Perfectly on cue for Veteran's Day, as I was crossing a bridge over the Missouri River, a bald eagle flew about 10 feet over my head...

Rode in the 40 degree rainy weather to go get new glasses, had a few people roll down their windows to tell me I was crazy. :o) It was a really nice ride and I saw one other commuter out...unusual.

Cold, but otherwise aiight. Pretty cranky mood all day today. Don't quite know why !

Hey metalchef, congratulations on your weight loss ! Feels great isn't it !

Quiet. Most offices are closed today.

Called the wife to pick me up at work. %$!@!# bowels. :(

It was one of those days. Everything was just weird. I'm convinced that there is a cosmic switch somewhere labeled "Weird / Not Weird." Someone had flipped it to Weird.

That made me frazzled, so I spent the first half of my ride dropping the hammer and the second half of my ride recovering from the first half. It was like really long intervals.

I got a long, puzzled stare from a woman with Texas plates. It was amusing. I also saw a moon that was almost full, but not quite; it was full enough for me to see the man in the moon smiling down at me. He was probably taunting me.

Cold in the morning. Not much traffic, then a traffic jam at a fender bender. It felt good passing all those stuck cars. Of course about 5 minutes later they were all zooming past me like their butts were on fire!

I didn't have to rush home to beat my son's school bus today, so it was very nice and relaxing and even the dog that runs along his fence line barking at me everyday only barked a little.

Wonderful Winter Weather at Zero Celsius :D
it was very flesh and nice ride, no strong head wind.

the bike rides helped replenish my drained spiritual energy, however it depleted my muscular energy even more :p

With madness at work and personal life stresses, my commute to work is keeping me sane at the moment.

And there's been virtually no wind for the past few days, so it's been super easy to blitz along. And I'm loving the fixed gear. It makes hill climbing much easier, I reckon. A roadie told me I should race, after he caught up with me at some lights after I burned him on a hill. I just said it was my magic bike!

Also we have a new cycle commuter at work - our new CFO rides. I need to ask him about it; he has a (lilac) Bianchi hard-tail MTB with road wheels and tyres (must be 25 or 28mm slicks). Plus someone else wants to ask me about getting a bike, as they are keen to start riding in.

That's around 8 or 9 people that now ride who didn't previously. I'm not an in your face advocate for cycle commuting, but I think they just see me do it every single day, and realise that it must be possible!

Today I wore shoe covers this morning for the first time. What a difference! No more frozen feet! No more pain in the shower during the "defrost" cycle. Yippie!

Cool ride in...I wore an extra layer (sweat pants) and felt okay.

Little traffic (Marines are still on liberty for the holiday) on the roads, which was nice.

Cooler ride in as well (NC). I wore too much I thought at first. But it seemed to get cooler the further I went so it played out nicely.

I'm taking some vacation time - sprinkled here and there - to leave early on my rides home. It takes a little over 2 hours to get home. So this will have me getting home about 1/2 hour later than normal on my commute days.

Real nice ride today. Sun coming up. Snow on the tops of the Adirondacks. Whiteface looks like you could hike up and earn some turns. Temps in the upper 20sF, and no wind. :thumb:

Positively balmy compared to yesterday (37F! had to unzip my jacket!). The sky was absolutely gorgeous, too, that great big full moon was peeking out from thin, wispy clouds. I wish I would have been riding westbound so I could have seen it the whole time.

It rained last night so the roads were wet and there were some puddles. Got a 16mph headwind to ride against this morning, which slowed me down considerably. In addition to that, my legs didn't feel 100%. I'm going to to give myself a B- today.

It was about 30 when i left the house so I wore snowboard mitts and my long thick ski socks which kept my feet pretty cozy. I was excited for the ride because I didn't ride at all yesterday but I did run 4 miles in the morning.

Another advantage to the recent time change is that I can see the sun rise again during my morning commute. The sky was incredible this morning. It gave me something to look at while stopped by every freakin red light along my route today.

I hit all the reds too. I felt slow in general this morning, even though I really wasn't. Nice day out, though, gentle headwind and not a cloud in the sky.

warm and raining but not a brutal downpour w/ 40mph gusts like the weather people were talking about (hoping for?). Could still get 2-5" in 18 hrs like the forecasts say but it was moderate against that expectation for my ride in at least. My coat might even dry out by the time I go home, not so sure about my socks and hat though.

Didn't ride today; still a little leery of my intestinal health today. :(

Right around 0C this morning, with a tailwind to boot. Everything was going fine until I started heading down the big hill. My headlight is on full and shining directly at this car that's waiting to cross the street I'm hurtling down. They wait... and wait... and wait... and when I get close enough, roll out in front of me. I hit the brakes and headed left to go around the back of the vehicle, yelling "****ER!!!!"

A few minutes later, I'm rolling along 12th Ave. in the left curb lane [one-way street], and a car pulls in from the left in front of me. Not a problem, totally legal, lots of space between us. I start to catch up with said car as it slows to a crawl, straddling two lanes. Behind me in the lane to my right, I can hear a large truck waiting for the driver to make up their mind on which lane to choose. This goes on for a whole block - I don't want to cut to the curb side of the vehicle, and the truck immediately to my right makes that lane a bad option. Eventually, the car pulls over to the left curb and stops. I go rolling by and catch a look at the driver. It was a really old lady, and she looked spooked. I had to keep going, as several dozen cars had backed up behind us by this point...

Rode a new bike to work this morning - 2009 Kona Dr. Dew! The big hill was a little tough, seeing how I haven't ridden in 5 or 6 days since the passing of my other bike :(

But nice to ride a bike that is geared properly, snappy shifting, and a comfy new saddle! Warm today.

j

Going back to Monday:

Return trip I set a new record. My wife was in a serious accident, she was rear ended at a stoplight by a car doing 50 mph. as soon as I got the call I rushed home. my 45 - 50 min commute(45 being my best before) was made in 37 min. It is amazing what adrenaline can do.

Now that we have had her checked out and all I feel a lot better, she is okay, chances are the Jeep is totaled however.

Congrats on the new bike, Japhy!

Yelled at some woman to put away her frickin Blackberry while she drove. I think I startled her. Good.