It was really hot today in Lincoln, NE. Mid 90's, but it was humid. Almost got hit by a guy that merged into me today, I had to slap the truck of his car to prevent him from running me over, other than that it wasn't a bad day, same 'ole commute.

Great riding this morning, it was a little foggy but I could tell the sun was trying to show itself and by the time I arrived at work things were much brighter. I am looking forward to some much needed sun this weekend and hopefully a long ride.

I get to go in a bit later to work today; so, I can leave at the same time and take a longer way up the mountain to work. In an hour I get to go climb one of the steepest climbs in our county, Bonny Doon Road and Ice Cream grade. The pay off is I get to drop down Felton/Empire Grade.

It is a fun ride, here is a shot of a guy climbing it a bit faster than I do, even in bad weather. Lets see him do with with his wallet, keys, cell phone, lunch, date book, and work cloths in a pack on his back:p Ok lets not;)

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Best commute in of the year! Morning commute traffic had dropped off considerably since school's been out, but the streets were practically barren this morning. I should work every holiday.

I was able to ride a one mile stretch on one of the busiest streets in town, it was awesome! The holidays are great after all :) It was kind of rainy on my way back home though, so the humidity was killer, no nice breeze like there was in the morning.

I worked 10-3, then 4-10. I guess I was supposed to punch out for an hour, but it was more like 45 minutes. I was going to be off Sunday and Monday, but due to a scheduling conflict I have to go in tomorrow to work 7-10 in the morning. Anyway, the morning ride in was fine- walkers, joggers, and other cyclists were out doing there thing. Tonight's ride home was fun. The fireworks display off of Falmouth Heights Beach had ended by 10, and I was confronted with Car Soup. Bicycles were plentiful, too. I felt I was in a mini Critical Mass for a moment, then the moment was gone, and it was just me and vehicular traffic and a few ninjas. I realized at some point that I wasn't carrying ID- whoops! Oh, well... I'll be driving in tomorrow becaust I'm getting out of Dodge and I'll be back Tuesday to work 2-10... Stay safe out there!

It was a very good ride today, 60 f ( 16 c). Nothing unusual happened. I love long weekends and can never get enough, but I am here for another work week.

56*F, rained last night but sun was out, but roads still wet. Left a few minutes early, almost no traffic. Made for a just a nice ride to start off a Monday.

Beautiful morning... problems with the bike though... something is wrong with the presta valve on my rear wheel... couldn't get the thing to work with either of my pumps. So I switched wheels and it turns out that the cassette is shot... so I was throwing my chain until I found a gear (25) that remained static. It was a ***** to pedal in a gear that high though.

This is a plea to bike manufacturers... you have got to get the reliability way up, and the required maintenance down to practically nothing, if you want bicycle commuting to take off. My two cents.

High 50sF, no wind. Very comfortable. I followed a roadie again. Same guy from last Thursday's commute, I think. He lives near me.

And...Excitement! :eek: Police cars running sirens, and and ambulance. They all went to the boat launch that's along my commute. This was in the paper:

nice ride. the temp was good. No rain. I lovely blonde with long dreds rode past while I ate a bagel at Joe's. She was on a single speed but no one is perfect.

valve stem failure when I was pumping the rear tire before leaving the house. Ugh. Was running late, and was not in the mood to do the Nexus wheel removal dance. Drove in today - hated it.
I guess I will be getting the proper rim adaptors to use presta valves! :o

Back on the bike this AM after 5 weeks off due to a partial tear in a calf muscle. Took it slow and rather easy. The sun felt great and the feeling of the air rushing through my helmet reinvigorated me in ways that the same trip in my car never could.

Calm and cool this morning. Very nice.

Beautiful morning for a ride. I had a massage scheduled 1st thing this morning so I rode to the appt and then rode home to pack my things and make lunch to take with me. I did my usual commute to work and the sun felt great. My legs were a little tired after the massage and the 10k I ran on Saturday morning to kick off the weekend festivities.
I may need a rest day soon.

cool and misty. Best time yet for the leg riding w/ my son.

