I feel the same way on Sundays. My posts are usually 12 hours apart, with one post or none at all in between.

The ride home tonight was slow, both because my brain was processing some very bad news (a friend of mine got in a wreck) and because my body was processing a strong drink. But it felt good, I let my emotions run the gamut while I slowly pedaled home.

Now I'm still stressed out and slightly buzzed, but I got to go for a bike ride, and that improved my night somewhat.

Commute today was awesome! About 1/2 way on my way in, spotted a momma river otter and her 3 pups. The pups were having a ball playing with each other while mom was searching for food. Naturally, I forgot to pack my camera of all days! DOH!

Ride home, for once, had the wind to my back and WOW what a difference in my speed it made. Sure beats that head wind!

-KHD
Bothell, WA

today it was slow. i was tired. on my way home, i had a headache. and was nearly right-hooked by a bus. (even though i was riding very legally in my city-designated bike lane.)

boo.

I was stopped at a light in the bike lane today on the way home. A guy on the sidewalk asks if he can ask me a stupid question. I said well sure you can ask but ... he then steps in front of me and asks if he can have a few dollars for gas ... blah blah story he doesn't have his wallet blah blah. I had to move out into the car lane to get around him when the light changed. Seriously, he's asking a cyclist for gas money? :lol:

Yeah right. Clearly his buzz was wearing off.

My commutes lately have been consistently good and uneventful. Cooler weather this AM with a bit more northwesterly breeze than has been the norm. Didn't really break a sweat this morning, but was nicely warmed up. Once my steed was tied up at the trough I walked up to the top of the "hill" behind our building. The campus adjoins a major power line right-of-way so it's about a 100 meter wide cleared area that catches whatever breeze is blowing. No place to be in the dead of winter, of course, but on a cool summer's morning it is a delightful cool-down spot, and almost certainly has been incorporated into my early morning routine...

Cool commute this morning. Low 50s. Mild tail wind. Lots of crows out making noise. I saw a few cyclists this morning, including a couple of cute young women heading the other way. :p I reeled in a male/female couple and the woman had curly red hair hanging below her helmet.
:love:

:D

Oh what a beautiful day. Nice ride. Nuthin broke.

Was pretty cool this morning. Made me appreciate the coffee at the end, though it is particularly Dark coffee. Might go as far as to say burned.

What is the fascination with Dark roasted coffee? it seems almost every coffee place favors it.

Give me City roasts or give me death! or at least a cinnamon roll.

EDIT: I also got another flat. I hate this cities roads. F'ing people throwing glass bottles everywhere. Even with Conti Gatorskins I still get flats.

Also, I think the "glueless" patches are useless. Every time I have used one, it goes flat again within 48 hours. I've tried sanding more, sanding less, different rubbing patterns, Fail everytime. I think I might grab a better patch kit next time I go into the LBS.

Worst headwinds I've had for a while. Total slog.

The students are coming back to campus in droves! It was like a slalom course this morning!

First hung-over commuting experience, and hopefully the last.
Ouch. My head still hurts.

Other than that, though, it was a nice ride. Good weather, pretty sky, no traffic problems, and I went fast.

A little bit of a head wind, and I was out til 1am for a concert, so my 6:45am commute for 19 miles was not the easiest. I just closed my mind and pedaled.

15 miles, clear skies, 57 deg at 6:00 AM start, but otherwise perfect. Looking forward to ride home through the hills of West Orange, NJ.

to me... that IS perfect.

;)

It was uneventful - but I must say I'm loving the cooler mornings and less humidity.

I was dead dog ass tired this morning, took a really casual ride into work this morning. Rode on the flats of my road bars the whole way, didn't have the energy to exert myself at all. For about a block I hear this awful squeaking racket coming up behind me, getting progressively louder. As he passes me, it's this brutally rusted out mountain bike with huge knobbies and some guy pedalling like a madman and not making great speed while doing it. As he passes me, he throws back a defiant look and then pedals off even harder. Apparently you're not allowed to ride a "fast" bike without being in an informal race with everyone on the road... I guess I lost?

