5C, sunny, and mostly calm. The rising sun is just brutal in spots of my commute now, but in another week or so, it should be better. Then it'll be dark for the ride in.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I'm 5 for 5 again this week, second week in a row. I think that's unprecedented. Next week has a holiday, and I may take a day off riding next Friday to rest up for a potential 300 km ride on Saturday.

After work last night, I pedicabbed at a community event for a few hours. Our org's cabs had been rented out for the whole evening, so rides were free and that meant few breaks for me. Three-plus hours of pedalling with that kinda wore me out. On the plus side, my regular bike seems so, so light compared to a pedicab, even with rack trunk/panniers full today! I still backed off the pace a little from what I normally do to take it easy on my legs.

Earl stayed far enough east that apart from cloudiness and stronger winds than I would have otherwise expected, this morning's commute weather was fine. No rain at all.

Nice easy ride in along the Brunette River trail this morning. I'm really liking the flashlight I bolted on because that trail is getting real dark in the mornings. I left the TAB at home today and it felt so much lighter going up the hill!

Friday; yesterday I rode in spite of any concern about Earl; there was only a 30% chance of rain according to WeatherUnderground site at 2am, the time I was to leave last night. There wasn't any rain and it was mostly calm at that time. I missed my ride the day before because I had an appointment and wouldn't have had time so I was anxious to get it in thinking I wouldn't be riding today. I'm of course glad I did; I think my life has little happening in it so my ride to work and home is the best part of my day. On a bad day at work it helps me relax before I get home so I don't take it out on the wife.

45F, sunny

110F, sunny

Did my longest commute ever today - 20 documented miles round trip (Actually more like 23 or 24 -- I accidentally stopped my GPS watch, and started riding before it had 'hooked up') which capped off my highest mileage week, at over 61 documented miles.

Today's weather wasn't bad -- cloudy in the morning, but no rain, and a high of . Very humid, though, so I was dripping with sweat when I finished my ride(s) Took my usual route, but instead of passing up 2 metro stations, I passed up 3. An extra two miles on the bike, but only an additional 7-8 minutes, as it was all on the MUP and it saved me from crossing one major street (flyover bridge!) but it added one other major street crossing. Most significant, though, is that it avoids the most debris strewn portion of my usual ride. I believe this will be my new standard 'long' day.

I had two different brain dead cagers ignore me when I had absolutely clear right-of-way (the worst one decided to turn left in front of me as I was turning left from the dominant road onto the minor street that he was coming out of). I had signaled very clearly, was riding in the middle of my lane, and should have been highly visible. I was almost in front of him but not in any way able to be clear of him as he started moving. The other one ran a stop sign, which affect me and one other cager. We shared a 'shake your head' moment on that one. OTOH, lots of great people let me go through intersections despite their having priority, and stopped at the minor street crossings. So overall, it was a pretty good day for bike/car relations in my personal world.

However, the longer ride really demonstrated that I needed to get my rear wheel trued, as it had a pretty wicked wobble to it because of my ham-fisted efforts without a truing stand. It felt like I was wasting effort sideways, instead of putting all my work into forward progress. I decided I could no longer justify holding off on getting my bike serviced, so I traipsed to the LBS with the Kona to get the wheels taken care of, and decided that a full tune up was in order (as it only added another $40 -- more than I wanted to spend -- $0 -- but within my tolerance level), as I have no idea when (or if) it was serviced last.

While I was at it, I decided it was as good a time as any to take the Tomasso in and have them look at it and assess whether it is worth rebuilding, and what the options might be. One of the owners (but not the chief mechanic) was there, and he seemed as taken with the bike as I am... they're going to try to work up some options for me. I need to look at the budget and see what I can justify spending on a 'weekend' bike. Hey, it's cheaper than the Porsche I wish I had, right? And if it is 'running' right, I can even probably use it for some commuting, if I play gently.

The best news of the day is that they think they can turn the Kona around by Tuesday -- Wednesday at the latest! I was expecting a week, and dreading having to ride my 'back-up' beater. It is my intention to ride the full 35 mile round trip within the next two weeks (at the end of which, I change jobs), so I thought the full service was a good idea.

100F on the way in, 73F on the way home. My wife brought McDonalds home for lunch before I went to work which promptly gave me the McSh!*s.

Today marked my first full week of commuting since I recommitted myself (to riding). I added up all my commuting miles and I'm embarrassed to say I only put in 17.8 miles in five days. Some of you guys have longer commutes than that daily!

got hot here again, i got used to the last week with highs in the low 80s, 97f yesterday. Cool morning nice uneventful ride in.

