45*F this morning, nice ride in. Ice is finally off the bike lane through the dangerous part of the ride.
Tomorrow not so sure with 50+ MPH winds.
But rest of the week is 30's so providing we don't get some other kind of crazy weather it looks good.

Great commute, though I was a bit overdressed. Could have done without my windbreaker, though it sounds like we got wind aplenty comin' our way tonight.

A guy on the Metro was falling asleep as he sat, and his head was lolling out into the aisle. It was so far over (and he was somehow still asleep) that the side of his face was parallel to the ground. I don't know how he did it. Nevertheless he woke up at his stop and went on his way.

I have always stuck with the same pace commuting, and this morning I decided to really step it up just to see if I could, I ended up cutting 15 minutes off of a 13 mile commute.

really windy this morning! and some sticks in the road from a short but intense storm last night. Otherwise good. 55 degrees and with the wind I was a little too cold (55 is COLD in TX!). Should be a beautiful ride home about 70 degrees.

Weather was great, but I got F'ing doored. Right ankle is messed up, the weird thing was the passenger who opened the door started rubbing my ankle for me.

A balmy, mid 40's kind of ride. It was nice to wear shorts again. I was dressed perfectly and will be able to conveniently shed layers and change shirts for the ride home (high 60's).

28 degrees this morning.... had the most amazing ride ever... I made the entire 6.8 mile ride without taking my feet off the pedals.... I made every light and every bike path/street crossing without having to stop. AMAZING... Only incident was a applying a slight body check to one high school student who apparently thinks when he's with three of his friends he should walk four abreast on the bike path and yield to no one... What is wrong with kids these days... LOL... Oh well, that is the joy of commuting past a high school I guess.

35F, 4" of slush compacted down to 1-2" of gelatinous slush/ice stuff. Made it most of the way fine but wiped out on black ice in the last intersection before work. I was going really slow at that point so no harm done. Left a pannier behind in the intersection, was wondering why people were honking at me. At first I thought they were annoyed that I slowed them down by falling in the intersection, but I did stop to look and noticed that something was missing. Whew.

The trip took 45-50 min vs the typical 30, and almost all on the 22t granny ring though I did go to the middle ring for a couple of quick downhills.

Easy ride in, wind to my back. Going to be a bit heavier pedaling on the way home tonight.

HardyWeinberg - Jeez, man be careful! I admire you all that keep it going year 'round, but please be careful. The time is not worth your life.

The ride home was pleasant and cool. I'm getting to really love my LaJolla street cruiser. I've heard some bad things about cruisers but this has a light aluminum body and the smaller sprocket makes hill climbing a breeze. She has good climbing power but is slow on the flat street, I can still make her get up and go for short sprints. I think she deserves matching candy apple red fenders. I rode around and found a nice chinese food restaurant and shopping center. A rather nice evening. :thumb:
Ernest

PS: This guy at the office saw my bike and said, "Oh look! You ride a bike. Looks like too much work for me." I restrained myself but I wanted to say, "It beats having a fat ass." Ya'll would of been proud of me for holding my tongue. :roflmao2:

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The Short Commute
 

My weekly work commute has not worked the last two weeks because of scheduling.:(
I have made up for it in by taking the boys to their after school actvites on bikes. My 15 year old is starting to enjoy the freedom of movement that the bicyle provides. He will take the tandem with a friend to get many places. If it is a one way trip, they pull the extra friend on a long board.(which comes back lashed to a luggage rack

Great weather here in Staten Island, NY today. All the ice we've had here the past ew weeks has melted and the roads were suprisingly clean. Just a great day to get out and, ride, and enjoy the day

streets ride in- it was fine but in the winter I'm pretty obligated to take the whole right lane down Brighton Ave and Commonwealth Ave because the snow has still effectively narrowed the streets to make it impossible to share the lane with a car or to use the bike lane on Comm Ave.

It's fine but today there were so many double parked cars, trucks and construction areas that I kept having to switch over into the left lane with all the traffic.

Then this guy on a fixie (no brakes, cell phone in hand) blows the red light next to me and proceeds down Comm Ave riding the broken white line between lanes. As I catch up to him before the next light I'm about 25' behind him and realize now we are effectively slowing traffic to our speed. I'm in the center of the right lane and he's roughly on the white line and, for some reason, no one dares pass us. Fortunately, at the next light I stop and he goes on but it's a riding style that may work when you're the only cyclist on the road or every other cyclist chooses to ride the line at your same speed but it was screwing me up. Especially since even if you outpace a rider like this unless you run every light they're going to keep on passing you.

I did admire his skill but it was not one I wanted to adopt.

