No commute today--it's my telecommute day. My commute can be 6, 10 or 40 miles rt depending on whether and where I get on and off the subway. Lately I've been opting for the 10 miles, which is nice, but I hurt my right wrist in a(nother @£$%) fall so I've been moving slowly to avoid shifting gears. :( Last night I was making my way, lights and blinkies ablaze, through an intersection on the green light when the oncoming car began a slow and deliberate left turn in front of me. I stared at her and she stared at me and for a moment we played chicken in slow motion. Then she stopped and I proceeded, gesticulating to show her how left turns are made at traffic lights on this planet. What are people thinking?

Very cool and the dew stuck to EVERYTHING. My glasses were totally covered in moisture, the bike, water was even dripping down the front of my helmet. It felt really good though. Perfect riding temps, and for being in Georgia it felt really good.

Also, my first day dropping my son off in his new trailer (Which he loves.) I used to drive him to daycare and then bike the rest of the way in, but today I actually got to leave the car, and it was a fantastic feeling.

Last night at the Y I parked bike+trailer on the curbside of a rack, figured it would be easier for someone to use the other side of the rack that way. Well, I was right, this lady in a minivan parked me in on the no-parking side. I was unlocking the bike and kinda lifting it up/over the rack (and other bike) w/ friends and their and my kids and we were all talking and stuff but never louder than the minivan lady on her cellphone. Her daughter in the backseat was just watching us like what the heck is going on.

Tomorrow I am taking the sidewalk side of the rack (if it's available), screw it.

I started riding my road bike to school rather than the fixed gear. Its nice to show up to class not drowning in a waterfall of my own sweat.

thank you :-)

Terrible is the word for my commute. I suffered the third flat in so many weeks. This time the rain pelted me as searched for my spare tube and didn't find it. I went to a not so local bike shop and bought some bigger heavier tires and tubes. I was running Redstorm street 700c x 23's with bontrager tubes. I am now running some japanese tires and tubes 700c x 28's. Worst of all I had to drive my car today.

26.8 miles yesterday (including 3.0 dst milk/bread run) and a visit to Health Connections Gym where they had a presenter from Team Type 1 racer Mark talk about racing x-USA in RAAM last year. Every team member has type 1 diabetes and lives life with it! Inspirational!

The commute was eventfull, different route, untrained cagers (yet).

today i went same route in reverse. simular driver/bicyclist sqeeze in spot, debree (sand + trash) on other side of "safety" rumble strips. i did, as always Vehicular Bicycle and had interesting interchanges with students on a bus i was riding along with at a point. as i kept stopping each time the bus stopped, the students seemed to increasingly be animated by giving waves and thumbs-up! the bus got ahead, then turned around heading the other way. that's when i noticed that the kids had moved to the front of the bus and were involved in same behavior of thumbs-up/waving. it was good to ASSUME that seeds were planted..............

rest of the rides had events worth posting, but i consider the above most important towards change/inclusion!

thanks for asking!

tomg

Crazy commutes for the past couple days. In central Ohio we got the remnants of hurricane Ike. The winds took down trees everywhere, and scattered debris all over the roads. My commutes have been looking more like cyclocross courses as I am hoping branches and downed trees with the bike on my shoulder. It makes me glad to have my Karate Monkey/Big Apple combo right now.

Horrible headwind today. And the worst part is I was running very late so I couldn't slack off! Not to mention I don't have gears so I have to keep my momentum. I could barely hear my music with the wind passing over my ears.

One upside was the big moon way up high. I tried to keep looking at it but it was up pretty high. I recently replaced a spoke and my wheel has some wobble in it which is kind of a bummer. I'm just happy I didn't get a flat! The Winter is going to be fun! I can't imagine what it will be like changing a tire in a down poor.

If it where easy everyone would do it!

The ride home was too hot. I was all layered up (thermal shirt and pants, khakis, turtleneck, work polo) from the ride in this morning, and I keep my layers on all day because it's ridiculously cold in the dispatch center where I work.

It was 66 degrees on the way home, which was way too hot to be wearing layers. I didn't realize this until it was too late. It was a very hot and sweaty ride home. Ick.

perfect weather. great ride along the river this am.

almost slammed into a jogger on the way home. He must have reached his turn around point and just suddenly reversed direction as I was about to pass him on the left. I was giving a little ding to my bell but he must have had his headphones on high volume. Fortunately I'm ready for bozo moves by anyone on the BP- it's best ridden like a video game.