Judging by the posts, or rather lack of, I'm guessing I'm in the minority of people here who work on the weekend

Another hot ride in this afternoon. It was around 100F with a hot breeze. The main road I take was repaved sometime this morning and hadn't quite set so I got globs of asphalt stuck to my tires. The ride home was in the low 70's and was very pleasant.

im here with ya goooo weekend workers!! my ride home yesterday was well....read the thread i started, this morning it was chilly 47f wore a windbreaker and a headsock. now im at work bored and its windy as heck i really hope its a tail wind

i know this is late all you weekend workers but yea i worked this weekend too, i live in Johnson City Tennessee, and i found this forum actually today. I was looking at commuter pics for a while and i got so stoked about riding that when my girlfriend offered to give me a ride to work i said NO! i've been commuting for about a month now and its been an awesome experience tonight my ride home was the best that i have ever had i blasted up some hills and cruised down them and then when i got home i just felt refreshed, its cooling down here now and it was about 61 degrees F on the way and i cant afford the right clothes so i was wearing my shorts and a t shirt but i feel good! YEA COMMUTING!

Had a quick turn around between yesterday and today. Off at 11pm last night, back at 9am today. I'm not sure what it was, but I was booking it going in and coming home. Typically, I'll average around 15, but today I was pushing 20! No wind, no hills, no nothing. I'm not going to complain though. One more day until my Friday and I'm so looking forward to a nice fun ride on Tuesday.

58* this morning at 4:30 when I left for work. Short sleeve t-shirt made for some chilly down hills. But NOT A SINGLE CAR the entire 3 mile commute...pure bliss!

57* at 07:30 and left on new to me Trek 7.3FX. Rode 10.44 miles in 44 minutes and AVS was 14mph. Wore sweatshirt and shorts, and the ride was very nice. Almost no cars the entire way! This was first time commuting to my pt job, but I've commuted several times to my ft job.

had rough turn around got out of work last night at 1040 or so and then up this morning for a very chilly ride to work at about 51 degrees, good thing was that i only saw about 10 cars my whole 5 mile ride and i did it in about 15 minutes which is about ten minutes faster than i usually do. i felt good and then got wrecked at work (lots of customers) and the ride home wasnt so blissful. i love riding though it makes for a good day most of the time if im just enjoying the ride

I was in Johnson City not too long ago (May, I think) very nice little town, lots of hills. I had a beautiful ride in, again.

Fast & furious! 15-20MPH headwind blowing off Lake Champlain. Almost blew up chasing down a commuter on an older roadbike. He kept sprinting to catch cyclists in front of him, so that made it even harder. I caught him eventually (20+MPH into the headwind!), then we got mixed up in pedestrians and he put some ground between us because I couldn't pass the peds safely at speed. Got through the peds and matched his speed but then backed off about a half mile (and one hill) from work to cool down. He went another way shortly after that.

Pretty uneventful commute today... the sun was out, but still humid, and I felt like I was riding in a pressure cooker. But after 4 days of not riding, I needed it.

I'm so tired of sweating. Waiting for the brief autumn before we're plunged into yet another rainy period.

5C/41F, sunny, and no discernible wind this morning, making for a beautiful ride in. I got passed way too closely by a Toyota FJ Cruiser going just a little bit faster than me, so I reached out and gave it a nice little pat. I pushed myself maybe just a little too hard, especially considering I didn't ride at all on the long weekend. I had to spend a minute just catching my breath once I got to my destination.

0730, 13C/55F in Vancouver this morning. Roads still wet from rains the night before with a very very light drizzle. Did my cycle from west Richmond to downtown in 51 min. 50 seconds AVS 23.15 km/h or 14.3 mph - a good portion of which was uphill. Adjusted my seat a little more forward by about 1.5 cm and power application is MUCH better. Am surprised at how much a difference this makes. I also installed a set of trekking bars and this was my first commute with them.

Grats! It doesn't matter if others have a longer commute. You still rode further than all those people in their cars!

Yea BIKE Commuting!

Nice and quiet today, most of the ride featured a tailwind that matched my speed with temperatures that have dropped down into the low 70's. Nicest ride in a long time.

Nice tailwind meant I was able to easily cruise at 18-20 mph for much of my ride in to work this morning. Of course, I have a feeling the wind will be blowing the same way on the ride home, so I'll get a good workout. :-)

Did a little bike maintenance over the weekend and was able to mostly straighten out the big chainring on my bike (which had been bent a few weeks ago). I figured I was thinking of replacing the crankset anyway, so the worst I could do was permanently mess up the big chainring, which was already unusable anyway. Think I may have bought some more life for my drivetrain for the moment... i.e., more time to save up for either a better drive train and/or the Surly LHT I so lust after... :-)