Much cooler today. Dark clouds overhead -- surprised I didn't get rained on. But I have fresh legs today. That's always nice, no matter the weather.

ps-> I think I finally conquered my canti brakes last night; new cable, shortened the housing. The setup is kind of hideous (brake arms not symmetrical) but it works pretty well. Still can't lift the rear wheel w/ short stop. Final test is going downhill w/ a trailer, that might not be until Thursday.

No commute into work today but my son and I went for a ride with the attached bike.

Yesterday's commute was pretty typical, things have warmed up a bit in advance of the coming cold front.

It was VERY warm this morning - 72F, with the beginnings of the southern wind getting sucked into the approaching storm.
At 1:20 local time, the wind is now a sustained 28-30 mph from the south (my commute home is SE), and the wind will die down tonight as the front rolls through.
It is supposed to be cool and rainy in the morning - 40's F, and the temps will drop throughout the day (to the high 30's F). Fun!

Today the commute was quite terrifying. Drunken young fools on clapped out motorbikes with no lights whipping past on your inside while you are turning, buses flying straight at you on the wrong side of the road, drunken old fools on clapped out motorbikes with no lights flying right out of blind side streets without so much as a glance over the shoulder.
Only a 20K round trip, but in Hanoi on wet tarmac 20K can feel like a long long way.

were do you live? drunken people on a tuesday???

All I can say is I'm glad I'm not in Hanoi! my ride was pleasant and uneventful....

Mine was good- slightly less traffic than normal because they're doing a test on Market St here in SF closing it to traffic going downtown

Been a while since I posted here. Any way the ride in today was OK, but it was cool (43f). I needed the long pants and gloves. More good news was that the wind was at my back this morning and now as I head home the wind has died down a lot. Should be a pleasant return trip.

Came back from Disney Land so haven't ridden the bike for 11 days and stuffing myself with chocolate croissant and various other junk foods. First ay back on the bike yesterday and I had no power, low fitness, still highly enjoyed the ride, but legs were not free-flowing like normal. That was yesterday. Today I went a little harder but am also a little more tired. Dm right it feels good though!

Weather is getting cooler now, around 52F in the mornings. Well I think I done the C to F conversion correctly.

Nice ride here today. Cool this morning with plenty of cloud overhead.

Little chilly on the ride it at 54f. Wind was light so no issue with that. Hands got a little cold so full gloves tomorrow when they are saying 48f. Knees were a little cold and stiff as a result but I am not ready for long pants but I may have too.
May go pick up some knee warmers this week. We are still hitting mid 70's in the afternoon.

Ride home was stellar! Gusty but it was from behind to I took the long way for a couple extra miles.

Tomorrow I think I'll ride the 84 Fuji. Planned to ride it for the past two days but didn't work out for a couple of reason involving lack of racks on it. Tomorrow I have nothing that would make a bike with racks a better choice so it will be a nice easy ride in.

Bit of a repeat of yesterday's ride home, but less moist. I managed to outrun the rain except for some light stuff. There was a low gray ceiling over Lake Champlain and I slowed up to have a look in an open area. Pretty. Winter's coming...

a bit late, today i rode back, and all of a sudden i feel a biker behind me (i had just entered the central park bicycle/walking trail)... all of the sudden he go's on my side and talk to me about the Moulton, i was pretty happy, and then he says "ok, good bye" (lol) i went "ghetto macho mode" lol (meaning "i cant let him go like that in his Carbon fiber machine!")...so i got up my pace! lol it was fun! followed the guy thru the entire cycle path, until he turned, i had to continue home, because i commute


i was proud, and a bit tired, but i got home pretty darn fast today! great day for riding

That's why I still run lights that take AAA batteries. If they start to go, I just replace 'em.

Reformed lurker! (First post.)

I noticed the heat was finally breaking (only 89F!) when heading in for a night class. I got to campus, found out I had the wrong day, and was all smiles because it turned into a great excuse to explore alternate routes on the way home. I also got waved at by a decked out roadie heading the opposite direction, across four lanes of traffic.

I don't know why, but that alone kept me grinning for about a mile. I've only been commuting for a few months now, and it felt like I finally must look like I know what I'm doing. So if that was any of you in the Palm Springs area on Country Club, thanks! Good day overall, despite a run in with an unnecessarily huge SUV.

