32 degrees. Rode the newly mounted Marathon Winters in. Nice tire!! So after below freezing and icy all last week, I get a perfect commute after putting the studs on, figures...but a good dry run to seat the studs!

But in true Buffalo fashion, the rest of the week is suppose to be below freezing and snow

20MPH headwind off the lake. Sunny and dry though.

I'm thinking I might throw the studs on when I get home this evening due to:

I'd complain that it was cold, but since it was only about 30 degrees, I'll keep my trap shut.

I dressed well and everything was ... not "toasty warm" but not freezing either.

Not bad, low 30's, I guess. I added a fleece scarf but was otherwise nice and comfortable. Well, I got my replacement battery pack from batterystore.com in record time but then proceded to break the bulb. Actually, the bulb was already going bad but I broke the prongs when I tried to remove it. So, until my new bulbs arrive (nobody carries them locally), I'm force to go half-ninja: all black with just one blinkie, no headlight. Also, got new shoes this weekend, much more comfortable than the others. Gotta get my bad weather tires on the bike soon.

I woke up and decided to skip breakfast and ride straight to work. When I got on the bike though, my stomach started growling and I decided that I did not want to wait for lunch to have something to eat; So in the middle of my commute I made a detour to get breakfast. After that, I had to push myself to get to work on time. It was tough, but I made it with 3 minutes to spare.

I'm still Lol-ing at my abandoned commute this morning. Seriously overestimated my ability to ride on snow-covered ice without the studdeds on. . .Should have been more ambitious over the weekend, I suppose. Oh, and that front fender. That should go on too. Sliding sideways down a steep hill has a way of making you turn around and try tomorrow

I rode into work today only to find that the building was closed for the day due to an electrical fire/manhole explosion a few blocks away. I had read about it in the news online before leaving and briefly thought about the possibility of power being out in my building... But I didn't get my hopes up.

This is seriously the best thing that's ever happened to me. I'm only working one day this week (tomorrow). Sweet.

On the way home, one of those breakfast/lunch wagons you see at construction sites passed me. One of its side flaps was open and was horizontal, so that when it passed, the side flap thing passed directly over my head. It was probably about 6 to 8 inches above my head, but it was still pretty disconcerting!

yeah yeah it was not cold today. 48 deg when I left the house at 5:45 am. then it started misting and a bit of rain half way to the shuttle stop at Northlake. that quit before I arrived at the bus. so it was not a bad ride. damp but not very wet? could hardly see the road though with the wet road conditions. hmmm... new dinotte 200L light on the helmet just did not light up the night for me this morning. oh and temp is down to 44 deg now at 9:30 am.

it was cold and i was fast

2-3 inches of snow and falling pretty hard when I got up. Drove to the Y and rode the stationary bike for my "cummute". I can do cold pretty well, but I draw the line at snow and winds over 20mph.

The last time I commuted was last wed and it was in the low 40s. Today was 19F. That was a wee bit of a change. Otherwise a good ride.
Plus, I rode my power and sustained intervals yesterday. My poor legs feel like they have been abused by a German dominatrix.

Only saw two other people bike-commuting in Denver this morning. Toughen up people!!

I keep track to amuse myself. Today's total was 9. A couple months ago it was 20-30 each way.

Snowing like a champ this morning. Loved every minute of it except for getting slammed by salt coming from a salt truck as it passed me. Hopefully my commuting clothes will dry out by the time that I head for home.

Of all the dangers/worries I have when cycling, this one hadn't previously made the list.

Except for one close-pass, uneventful commute this morning, a pleasant change after my weird morning rides last week.

Great commute in this morning except for the fact that i had left my cycling shoes at work last week so i rode in wearing steel toed work boots this morning.

Cold! 20sF. Thick frost. Bright sun.

29 degrees. Felt a bit over dressed with a light wicking, and 2 fleece layers. But that is helping me keep my fingers warmer inside the skii gloves somehow !!

Over all, uneventful, fun commute.

I feel I've got to tell this to people who will understand!!!

This morning I cracked my previous best commute time by almost a full minute! So chuffed! Average speed was over 17mph for the first time, too! (17.2, to be precise)

It was bloomin' cold and foggy, but I missed every light and had a really good rhythm going - lovely start to the day.

Thank you for your patience!

Today at work we had our big turkey feed. As usual I ate to much. Hope not to hurl on the ride home.

I wasn't feeling well Friday, so didn't ride in (ended up being the right decision!). Back on today, not perfectly well, but kept it slower than normal. 38 degrees, but warmed up right away. No precip, no wind, some frost, beautiful sunrise.

The only disconcerting moment involved a recycling (basically a dump truck for recycling) truck. About 6 bicyclists, including myself, started up a rather longish hill with a bike lane. The truck passed all of us, and after 3 passed, he slowed down and turned on his right turn signal. The other three of us all slowed down, giving him room to turn as we were a bit behind him. We slowed down, and slowed down, still no turn. Truck comes to almost a complete stop in his lane. Guy on MTB decides to go ahead and pass the truck on the left. Truck then immediately TURNS TO THE LEFT in spite of the right turn signal. Bike in front of me almost completely stops, I'm yelling "WTF is he doing!?," guy on MTB veers sharply right out of danger. The three of us wait to see what the He!! the driver is going to do and he just stops and waits for us to pass (parked in the middle of the street, now blocking all lanes) and backs into the street he was signalling a right turn for. Freaky.

Not a commute but a fun ride today. 32 miles round trip with the perfect weather we had here in Seattle today.

Awesome. 5C, no wind, fast.

The worst day cycling is still better than sitting isolated in traffic in a car. It was windy today--20mph steady with gusts more than that.

Normally I can't eat before I cycle, so I plod along. Someone told me that I should eat oatmeal an hour or 2 before cycling would help a lot. Boy, did it! I never realized I was subscribing to the "better cycling through bonking" school of thought. I made my usual 1+ hour ride in less than an hour today. SWEET!

Oh yeah--and it was a bit nippy-mid 40's.

It's getting cold here in DC, but the good thing is that our weather never really gets nasty enough to make driving look even remotely appealing. I started out at 6:30 AM and it was cold, but tolerable with the right clothes on. The commute home in the evening was a bit wet, but nothing I couldn't handle. The trick to this weather is definitely layers. The morning was down around 30, but it was in the mid-50s when I left my office downtown, so I had to shed a few clothing items. I did a total of about 15 miles (maybe even a little more).