-4C/25F, sunny, calm. Yes, that's 4 degrees Celsius below freezing. Colder in the valley, I think, warmer downtown.

I think I should spend a summer in Houston or Raleigh or some other hot, humid location so that I can learn to appreciate our cooler weather.

Still nice and cool temps in the mornings low 50s nothing to complain about.

Just move to southern idaho over 100f in the summer 10-20f all winter

60F and foggy.

I stopped to do some stealth landscaping; there was an area where I enter a MUP where a ~3' wide by 18" tall heap of dirt had sprung up, narrowing the entrance. I moved it to the outside, which I think puts it just uphill of a storm drain, so it should wash away.

It occurred to me as I was doing it that it might have been a deliberate bike-traffic-calming effort by the city crews who were recently up there clearing vines. The location was nothing but inconvenient. But anyway, I guess I will see if the city comes back to rebuild it.

On the mtb, so I took trails through Stanley Park yesterday afternoon. Had a beautiful turquoise dragonfly zooming along ahead of me for a short while. Blew by and gave it "the look".

Was a challenging commute home with pretty strong headwinds. I'm kinda surprised that the internet says only 9mph, because it felt like it was a lot more. 66F and mostly cloudy with winds from the NNE @ 9mph. Tried a different route home, and I liked it. I'm gonna to take it Monday morning to see how it is with the AM traffic. Does anyone know how to get stop light sensors installed that will detent bikes? I sat at a red light for a while till a car showed up to trigger it.

Overall a great day riding, and a great end to a good week. Total miles today, 20. Total miles this week: 90 (Biggest week ever). Rode the Tommaso today because I could afford some 'breakdown time' if anything happened, but she performed flawlessly. However, I have concluded that she's definitely too big for me, though I will probably see if I can't tweak a little bit and make this work -- she's just so pretty! Overall the ride in was uneventful, but on the way home, after exiting the MUP, I had a boneheaded teenager pull out of a parallel parking space without looking (I could see him looking at his buddy in the passenger seat -- had I been a car, there almost certainly would have been a collision). Fortunately, I had allowed a great deal of space, and had room to maneuver around him.

I have to say, though -- my legs are beat. Respect to you guys who do 20 each way each day. I'm still feeling the effects of my 40 mile day!

Dan,
Can you tell me where the distance cycled vs distance came from? I have a friend that I think would like that.
Thanks,

I have an account on ecomodder.com. I created a garage for my car, and that's also where you can find the cycle log that I have. I hope that helps.

You could contact public works for the municipality responsible, maybe they could tweak the settings (I actually just did that, they sent me back a response that they made an adjustment, but I haven't found myself alone at those lights since, to tes). Otherwise, I would treat the signal control as faulty and go when I thought I could make it.

The ones where I am work if you tilt your (non-carbon) bike down so it's almost horizontal. So you unclip and stop and then, standing on the leg you unclipped, lean the bike over. It's no hassle once you're used to it.

Today I was running late so I pushed it in order to not be too late for work, did the same on the way home. I was so happy to get out of there, I couldn't wait to open a cold one when I arrived. This Sunday I'm supposed to go for a ride with a friend who just bought a carbon fiber bike, should be fun. I have been thinking of buying a road bike myself but I'm not sure I care how heavy it is. My LHT is steel and it is very comfortable to ride, the only thing I'd change is the gearing. I'm seriously considering a road bike built around a steel frame. Seems to me I could keep it very light by spending my money on good components and thus keep it relatively light. I'm in the research phase right now, learning all about what makes a good road bike.

I hear you about steel, I like how it rides too, but I think the cheapest way to save weight on a bike is in the frame. An aluminium or carbon frame will drop 2-6 lbs off steel; a good gruppo will drop 300 grams off a mid-range one. A steel roadbike will never be as light as your friend's carbon job (though it will be cooler and may be more comfortable).

If you don't care how heavy your LHT is, then stick with the LHT.

