Haha! I haven't had that happen yet, but I have forgotten my belt before.

32F and clear this morning. This was my first ride in to work in that kind of temp and I must say that dexterity will be a skill that I hope returns. Heat is a wonderful thing.

Woke up this morning and no hot water. :mad: Had to wash my hair in the sink. :notamused: Weather a bit cool (60°, wind N at 10mph). Donned my tights and long sleeve jersey, tossed the bike shorts and short sleeve jersey in my panniers and took off. Only had a hand full of cars overtake me the whole way (probably around 4 total), which is unusual. About the time I got to downtown Gulfport, I was feeling a little light-headed, so I stopped at a gas station and bought a Snickers Dark candy bar and told the manager that I needed fuel. :lol: Didn't feel like facing W. Railroad the whole route, so I took a side street that runs parallel for about 95% of the way. Didn't bother to track my time, but I know I wasn't tearing up the roads.

brrrrrrr!

Late start, overdressed, missed my morning OJ, but so glad I rode today. It was so beautiful this morning! Hopefully I can find the rattle in my bike before the ride home since it was very annoying. Aside from the rattle, I would give today a 10!

First bike trip of the week today. I've been tired as hell lately and couldn't force myself out of be. Lame excuse, I know.

Anyway, a warm 53F or so this morning. Wwet streets this morning so I wore light tights, long sleves, and full gloves (circulation problems when I'm cold and damp). Turned out to be just a bit too much, but my ride isn't long enough for it to matter too much.

Oh, and the new fenders kept me dry and happy. :)

it was a little damp this morning and the air smelled like moist earth and moss, the afternoon ride home is supposed to be sunny and warm, looking forward to it

Last night's commute was awesome. I stopped off at the pub on the way home, got a Ship burger and a couple pints of the good stuff. After leaving said pub, I got to ride home in total darkness for the first time this season. I flipped on my lights as I was leaving, and everyone shielded their eyes. :D

This morning, things are chilly. -4C! I haven't had to ride in anything below freezing since April. I had to scramble a bit to find my legwarmers and shoe covers, but got it together after some futzing about. My mittens were right where I left them after last week's mitten-and-shorts ride.

Rained a bit on the way home last night, cool morning, got to watch the sunrise as I came in...beautiful morning.

40F and foggy. Fullfinger gloves today, also thicker shirt than yesterday. Still shorts though. 2 straight days of limited kid-shuttling.

I don't ride with music, but if I did I agree that would be an excellent choice.

Ride today was uneventful except for popping my nalgene bottle out of my bag on a speed bump just inside campus. Drivers were very polite, let me do a u-turn and retrieve it.

Windy and cool.

Interesting conversation/debate with my buddy over twenty miles which ranged from the on-again-off-again special session of the Legislature, the local mayoral race, new restaurants in Midtown, whether thin or deep dish is the true Chicago style pizza, McCain's incredibly confusing explanation of his mortgage bailout plan, the pithiness of British political insults, what our kids are dressing up for on Halloween, and one of my young teammates who has begun to dominate the local group rides.

So basically we hit all the regular topics.

Coolest commute of the season- low 60s. Yeah, for you yankees that's tropical but for my thinned-out Texas blood it was a little cool. I rode in gym shorts and a t-shirt. Another cooler would require a long-sleeve shirt I think.

The commute was tough. Conditions were fine, but since I drove to work yesterday I took a ride yesterday evening after I got home- about 18 miles worth, and on my old road bike so my posture different than I'm used to with my hybrid or English roadster. As a result I was just kinda stiff this morning and never really felt.... right. I got to work okay, and probably not too much slower than normal, but it was a struggle.

bad morning.
had a very close call
damn car came out of the parking lot without stopping to check for traffic
almost ran me over
more like i almost smashed into her car

good thing i got those brand new brakes, it made a huge difference.

First below freezing ride and as I was about at my destination, I came upon 3 black bear, two cubs and a sow. They looked like black pearls shining in my Fenix Q5 helmet light. :)

Nice healthy looking bears. They at first started up a tree but as soon as I stopped to look at them, they moved on.

I ran over a squirrel on the way home.

I didn't kill it, mind you.... but it ran between the front tire and rear tire as I rolled by. I thought for sure I would squish it but he got through without mishap.

miserable ride home.. racing to beat the heavy rain that was coming... then a flat!:cry:

so replaced tire under the elevated train tracks, and managed to get completely soaked
on the last 2 miles.... gggrrrrrrrrr.....

Someday you will look back on this and laugh...right? :D

I had a good commute. Took a longer loop home. Had a lot of headwind and felt like I had a flat half the ride! Us single speeders have to suck it up! I love it though.

Met a roadie on the MUP yesterday afternoon and was promptly dropped like a summer fling when school started. :eek:

Pretty good ride home last evening. A little bit of a drizzle, but not too bad.

This morning's ride was sluggish. I left late and couldn't really get into a rhythm.

Beautiful ride today, slight chill in the air and a little fog in some spots. Really grooving on the DLG with the Romisen flashlights up front and the PB SuperFlashes in the back; seems like the drivers are giving me more room when they pass.

Weather was great, traffic was not bad, but my legs were completely gone. Still beats driving, of course.

Really nice weather this AM. Hit a headwind in an unusual spot - it's usually a tailwind there - but it was a short stretch.

Ended up behind another bike commuter I've seen on my route before. Youngish guy (20s probably) on a department store MTB (one piece cranks). Caught him going up a hill in traffic and had to drop down to the old zero-effort-gravity-does-the-work climbing technique (out of the saddle, super low cadence) in order to stay behind him. His chain was skipping on every pedal stroke and when I eventually passed him I said, "hey, sounds like your chain is in pretty rough shape." He didn't hear me, though. iPod, ya know?

Had to make a detour about 1.5 miles past my new building to go pick up my replacement badge. It's all good--I've been looking for ways to extend my commute anyway.

Saw 3 or 4 other commuters this morning...not including the commuters of the Canada Geese variety who landed on the road right in front of the parking deck. I love watching them come in for a landing, practically vertical.

maybe, but suckage was pretty high at that moment... bright side is while repairing tire in my warm and dry kitchen, I did manage to find the tiny tiny piece of glass that was in my tire that was causing my 3 flats in the past week...