Nice cool, cloudy morning in NC. I drove yesterday because the forecasters were calling for heavy showers during the day. I checked the radar and I probably could have made it to work OK, but it would have been a very wet ride home. My legs were still very tired from a long hard ride on Sunday, so I drove and ran some errands in my truck. Today it is still cloudy with a chance of rain, but I biked because it looks like the weather will clear off by this afternoon. My legs felt great after a day of rest. Weather looks great the rest of the week. We've had nearly 8" of rain so far in September and the month is only half over, but I've still managed to bike commute every work day except two.

Clear sky. Mid 40sF. This time I wore a long-sleeve jersey and gloves, but my hands got too hot. A headwind developed as I was riding, but nothing too bad. Tried to take a picture but the cell phone didn't let me, quality-wise. I should commute with the D-60. :eek:

Reeled in a guy who passed me while I was messing with the phone. He seemed like he was going fast but he blew up, I think. I caught him going up a hill. Maybe he was trying to catch ME before I stopped. :p

Cooler and damper than I was prepared for...There were even sprinkles of rain!

It appears that I need to get some long-sleeved shirts and perhaps a rain-jacket.

The highlight of the commute today was the song I had going through my head (I'll Be There by Erasure). I was actually singing as I was riding in. Good thing I come in at the crack of dawn, so the amount of people who think I'm nuts now is still very small.

As always...cold. Beautiful sky. Beautiful morning. But the stoplight mojo was actually working with me today!

It was overcast this morning, forecast said 40% chance of rain. The rain sprinkled on me as I rode to work, but I made it before any major showers arrived in full. I locked my bike up and put a poncho over it, which should hopefully help keep it mostly dry. I hope the sun is out by the time I drive home so that I won't have to drive through puddles and wet streets, but maybe that is a learning experience I will need to go through at some point or another anyway.

Edit: I ordered a rack and trunk bag today. I was definitely getting tired of carrying everything in a backpack. I ordered a small bag, but if it's not big enough I plan to exchange it. This is only my 3rd cycle commute to work.

it was a little nippy this morning so i wore a sweater and some long socks but no gloves so my hands were a little cold when i got to work...it was hard to figure out what to wear this morning but i was comfortable and this afternoon it should be around 70 or so for the ride home

cleaned the drivetrain last night and adjusted my saddle height just a bit and it felt good and efficient

I had a good ride in today. Today was commute number three for me. Ride one was a little scary because of the traffic, ride two was better but still a little scary. Today was comfortable. I did experience my first honking motorist today, but she looked stressed out about other things, not just me. Besides, I was completely out of her way, she just freaked out because she saw a bicycle rider in the street as opposed to on the sidewalk (where they are predominantly located in that particular part of town).

It was a little cool when I started my ride, upper 50's, but nothing that required gloves or anything. I warmed up at about the one mile mark and remained comfortable the rest of the way home. I'm looking forward to trek number 4 tomorrow then its back to the car on Friday because of some business related driving that I have to do.

As always it's beautiful here in sunny florida - nice ride today - nothing nutsy to report - yay!!!
If you haven't seen it yet click over to YouTube and check out "After the Fall" by The Longshoreman. Marshall has made an incredible video about cycling lifestyle in a very very cold place - makes me appreciate "Sunny Florida"

Strong wind this morning, i could hear it howling when i woke up. Heading s on the first leg of my journey was a full on, tuck low headwind. I averaged 25kph into it... Then i turned the corner, ahhh tailwind. 40kph average with less effort.

Lovely morning. It was cooler at my house on the top of the hills. Had to strip clothing off as the ride progressed. My new knee warmers are spiffy.
The one downside was a nasty verbal exchange I had with a lady motorist who cut me off. Being that I needed a restroom my temper had a non existant fuse. None of the words used are fit for forum posting.

Not a bad ride in. No collisions, no near-misses, no nuttin'.

2 hours, thats a nice long commute! can you convince others in the auto-business that cars would work better with 2 wheels, no motor and pedals? My commute has been really sweet lately, since the kids are back in school. My son leaves at 7 for the bus, my daughter walks at 7.45 and I walk leave my youngest at elementary school at 8.35 which leaves me 25 minutes to get 5 miles to work- no problem. It was clear and cool today and I just got by with my shorts and T-shirt but I'll need something warmer soon!

-S

hope your Mrs is ok from yesterday.

Getting used to my new route, vehicles are not a problem, loving the extra ride time. Cooler this morning than yesterday, but I warmed up quickly.

Foggy as all getout, hit 33.5mph on the downhill, personal best running on 26 tires. Almost tagged a guardrail, got careless, couldn't bleed enough speed off on the turn.

Commute today was by bus to NYC to attend a conference. No bike. :(

Had MD appointment in the morning so didn't start the commute until about 9:30, once I got into downtown there wasn't any traffic so that was cool, nice temp too about 65 and low humidity.

Temperature of about 52F, foggy, and it's real dark here at 5:30AM. I assumed it would be warmer this morning than yesterday because the expected high is about 10 degrees higher; boy was I wrong. Luckily, I only have about a mile ride to work. I think its time to break out the warmer clothes and heavy gloves.

Nice ride, drop daughter and her trailer downtown, ride out gravel rail trail to bank, then into work. Had to stop to adjust FD, made me wonder why I hadn't done that weeks ago.

Also, today is supposed to be the last warm day of the year, pushing 80, then back to the 60s (at most) forever. Hope not but well teeth are gritting.

Warm and hellishly windy... I almost had to stop and flip my wheel.

nice cool, sunny commute this morning on the old Higgy:

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the small chain ring and bmx crank are a leg saver on the way home. right out of the gate there's a STEEP hill.

First long sleeve jersey commute of the season. I'm ambivalent about it.

Nice ride in this morning, a little warmer than yesterday at 9°C/48°F. Stopped by the LBS last night to look at full-fingered gloves and ended up walking out in a new pair of cycling shoes with flashy new pedals on my hybrid. I love clipping in!

that must have been a fun ride...cool bike!

A bit cool this morning, which was a nice surprise. Monstrous headwind that I'm hoping is still moving in the same direction three hours from now.

ps-> it's definitely going to be headlight time in the am soon, at least until daylight savings, at which point it will become headlight time in the pm