That's good to hear! If it was an everyday thing I would probably take up walking! Apparently either single or soon to be divorced You'll laugh about this some day!

Neither! Just very lucky! Besides she's toying with putting her fenders on too, so some of the tools and hardware are going to come in handy for her this week. We always eat in the living room anyway.

On topic: no flats today and just a bit of wet on the roads. Temps about 45 which is just fine for my usual winter clothes set up, so no complaints about my commute other than seeming to get unlucky at most of the lights and having some cars moving just slow enough through intersections that it'd be rude to cut in front of them but they forced me to waste all my momentum to stop and let them pass.

On my way home I came across two courteous truck drivers. One of whom gave way to me as I rode along where strictly speaking, it’s not common to see cyclists. The other stopped for an old lady who hadn’t stepped onto the pedestrian crossing. My experience is that whilst this is what drivers are supposed to do it’s a rare occurrence, especially at this crossing. A short while later I came across the two drivers again waiting to offload their cement. Overall a very enjoyable ride home. I find that when I ride to work I’m in a great mood all day.


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Another warm morning at 47F (8C). This time last year, I was already in ski pants. It was a nice break and a chance to get things done, like shorten a new chain and take out my MTB with trailer for some saturday morning errands. The rest of the work was around the house, so not so memorable.

Warm! 56F/13C, light tailwind. Kinda dark, too. I reeled in some guy... No lights. Dark clothing including a winter coat, and mittens. I don't know how people can wear all that stuff. I decided to stay behind him so cars would see me and maybe make this guy's ride a bit safer. (I run blinkies and a neon green jacket. I got uncomfortably warm even with that.)

Welcome back, commuters. My first commute since last Tuesday, but I rode from home almost every day over the holidays. The weather here has been unseasonably mild and dry, so it's been perfect for cycling. It's a good thing because I needed to burn some calories to make up for all the food I ate. I am starting a new Thanksgiving tradition -- going for a 30-miler around the neighborhood after preparing the turkey and putting it in the oven. Makes for a much more pleasant day when I don't have to worry about eating too much, although I came pretty close.

+2C with a 35km/h tailwind. I'm back on the touring bike and the ride took 37 minutes, 5 minutes quicker than the best time I managed to do on the mountain bike in the past 3 weeks. It always takes me a few days to get back into the swing of things when switching bikes. It seems like there are muscles that only get used on one bike or the other but not both. I should pick up a 2nd blinker headlight. Its annoying having to resize my PB 2W Blaze for the different size bars on the two bikes.

I'm glad I took a second look at the forecast. The temperature is supposed to fall to -6C in the afternoon. Usually when that happens they include an astrix in the forecast, but not today.

Excellent commute in at 54F and mostly cloudy with mostly crosswinds and some headwinds from the SSW @ 10-13mph gusting to 21mph. I finished up my tailbox this weekend on my "corovelo" and it definitely paid off. This morning was officially the fastest commute to school ever at 17.0mph moving average. I can't imagine how much quicker it would of been without the winds.

Saw another commuter for a change, which was awesome. I have seen him before. I merged onto the road that he was on a little ahead of him. I probably gave him a little motivation to push it just like he gave my some last time I saw him in front of me

Only wore long sleeve tshirt and jeans to the office, and even that was a bit warm on my 5 km, 20 minute commute through Copenhagen. 10C high today, dropping to around 6C when I head home tonight possibly with some rain. Glad i'll be riding comfy and dry. Did I mention I drive a velomobile?


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About 32f his morning, not too windy, but winter in the air. Picked up some light fleece bibs at Champaign Cycle on "Black Friday", along with some pricey gloves and fleece hat. Worked well.
Spme rainin the forecast for tonight, hopefully it will hold off till I'm done riding.

Success! Congratulations Chalupa! I am experimenting with attaching overlapping vinyl scales on my spandex top cover (trying to block moisture and stiffen it but still be elastic and breathing) but only got it half finished this weekend. Even so, the light rain this morning didn't penetrate, so I'm going to apply the concept to my side handlebar covers which did get soaked.

DM, that's a beautiful machine. Can you show us a front and back view?

first commute to the new office, .4 miles one way. I caught the one traffic light on the green, for a trip time of less than 3 minutes. This is ridiculous.

