Nice today, but not glorious. Sun through a thin cloud layer. About 60F/15C and no wind. Another commuter turned onto the MUP in front of me and I rode behind him for a while at a leisurely 13MPH. Passed bmike going the other way again. Eventually I passed the other commuter. He was wearing full coverage clothing. Possibly a rain suit. I don't know how he does it. I'd melt.

Also saw the blonde trail hottie I keep seeing every morning.

Got smoked out yesterday. I rode to work in the morning, expecting just another hot muggy day. However it got very smoky here about 10 am from a large wildfire, with winds carrying polluted air over our area. So I caught a ride home, not wanting to ride for an hour in Code Red conditions.

58F Nice and warm, rode in wearing just shorts and a tee. Passed a house fire and just about every emergency vehicle boise has, I hope nobody was hurt in it.

Warm, 60F, had to take a 3-4 mile detour this morning because a freight train was at a dead stop, blocking my primary route (as well as other options in the vicinity). I enjoyed the extra time on the bike.

Bike to work day here, and my 50th commute of the year. My goal in January was 100 for the year and I should surpass that in October or even September depending on the number of days I am sent out of town.

Another beautiful morning in E-Ville. 11C, sunny and calm. Perfect.

Today was Bike to Work day here. It was also my very first commute. ~4.5 miles one way. It pretty much kicked my butt, I'm exhausted. I can't wait for 5:00 so I can do it all over again!

55F and gray. Been a slow-moving week so far.

nice commute this morning. first time commuting on my new 700 x 28 bontrager tires. i had 700 x 35 before. i seemed to have shaved off some good time getting to work on my new tires. i don't know if its because its thinner and i am able to ride faster or i'm just excited about the new tires so i was pedaling faster and i didn't even realize it.

14 miles commute usually takes me 1 hour 10 minutes in the morning and 55 minutes in the evening. i'm not a morning person. but this morning i got here in one hour.

Summer is my favorite season.

I think it was muggy, but I was too busy enjoying the first ride on my new Brooks saddle and thinking through adjustments I wanted to make to saddle position for maximum comfort to really notice! It'xs not there yet, but I could tell why it's going to be comfortable. I think even w/o breaking in, it's gonna be as comfortable as my old gel saddle once properly angled, etc. IOW, it was a great ride in.

Overweight... my word for today.

Having some errands and a bit of manual labor at the office, I left my home for my daily commute to work with my backpack weighing around 45-50 lbs (20-22kg); add my 290lbs and the result was a slow pace to the office being extra careful not to hit the rims on the numerous potholes on my route.

Luckily the afternoon commute back home was substantially lighter since I left everything at the office, and I say luckily because I was in for a big surprise and ended up doubling the distance/time it usually takes me to reach home. After work, I follow the coastal road which takes me through a park and into a marina. This route saves me a couple of miles on dangerous roads. Unfortunately the marina was closed off because of a concert taking place, and the organizers did place people around the area to coordinate the cars and pedestrians, but NOT the cyclists! Seeing the posters and people headed for the concert, I stopped and asked an attendant whether the path and bridge which lead from the marina to the coastal road was open. He said "yeah, no problem you can cross" so I headed into the concert area, and eventually after weaving through pedestrians and other lost cyclists, I managed to reach the bridge which was closed off by a generator and electrical junction boxes.

On both sides there were people/cyclists trying to find a way to across; frustrated in the 88 degree afternoon heat with not one of the organizer's personnel in site. After doubling back and warning other cyclist that it was a dead end, it got me thinking of all the cyclists I passed going there, and how not one person took the time to inform me that the path was closed. The end result was reaching home 45 minutes late.

Excuse my venting, but it really bugs me when fellow cyclists don't take the time to help out their peers... to some it may not have been a big deal, but I always take the time to inform people of dangers/detours etc, or help out a fellow cyclist (or anyone for the matter).

[nagging mode off]

I rode to LBS and need a chain, cassette and disk brake pads + labor ~ $200. So it sorta sucked.

Well it became summer in Boise, official on bike temp of 112f, and I don't care what anybody says, as far as I'm concerned that is the temp.(My friends like to say but that's the temp in the sun, and I reply I'M IN THE SUN!!)

Kinda a weird day. I talked to one old guy in a van at a light, about 80, very pleasant. Then another commuter hung with me a couple of miles, very pleasant discussed the wonders of bicycle commuting. He went east and I turned south after the couple of miles. Well the wierd part was, I as far as I know, is I have not been yelled at in anger for a long time. Today it was over and over. At one of the busiest intersections in Indy I was squarely in hte bike lane, sitting at the red light where I was clearly suppose to be. The guy behind me in some sort of company truck started honking. I dont like horns or squealing tires behind me so I looked back. He started yelling, "you are in my through way," honking and yelling over and over. I just ignored him and rode on when the light changed. Is "through way" a term used somewhere? The guy sounded like he was from the south. then I have several more yelling the usual obscenties. I dont think anything else changed. Maybe I just noticed them tonight cause of the horn thing. It is the first day of summer, maybe that is it.

69 degrees this morning, cooler than it's been lately. I left work at 11:30 am to go get my annual CT scan. I usually drive to work on days that I have medical appointments, since I'd have to leave considerably earlier on my bike, ride home and shower before the appointment. But getting a scan to determine whether or not lung cancer has returned can change your perspective a bit. I still managed 5 1/2 hours of work even with taking off earlier on my bike, and decided that was plenty of hours of work for me today.

108*F on the ride home. I was really nervous about that though it's largely downhill. I've been waiting for this day. I was so hoping I wouldn't have to park the bike for the summer. I did just great. Last test for summer will be the uphill at 95*F at 6AM sometime around the end of July. So far I've only seen 80 on the commute in the morning. The Mohave Desert don't play.

68*F on the way with no jacket was great; 101*F on my way home made all 13 miles feel that much better. Good news I shaved a few minutes off on the way home. I made it home in an hour, so I was averaging over 12 mph on a big dummy.

Overcast and a bit chilly today but my ride home included a stop at the grocery store for a container of ice cream. Happy!

It was about the same here in Phoenix, about 109 on the ride home. Brutal, but still better than being in a car. LOL.

A lunchtime adjustment on the new Brooks B17 made for a more comfortable ride home this evening, and by evening I mean I got to ride home in the dark around 11:30 (w/ appropriate lighting, of course) after an evening out with my wife and an old school friend of hers. Nice to ride on a practically deserted MUP and practically deserted streets near home. Saw only three cyclists on the way home. Only one with with any lights - d&^n ninjas! Lovin' the saddle, though. A couple times it felt like I wasn't even really sitting on anything, especially a bike. I just kind of comfortably floated on the saddle. Only gonna get better as the saddle gets broken in! Yee haw!

It was a very warm morning at 76 F ( 24 C). Being toward the end of the week, I did not cover my bike today, as the rain has been hit or miss and mostly miss. There is more coming today, but who knows to where. Bring on Friday!

Another wonderful ride. Sometimes I love Indiana. And it is my Friday, 10 hour days. It is good being me.

Good, but I nearly ate pavement when one of my newly installed, *apparently* not tightened enough brackets for my rear reflectors came loose and locked up my back wheel in a left turn.. the bracket rammed itself into my tire. I stopped soon enough to avoid a blow out. I'm very lucky i didn't go down right in front of the car following me..

I went to grad school in Bloomington, loved it.

Got stuck in the middle lane a couple of tiumes today, did not like that (I tried a new route in). Other than that another humid ride.