Yikes. The "rack" they have in front is one of those circa 1960s portable ones chained to a rail, much like the one I was originally locking up to.

Stopped at the LBS on the way home last night to buy a new helmet. The old Ghisallo is starting to delaminate and I get a pretty good team deal on a new Bell Sweep R, so it was a no brainer. I like the Sweep R. Similar to the Ghisallo but it seems to be a bit lighter and lower profile. Nice.

Chamber of commerce weather this morning.

Nice enough this morning, forewent the coat. W/ 6 yr old going to neighbor's house just around the corner for the morning, by the time I was done dropping him off, my wife turned up pulling the 3 yr old in the trailer to her daycare. So I went downtown w/ them and then back toward work w/ my wife (she works along the same route as me, 1 mile closer to home). Nice ride. Slowish but of course a little more peaceful that way.

Great weather in the NE this week - 60 in the morning and 70 by days end. I take the long way home and see all kinds of things. Rabbits, chipmunks,snakes, turtles - love it - don't see those things driving by.

Today was cool but humid. I rode with a friend of mine that I see on the trail frequently. Our previous three rides together this week were hammer fests. Yesterday we had a tailwind and took 5 minutes off of our usual. Even with the slower pace this morning I'm cramping. Not good.

Saw a fox yesterday morning right on the trail. Passed within two feet of him and he didn't even flinch. On another note, my next job will be goose herder. I'm getting pretty good at getting them off the trail.

hung-over, why did I have to have 'just one more'?! I know better than that, I usually consider my morning ride - but not last night...

Weather has cooled off, low 50's, so it's a refreshing ride and fun as always.

Almost a colision
 

Well it was not today but yesterday on my commute into work along the Bowmont park pathway in Calgary I came 5 feet from smacking into a Moose. Yep a Moose. Not the thing you want to see at 7:30 am, come out of the brush on to the path...scared the poop outa me.

The funny thing was I was muttering right be before I had to lay down my bike, about how bad the off leash dogs are in the park in the morning and how annoying it is when they jump up at you from places you dont expect them to.

Anyway good to see wildlife, scary to see a big o'l swamp donky in the city.

Two days in a row, great weather, cool in the 60's and low humidity. A few weeks ago people were dying from the heat.

Well then, jeez, clearly you don't need to lock your bike at all! Just leave it back there because if someone tries to take it, they're "here and can see it." :D

Uneventful ride today.

a little tired yesterday going home - donated blood earlier so I think that had something to do with it.

nice leisurely ride in this afternoon - took my time.

Full Moon yesterday = crazies.

Where do I start? Was in the far left lane of busy one-way street. I was about 1/3 past an articulated bus on my right when he decided to move left into my lane (I know he saw me, he looked directly at me in his large mirror) forcing me to brake quickly to get out of the way. I did manage to give the finger as he was looking at me, and I normally don't do that. Then he executes a last-second left turn (ah! So he wasn't paying attention and didn't give himself room to lane change early on - that's the ticket) and I move to the right side of my lane and do a head check over my right shoulder to see if the lane is clear to move around bus. At the same time I hear engine revs and a car (a Prius? Toyota something?) zooms past me and honks at ME. Driver rolls down her window and yells something at me (she's obviously p.o.'d). Color me incredulous b/c she obviously saw the bus cut me off. As I rode past her (the bus turned and light was turning yellow) I just said "I didn't even get into your lane!" And waved and smiled as I left her at the intersection. I should have stopped and discussed it with her in retrospect and I think this is my second encounter with her and her unrolled window. Can't wait till it happens again and see what she has to say.

Then, I almost get rear-ended by another bicyclist at a stopsign at a busy intersection - cars stopped in all directions, I stopped just behind a vehicle and was waiting my turn. I heard rubber scuffing and heavy bike braking. Um, dude, I'm not going to run this BUSY intersection.

Then it was the last day of H.S. so lots of kids out cruising fast and furious. :rolleyes:

Totally awesome! First time I commuted with my wife on the tandem. I need a car at the office for a Wednesday cross-town activity. I also had a Wednesday evening function that included my wife. She drove me home Wed evening, we rode in together Thurs AM, she drove home with the tandem, I have my Karate Monkey to ride home tonight. The ride is a little over 10 miles. Rolling time is much faster on a tandem but getting through intersections and traffic circle and needing to walk a short dirt trail made the ride a few minutes longer. Absolutely worth the extra time. Now my wife is trying to figure out how to do this more often, but she doesn't want to hang around town all day til I get off and she doesn't want to ride home solo. We'll figure it out...

oooh today it was sore. i played ultimate frisbee last night for 2 hours and then only got 4 hours of sleep. getting up at the buttcrack of dawn to ride 8 miles of rough road to work was definitely not an easy decision this morning.

but i did it. :D

Hot, Hot....Hot. Missed the morning train so I didn't hit the road till almost noon. Already 100....with no breeze to speak of! Headed out with too little H2O..(my fault) and ran out north of Escondido... With still some moderate climbing I totally dehydrated and got really nauseated. After water and gatoraide still feeling the affects and the legs are gone....

