Whoa, where did the humidity go!?

It was almost...dare I say...chilly this morning!

Ride went off without a hitch. I usually don't ride Thursdays. I have a late meeting today that forces me to miss my weekly group road ride, so I figured I might as well get a ride in anyhow :)

Really nice ride in this morning. Left a bit earlier than normal, and was rewarded with much less traffic-I sailed through the rotary without even having to brake! Also the humidity around here was much lower this morning. I also managed to pack everything into the trunk bag, avoiding the need for the panniers again. Although I love them, it is nice riding some days without them.
Passed a dude on a roadie while climbing my first hill of the morning-he wasn't going that much slower than me, but I was feeling good this morning and had already decided to push that hill harder this morning before I even left. Felt a bit bad as he did not hear me saying 'on your left' until I was right on him, even though I was yelling, but we exchanged nice pleasantries, and I was on my way!

no bike. grump, grump. And it is such a beautiful day.

On the ~3-4 mile section of greenway this morning, I spooked 2 dogs...they took off running ahead of me, not leaving the greenway. Every time they slowed I would holler "I'm still behind you!" or "I'm coming after you!" and they would speed up. They could of just left the path for the woods on either side but no, they ran themselves ragged for about a mile before they finally turned off. On this section of boardwalk:
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We passed a giant snapping turtle, probably 12 - 15" in length. One dog slowed to check him out but of course I kept him moving along.

Yesterday was a great commute, especially in the evening.

The morning was cool and I rode the first 9.5 mile leg easily. I left my home on the north-side of Chicago and rode to the Rosemont CTA Blue Line station where I catch a bus. After a little delay, I rode the Northwest limited bus to the Busse Woods forest preserve. Here I travel on a great bike path about 5 miles before hitting the low traffic suburban streets of Schaumburg for about 5.5 mile.

It took me about two hours and twenty minutes to complete my 31 mile commute. The morning was slow; I wasted about 20 minutes at the bus stop and had a head wind.

The afternoon ride was perfect. With the help of a tail wind, I rode the first 10 miles in thirty-five minutes, a 17 mph pace. I then rode an express bus to Rosemont, arriving at 6:00 PM. I rode the last 9.5 miles in about forty minutes. Less than two hours total :giver: .

I need to be as efficient in the morning as I was in the afternoon. The red lines are bike rides, the yellow lines are bus travel.

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Must suck being around people who care.

I ride to the dinner from work yesterday, takeing a extra long but nice route (I got off work earlier too), and then from that place to home a bit late. 02.30 AM.

Now, I am not to be at the office for two weeks (I shall still work though), so commuteing is, well no exact commuting, just going places todo fun stuff (;

I met the Yellow biker again, today! It wasn't nearly as hard to follow him today.

Beautiful when. Not humid. 17C/63F.

I attached my computer to my bike last night, so now I got numbers :)
Max 48.2kmph/29mph. I tend to cruise at 25kmph or 35kmph. 11km to work, not 10.

Took a huge detour this morning. Mrs Pig Chaser is taking a trip with a gf next week and i'll be at home with the kiddos. I thought i'd see if i can take them by bike to thier swimming lessons so i went about 20km to the kinsmen sports center. Man it was gorgeous, the trip was mainly ravine/river valley mup. I'm thinking 20km is just too far/long for the kids to be in the trailer though.

I then took calgary trail/hwy 2 directly out of the city. It was alittle sketchy near the construction at 23rd ave but not too bad. Hwy 2 itself was fine, i passed a loaded tourer. I wanted to maybe have a chat but when i rang my bell she kinda started weaving. She went sorta left so i went right almost to the end of the shoulder and passed fast. I just kept trucking after that.
I was abit freaked out about the nisku overpass... that thing is bumper to bumper in rush hour. But there's room on the right and obviously the cars are moving slowly. No problem.

I'm on the bench for a week or two letting my knee & quad heal. The drive in to work today sucked and I beat my bike time by only 10 minutes. I'll prolly hit up the park n ride tomorrow & read a book. I went ahead and ordered Park cleaning supplies for my bike this morning. I'm going to give her a good cleaning & tuneup next week, my baby's a little dirty girl right now...

Great ride last night. Went the wrong way (intentionally) and did a great MTB ride through Nose hill park. We are lucky to have such a great park in the city limits - at times there is a great view of the city (at night the city lights are great) and for other sections I can't even see or hear the city. I feel like I am out in the prairie.

This morning - just another fast ride on the paths.

enjoyed the ride this morning due to some drier air...there was an interaction with a driver that left me a bit frustrated but i was laughing the whole time because she was clearly the one who cut into my lane, i think i ended up getting through the light ahead of her and pointing to my a**...she didn't seem pleased

Bike probably wont be done again today.

While waiting to catch the train, I ran into a guy with the same bike as I have - a Dahon Curve D3. We compared notes before boarding.

Hmmph. Flat tire to start the day, new tube has a slow leak as well as the one I broke while attempting to fix yesterday! Otherwise a fine ride (since the leak is slow). I ordered a new tire, this one is pretty beat up.

sorry it took so long to reply...but TRUE THAT!

106F (41.5?C) with "unhealty for all groups" air quality last night. I might as well take up smoking Marlboro reds.

had to drive in again, optom. appt. 10 miles away, not up to 20 m round trip yet. (hopefully soon!) but man... the difference i feel btwn riding my bike, and driving my car... it's unexplainable... i think i want to go car free - as soon as i can handle long distances. i just... i just love biking and the feeling it gives me :love:

Yea, One of these days when I get in better shape I'll ride the 90 mil round trip on the weekends to sail as opposed to drive.

Fargin' cold!
It's not getting any better
I should heed my Mom's advice:
travel with a sweater.

Nice ride yesterday, but it's amazing how much difference one hour makes. My shift started and ended an hour later than usual, so I had heavy traffic and heat both ways. Bummer! On the other hand, I felt really good in spite of the annoyance and added a couple extra miles to my ride in.

first commute ever, did about 30 miles one way in about 2 hours... it was nice to not have to sit in traffic and enjoy the sights, smells and sounds.. i only got cutoff my one moron too!

Today was a nice ride! Had to leave early for a followup chiro appt, so I left at 4pm. There was not nearly as much humidity today, and I left myself some time, so I took the slightly longer way home and enjoyed the ride. As I had planned for today, I pushed a bit harder on the hills today, and it was worth it.

back is still a bit off, but much better-one more visit next week and I should be through this.

Wow. Way to jump in with both feet!

Nice one tkblazer. Welcome to the club! That's a fairly hefty commute - how often are you going to do it?

Nice weather, but still cold. My toes were numb when I arrived at the office.