Very hot today, 95+.

Forgot my shorts for the afternoon ride home :(

Went swimming though and all was better. :)

Drizzle. Cold. Grey.

And a great big hill that made me cry and call it daddy.

It's Juneuary in the PNW.

Today will be first day since back in May when we actually have seasonal temperatures. It has been very hot in NC the entire month of June, with some record-breaking highs in the 100s last week and 90s most other days. Today the high is supposed to top out in the mid-80s -- what it's supposed to be like -- and it feels great. Temps were in the upper 50s during my morning commute, and I wore my arm warmers for the first time in weeks. No more bike commutes after today until next week some time, as we are heading out of town for a family wedding in Georgia. I plan to bring one of my bikes, and hopefully my brother and I can get in some rides around Stone Mountain outside Atlanta as well as the Blue Ridge Mountains near Hiawasee.

Crisp. Mid 50's, sunny. Headwind but it didn't seem to slow me down much. Passed an MTB-rider who was stopped and talking on a cell phone. He waved and I said hi. I eyeballed his bike for damage but didn't see any. Hopefully he wasn't calling for a rescue.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

59 degrees on the way in. Sunny. Just a few wispy clouds-kinda like the beginning of "Ferris Buehler's Day Off." No noticable wind.

Commuting Nirvana.

Did you call security/ police? Getting him towed would have been satisfying.

Glorious ride this morning. Despite staying up late to watch the Celtics destroy the hapless Lakers, I had plenty in the tank and the legs felt good. Something tells me the ride home won't be the same. Comfortable commute in Boston this morning...about 65.

60F and a cear sky, perfect :) was a good ride too. I even had a driver honk after they passed me and wave through the back window (first time that has happened). I was going down some rough road and couldn't let go to wave back but I nodded so maybe they saw that :)

Hardly got a sweat going today; such a nice, cool morning. 2 other guys in my lab rode in today ... woohoo!!!
The revolution will not be televised.

Tarwheel: Maybe you know this already. If you get a chance to ride in Georgia, might I suggest the area around Helen. Great surroundings for tour/road riding, and plenty of MTB access around if you are into it. We used to do 24-hour overnights out there regularly.

Commuted yesterday afternoon (hot but nice) and this morning (cool and nice) for the first time since my accident on Friday afternoon. I'll be driving home this afternoon, but it was really good to get back on the bike again, and on such an extremely pleasant day. :)

perfect temps for a ride in this morning. I was actually surprised (pleasantly) when I opened the garage to leave - I felt a little chilly - felt great after last week!

Perfect day for a ride; low temp and humidity. Very enjoyable ride; great way to start the day!

Gorgeous! 65f no humidity. Wish I could go back out.

another damp morning but the mist felt really nice and i was only a little bit wet when i arrived at work...had a late night with friends but that didn't slow me down much

I missed my turn on the way in and had to sprint through traffic for a few extra blocks. Wheeeeee! :D

Almost got squished last night between a cab and a parked car. The cab kept drifting closer to the parked cars until I squeezed past. That's when he saw me and stopped.

This morning was nice except for the overly aggressive SUV driver from NJ who didn't want to share the lane with me and a new wrinkle in the road that developed recently and I needed to hop my front wheel over. It's been getting worse and looks like it could cause me to stack if I hit it too hard.

Yep. I just walked over to the exit kiosk and asked them to call Lovely Rita. When I walked by at lunch, there was a ticket on the windshield. I don't know if it was towed but it was gone by the end of the day.

I assume he learned his lesson. No one in the space today.

3 incidents in last 2 legs, when I usually have none.

In the am, I ride a bike lane E then cross 2 eastbound lanes of cars to get to turn lane then cross last 2 westbound car lanes to get to work driveway. This am, a long line of cars in passing E car lane, so I just got into the slow lane and waited for the last passing car to pass, by then the bigass diesel pickup w/ bigass trailer that everyone else was passing decided he'd try to pass me, so I just pulled in front of him and into the turn lane. (if they'd just pulled back to the slow lane after passing him I wouldn't have done that, I would have gone to plan B which is to go to the light farther E than my office, crossed there, and come back down the W bike lane). Anyway, I stayed ahead of him until I braked to turn, too. He was not going fast, just thought he was going faster than me. Not really an incident I guess. I might have been being a passive-aggressive jerk, or even an actively aggressive one, but anyway I neither impeded the flow of traffic nor got hit so I don't feel too bad about it.