Steel is your friend. Ditch the Carbon Fibre/Aluminum. Or bug the city to fix the sensor. It's just a few loops of wire buried in the road, look for the black diamond shaped patch on the road. Usually a loop or two gets shorted out and they become less sensitive. It's a problem for motorcycles too. Or just run the light when no one's around.

Picked up my son and towed him along on the TAB. Nice and sunny break in between rain storms. Rode the BC Parkway home and had a pretty nice commute. Running errands was a different story. I had to go around a pickup truck belonging to a flagperson who'd parked it completely blocking the bike lane. The only choice they left me was to go into oncoming traffic. She didn't even step out to flag them down so I could get around her big a$$ truck. I gave her an earful as I went by and I'll be writing the city later on.

Thanks a lot everyone. I'll be contacting the city to let them know.


That's pretty interesting. I might have to give it a try.


I was going to, but unfortunately I was turning left onto a 4 lane road (2 lanes each direction) and it was very busy.

Rode this entire week with amazing weather. Mid 70s in the morning, low 80s in the evenings. I guess I'll be wishing for rain before too long because we're not supposed to be getting any for a long time.

I have one of those on my route. I got in touch via email with the city transportation people, who put me in contact with the county people. The city people proposed a sensor on the right that would be so many feet high, that would detect cyclists. That was a year ago, and my request is still pending.
Cars can trip the light, but it is at a college entrance/exit, where in the summer time few cars come that way, so I run the redlight before the oncoming traffic can turn left. It was never explained to me why I am unable to trip the light, as I trip every other light better than most cars. I love coming to a red light when cars are sitting there, and the light trips for me.

Nice ride in today, and it was somewhere in the high 50s F (mid to lower teens C). I am not ready for the -4 C (25 F). I should be ok for another month or so, before I have to start dealing with those temps. I love the hot weather, even though the air quality is usually bad. Dressing up with all that clothing in winter turns me into a zombie rider going from point A to point B and back again.

A bit brisk this morning. Thermometer at the house said 52F, so I went with short sleeves. Then I saw 42 on the bike's thermometer for a little while, and it was in the upper 40s the rest of the time. My forearms were feeling the chill.

I was in a 3-commuter group for about a half mile. I was last. The guy in front of me bailed out, so I just rode with the first guy all the way in. ~16MPH or so. Saw some other riders going the other way, too. I thought the cooler weather had chased them all away last week, but maybe not.

Good commute in this morning at 57F and sunny with winds from the ENE @ 5mph. I took the route in reverse that I took Friday afternoon to see how it would be with AM traffic. I think this is the route that I'm gonna stick with from now on.

58F and sprinkly

Great ride in (aren't they all?). Temps in high 50s/low 60s. Forcast said a chance for showers today. There are several large dark clouds, but way more pretty blue sky. I risked it and left the rain gear at home. I made it in dry, so I should be good to go now. I don't care if I get wet on the way home

Have a great week of bicycle commuting everyone!

Finally was able to ride after a couple weeks off. It was a nice morning in the low 60's, I think I hurt a roadie's feelings when I passed him on my commuter. He was in the full roadie getup when I passed going about 19.5 mph, he quickly caught up and had to tell me how he was out for a recovery ride after a long weekend ride. I think it hurts to be passed by a guy with a computer backpack strapped to a rear rack and not in spandex.

Foggy and warm, like riding in a steamy bathroom. My folks left on a trip to Chicago this morning so I rode out to the airport to get their car from the daily lot. Saves them some dough and it gives me an excuse to get in a longish ride out of town. All the hay has been cut, baled, and stacked and on every stack there's a hawk (redtail? Swainson's?) sitting there looking for mice. I love hawks.

The ride in this morning was nice, but there was a very dark overcast sky the whole way. I got about a mile down the road, and realized I had forgotten both my water bottles at home. Oh well.... still enjoyed myself.