55F or so, seemed warmer than that after a couple miles. Nothing too unusual although one SUV decided to slow to a crawl and block traffic when I was about 300 yards from my destination. I went around to the right and just as I was passing, the driver decided to begin to turn right without indicating (even though you can only go straight there - it's a one way street the opposite way if you turn right). I hit the brakes and the bike skidded a bit, but luckily the driver stopped the turn - I guess they either spotted me or realized the turn was not on. Pretty sure the driver was either new to driving in DC or trolling for a street parking space during rush hour... good luck.

To balance it out a bit, there was a guy dressed in black mashing pedals weaving lanes and blowing red lights about a mile before that in Georgetown. Strangely enough I overtook him pretty easily once I got my green light. He was definitely riding in too high a gear. Or maybe it was a fixie.

First below freezing commute of the year - 31deg
Dressed perfectly - felt great!

Gecho I keep thinking you're a fighter pilot. Having done a lot of ski goggles and no-skin-exposed riding myself, I think it's a cool picture. Here's me a couple of years ago next to Lake Champlain...

My commute was a little chilly this morning, largely my fault. 28F, overcast and windy. Should have worn more around my "trunk."

28F and icy. I had a bunch of errands and alternate routing so I got to explore the ice in places I don't usually go. But no problems.

I don't really understand why some ice like black ice is really slippery and prone to causing me wipeouts (unless I put the studded tires on), and some ice is not. Anyway, this ice was not. For instance, I braked down a frozen overpass mostly to keep control around some peds, and didn't fall down, braking on black ice is instant faceplant time.

On the next overpass I pedaled right up it, no traction problems whatever, but going the opposite direction, giving me some pucker, a slug of tailgaiting cars were behind somebody who slammed on the brake and they all braked short and all fishtailed (but none of them hit each other or spun out into me).

Same here, but I wonder how many more commutes I've got left for the season. I quit riding outside when it gets icy, and I think that's coming soon.

It was about 33 F. this morning, and the roads were still wet enough to spray water off my tires. But it wasn't raining. I like that. Very foggy in places, not so fun. I only got passed by one car on the whole trip (9 miles). :-)

Friday night's 7 inches of fresh snow had me driving to work Saturday, but all was plowed by yesterday so I rode. I've been locking to the same bike rack outside of the cafe for 9 years now, and only lock up elsewhere when the rack is full (not an issue right now, but it happens in the summer a lot when I work later shifts). This spring the city installed several new, two bicycle racks along the sidewalk that fronts the cafe; and despite the fact that they've been there for almost 8 months, I just yesterday realized that they're a much better place to leave my bike as they're in full view of the entire cafe, where the old rack is around the corner and out of sight. So I've got a new parking spot, but as I left work yesterday I automatically went around the corner to the old rack and had a WTF moment when I didn't see my bike. Old habits die hard, I guess.

10ºF and calm today. Nice ride to school today, might try the MUP heading home; skier reports indicate a solid footpack down the centerline. Weather service says there's a large warm and wet storm streaming up from the tropics, and are forecasting above freezing temps, high winds, and rain over the next four days. Boo.

I'd probably walk. I can do the 2 miles to work in just under 10 minutes in the summer, and that's about the bare minimum that I'd consider worth cycling.

$4.99 plus shipping will get you a new bracket from PB, so you can switch just the headlight back and forth.

Thankfully, we don't get too many days below freezing here and even fewer below freezing and wet or icy.

Yesterday I discovered that my handlebar on my hybrid can be radically adjusted. I went from an upright position to a lean forward position, and today I flew through my commute with much less effort and 8 minutes less time. It's amazing what a simple adjustment can do.

Thanks. I'm looking forward to seeing yours once it's finished.

Awesome ride home at 62F and mostly cloudy with mainly crosswinds and some tailwinds from the SSW @ 9-12mph. This is currently the fastest commute home I've had this semester and I believe it was the fastest one home ever.

Too short...you'll have to change your commute from a straight line to a corkscrew

16C on the way in, with more fall headwinds coming up the Hudson. Said good morning to a few other commuters...seems like a few more had come out of the woodwork what with the good weather today and the turkey day last week. One spandex jerk on an MTB that I passed decided I was bait with my full panniers and baggy clothes and passed me rather stealthily and unsafely. I let him know quite loudly how unsafe it can be to not ring a bell or shout "on your left," but he just seemed determined to get the points. I will give him credit for maintaining a really good pace on knobblies, but it just doesn't justify being an arse.

Warm is right for DC...wow. Hard to pack, I keep defaulting to my fall/winter gear and then I heat up quickly.

Lots of runners out on the way back home tonight.