Hope the wind will be at your back!
Wear lots of layers.
And if you're unsure whether you should ride, ride anyway. You won't know what "unacceptable" riding weather is until you try it out.

when it's windy i just hold on a little tighter to the bike and i don't ride no hands

Wet! The first real morning rain I've had in many weeks. :cry:

:o Well okay, I was dressed appropriately. Mid 40sF. Not too bad. I two other cyclists heading the other way. Nice to see some people aren't scared of the rain. One was a high-school student, too. I see her regularly. :thumb:

Someone came out onto the MUP behind me but didn't keep up.
:giver:

Waved it off, today. Last night, had a close one, within inches from ending up on some lady's hood, kinda creeped me out.

Above zero, pretty dark. Things were going great until a Mercedes decided to make a left-hand turn directly behind us, then cross the yellow line to get 5 feet ahead of us on the big hill. My wife took offense at that and decided that she was going to pass the Merc on the right. The big problem with this was that I was in her way. She passed within a foot of my front wheel as she made a break for the right. It was totally unexpected, and I let out a yell of surprise. Still, she seemed intent on challenging the large sedan on a downhill curve at 50 km/h with parked cars to the side, and the driver of said vehicle had already shown a disdain for our presence on the road. I had to yell "Don't do it!" before she would back off. I understand her desire for "justice", but at what cost?

We lost the Mercedes in traffic, but I picked him up again downtown. He turned off 2 blocks before I did.

Balmy 3C yay :)
Headwind boo :(

Good point. Ill be on the bike tomorrow.

I was going to be late for school but I decided to ride instead of drive anyway. It was great.

However, I need to change what I wear. It was a few degrees above freezing so I wore a wicking hoodie (thin thing from MEC) and then a normal zip-up hoodie on top. The normal zip-up one made me sweat a ton when I finally got off my bike at school--yikes!

First winter commuting, second day in a row... I'm going to try to keep it up!

Edit: a little disappointed there was no water on the road/wasn't raining, as I just installed a fender!

picked a great day to ride in, political rally will draw 40-50 thousand people downtown this afternoon, then on top of that, Miami Heat have a game next door to where rally is... bike is going to be the quickest way outta dodge..!

Brisk ~40F (maybe less, but no frost anyway).

25 mph has scared me out of it too. I'm trying not to be afraid of such things. My mental limit is now 40 mph, but... we'll take it a day at a time.

Legs were really heavy this morning. Probably from running on Sunday. I notice that it's never the day following a big effort; it's the day after the day after.

-2C today probably even colder with the wind chill going at 30kmh
Lots of Falling Leaves
it was hurting quite a bit when it cuts your face, when it hits you.
luckily i packed my face mask with me, i knew it was gonna be handy some day.
It was quite fun riding with the face mask on today.
The looks on the people are priceless :D

the only thing that i did not like were the ultra strong wind gust, that hits you randomly for a few minutes then goes away, then back again and.... you get the picture

so it was annoying never the less.

I tip my helmet to those who commute in really cold/windy foul weather! Here it is brisk and dark but beautiful clear skies. The wind will not be above 20 MPH in my face going home. I really have loved commuting since I have dedicated my old Trek MTB to that job.

I will wave if I see you pass by!

A weight-lifting axiom that's applicable to any heavy exercise (IMO): the 2nd day is always the worst.

Took the alternate route this morning as I had to deliver baby wipes to day care. Only had one moron close-pass me (the road to day care is VERY narrow, one of the reasons I don't trailer The Kid to day care). Said moron got about 20 yards...and then had to slow down for the car in front of me. :notamused:

I htink it was +5C today nice, very nice for a ride into work...except for the wheelsuckers...I hate the lameo wheelsuckers who never pull (or can't) I mean come-on its commuting! :)

My commute in was good. Legs were kinda tired so I took it slow. The headwinds were the suck.

and.....
Jen just needs to rig up a nice, fredly stick that hangs a coffee out in front of her bike. :thumb:

Had an unloaded logging truck give me so much room and that was so patient from behind that I almost got irritated. He had all the room in the world to go around but wouldn't.

Now that's gettin' picky eh?

Ride in was nice. Ride home, a different story. I was pleased it was warmer and sunny, but then I got on the road and the wind was so strong - like pedaling through marshmallow fluff. Ugh! Last street home, the wind was so strong it was a storm of leaves and pine needles.

A side wind almost blew me off the bike! Never had that happen before. I've been checking the weather now I know to check the wind speeds also.

just a great day to ride, both to work and home. this am in the dark met a jogger that had a dog with her. both the jogger and the dog had llights on. looked strange to see a dog with lights.

Awesome commute. Especially considering when I came home I had two bikes parked in my driveway that my Dad picked up for me. An old campagnolo and an old Royce Union. I like both frames and now want to keep them! Ahhhh!

Want!!!

The ride home taught me that physical exercise and nature are both very good at fighting off intense stress. Pretty ride, too! I was able to concentrate on the leaves crunching under my tires and the many different shades of gray in the sky.

I have been battling Anxiety/Depression for the past few years now and my daily ride has helped significantly. I have never had an Anxiety attack while riding.

Tweak, tweak tweak, thud. Today was my second day throwing all my (too much) stuff in one Ortlieb Bike packer rear pannier--I'm surprised that I hardly notice this heavy thing hanging off one side of the bike. And I'm two weeks into using power grips, which I think i'll like. I immediately see about 1 mph increase in speed when I use them. But I'm having trouble settling on shoes to wear while I'm riding. Everything but my sandals give me hot spots or numbness. So today I figured I'd just go with the sandals and socks, but that made the grips too loose. So when the bike and I got on the subway I started adjusting one of the grips and dropped the nut on the floor, where it promptly ran under the seats. I never saw it again, although I spent a lot of time looking for it and frightening (or maybe just amusing) the other passengers. Otherwise a good commute in, if a little hot--around 90 F at 1 pm.

I concur, commuting to class daily has been a great way to wake me up in the morning and puts me in a better mood for the day, especially when I come up to the light before campus and am surrounded by other bikers instead of cars.