60ish degrees this morning, but it still felt cool with the 10mph wind. Nice ride in this morning, should be beautiful for the ride home!

Was a great day today weather wise. Morning temp was mid 30's and the afternoon temps in the 50's. I was cruising along just fine then Wham! Nailed a pot hole and blew my rear tire. Had to call for a ride in for the rest of the way. Repairs will be made shortly and I will go extra distance on the way home to make up for my lost mileage.

First flat of the year and first flat on the new bike.

FG on slicks vs. mtb on knobbies. Less effort to move a lighter bike w/ less rolling resistance, not to mention different riding styles.

Gotcha.

Evil commute today. The first 99% was wonderful, but when I was about to get into my workplace, a car almost ran me down when I was turning left. I fortunately saw it, and took a quick turn and went on my feet. The cager behind that one just saw a pissed cyclist in the road, stopped and yelled at me "Are you idiot?" I answered something in the lines of "come here, you *******", rather loudly. The driver went on.

Now the problem is that I work at a high school, and I think several of my students enjoyed the exchange. So tomorrow I'll have to explain them how silly my fit was. I don't want to go down my school's history as the math teacher who calls truckers out :twitchy: .

Oh, man, what a disgrace.

Judging from her emails to me during the day, my wife was in tears all day over fears that my sons would run in the street while I put the bike on the front of the bus for the last leg of my commute.

I wanted to prove to myself that I could pick up the kids on the way home as part of my commute.

It went fine.

I was checking the time on my Mudman when I saw the backup lights and my life flash before me. I narrowly missed being hit by a cager in a hurry this morning. Probable won't do that again in that parking lot.

Back in the saddle after a week without being able to ride. Felt good.

My son showed me some drawing's he's working on of himself riding to school. Kid has some talent - sure didn't get it from me. I'll post a link when he uploads them.

it was 56 on the way today, felt great, facing a 15mph headwind but I had a pretty strong ride

took it a lil slower on the way home, was still about 45

sure beats the 10 and 40 degree days i've been having

Somewhere around 40F/+4C and breezy this morning. Pretty darned palatable--and this looks to be the coldest it will be for the next week! I'll take it...

Temperatures well above freezing today, so I bundled up (far too much) for my first commute of the year, and first commute ever on almost-new Bike Friday.

I had forgotten what a wonderful start a bike ride is to the day. Even getting to work at 730 was totally palatable.

Gorgeous riding weather here in DC area. Calm, sluggish, relaxing ride to work.

It's baaaack. Winter that is. -25C this morning and a fresh dump of snow yesterday.

28F and sunny. 1st ride after a week of illness and semi recovery. Still hacking stuff up actually but I figured what the heck it's just one day left in the week. See what the fallout is before deciding on Monday's commute...

One thing, either it was a lot colder than 28F or my week off has cost me the ability to circulate blood to my fingers, 'cause my hands were immobile when I got in, despite my usual <30F double-gloving which was working fine right through the winter.

It was a nice ride this morning, 30 F (-1 C). I was able to wear lighter clothing, which always makes
me feel like I want to go faster. It's also nice when my glasses don't ice over.

I had a very nice ride today. Last week, I rode in on Thursday and said that I hope to ride in every Tuesday and Thursday. That didn't happen. Tuesday it was damned cold and icy from a recent snow storm. Yesterday, I just didn't have my poop together. So I rode in today (Friday). It was about 45F (7C) and not too windy. I brought warm clothes but didn't wear much at all. I wore a long sleeve merino wool polo shirt, light weight wool dress trousers and dress shoes. My toe clips are plastic, so they don't scratch my shoes. My ride is 10 miles (16 km) and uphill nearly the whole way. I figured I'd get warm from all the uphill, so I didn't wear the jacket I brought. Sure enough, I became comfortably warm in a few minutes.

I made record time today! 48 minutes in the saddle. I don't even know how I did it. The first time I did this ride a couple of months ago, it took me 62 minutes! I guess I'm getting strong. I used only two gears the whole way, and the lower one isn't very low, and I didn't use it for long. I'm building strength by climbing in a moderately high gear.