Near as I can tell, the driver decided last minute that they were turning, accelerated suddenly to get past me, braked hard, and jerked a hard right directly in front of my path, all without a signal. Thank Jeebus I was already braking after I saw them gun it. I could smell the stupid percolating out their tailpipe. I actually thought to myself WWJBD ("What Would JoeyBike Do," with a nod to the fact that 1. some might consider him a bad influence on a relatively new rider 2. he would have split the lane to begin with and not been in this situation.)

Anyway.

The deceleration made it easier to cut left and stay off the pavement, but I still ended up putting a shoulder along their left rear quarter panel, which made an awesome sweaty/squeaky noise, and my bar end gave them a new pin stripe. I started wobbling from the further deceleration from the friction of my shoulder and bar-end, took my right foot out of the cage and pushed off their running board, and kept on moving. They also seemed content to go on their merry way, so no chance to talk it over.

This is my first car encounter, and I'd like to think that normally I'd feel horrible for the paint damage. Given the circumstances, not so much.

Yeah, drunken people everyday! It seems to be a national sport or something over here. I've never seen so many horrendously pissed people decide that it is still completely safe to hop on a motorbike.

It was a good ride in at 48 F ( 8 C). I brought out the long sleeves today, but that was it. My legs
are still OK, and probably will be into November. Giving up shorts is very hard to do. It always takes
7 months to get back to them.

Finally a great day in Perth for riding. The weather here in Western Australia has been pretty rough and today I hope was the turning point were the weather finally gets back to what Perth is used to - HOT DAYS

Stretched the morning commute out to around 32km and then the standard 13km on the way home.

I also bought a food processor today so the Surly handled that well to, that bike can carry anything

Good commute today. The temp was nice low 50’s.
I rode the Pista in today.

I’m really liking the fixed thing.

51 degrees F is about perfect commuting weather. I have not rode to work for 10 days becuse I had teeth pulled and other things till Friday. So Saturday I took out my road bike for a 15-20 miler and my back hurt a little (fit problem) so later saturday I cut down a lot of brush down a fence row and by dark my back and knee really hurt. So I road today, my knee still hurts when walking but not at all while riding. Makes me mad I did not ride sooner, I think my knee is fine to ride on.
Sorry to type so much but I am at work and trying to look busy. Think it is suppose to be low 60's on way home.

Well, The weather finally caught and passed the cashflow, and I drove into work today for the first time since June. Yuck.
I knew that the storm was going to bring rain, but thought it would be near 60 and rainy in the morning, followed by progressively cooler temps but dry throughout the day.

I'm set for wet weather down to about 55 degrees F, but need to do some serious gearing up for anything colder (until it snows, at which point I'm set). I was planning to buy proper rain gear in mid-October, but the weather beat my plan - it was 43 degrees and pouring rain when I woke up this morning. Damn.
Oh, well, I'll be back on the bike tomorrow.........

I cyclo-commuted for the first time in 36 years this morning. When I was young and full of fire, it was either bike or walk, but a house way out in the country and a take-home vehicle cooled my ardor for cyclo-commuting. A little chest pain back in March, and some lifestyle reorganizations, cooler, drier weather; I hung the panniers this morning, and mounted up for one of the most pleasant 7.5 mile rides I've taken in years.

In the process of preparing to commute, I dug out some old stuff, and I wonder if anyone is still using a Topeak Nite Buster light set. It uses a "special" battery (that I was able to pick up at Batteries Plus for $12), but it is bright, and with two "headlights," one can be focused on the road and the other at oncoming traffic.

Beautiful, sunny day today, mild breeze. Crisp weather--maybe 40F. I wore gloves for the first time.

I left at a different time, and rode near some other commuters I had never seen before. I said "good morning," but they ignored me.

GREAT gamecock! good to hear you commuted today!

Today i had a meatting on the Companys Headquarters 4 miles from my office. My GF drove me to the headquarters with my bike in the trunk... i have a couple of cyclist enthusiast down at HQ so they were eigher to say hello!...after the meatting i spoke to some of them, one of them was dissing my 17"wheels saying they wont go fast enough to ride with him, i just told him to read a bit more about this bicycle, and next time they ride ill cut them into pieces with my steel vintage classic english 17" bike!

the one bicycle expert of the all was very pummped up with the bike and told me he would give me some cycling clips and cycling sneakers, and explained how they affect cycling in general.

so i changed from work clothing to cycling! and sped up to my office, good day, not very hot, sunny and at the same time a mist rain was falling, pretty cool! got here fast! when i called back to HQ they were impressed about how fast got here.