It was another beautiful day in southern California and I was lucky enough to get to ride my bike to work everyday this week. Today being Friday and the end of my week made it that much sweeter.:)

Shut up, OK?

I remember traveling to San Diego on business. At the end of the day, I watched the weather forecast on TV. The weatherman said, "It looks like it's going to be another GORGEOUS day tomorrow." Well duh. Weatherman must be a boring job in that area.

It was nice in Texas this whole week, except for heavy rain on Wednesday.

:P

I have not been posting on my daily ride into work but I thought I would comment today. I work retail so unlike many who post here Saturday is a commute to work day for me. Monday through Friday the eight kilometers through the city is typical with the heavy traffic, buses and pedestrians but Saturday at 7:30 AM is so quiet it is a very peaceful ride. The temperature was a bit frosty at -3 C but there was no wind, not a breath. The only noticeable noise was the hundreds of birds I suspect looking for mates. My bike is red and one Robin was giving it the look over. The ride in takes less time on a Saturday and I only had to unclip once. The ride home at 5:30 is a different story but it will be much warmer.

Cheers,

Bill.

The use of emoticons would really help me understand if you are joking or if you are an *****hole:). Which is it?

I drove in today. My get up 'n go must've got up and went... Driving in is so unrewarding, though. I find myself getting impatient behind the wheel and I'm becoming a revenge seeker. Yesterday, I drove to the bank the next town over and I came up to a intersection where the left lane is for left turns, the middle is to go straight, and the right is for right turns. Some guy in a dented Toyota from Nineteen-ninety-what's-her-name scooted in front of me and proceeded to travel the same route I was going, which was a popular shortcut. The bank is in a supermarket, and I had to use the ATM to get money for my annual car inspection. On my way out, I saw the car parked and I nonchalantly put a shopping cart behind it. I then walked at a brisk pace to my car and went on my merrily way. My God, I'm becoming a spiteful cager!

:)Yea, I am sure he was. Us northerners are a bit jealous of SoCal weather. I might snow here today.:cry: How is that for emoticons?

Windy ride to start the week. 44F/6 or 7C with WNW winds steady at 15mph and gusting to 30 (and I can attest to it as I hit a few--yowee!). WNW is a straight on headwind for me most of the way.

So after Sunday off of the bike completely (and it was a postively gorgeous, straight-from-central-casting Spring day) and some long overdue maintenance on the drive train, I was looking forward to a crisp, quick and strong ride to work this morning. Boy did I get shot down. :D

Dark this morning (as always) and I rode my new (used) 70's Motobecane Nomade. She feels kinda heavy so I may take off the baskets that came with it. Cool and pleasant ride to work otherwise.
Ernest

35*F wind gusting to 35 MPH, rest of week is suppose to be 50's.

Little slower this morning as I decided to ride my work clothes in for the week rather then drive them in at the end of last week.

+4C, headwind @ 20kph, light drizzle. What made an otherwise arduous commute bearable was the fact that I've switched over to my regular 'commuter', my Allez Elite. :thumb: Both lighter and faster than the hybrid I was previously on, it made a world of difference. Looking forward to flying home!

Freakin' irritating headwind but I didn't care much, I had nothing in the tank and wasn't going any where fast today. Worked on the basement all weekend and forgot to eat/drink right, didn't sleep well last night on top of that so, I'm surprised I rode at all. All things considered I did ok, I guess. Kept it in one gear, put my head down, and spun in-didn't care about the time. The ride down the parking garage ramp was fun though...

The weather was nice 40 F (4 C) with some wind gusts. Coming across one hwy overpass, that also works as an interchnage, all the lights were out on the overpass as well as that part of the hwy that
was near the interchange. I surprised at least two drivers coming off the hwy, and I yielded to both. I
don't mind getting out of my clipless for those situations.

Ride in this morning was nice. Not as crowded on the Queensboro bridge. I wonder if the wind had anything to do with that. Anyway, I was bombing down lexington ave when a cabbie buzzed me. Just mere inches between me and the cabbie. He drove off, but I was determined to catch up to him. About 6 blocks later, I knocked on his window.
"Hey man, what was up with that?"
"Oh I'm so sorry"
"In case you didn't see it in the manual, you're supposed to give me 3 feet if you are going to pass me"
"Oh I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay, just next time look out for the cyclist okay?"
"I will, sorry man"
"No problem, don't let it happen again. Have a nice day."
"okay man. Thank you."
I looked at the passengers, and they smiled back.

I hadn't rode to work in a week. I am ashamed. I finally did today, on my new repaired Giant Cypress. I also set a time record for the commute (on that bike) of 1:15 for the 16.5 mile ride.

It was a beautiful, if somewhat cold, morning. The wind was still, and traffic was light. I am very glad I rode today.

Brrrrr....
Heavy wet snow up in my suburb. The ground was too warm for it to stick on the roads and bike paths.
Thus, I gambled and took out my skinny tired FG and rode it into work.
It was actually somewhat pleasant until I closed in on work. The wind picked up and the snow turned into little stinging hail like snow. I needed some sort of a weird weather commute. Fun fun fun!

Cloudy, 40F.

nice ride in this morning, a little cool for me, but it should be nice on the way home (75-80)
Friday's ride home was a little tough, 20+ mph head winds and my ride home is uphill. I was tired when I got home!

I committed the ultimate bone head move today on my way into work. I got to within a mile of the office and realized that I had forgotton my mess bag that contained my work clothes, eye glasses, badge, wallet...basically everything I needed to perform my job. I could have handled wearing my biking gear, but not having my glasses would not have worked. I would be worthless not being able to read drawings or spreadsheets all day.

Had to turn around and ride back home to get it. By the time I made it home I decided to just shower again and drive in. On the bright side, it was a great ride in and back again!!

Not that boneheaded if you were able to do all that and still get to work at a reasonable hour.

It snowed enough last night, and temps were at 28*F, that I put a studded tire on the front. I don't think I needed it, but better safe than kissing pavement in front of a car.

The ride was quite nice. I'm finally getting over my cold enough that I felt relatively strong. I've been just spinning slowly to work and back for 2 weeks now, feeling like a baby.

Actually payed attention to my average time, and I realized the time it takes me to get to work is down 15 minutes (on a 13 mile ride) from last year.

I feel like I am slowing getting to the point where I am not embarissed to tell people how long it takes me!

Rode into work today after snow plowing Saturday and Sunday. Today the snow had melted off completely. On the way home I dropped off my tax forms. This side trip added 15.7 miles to my round trip commute. Total miles ended up to be 23.3 miles. There was a strong south wind. 45 in the morning and in the 60's on the way home.

Today my ride was windy, it was a little hard to pedal.

20 F on the ride this morning, snow and rain coming. This is making me weary. It's not that I'm not comfortable, I just want something different! I WANT TO TAKE THE BALACLAVA OFF!