Wind advisory this afternoon. 30 mph winds with gusts to 45 mph.

I don't think it was quite that bad, probably 20 to 25 mph. But still makes the trip home a lot tougher. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger and tired.

Clear and mild. An entire mile each way. Rode home for lunch, like I always do, and it was very windy on the way back.

MUP was plowed most of the way home .... except the really bad section. I had to switch to the granny gear for the first time. The only tire tracks on the path were mine from this morning. I had to get off and walk in a few spots again, like this one:

Today was my first commute of the new year. Temp was in the high 30's, and only a little wind doing in. Looking forward to mounting cleats to my new Shimano MW80 winter cycling shoes, though.

would love some winter cycling shoes.
the shoe-bootie covers really only do a half-assed job.

had to commute up to north seattle; greenlake was looking rather wintery today

Got 5 commuting days in this past week. My commute is 20 miles each way - so I get 200 miles of base going into a weekend. Great for my endurance training...

Warmer weather has made the riding very easy here in Central Texas. Wind was light for the most part too... Afternoons were all in the 60's or even low 70's... (Hard to believe that it's actually even winter.)

Saw a nice sunrise on Friday on my way in:



Got a flat on the way home Friday afternoon...which ended a 3-month streak of riding flat free.

All in all a good week on the bike.

The Weather Network said, "No accumulation expected from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning". After watching it snow all day I rode through 10-12 cm (4-6 in) of fresh powder and lots of mashed potato/cake batter snow. Almost lost it just leaving the driveway, and had to dismount once while climbing a small grade; I was following car tracks which had left the roadway and I lost traction. On the way home it appeared that the plows had cleared the road and that made for a pleasant ride. Driveway was still a bit hairy, though, and I'll have to get out and shovel it tomorrow. At least the snowfall made a great test bed for my newly-installed trekking bars; the more upright riding position made the bike feel much more stable in the snow.

Just cold at 19 F ( -7 C). My alarm clock never went off this morning, so I was about an hour later. The traffic was heavy, but that was expected. I need to adjust my left clipless, as I almost went down at an intersection, fortunately, my right foot cooperated. In the winter, metal just loves to act up.

Just back from vacation.

I watched the 20-car pileup video at the beginning of this thread and was laughing at the thought of someone riding a bike with studded tires past all the carnage and waving at the camera. What a mess.

My ride this morning wasn't bad. I took the unplowed MUP. The Electric Company drives a truck on it to inspect power lines, so there are nice tight-packed and smooth wheel tracks. Good for a bicycle. In another section, it seems someone shoveled a track for about a quarter mile. Otherwise, it was packed tight, but rough from peds.

Temps in the mid teens (F) and tailwindy.

25f snow on the ground rode big blue in, nice morning.

We got about 10cm of blowing snow on Saturday. Yesterday I was going to ride my bike out to the university to do some reading, but as soon as I got to the start of a path near my house I saw it was completely blown in so I went back home. Since I was already dressed for being outside I decided to do a bit of cross country skiing instead.

Today I took the mountain bike and left extra early to beat the traffic since I was going to be on the road most of the way in. It was -15C with a light wind and I was quite warm. A few times I tried to rejoin the MUP where I thought it would be better but quickly ended up going back to the road. I wiped out once on some polished snow, but other than that it was a fairly uneventful ride. I think I need to reposition the studs on my homemade studded tires. The MUP should get cleared today so I'll be back on the touring bike tomorrow.

Third work day in a row I didn't ride. My commute is: Bike for 1.6 miles, ride the bus for 35 miles, then bike for the last 5 miles. When cold slushy stuff is forecast, I don't want the bike up on the front of the bus on the bike rack for 70 miles each day catching all that salty-slushy-ugly stuff thrown up by traffic. AND I'M GETTING QUITE TIRED OF NOT RIDING THE BIKE! SNOW, GO AWAY!