Sometimes it comes down to the old adage, you get what you pay for. My Shimano 105 group is 15 years old and the only thing I have replaced is the chain. My Campy group is 16 years old and is still original. Once a year all the bearings get cleaned and greased. Average weekly mileage is about 50 on each bike except in winter. Wear and tear on tires, tubes and brake pads is normal. I buy tubes four at a time. I don't even patch tubes anymore, just replace. Good quality bicycles will always reward you beyond their ordinary equivalent.

Hey fellow Salt Licker. What's your route?

It was my first day back on the Jamis Commuter in a couple of weeks. I had been riding my old Trek 800 MB for other reasons. When I left the house, the seat (Brooks B-17) felt a little low and extremely hard and the handle bars seemed a lot wider.

The weather was gorgeous! A slight seat height adjustment and it was all good...

Hey there!
I live up on the East Bench in Canyon Rim, about 30th east and 30th south (just north of the REI on 33rd).

I work at North Temple and redwood Road-ish (14th West).

My ride basically zigzags - I take 2700S and head west, turn north on 1700E then make my way to 1100E (numerous options here), which I follow all the way to 800s (sunnyside) by the U. Then I head West on 800S to 600W, head north thill 2nd S, take that west to 10th W, then a northward jkaunt to N. temple and the last 1/2 mile to work.

it's about 12 miles each way.

WheW! I'll post a link later.

How about you?

First day back to commuting. Converted my '93 TREK 2100 to a commuter. Lights, rack, bag w/ panniers. Nice morning, little fog, 63 F, no wind. 15 Miles. Trip home was hard on me. Seems my lack of exercise and love of food, finally caught up to me. Trip home, 85 F, slight breeze (head wind halfway), tired legs. 13 Miles. I'm back!! My bikes have missed me.

It was another good ride in 59 F (15 C). The swarm of gnats are back, and this time they mixed in with my drinking water from the tube. Oh well, a very small amount of protein I am sure. This string of nice weather is wonderful.

I inhaled a bunch of them a couple of weeks ago. Had a cough for quite a while, now that you mentioned it I just realized the cough was gone.

Very nice ride in, weather was perfect. Back up to the 90s this week. Wonderful.

Very pleasant today. Upper 50sF. No wind. Overcast but dry. I saw many cyclists riding north (the other way) but no one riding my way. Well, someone did come onto the MUP behind me but I was pushing 20 and the other person wasn't keeping up.

Last night I mounted my bright Cateye TL-LD1100 on my trunk rack, using wire ties. Ghetto! It's a nice tight mount though. Shouldn't go anywhere. When not using my trunk rack, I mount the blinkie to my seatpost.

It's becoming a viscous cycle (no pun intended)...nice dry ride in the morning, soaked by torrential rain in the afternoon...
Nice ride this morning 61*F and dry and will just be wet and happy on the ride home again by the looks of the forecast.

Good ride in this morning. The temps and humidity were actually in a really good comfort zone for me. I felt really strong for some reason too....even though I took it real easy. 32 minutes of pleasure.
Saw some guy that looked like vin diesel driving a BMW convertible with a flat bar road bike on the back....guess he was going to the greenway to ride it. Wonder what's wrong with the road?

again, nice and calm and cool-ish this morning (atypical for KS july...)

Beautiful morning in NC, easing the pain of returning to work after a week of vacation. I spent the week in Chicago and got used to sleeping late and Central Time, so I overslept this morning by about an hour. Skipped breakfast so I could still ride and got to work a mere 30 minutes late.

I got in some nice rides in Chicago while visiting my brother, despite the weather. We rode 122 miles in 3 days but missed a metric century we had planned for the last day due to rain. First time I've been rained out in about 6 trips to Chicago and the Midwest.

Nice cool ride this morning, my legs are feeling a little bit tired. There is a threat of thunder showers in the forecast today so we'll see what happens.

Well, it's a specialized sequoia touring bike. Changed the wheels from the stock low-spoke-count ALX's to mavic trainers. Bike cost $1200 a few years ago. I am around 190lb and carry 10lbs of crap back and forth to work on it; 32 miles round trip each day. It requires way too much maintenance imo. But... last evening I put 2.5 hours into cleaning the bike, putting the chain through the ultrasonic, changing a tube with a bad presta valve, and adjusting the front and rear fenders (that were rubbing). So... I had a glorious ride into work earlier today. The bike was almost silent.