Going to get a second water bottle mount...pronto! And I need to get that backpack off my back and into a bike mounted bag... Just too much heat and too little cooling surface.

Normal commute, good speed (18-20mph)....but the cool thing is, I got my first roadside found-object! A plastic TMNT Sigh (sp?). I passed it on the shoulder, turned into the next driveway, went back down the sidewalk and across the grass to get it. I stuck it through my elastic bag tie downs and rode home. I either looked really badass or really dorky.

http://they.misled.us/images/tmnt.jpg

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Riding home, I had a motorcyclist try to make a left turn and cut me off as I headed through the intersection. He didn't succeed although we missed each other by inches (I passed in front of him). I was going slow enough to look him in the face and tell him how stupid he is and that I'd smash his face in if he tried it again. He didn't say anything because, really, what can you say to that?

I had my best commuting ride yet this year!!

68 kms round trip (I found a short cut that knocks 1 km off each way) ... sunny, warm, and light winds all the way!! :D

I ran into another bikejournal.com member of club hypoxia on the way home. He helped tow me the remaining miles. My body is just about exhausted from the incessant knee issues and back troubles. I think I may have figured out the knee with my latest seat post and cleat adjustment.
I am still on track to finish up my first 1000 mile month since the accident.
Now if I can make it up Mt Evans on Saturday and back.

Anyhow, tomorrow is a recovery day. Going to sleep in and take the bus to work. Thank god.
Over 200 miles so far this week with a bad knee stinks a bit.

You, sir, are devoted. I was excited to realize today that I just crossed the 1000 mile mark since I started riding in April.

I don't know that I will ever get to 1000 miles a month, but 500 seems a worthy goal at this point. :)

You mean crazy. :p
Not to mention that I hurt my knee twice and came down with a virus.
Hopefully, things work out better in July and I can do something like 1200 while being well.

Temp hit 110 today where I live and while I was riding. A brutal day to bike to work.

Then on the way home, my Bontrager rack + Trek basket failed after I went over a speed bump. The entire basket just fell off to the side, held on only by a cheap cargo net I had secured to the front of the rack.

Thank goodness I didn't have any groceries or beer in there!

Serenity Now!!!

Delightful ride! Summer solstice and a full moon low in the southwestern sky.

Got buzzed by some dude in an Explorer. Three lanes of traffic coming up behind me and he was passing everyone on the right (my lane). He got enough of an opening to get halfway out of the lane and I don't think he even THOUGHT about getting off of the gas. Close and fast.

I just casually--almost good-naturedly--gave him the finger and kept spinning. :D

Smoked him! I was passed by another rider this morning as I crossed the 14th St. bridge. No big deal, he signaled with a bell and safely passed. By the end of the bridge I had caught up to him and stayed a bike lengths or two back (I could tell he was a fit rider and thought I'd use him as a rabbit to amp myself up a bit). I followed him down the trail that leads to/from the bridge to the street in front of the Jefferson Memorial. The trail splits in two at this intersection, he chose the first left and I continued to the second (they both dump you out onto the street). He rode directly across the street to the sidewalk while I took the (what was now) inside lane and stayed on the street, as I always do. He could tell that my angle put me in a position to intercept him and beat him to the next segment of sidewalk, where I'd merge with him, and accelerated hard. I saw this and put the hammer down too. We were neck and neck until I shifted to the next gear, passed, and took a position in front of him as we got to the next sidewalk. He responded by yelling something, I wasn't sure if he was mad or excited. I continued to drop the hammer through some S turns and dropped him as well, not even looking back. The funny thing is that I almost lost it on a handicap access ramp-my back tire kicked up and to the right at what must have been 23/24 mph or so, luckily I caught it or my whole "victory" could have turned into a humiliating mess.

Other than this little excitement my ride was uneventful, cool, and dry however. This is my second "all ride week" in a row since March (the birth of our first child), hopefully I'll get back into the rhythym.