Ray
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

Not the easiest ride of my life this morning. 29F/-2C with 15-20 MPH winds out of the NE. The first part of my ride across the wind wasn't too bad, but it took me a couple minutes to get warmed up. As soon as I made the right turn to head NE the wind made itself known! 1.5 miles straight into that headwind had me in toiling away in the lowest couple gears available on the rear. Didn't have to drop into the smallest chainring though. Grin and bare it, right?
Then just as I reached the apex of my ride, which really isn't anymore than a slight hill, I a couple trashcans got blown right into my path, not more than 10 feet ahead of me... fortunately I wasn't moving too fast and was able to brake, steer left and kick them out of the way so I didn't have the ride over/ thru them. Still stopped briefly just to make sure nothing was damaged...
If the wind keeps up this evening, I anticipate a fast ride home...

Good ride this morning. 29 degrees with snow on the grass and wet roads. Everyone in the office thinks I'm nuts for riding. I try to justify it by I telling them about some of the conditions that you guys ride in, but they still think I'm nuts. This is my first winter commuting, maybe they just need some time to get used to it.

Wind, Cold, Cold Wind! Frosted fingers and toes this morning but dry out. Full ski jacket and balaclava in effect.

32F, the most beautiful fluffy snowflakes falling, about one per cubic foot.

cold and the roads de-iced

Well, My ride in the AM is only about 2 miles (10 miles round trip between two jobs all day) and the -2F temp with at least a 15 mph wind chill was less than pleasant. But I find that snow pants, balaclava's, and PI Lobster Gloves really help.

Although the doughy chunder snow really sucks when you are riding in the street to avoid the pedestrian-roughened sidewalks on busy streets...

Even the Marathon winters suck with chunder and pedestrian ice-paving-stones on non-road surfaces.

30F/-1C and mist. Love the frost that forms on the sleeves of my sweater!

Going on a 50 mile "commute". It's a route a mapped out on mapmyride. Will report back.. with pics.

Welcome fsc...just today somebody was showing me lobster gloves. I might check 'em out because my old ski gloves just don't get the job done.

Foggy and in the 30's this morning with cold drizzle on the way in. Extra reflective gear put to good use... It's supposed to stay about the same this week as far as temps go - with some sun. I can take the cold - but think that it's amazing that you guys ride in the snow!

Had an interesting commute today, this morning it was stupidly cold (tomorrow will be colder) and on the way home I passed some local kids, who turned around and caught up with me to ask me questions. That was fun. I also discovered that my DIY lighting had a terminal come loose, so I will be fixing that in the morning. It's going on 3 months with my Mr. Tuffy liners, still no flats. I'm going to get a pinch flat sooner or later, because I haven't had to air up my tires in so long! I love these things.

I've discovered a new puppy on my route who isn't being chained up, he will get taught a lesson shortly if I see him loose again. He's going to get killed running in the street after stuff.

Well thank you. I have been lurking long enough that I dont really feel like a n00b, but My post count proves I am

Yeah, for anything under about 25F the lobster gloves are the best investment you can make IMHO, but anything over 30F your hands will sweat and thats not really all that fun.

Ride home tonight was interesting. Left at 2115 ish with the temps somewhere around -11F. Apparently I learned how to dress for the cold since the only way I could tell it was seriously cold was my eyelashes freezing together!!!!

Other than that it was nice. Beautiful night for a ride, if you can stand the cold. The traffic is even respectful when they think its icy (since they dont actually want to run a fat guy like me over usually... too much damage to their cars lol).


FSC

First day of the spring semester, and while I'm not terribly stoked to be back at school (I'm sure it gets more interesting later, but so far I'd rather have stayed working full time), I'm very happy to have my school commute back (16 miles round trip versus 5 miles RT for work).

11F/-12C this afternoon heading in, varying from 8F/-13C to 17F/-9C coming home (I spend most of the commute down in a creek drainage, which tends to trap cold air). Ice fog pulled back this morning to reveal a very frosty Anchorage:



Hoar frost feathers on a bench:



Which reminded me of a photo I took earlier this winter, during the last cold snap. From the outhouse at the South Fork Eagle River Trailhead (temp was hovering around 3F/-16C, IIRC):



Just goes to show that Alaskans have some of the toughest tuckuses in the U.S. (also shows how happy I am to equipped for peeing while standing ).

Coolest part of the day: when the fog rolled back in for the evening commute. There aren't words to describe how cool it is to ride along unlit snowy trail, surrounded by ice-encrusted trees and frozen tidal flats, lit only by the suspended light from your headlamp glowing in the ice fog.