That said, it was a pleasant, gentle commute the entire way in. Didn't push hard just went with the flow

great ride in, the sun was bright and it was a little cool and windy
my legs felt a bit tired on the last mile or so of my ride, i may have been pushing it a bit too much in the beginning

*cleaned the chain really well last night and tried out some chainj lube...the ride in was so quiet

I was tired this morning, too. Don't know why. I haven't ridden since Sunday, and I got a good night's sleep, so it's strange. Really taxed my legs and the air felt really thin.

Maybe I'm just tired with the route...I should probably stop doing it on the weekends, but I'm obsessed with timing myself :lol:

The legs were feeling not too bad this morning, so I was already pushing a little more than usual and goofing off with the big gears when girl on a road bike cut in front of us at a MUP bottleneck. (Jogger in stupid place, bikes both ways had to brake.)

She was fit-looking but not a very strong rider, going fast enough to be too much trouble to pass, so I stayed behind her for a while. She was working to stay ahead, but she wasn't moving over so I could pass easily, either, so everybody won. She got to stay ahead of somebody, I got pleasant scenery.

About half a mile from our turnoff, I blew by her, towing a trailer with two children in it.

And of course, that's when a roadie behind us caught up and wanted to chat about the trailer. Which I actually would have liked to do, but we were at our exit and late for preschool. (So if that was one of you guys--catch me before 30th Street and we'll gab!)

Well, My commute home the last two days was rather nice, rode 30 miles day before yesterday, which included a stop off at a cyclocross course and rode through it with the road tires on. Then a 23 mile ride home yesterday.
I have been trying to ride home from work as much as possible. Is it considered commuting if I tare down the bike put it in the trunk-car pool to work in the morning and then ride home? or do you folks that ride to and fro just consider that a ride. I'm using a cross bike turned road.. standard compact crank 50-34 and road tire's, 700*23. No racks etc... just a tail bag, and an edge 7o5 for directions, keeping track of stat's and a riding partner.
I thought about riding the 20+ miles to work in the mornings and gave up based on the following excuses. not really a bike friendly route in the mornings, no where to clean up once I get to work..

Only if you wear a hair shirt.

Cool ride this morning. Nice jam up just south of 57th meant I had Lex all to my own. Got to work and had the following conversation with one of the security guards:

Guard: The building management doesn't want cyclists locking up to poles (street signs) in front of the building.
Me: <smiling> OK, so can I bring my bike up to my office?
Guard: No.
Me: <smiling> Is there someplace inside the building I can leave my bike?
Guard: <smiling> No.
Me: <smiling> Is there a bike rack available anywhere?
Guard: No.
Me: <laughing> Oh well, I have no choice but to lock up here (to a street sign).
Guard: <laughing> Tishman said they're going green, but even their employees that ride to work don't have anyplace to lock their bikes. If they leave it in the garage, they get moved all over the place.
Me: Well, this is how I get to work. Maybe they should put in some bike racks somewhere.
Guard: They should.

Ironically, Tishman Speyer is a member of the US Green Building Council, the organization that developed LEED standards for "green" buildings. IIRC, one of those standards is providing covered bike racks.

Cooler this morning. Felt nice! Slightly tired but happy legs.
The GF and I took off for Chatfield yesterday. She did really well! It was the longest ride she has been on. I think we did right about 35 miles? I rode up the dam when we got there and came back down doing 33mph! I know speed doesn't matter but it was fun since I was on the fixed gear bike. I let her set the pace and we averaged a shade under 17mph for the ride.

So short story long, thats why my legs are sore but happy! And no skunks this morning!

ps~ gonna make some homebrew headlights. There are some serious 'Landing the Mothership' bright headlights out these days and they washe out contrast pretty badley for me. Fight fire with fire..?

It was 55 degrees this morning, for the first 4 miles I had the road almost to myself, very little wind and the last 4 went well too...it was commute nirvana.

Traffic volume was way up today, but other than that it was a fine ride in.