It was a good ride this morning, other than the fact it was colder than I thought it would be, which means that I didn't wear sufficient footwear. :( Needless to say after about 30 minutes my feet were freezing. Live and learn I suppose.

Today I am returned to bike commuting after a couple of weeks off because of some minor family prolems. Yes, it was sunny and a bit cold but a ride into Florence (Italy) really heal me. A minor problem of Florence is rocky streets....very hard for a 20"folding bike without any spring system...and my tires are ever at maximum pression to avoid any puncture....but that's it.

Florence! I want to go to Italy one day.

How long was your ride?

16 degrees and sunny. It was a GORGEOUS RIDE to work and back. I can't wait for more of this weather!!!!

It was my first commute in way too long. I had a great time.

The high schoolers were out for a jog on the way home tonight. That's not bad in itself, but they jog on both sides of the road and sidewalks. A large station wagon paying more attention to the youths than the me decided to pinch me into the curb. I was grateful the driver wasn't speeding and I was able to pull in front and take the lane all the way to the approaching stop sign. I was really anticipating a confrontation, yet none was offered.

Great ride in today... can't wait to ride home after work. I crossed paths with a group of perhaps 20 riders going in the opposite direction to me... they looked like hard core road racer types. Some waved... which I thought was nice. I was surprised that I didn't feel much commoradory with them, but I have never done the road race thing. My area is rural, maybe 100k people in the county, and there are very few commuters... probably less than 10. I really feel a rush when I see any of them.

I start from my home, 2 km to reach the train station. Then I take the train with my folding bike, 45 minutes of train trip for 20 km :-( but I use the timeto work with the notebook or reading.
Then I have 4-5 Km through Florence city.
Back trip the evening.
I am trying to do it every day, depending from the weather and job problems.
Bye (yes you must come)

PO, Sub Sandwich, Grapefruit and Ducks ...
 

Left home today about 12:30. Today's ride was chock full of interesting events! After checking my PO box, I bought my favorite sub sandwich from Save Mart -- whole wheat, pepperjack cheese, and all the vegies. Rode out to Barnes & Nobles, and bought an Oregon map. Sat outside eating part of my sub sandwich. Then I went to the new sporting goods store, Sports Authority. Looked all around ... lots of cool stuff! Will have to wait until I get my tax return. I did buy three pairs of shorts on sale for only $7 each.

Sat outside Star Bucks (next to Barnes & Nobles), and ate some chocolate and fig bars. Then rode back to town. My thermometer read 80F. I rode some of the steep hills before hitting the Dry Creek Trail. Saw a tree with delicious grapefruit and asked the guy if I could some. He gave me enough to fill my backpack! As I was riding towards the trail, I noticed a huge oak tree, must be about 500-600 years old, and the biggest/oldest tree I've seen around town yet!

Lots of squirrels were out, collecting the acorns falling from the trees. There were so many squirrels running across the paths, I had to be careful not to hit them! Ran into someone who remembered me from Nirvana. He was riding around with his son and daughter. After chatting a bit, I continued riding towards the end of the trail (4.5 miles each way).

My feet were hurting, so I had to find a place to sit down. The only place I could find was a fallen log. I checked for ants really good! Two people on a tandem rode past. I tried to catch up to them, but couldn't.

When I got to the end of the trail, there was a guy riding up the hill at the trail's end. He said he usually rides the hill 10 times. I rode the hill three or four times, then headed back. Lots of adults and kids riding the trails. Lots of kids playing on the jungle gym. People playing frisbee golf, walking their dogs, jogging.

Riding back, I noticed two ducks flying right over my head! I noticed more blossoms on the trees than the last time I rode the trail. I didn't see very many birds out today. The sun had already set before I made it back to the start of the trail. Temperature had dropped, probably in the 40s. My hands were freezing.

Made it back home around 5:30. Average speed 10mph, 2 hours and 40 minutes. Burned 858 calories.