Shortly after that another jogger stuck his arm out perpendicular to his body to wave at another jogger running towards him-who did the same thing as they passed !- leaving me inches to slalom through- I have no idea how we managed no actual body contact. Maybe I was in invisible mode.;)

I got a flat half way through my ride and turned around because the FRIKIN CO canisters I had for my airsoft gun did not work with my filler tool. I am pretty pissed about this- but it wont happen again. You can count on that!

Beautiful ride. I was lost in thought the whole way back, feeling great, and I remembered to go to the store.

Maybe it's just me since I didn't use the Cherry Creek path a lot last year, but there are a lot of rats. I almost hit one this morning (?!) and another one ran out in front of me tonight. I didn't even think we had rats in Denver.

Left for work this morning about 5-10 minutes earlier than usual but it was all for naught. I caught every single red light on the way and had to stop for two school buses loading kids. Just missed having to stop for another bus. Got to work at my usual time, despite leaving early. Guess I won't do that again.

excellent.

You should have just dragged your bike and trailer down the side of the mini van and gouged it all up. ;) Then again, it's a mom in a minivan with kids, so the vehicle is probably already trashed. :innocent:

40sF today. Sun rising as I pedaled. Light tailwind. I didn't see anyone going my way, but I saw a few cyclists heading in the other direction.

4th commute for me. This one went very well. For the first time I used a handle bar mirror, and being able to look behind me really made the ride a lot more relaxed. Before I had the mirror, I would constantly turn my head to look for a car behind me, but with the mirror I can concentrate on just riding and what's in front of me. The weather forecast says 50% chance of rain today, but so far the sky looks pretty clear. Let's see if that changes by the time I have to ride home.

Before I started commuting on bike, I used to cycle at night in a nearby park for 1-2hrs. However, now my legs are getting sore on the ride to work, so I'm going to switch the night time exercise to just a brisk walk until my legs adjust. I did this for the first time last night, and ended up walking roughly 4 miles.

Really nice weather this morning - 55F when I left home, sunny and breezy. Wore long sleeves for the first time; probably overkill. Full-finger gloves and a t-shirt would have been fine. A bit more traffic than usual, but not terrible. I really wish there was a shoulder on the one section of busy road I have to ride (outer Congress for the other Porland Mainers).

Oh, and I got half way to work and realized a heating contractor was coming to the house to evaluate our furnace and make some recommendations. Good thing my wife was still home.

my legs were a little tired this morning because i went on a long ride last night with a friend of mine but i was doing ok...i also wore some new jeans and they were a bit constricting since they fit a little funny, i am going to stick to some more flexible pants
more good weather is on the way so i am stoked for that...:thumb:

Got off to a late start today when I discovered the cause of my skipping/slipping gears was a 10-tooth cog where my 14-tooth cog used to be. :eek: Wonder how I managed to break off four teeth... I had another rear wheel with a cassette mounted so I just put a tire on it. That's fortunate because I've been lazy about getting the rest of my bikes into riding condition. :(

Ride was great. :D

Ride in was chilly this morning, but the wierd thing was, where do those "pockets of warm air" come from? In some places, that were just a few bike-lengths long, it was actually hot and humid. Oh-oh. Maybe I am having hot flashes. Is that possible for a dude?

Ride in to work this morning was like any other...except that I was accompanied by a co-worker. This will be his first full day of bike commuting. The virus is spreading! :)

Woke up early for once... had a nice albeit pitch black commute. Loving the new lights. Legs and throat (had abit of a cold) felt great this morning and i made great time.

Oh and for a couple days now i've been feeling the love. Cager love. Lots of curteous, considerate drivers and not a prick in the bunch... a statistical anomally that will probably rectify itself soon but it's nice in the mean time.

The sun was blood red as it rose above the horizon, and it made for a spectacular ride in. Rather it would have, but my wife and I didn't get much sleep last night [and not in a good way]. We lumbered along at a snail's pace, yawning. Bleah.

Yesterday I mentioned the headwind in the morning and how I hoped it was still pointing the same way at 5:30... and it was. Whee, that was fun!

This morning I got to the second traffic light on my ride (16th and Castle) and there was a huge backup with a cop directing traffic. I normally go straight at that light, as 16th Street is not sane for bikes. But he had it closed down and I asked if I could turn right anyway. He waved me through so I got to do a mile on a street I've never ridden. Didn't affect my distance, and added a minute or two to my time, but hey, novelty's good.