Todays commute here in the PNW
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stringbreaker
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From: wa. State
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Todays commute here in the PNW
Oh man it was perfect riding today. Just north of 65 degrees here this afternoon not a cloud anywhere and no wind to speak of. Its gonna be nice till thursday evening. I gotta feeling we are gonna be answering for this in a few more days. It could stay like this till spring then get nice if I had my way.
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(Life is too short to play crappy guitars) 2006 Raleigh Cadent 3.0, 1977 Schwinn Volare, 2010 Windsor tourist. ( I didn't fall , I attacked the floor)
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curmudgineer
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From: Chicago SW burbs
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Same here in Northern Colorado. Only blemish today was my chain broke as I arrived at work and didn't have the right tools to fix it properly. As a result, it was gimped on the way back and was skipping one sprocket tooth everytime around. Wouldn't you know it, this is the day a roadie comes up behind me and passes just as I was settling down to cruise (fellow bike traffic is rare on this stage of my commute). Little did he know, I hadn't reached my cruising speed when he passed, so I tailed him a few bike lengths back for the next 8 miles or so. I doubt he was expecting me to keep up, as he was carrying a banana on his late model carbon trek, while I was fully loaded for commuting with laptop, bike tools, change of clothes etc. all on my 78 Motobecane with a gimped chain (there is the odd hill on this stretch, by the way). I had plenty of reserve to challenge him, but the chain wasn't having it.
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stringbreaker
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Better hurry the showers a coming in on Thursday evening.
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(Life is too short to play crappy guitars) 2006 Raleigh Cadent 3.0, 1977 Schwinn Volare, 2010 Windsor tourist. ( I didn't fall , I attacked the floor)
(Life is too short to play crappy guitars) 2006 Raleigh Cadent 3.0, 1977 Schwinn Volare, 2010 Windsor tourist. ( I didn't fall , I attacked the floor)
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stringbreaker
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Yep great here too. Tomorrow looks like the end of the bluebird weather for a while, maybe a few months quite a while.
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(Life is too short to play crappy guitars) 2006 Raleigh Cadent 3.0, 1977 Schwinn Volare, 2010 Windsor tourist. ( I didn't fall , I attacked the floor)
(Life is too short to play crappy guitars) 2006 Raleigh Cadent 3.0, 1977 Schwinn Volare, 2010 Windsor tourist. ( I didn't fall , I attacked the floor)
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sɹɐʇsɟoןןnɟsʇıbɟɯo
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From: seattle, too many links
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im gonna ride it like i stole it today on the commute home, see how far i can get before i get called back.
this is perfect seattle fall weather.
this is perfect seattle fall weather.
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stringbreaker
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I was telling my wife when I got home today today and yesterday were the two most enjoyable commutes I have had all summer, for some reason the warmth and the smell of the leaves made it just perfect.
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(Life is too short to play crappy guitars) 2006 Raleigh Cadent 3.0, 1977 Schwinn Volare, 2010 Windsor tourist. ( I didn't fall , I attacked the floor)
(Life is too short to play crappy guitars) 2006 Raleigh Cadent 3.0, 1977 Schwinn Volare, 2010 Windsor tourist. ( I didn't fall , I attacked the floor)
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From: Texas
It's been in the 50's, cold and raining here in Austin (and wiiindy). Now that I've got some cold weather gear, it actually wasn't bad at all. I think I might actually survive commuting for my first winter with my pride intact!






Looking forward to a sweet ride home tonite.

