Friends that are working polls in your area are saying there's lots of rain. We're getting small sprinkles and drizzle at the coast.

it was a pleasant morning for riding a bike...i was pretty relaxed and since i left a bit early the traffic was minimal, supposed to get up to about 60 later on i may have to get out at lunch time and ride around

Upper 40's F, no wind, a bit foggy. Beautiful morning. Saw some preparations for voting (and almost ran into the curb doing that !!!!)

I almost couldn't push myself out the door this morning. I even tried to rationalize it... If I work from home, then I'm not driving :)

Anyway, I won't lose weight without effort, so off I went.

My ride was uneventful, until I got to the bridge. Another recumbent rider was coming the other way. We both waved. I've never met him, but I think I know who he is from an email list I'm on. His commute normally brings him across the bridge before me, but either he went to vote first, or he just overslept.

Now that I'm at work, I've got that "happy glow thing" going on, and I'm very glad I rode.

Lovely day to commute. Low 40sF this morning, probably 70ish for the ride home. I wish I had time for a long road ride today as the weather is supposed to turn for the weekend.

same here...i would love to get out and get some miles in today, perhaps i can ride around a bit at lunch time

Upper 40sF this morning. Headwind, but not like yesterday's blow. I was a bit over dressed, actually. But not too bad. I saw several different bicycle tracks on the damp pavement, but only saw one cyclist going the other way.

Someone vandalized some stone artwork near the MUP, painting something like, "Destroy democracy! Don't vote!" :rolleyes: Shouldn't 12 year-old kids be home in bed or something?

Another gorgeous morning, and I got a chance to educate a young man on how NOT to do the right hook maneuver.

I pass a high school on the commute, and a kid pulled into the parking lot inches in front of me (and that was with me braking HARD). I followed him to his parking spot and chewed him a new one. I started out a-spittin' and a-sputterin' because I was so mad, but in the end, I said, "Hey, you just can't do that to a bicyclist. Worst case for you, you have a dent in your car. Worst case for me, I'm dead. You could have killed me. Do you want to live with something like that?"

My legs were a bit tired, so I was not able to push myself as hard as I like, but it was still a good commute. The weather is very cloudy, so I'm worried about rain on the return ride.

Showed up at the polls this morning on my bike in light rain. Walked right in and was back on the bike in 5 minutes.

The reason I didn't vote early is because the early locations were out of my way, and in hard to cycle to areas. Worked out well, as the regular location is right at the front of my neighborhood. Everyone I know whovoted early had an hour wait. I'm not sure what happened today.

Definitely got more than a few odd looks with the bike and spandex, but I wouldn't have driven up there if you'd paid me.

Last night was my first ride home in complete darkness. I was kinda worried about it all day long but to make a long story short it was a lot of fun and I was not worried about my safety on the roads. My safety on the MUP was another story. Because of the unusual warmth (70ish) there were lots of walkers, runners out there that were completely invisible. I guess I will move on to the streets where its safer. I also had to dodge on two occassions deer that came out of the woods by the river. Deer without running lights or blinkies I can live with, invisible runners/walkers, well there is no excuse for that!! Looking forward to tonights ride.

Left work as the sun was setting and didn't need the lights until I hit the deep woods. Temps were in the low 40's, great riding weather. Saw a 5 point buck on the trail but I did loose my main light half way throuigh the ride. It's a 15W Nite rider that had the 5 D cell batteries. I've had it since 96 or 97. One of the contacts inside snapped off. When I get bored I'll see if I can fix it. My helmut light is a Princeton Corona that I just got and it works very well. I might just buy one of those for the handle bar light.

brrr, -3 in the city, -10 at my destination. Funny thing is i was colder in the city :p

'Twas a bit brisk this morning, but with the time change there's a hint more warmth when I ride in. New batteries in the PBSF, lights on all the way, got to work early.

Have been commuting less lately, but had to take advantage of a balmy 40* morning [and a high into the 60s today]. Biked to the polls first, which added five miles to the morning ride. Was a toasty 50* by the time I got to the office. Can't complain about that!

Cold this morning in the Bay Area with temps of 50F/55F and partly cloudy, however the sun is ripping through the clouds as I speak. Just VOTED! Now getting ready to ride to work!! In the market for a winter/rain shell.

One of the main roads I take to/from work is going underwater. There is no other convenient route. Seriously considering the bus if rain continues. Cannot see roadway/bikelane/shoulder/centerline/obstacles/grates...not fun stuff. And that was the good side of the road. However, the bus would truly suck. I'll judge situation on Thursday.

bummer about all that rain...i hope it dries up for you soon, if riding the bus is like riding the bus here in portland than you will always have some interesting stories to tell

I'm still registered to vote at my old address, so I rode 19 miles into Queens, voted, ate, and then rode 13 miles to Wall Street to my day job.

Maybe not the most picturesque commute I've ever had, but one of the more important ones.

Got bit of a late start b/c I went to vote, which took about 45min and my ride was therefore not dark at all.

Lovin the daylight savings, we get the most benefit in IN being on the west end of EST, well at least for the times I'm riding b/c I still make it home before dark.

Now is a really good time to be riding in the midwest. It's a chance to get adjusted to colder temperatures in the morning, and recently we've been rewarded with 70F temps on the way home.


I teach high school, and this year on Ride to Work Day they are getting a lesson on bicycle rules and safety. I'm thinking I might ride my bike into the room, all Fred like. State standards or not (I'll relate a little bit of it to physics or something). I only have 110 students, but I've got to try and do something!

The kid was very apologetic. My own 18-year-old son may have done the same thing, and certainly would have reacted the same way. I'm sure he's a good kid and harbor no ill will toward him, but inexperienced drivers still make mistakes due to the lack of experience. The key is that they learn from them.

Didn't come in until noonish, gorgeous sunny day. MUP not visible beneath leaves, no idea where pavement started/ended. Picked up a piece of glass, noticed funny feeling toward end of ride, and rear tire just bottomed out after a bit here in the office. Found that piece of glass, patched hole in tube, hopefully all OK for the rest of the day.

Rode to meet my buddy for our semi-regular training ride (now it's just base miles and chatting), then to work. Left at 11:40 to vote, swung by the house to have a quick lunch with Mrs. Caloso, and then back to the office.

I am new to this site and this is my first post. I've been bike commuting for a few years now and try to use cars as little as possible. Just recently I got a new job that was much farther away than I've ever had to commute before, 60 km round trip (I think that's like 37 miles, I live in Canada so don't really deal in miles). I'm in my fifth week commuting now and everything has been going pretty good so far besides one flat tire and a snapped chain. I pretty much decided to join this forum to get some extra motivation on the rainy/snowy days when I don't really feel like riding. As for my commute today, it was pretty standard. Cloudy but no rain which was nice. I got to work a little faster than usual because I took the highway for part of the way (you can take a trail the whole way if you want, but some of it isn't paved). Anyways, hope everyone has good ride home today.

Nice enough going in (temps in the high 40s, no wind), but nasty coming home (cold, steady rain).