 60s. So, i check the weather, and they have totally changed the forecast for the weekend. It's not going to cool off much after all, unless you consider it cold when the high is 90 and the low is 65. Oh well, at least it's not supposed to rain ... yet.

Pretty comfortable this morning. Upper 50sF and sunny. Not much of a wind to speak of. Passed a few cyclists. Saw lots of squirrels.

Kinda wishing I saw Blue Angels this morning. There was a Super Hornet parked next to our hangar at KBTV a couple of weeks ago. (On the GA ramp - weird.) So I had that going for me.