The only difference is the road is narrower when there is snow and ice otherwise it's the same. I think the car drivers are worse around here in ice and snow which makes riding a bike that much more dangerous. But your right; my wife wants to pick me up when conditions are bad but when it's that bad it's also just as bad for her to drive which I think was the point you were making.

Rode the kids to daycare for the last time of the season. It was a beautiful ride this morning. True quality time with the Wonder Twins.

Brisk, maybe -1C. The new DIY light worked great, but has a tendency to angle upwards as I ride. I'll fix that before I ride home tonight...

pre-sunrise, nice.

One of my best!!! I was shocked by the low 70F temp and very much overdress... It felt more like an upper 80F day. But I was fresh with a 6 mph tailwind and I maintained a 20 mph average. My typical average is 16 mph +/- based on weather and body conditions. It felt GREAT!

Chillier than I'm used to. I thought about buying some gloves. And some rain gear.

To Berkeley and back to pick up a check. Stopped at the market on the way back for shrimp and cheese. Cheesy Grits! A man must eat.
Later to East Oakland where is drizzled a bit. Just enough to drive the rain gear idea further into my skull. And fenders. Put on about 20 miles today.

I made best time on the home bound trip... 49:20. 45 min is within reach.

Another lovely commute home. A nice 70 degrees.

I think my bike wants attention.
-Front tire has a slow flat
-Rear wheel broke a spoke
-The chain needs replacing
-It is dirtier than all heck
-My chain tension keeps going slack. I think my new method of putting my back wheel on is causing issues.

Guess we know what I will be doing this weekend. :p

The ride to work -5C at 7am. Base layer, insulating layer, windproof layer, subzero gloves, shoe covers, toque. The ride home 8 hours later? 23C at 4:15 pm. WTF it's 2 days before November? Rode home in my cycling shorts and tshirt. Wasn't enough room in my backpack for all the extra clothes I needed for the ride to work. Had to leave some there in my locker. Must be first nations summer.

A person does tend to accumulate and need a lot of stuff commuting eh? I got clothes everywhere at home and at work. I need someone to come in and help me organize everything. Batteries, lights both front and back with chargers for them, clothing, shoes for all seasons, etc. The problem is, I want more stuff!

first rain of the season today, so I didn't ride today.
I promised the ol' lady that I wouldn't ride in the rain until I got properly equipped.

goregous after work though... made me happy that my bike was in the shop today anyway.
oh yah.. did I happen to slide on some new fenders while it was in the shop :D (no charge)
that's cause I have an awesome LBS

My first ride in the rain! Woo hoo! I was so excited. My co-workers officially think I'm nuts. I had three different people offer me a ride home. Two of them asked me more than three times.

"Are you sure you don't want a ride?" They thought it was just my pride. I had to explain to them that I have three vehicles, a wife, and friends. I WANT to ride home in the rain. I have been looking forward to this ever since I installed those fenders a few weeks ago.

Well it was my third true test. I have only one more and that is the cold. Since many people on this forum are already commuting in the much colder temperatures I have to ride all Winter. If people can commute in Detroit, New York and Canada than I have no excuses.

Cheers

Great. Apart from a woman attempting to park into me. Wtf? A dead straight road, with a bike lane. Woman passes me then immediately swerves across bike lane into parking spot. I yell out of surprise and give her rear window a solid whack with my knuckles. I just don't understand how you can pass a cyclist from behind, on a straight road with no intersections, without ever seeing them.

Steve

Chilly! I think we had our first freeze of the season overnight but at ride time for me (5:00 AM-ish) it was 33 or 34F/ ~1C, clear and calm. Not the temp but the calm was welcome indeed after a pretty windy week.

In order to avoid the "clothes everywhere" situation, I stuck with knickers this morning. I just added some knicker socks and a headliner. Wasn't bad really (my fingers always complain). Forecast high of 65F/18C for the afternoon means the socks and headliner (not to mention jacket and gloves) will have to find room in the pack, though. I'll manage somehow... :D

Very, very cold and dark.... cannot wait to turn back the clocks this weekend. Need to get longer socks for the knickers.... need to put the toe warmers on also. Other than that I'm good. This time of the year I live for the afternoons..... or the cup of hot coffe at the end of each trip.

I t hink I just cleaned out a couple years of comutting stuff I did not think I would use.... then I reclaimed half of what I was tossing........ what we really need is someone to come in and do it that would look at it without saying....'I really might need that at least once this year.'

Cold (for me). It was 34*(F) when I hit the pedals. Lots of frosted cars.

I noticed some squeeking from the bottom of the bike, so I'll probably be cleaning her this weekend. It's been 700 miles in 2 1/2 months...I guess it's time?

40 degrees today in Montgomery. Nice ride in the dark. Light traffic. Nothing exciting.

I started out this week in the low 30s, and I am experimenting with different variations of layering to avoid over heating. Only my hands have felt the cold so far.

Funny how the time change will effect us. I rode in to work today in the dark, will ride out in daylight. Monday, I will ride in in daylight, and ride home in the dark.

Hope you all have a great day.

A balmy 45 degrees this Halloween morning, little windy but legs felt good after two days off. Wife blew my budget with her damn Halloween party so the studded tires are going to have wait until next paycheck.

Great ride this morning! It's always dark on my morning commute. My neighbor across the street and I always step out of the house at the same time and bid each other good morning. Must've been around 70 degrees 'cause it was warm. I rode extra fast to get a good work out in. Stopped at my corner donut store to pick up a bottled water. I ride by this used car lot every morning and either whistle or call the two large guarddogs. They know me by now and both bark/whine, jumping up and down along the fence, wagging their tails like giant pups.
Ernest

I bike commuted every day this week -- my first 5 bagger in a while. Not only that, but it was the coldest weather we've had since early last spring and I had to work until 9 pm one night. I love this kind of weather -- sunny with chilly mornings and warm afternoons. I probably commuted more days and miles this month than ever, and got my monthly mileage over 600 even though the weekend rides have tailed off.

It was hot here in Sydney. It was still around 35C (95F) when I rode home, and there was quite a significant headwind. A hot headwind. It was like riding against a hot air dryer!

Still, better that than cold and damp. I prefer hot. That's why I moved here from the UK!

4:30 AM Cool, dark and quiet. Just beautuiful!

The ride home last night was fine, if a bit slow.

After I got home, I put my batteries (for the lights) back on to charge, packed my pannier back up with clean clothes and laptop, and went to bed.

This morning, I swapped the charged batteries into place, dressed for the cold, and brought the bike outside, and said "forget it", and turned around, and took the bike back in.

I'm sitting here at work after driving in, realizing that I ride less now than I did in July. I am a stronger rider now than in July. Why the lack of motivation?

I had my first ride in over two and a half months due to knee tendinitis. I did a bus 10/10 mile bike/bus combination. The ride was fun of course, the knee feels OK, no pain at the moment but I can tell it's not ready for daily rides. I'll see how it feels over the next couple of days. If it feels pretty normal I'll start riding once a week and build from there. If not then pure laziness awaits me.

I saw two commuters along the way, one on the road in front of me. He was toward the middle right so I took the middle left and paced him for a few blocks. He eventually jumped on the side walk, he was wearing scrubs and we were in the medical area on Fannin St so I'm guessing he did that to go to work. It was dark and he had a rear light but no helmet, dude if you're reading this. Put on a helmet! :)

Lastly, several people let me know they thought I was a motorcycle. I'd like to think it was my blazing 15 mph speed but I knew it was my light setup (light & motion HL and dinotte RL).

Have a good weekend people.