I was finally able to commute again!! The weather this summer has been ... weird, and not terribly co-operative ... at least not for 68+ kms!

It feels good when I can commute. :)

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How true! I did my fastest time to work this month when angry. :thumb: I was really mellow afterwards.

This morning was calm and beautiful. I enjoyed the ride, was running a little late though. First I almost forgot my water bottle, then I almost forgot my backpack. Arrived at work and two people haven't showed up so I felt bad for not arriving as early as I like to be.

Beautiful ride in on on the new ss and it was a beautiful ride home on the '48 Rudge save for the last 5 minutes where I was almost intentionally turned into roadkill by some rednecks in a pickup.

This the second time this has happened in as many weeks.

Took wednesday and thursday off work. Rode 30 miles both days. The first day nearly killed me.

The route I took had a lot of hills. It was almost straight north for the bulk of the ride. The wind was coming out of the North at 14mph. Big hills + heavy head wind + heavy backpack = tired pup. I had to stop a few times to get in a good rest.

30 miles isn't that far, so I felts pretty discouraged. I had done around 30 miles before, and thought this wouldn't be too bad.

The way back was much easier. So much easier i cut my time in half. Which is Silly. The wind was coming out of the north west and I was heading southwest, so It wasn't neutral, but it wasn't giving me THAT much of a push. the wind had slowed down anyhow, only at about 10mph or less. I felt like I was riding very very fast, but doing the calculation, I only did about 14.6 MPH on average for this ride.

14.6 MPH? Thats kind of slow. makes me feel not so great.

The ride this morning to work wasn't so bad. But my legs were a bit fatigued. Got to work on time.

Nice ride in, had a higher average speed because I saw another commuter I've seen before and I tried to chase him down. The attempt to intercept was...unsuccessful, but enjoyable. Dude is fast. That makes two times this week that I haven't been able to catch someone I started chasing. Perhaps I'm slow. Either way, I'm riding.

hello everyone - been a while since I posted. hope everyone is OK. I've been good, just lotsa going on. For all you teachers types, I will have a note from my doctor/parent/shrink to explain my tardiness.

great ride in this morning. Caught up to a roadie who also commutes a couple times a week. we rode together for a while chatting. He was lovin my Carradice saddlebag hanging off the post - I probably could have sold it to him right then and there if I wanted to - but no way am I doing that.

I flogged my body (Flogging Molly?!? Cool group, BTW ;)) this week. Took a long, hot soaking bath after my ride last night and resting up this weekend. Surprised my calves are still on a speaking basis with me. :p (BTW, my name is not Molly. LOL)

Today was probably the nicest day yet for a commute and has been the nicest ride in so far. Absolutely beautiful. Saw a doe in a soybean field and a little bunny with no ears. I figure the lawnmower got him. He sure was cute. Looking forward to the casual friday ride home. We may even ride our bikes up to the zoo for the jazzoo series tonight.

Great ride in today - temps in the mid 60s for a change. Forgot my water bottle though, the ride home will be in the upper 80s - oh well.

Had free breakfast at the Central CT Bicycle Alliance "last Friday of the month for cyclo-commuters" by the Old State House in downtown Hartford. It's kinda neat to see a bunch of cyclists and bikes that are obviously all being used for commuting.

Beautiful morning. It is always nice after a couple stormy days. Lots of mist and fog with a bright sun. Found myself going a bit slower and enjoying it until I got to the downtown area, then it was back onto the pedals. 68*F and low humidity. I am a bit fatigued though, as I have not had a day off from biking in a while.

Nothing really to post. Just trying to avoid working. :p

Nothing amazing this morning. No drivers trying to run me over. No sudden emergency manuevers. I did come out to the garage and my commuter had a flat. Swapped bags and jumped on my tarmac. What a fun ride easily doing 21 mph instead of my usual 19. I think adding gears to my salsa will be the project this winter.

Absolutely perfect cycling weather. 10C when i left the house no noticable wind whatsoever. I stopped along the way to pick up a red flag (just lying in the road) to attach to my bike on 'wear red to support the troops day'.

Today was my first day commuting. It went really well... riding home may be different... its uphill!

66F in July? Yes, it is true. Really nice morning ride; much warmer today, around 90F. Still some debris on the trail after storms, but it looks like the big sticks were removed. Great start to the weekend.

I think it's good to post these kinds of days as a positive control, just to show that most days are normal.

Today was normal for me but slow.

Excellent point.:thumb:

Today's weather is ridiculous. Warm breeze which happens like two times a year. I was absolutely thrilled to get to bike home in this kind of weather. :thumb:

Nice and easy. Although I did have to give a honking driver The Look.

Cheers! :beer:

I'm caging it today - trying not to overdo it as I get back up to speed. No swelling or any signs of problems today!!

I'm with you there, but for a different reason. I'm just getting back into cycling after a 10+ year hiatus. Resisting the Siren's call to go too far too fast. For now, twice a week (Tues. & Thurs.), then 3x/wk (Mon., Wed., Fri.), then 4x/wk (Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.) and finally 5x/wk. Oh, and at some point during my current phase, increase my distance from 21 miles RT to 31.5 miles, RT.

Hang in there. :thumb:

*clap* *clap*, keep it up!:thumb:

great ride in
the only sunny day all week here, the ride home should be divine

Super ride in this morning, almost 60 degrees before 7:00 am. Going a different route home tonight for a change. It's got a killer hill at the end, different than the killer hill in the middle on my regular route.

i cant wait until i get a bike and i can start commuting.

Do it! You know you want to. All the cool kids are doing it these days.