Yesterday pm, trailering 3 yr old home from daycare, I was at a stop sign, saw a car coming from my left, so didn't go. This turn is the last stop-sign mediated intersection at the end of a longish straightaway, before a string of light-mediated intersections, so I know I never need to go too fast once I get to the light section 'cause they are timed to alternate, you cannot make 2 lights in a row. But anyway, the car gave me an angry wave like 'get going', so I did. I kinda got to going fast 'cause I didn't want to annoy him by slowing him down if he thought I was crossing the intersection rather than pulling in front of him, so was going really fast and just barely realized in time that the next intersection was backed up from gridlock at the next intersection after that, had to swerve to avoid rear-ending a minivan. The guy who let me in followed me almost the rest of the way through down town, as it happened. Whatever. I felt bad for making myself go fast in response to perceived interests of the rest of traffic. Maintained traffic speed the rest of the way, anyway.

Finally, but first, yesterday at noon, my 6 yr old had a run-in at his school yesterday. On the one hand, he's really good at not trusting cars and picking up things like reverse lights that might let him know a stopped car is about to move. On the other hand, we usually go to/from his school at least an hour before or after it opens/closes, so he doesn't often ride in the full hubbub of people dropping/retrieving their kids. So he crossed the crosswalk across the bus driveway right when an illegally parked east-facing minivan backed up and turned into the N/S driveway, one smooth move, 1st step of a 3 point turn to take them home to the north. He just swerved around her (leaving the crosswalk he was in, going farther back toward the bus loop) and moved up the sidewalk to take the next crosswalk N-bound, but she freaked out (understandably). I managed to calm her down and also remind him that he really needs to pay more attention at all times. She wasn't angry at him, or if she was she was at least as angry as herself. I've attached a diagram for that last one.

Gorgeous morning! Bright & sunny, 75 degrees. Not a cloud until I got to the coast, where I ran into the Great Wall O' Fog (tm). About 2 miles of swirling mist, herons & gulls, then out into bright sun again. Beautiful!

Uneventful week on the roads for me, but other stuff:

Monday morning I ran into another commuter from my building, a guy I'd never seen before. Turns out he started commuting (been a recreational rider for years) about a month ago. Nice guy, and he gave me the info for some group rides he does that leave from near my house. Even better, they're slower rides--my only bike is my commuter, and though she's dependable and great for commuting, she's not fast--and they ride on Sundays, which is my day off from kid duty.

Monday night I rode home (5 miles), took a short break, then rode about 7 miles to pickup Ultimate Frisbee. Played for 2 hours, then rode home. Damn but I was dehydrated, tired and sore!

Yesterday morning, still tired etc., I slipped on the steps from my house to the garage, gave myself whiplash and landed flat on my back. Now I was tired, dehydrated, and even more sore than I'd been. :( And my rear tire was flat (2nd time in a week or so). That sucked. Then there was a horrendous headwind for me on the way home.

I got pulled out on today going by a school. A car inched out, blocking the bike lane trying to see around another car to turn right. From a few yards away he looks right at me and proceeds to go. I immediately took the lane, with him on my right; pointing him down to stop in the bike lane as I rode by. The second I got back in the bike lane another car was randomly stopped right in front of me to let their kid out. I had to retake the lane, right in front of the guy I just passed (before he started accelerating). As I proceeded through the obstacle I gave a gentle knuckle knock to the front corner panel of the stopped car. That's my customary way of 'honking' at vehicles that are creating a dangerous situation for cyclists.

Long-term solution. Find a different route to work :) Ride safe.

No riding for me for a few days. Got hit by a car on the way home on Friday. Slow moving crash - some bruises on my knees/legs but no lasting damage. Getting a new front wheel & the rest of the bike looked at. I have a road bike - but no desire to ride it...

Definitely avoid school zones. I'd rather ride through the bar district at 2am than a school zone at 8am.

Sorry to hear you had a stack, edbikebabe. Glad you are OK. Don't let 'em beat you!

I'm riding my 'other' bike again, after getting some new brakes for it. It actually stops now! Makes a change, but feels very different to my SS. Quite jittery; I think it's the narrow tyres. Still fun, just different. And gears certainly make the pull up through North Sydney a bit easier!

Second day commuting 15 miles total! It was around 92f with 50% humidity, not bad for central Florida. I was a lot more confident on the road and when I was waiting with the other cars in the turn lanes :) The first day I commuted it took me 45 minutes for a 7.5 mile ride and today it was only 40 minutes. I seem to notice that after 3.5 miles I am no longer tired and my body is ready to get going and I can kind of kick up my pace. I do think I need to readjust my seat or buy something... maybe I just get use to being sore or something? oh well I had a great time today :)