The way home was a completely other ball of wax. Took the bike path home and it was great for most of it until I got to Brighton when it was slick wet ice for many sections. But it was fun.:p

The bike bug really bit me around age 11. But taking a friend around behind a buddy and me on a tandem on a long board would have been like my dream come true. Too bad I had never even heard about a long board in 1992 or so. If they even existed!

You've gotta snap a photo... :)

My church choir ride: did the 14.8 mile r/t twice today--- took the 4 year old to his junior choir, and then back. Ate some penne sausage and broccoli rabe and then stole the toe clip straps and headlight off the Fuji, put them on the Panasonic, and finally had my first decent ride on the Panasonic. I loved it.

I had about four gears-- the RD needs some major adjustment if not a little bending of the hanger. But it was enough -- 2nd and third gear in the back and both chainrings really covered even the monster hill (which used to house Nike missiles back in the day, and the steep little hill I live on.

The two rides really opened up my lungs. I could hit Low Eb's below the staff with far more ease and volume than usual, and the rest of the low range was huge (for me-- my wife's an opera singer, and I'm nowhere near that.). Riding, especially into rehearsal, has been the very best thing for my voice. If only riding into work could likewise make me a better teacher!

It was warm and spring-y for both rides. The water in Long Island Sound is still in the 30's-- at its coldest of the year as all the snowmelt chills it, so there was a little misty fog for the 9:30 PM ride back and a little chill. The warm air definitely has the upper hand, though. Viva spring!

Good ride today. Commute was 10.51 miles. Stopped by the PO, then the bank. Decided to buzz out to the LBS and see if they had the small mirror for my helmet. The only mirror they had was the one for eye glasses, which didn't work with my glasses, but does fit my baseball cap perfectly! Took me about one hour to get used to it.

Stopped by Save Mart to get more groceries. Packed over $40 in groceries home. Was raining when I came out of Save Mart. After only a few minutes was raining pretty good. Then I got hit with a strong head wind all the way home, and freezing cold rain! Was soaked by the time I got home.

I completed my first commute yesterday. 15 miles one way and loved every second of it- well almost every second. Brunswick is not all that Bike friendly and I have to share the road with logging trucks.:twitchy:
Its amazing how much more this town became "mine" as I rode through it. Things that I never would have noticed at mach 2 in my car seemed to pop up all over the place.
It threatened rain as I left work but I went anyway (determined to start) and it mercifully held for me. I'm sure that misery is in store for me later.

I listened to music and quite liked it. Ryan Bingham has a song that has a locomotive quality to it. I found myself repeatinig it over and over. "South side of heaven"-

I noticed that passing fast food joints left me feeling disgusted. The smell...ugh. I don't have that problem in my car or even on my motorcycle...

I'm compiliing a list of mods that I would like to complete on my bike- The first is a seat post with suspension, the second is to true the rear wheel and get better commuting tires. I'm sure it will grow.

-PD

^^^^ Welcome aboard! Commuting is great stuff! The mantra I had in head this morning was that of Daffy Duck: "Yikes!, and awaayyy...!," because:

Windy!! 56F/13C and clear with a steady 15mph cross/headwind. Got hit with a few blasts that may have been twice that. Good ride, though--except for that daffiness in my brain...:D

My Garmin etrex vista went "flying off the handle" bars today. Just a few light scratches happened and it still works. I had a rough dismount at the Post Office and must have jarred it to loosen it.

Dark as always. Nothing to report. I had enough time to stop at my donut shop.
Ernest

Best morning commute I've had in a long time. Temps were in the mid-50s F with the wind at my back or side most of the time, and I had good luck with the red lights for a change. Rode my single-speed with a light load since my office is well-stocked with food and clothes. The mornings are also getting noticeably brighter and my headlight now is more useful for being seen than seeing. Finally, my legs were fresh from taking the day off riding yesterday.

Rain, Sleet, Snow and winds 50+ with gusts to 70+, no riding today...damn!

Nice and warm, mid 50's, wore shorts, two shirts, finger-less gloves, and no skull cap. The gusty winds were from the West so, they didn't affect me too much. I felt pretty good and made great time. Can't wait for my new chainring, chain, cassette, tire to get here. I figure I'll change everything in mid-March. Should be a nice ride home.

Sweet....
 

I love riding in the snow, today was no exception... I did feel bad for the guy that wiped out next to the train station on his mountain bike though... Studded tires really do make a difference. Here is a quick shot i took from my cell phone while stopping to clean the fog and snow off my glasses...

Temperature was great but after a few minutes of riding into a 50MPH headwind I decided not to risk it. Telecommuted instead. :-(