Finally! A little bit of snow. I can now justify my heavy, slow-rolling, but deeply treaded and puncture resistant touring tires that have taken 4 mph off of my average speed and have daily broken my spirit :-) The snow was starting to stick in patches along the trail and was merely a dusting, crackling under my tires and throwing up granular bits of (I guess) salt in front of my headlight. I saw tracks from 3 other riders, passed another on a single speed, and two joggers. I'm hoping that we get more rather than less, I love riding in fresh, powdery snow. Tomorrow morning is supposed to bring freezing rain. On top of the re-freeze, that may be treacherous without studs. Can't wait for the ride home.

I caged today. Predictions of freezing roads this afternoon = no thanks. I won't do that to myself. First time I've driven in almost two weeks.

I pushed hard. Good ride.

Made it to work well ahead of most of my (driving) co-workers. Fat flakes had started to fall just before I left home, and were close to an inch by the time I got to work. Tonight will probably carefully pick my way to the Metro a couple miles away and take the train home, which is a much better alternative than driving (or the bus).

I also caged today. Freezing rain predicted for this afternoon. I don't have the gear to bike in that weather yet.

Today it was great.

Yesterday I realized that I had accidently converted my 27 speed bike to a 3 speed when I installed my kickstand. Last night I fixed that so the ride was much faster and more pleasant.

Decided to take the light rail for part of my commute today, it was like 3F when I left this morning. I love riding in the snow but hate riding on roads where the snow is all beat up and creamy, feels like your going to slip and fall under a moving car.

It was a bit colder than I expected this morning, and I didn't wear my long sleeve shirt, which I was regretting for the first mile and a half. Once I warmed up, though, my commute was one of the best I've had. After all the winds yesterday, my legs feel like they have limitless energy.

I do need to tighten up bolts and true my wheels, since I'm getting a few creaky noises there. Better safe than sorry.

Not a bad ride in today - just cold (10F) but I was dressed for it. Loving the roads being fairly cleared off - at least I can track my way on the side streets thru the chunky ice sheets on mostly a little pavement trail.

Tomorrow should be a different story though - says we're getting 6" of snow.

30F, windy, snowy. Made my traffic lights, which was good, the sensors were covered w/ snow and tough to spot.

Snow supposed to turn to rain any minute now. Wait and see.

High 20's F and light snow. The main streets were slushy and the MUP is covered with mostly pristine snow. The studded tires worked well but it does take a lot of power to push through the snow. The Bionx kit helped. More snow and perhaps freezing rain or sleet for the commute home about 9pm.

Good ride in although I was sore from playing softball last night. It's all good.

60's and sunny, a very good ride today. Rode fast, because I actually had some energy, even though I haven't ridden in a couple of weeks. I work at home, so most of my commuting is running errands.

I started a thread similar to this one on the forum for our local club. When I posted up today that I decided not to ride because of potentially hazardous icing conditions, the admin posted:
Then he posted

To which I replied

60ish. Great weather for a ride. Oddly, I left somebody else in my dust where other riders typically dust me. I think my leg strength is going up.

All of that when I only got something like 5 hours of sleep. ... I had to make my new avatar, ya know...

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Crisp, baby! 33F, bright blue skies, brilliant sun. I forgot my beanie so my ears were cold, but I was otherwise cozy in my wool sweater and dress pants.

Slip and slide! Wow I probably made 100,000 crash-preventing corrections as I slipped and slid through my 1.5 mile commute, then again home for lunch. Fresh snow where I could find it was fine; riding in packed snow over ice had me sliding sideways as much as going forward. I arrived sweaty, exhausted, and grinning.

In the afternoon I punted and drove.

30-35 today and sunny. Morning was a little cold, but the ride home from school was slow and enjoyable today. I do think, however, that I need to get a mug holder for my handlebars so I can drink coffee or tea on my commutes!

It finally occurred to me that there is a silver lining to riding home against a 30mph headwind. If some idiot pulls out in front of me, the resulting damage from a 5mph crash won't be as bad as if I were doing 20! :-)

a nice balmy 21F here today, but my commute was in a nice 63F....but i didn't get anywhere since i was on my rollers :P

I'm getting strangely used to the low temps. It was 13〫F on the ride home and I barely noticed. Granted little or no wind helps a lot.

Someone harassed me with their car tonight. Sped right up beside me and then deliberately right hooked me. Had someone hassle me last night too. The streets are getting narrow with all the frozen snow and cars are parked further and further into the road. Makes some drivers nasty.

I'm wimping out this morning. 39F, raining, and (the deal killer) a stead 22mph headwind gusting to over 30. That combination of wind and rain is enough to put me in the VW today! I actually like calm, dry, and very cold but I just can't seem to get that combination.

Interesting commute this morning, to say the least. Everything iced over, and with a freezing drizzle coming down.

I opted to ride as far as the bus stop and load the bike on board for the part of my ride where I usually am out in the traffic (which is the lion's share). Not only do I not yet trust my solid ice/frozen rut skills, but I do not trust the drivers out there to be able to stop should I dump it in the middle of a multilane arterial.

But I did ride about a mile and a half through the residential part of my ride getting to the bus. It was my first chance to ride studs on a lot of frozen stuff. Interesting. And of course, as soon as I went to put my foot down, I quickly found my butt on the ice, my bike in my lap, and me laughing uncontrollably. I've also come to a new appreciation of why so many winter riders like FGs (cool! another project! :D )

For the ride home this morning, this week's trend of pushing myself to the end of my reserves on each ride was made all the more difficult by the fact that my seat post slipped down 2 inches. I felt like I was riding a BMX bike rather than a 15-year old MTB...

Bizarre.

I guess I have to readjust and really crank down on the seat tube quick release. I may have to switch out for a traditional hex screw/bolt combo on the seat post tensioner to hold up my Clydesdale frame.

I carpooled in this morning, but I kept looking longingly at the snow: I put knobbies on my folding bike last night, and today would have been a great test. (I still need to tighten the brakes. Maybe tonight.)