Sunny, 40's this morning. Heavy traffic. Starting out at just about sunrise. Riding directly into the sun is a little nerve racking, since I'm sure they're blinded.

This morning the sky was still dark and grey, but not especially cold. Definitily have to put the lights on to be seen , and a reflective-fluorescent band on my backpack.
This evening I rode through the rain , soaking wet and quite miserable.My son pitied me when I finally got home and told me to go and change quickly before I got sick.Sweet little darling.
Next couple of days announces more rainshowers , but rather sweet temperatures , around 21°Celsius.I will try to find my Gore-Tex trousers .
No more deer now in the morning , as it gets too dark to see them in the woods I ride through.

Telinome wrote:

I'm getting pumped for the colder weather. I'm not sure how things will go once it starts to snow and ice over-- I've never done a 13.5 mi/1:30 ride on such slippery surfaces before, so I'll have to decide when to ride and when to not chance it and simply drive.


You get some big, burly Nokians, at least 2" wide, and you'll be able to ride thru anything. It may take you a little longer to ride. And we're talking an extra 10 or 15mins. But there's nothing like riding in the dead of winter. That is heavy-duty biking.
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The ride in was uneventful; I overdressed. It was 50 degrees when I left so I started peeling layers pretty quickly during the ride. Remembering the colder mornings last week, last night I crocheted myself a neck warmer thing- it's ugly but it gets the job done. It's like a circular rug that covers my neck and chin. In calico colors. Now if I could only figure out how to crochet mittens and wool socks... I'm about as low-tech as you get. The kids waiting for the bus in the morning just love to see what mismatched thrown together crap I'm wearing as I go past- they always get a good laugh, and I laugh with them. Just wait till they get a load of my ear flap hat... heheh

There was an awful headwind on the ride home, I am unfortunate to ride due west in the afternoons, so with storm systems as they are, I would only ever experience a tailwind during a noreaster... when I'm sure I'd have other things to worry about.

Tonight was my first time commuting in the rain and it was awesome. Temp was 53f with a nice steady rain. Think it was the most relaxing ride I've had so far. Can't wait until it snows!
Was happy to find that my backpack is waterproof. When I bought it it had said it was waterproof but I have learned from experience that just because it says its waterproof, doesn't mean it is.
I also found out that my rain suit is very hot. I will have to get something lighter for summer or I'll be passing out from heat stroke.

Its been nearly a week now of dry weather here in Perth and I'm loving it. Pulled my 12.8km 1 way commute into 2x40km commutes. Its awesome.

At 5am this moring it was 38 F ( 3 C). I wore an outer layer today, the first time this season. Other
than that nothing much.

Yes, the other East - West phenomena on the east coast is when going east the ride is going down hill, but coming home going west it is mostly uphill.

Little nip to the air this morning! 42 degrees. made for a nice ride, W&OD was about deserted. One of the plusses of cool weather!

My commute today was wet, but I did get to try out my new rain suit.

Warm.

Humid.

That is all.

Colder today. 30F (-1C). I was running a little late and decided to push harder today. I got to work in 40 minutes versus the usual 45-47 minutes.

Paul

28 degrees (-2C) at the house this morning, with a layer of frost on just about everything except the road. Wore the thin Balaclava. It was noticeably warmer on the valley floor, about 35 degrees, and I had to open all of the zips on my jacket and pants (J&G uninsulated rain jacket and pants), and pull the balaclava off of my face. I was fine while moving but ROASTED at the few stoplights I encountered this morning. I quickly removed the outer layers when I got to the office, before locking my bike.

chilly and drizzly... was fairly wet my the time I made it to the office...

Nice relaxed morning. Usually I'm tense herding everybody out of the house and get in half an hour late. Today I just let everybody move at close to their own pace (most especially letting them wake up themselves) and got in an hour late, but I was more at peace with it. Cold, ~36F, blinding sun. just above my forehead pretty much.

I chilled out today, didn't take the bike. It was raining, the bike was parked 15 minutes walk away and I didn't fancy using hte car to get there, I was a touch late, and my wife was on the way to the station anyway in the car. So I hitched a ride instead.

Tomorrow, I might also use the train coz I have to go to an art show after work and it'll be raining tomorrow morning. Or I might just htfu by then.

Boy was it ever cold today! Didn't have the right gear. Just put on a cotton jersey and a polyester jacket for top and track pants. The problem is not the body and legs. But it was my face and hands! I was using my regular cycling gloves that have finger cut-offs. Brrrrr..... coming down hill was very cold. And finally on top of it all.... I forgot my helmet. No wonder my head felt so much airier! hahahah....

Colder today, 48 when I started, but broke out the knee warmers and my windjacket and longsleeve jersey so I was fine. Soon I might get out the full finger gloves.

I had to run through about 10 big puddles where people are watering the street for whatever reason. That made me want some fenders after eating spray.

Legs were and still are achy and tight after doing squats yesterday in the gym.
I'm looking forward to the ride home today though, should be perfect.

I was almost cold in a t-shirt today! holy moly, it was great.

Bright, sunny and cool this morning. Absolutely fantastic!

Commute today was great, very nice temp and I remembered to put on my gloves this time! And for lunch, I went on a 10 mile round trip to the city park and had my PB&J by the creek. Pretty idyllic...

Raining today. Snow tomorrow. I forgot my lights at home on the other bike (riding El Beato today since I have night class after work). This should be ... interesting. Still debating whether to get studded tires and battle through the -45 winter. If Sixty Fiver can do it...

This week has been a little bit of a challange. I strained my back last Thurs/Fri and am still suffering with stiffness and pain. I could barely get out of bed Monday morning and had to lay on a heating pad just to do so. Standing and sitting were excrutiating and my back even locked up Saturday night. I almost called in sick so that I could thoroughly rest, however, I just took some time off and will take another day of leave this Friday so, I didn't feel comfortable missing another day. I decided to see how walking, showering, etc would feel and, ultimately, decided that riding would be preferable to driving and/or walking to the Metro. I was right. Although I didn't feel great, the ride actually seems to have put my back in a good position, and loosened things up a little. I rode again today, taking it very easy, of course, and my back now feels slightly better, although I noticed some shooting pains going doing the back of each leg. I'm using the heating pad and taking Naproxen as a precaution. I should be able to ride out the week, however, I've got a century on Saturday and am a little worried. I'm taking it easy, as I would have anyway this week, but am worried that I won't feel 100% by Sat. I could bag the ride if I had to and support the wife (she's doing the Metric), but I know I'll feel bad missing the ride, especially with all the riders that are expected. I also suppose that an out of whack back might be the only acceptable excuse that could keep me from riding. I could also give it a shot and get SAG'd (there's a first time for everything). We'll see how tomorrow goes.

Stunning weather for the ride home. Low 50's and cobalt blue skies, with fresh snow on the peaks:

I'm either getting an allergies-related sore throat or I'm coming down with something. My throat is killing me, and it's worse when riding - the wind dries out my throat. I was getting more out of breath riding than I should have, and a little lightheaded. It passed after a few minutes, though. The ride itself was fine.