30 mph headwinds on a mountain bike for 23 miles. ugh
I encountered a weather phenomenom for the first time. Snow, thunder storm, and hail at the same time. Bizarre.
So... snow, hail, wind, lightning, a bit of rain, and a ton more wind.
I am utterly exhausted. You know you did something wrong when you are shivering under a very hot shower.
For some odd reason I am taking mass transit into work tomorrow.
egads.

Oh and I did not eat enough. Almost ran out of energy.

It was an interesting commute for me today. Heading out in the morning, I was caught in the rain. While heading home, the chain on my bike snapped! Luckily it happened close to a bike shop I regularly shop at, so it was only like a 5 minute repair and I was rolling again. Otherwise I would've been screwed.

I am now definetly inspecting the chain more carefully prior to riding.

Long commute home, sorta. I left work, hopped on the train with the folding bike, and met mrbrown in NYC for dinner and some bike chat. Took the train back to work, picked up my laptop (I dodn't want to lug it around the city), then took the train home. Since each leg is two trains, that's 8 trains today, counting going to work.

Drove home for lunch and rode back to work. Enjoyed the ride it was in the 50's. It felt good to be a little tired at work. The ride home had more wind, all good. :)

overcast on the way in... wet and rainy on the way home. Rode the bike path home tonight- it was rainy and dark. Passed two people jogging, saw one rider going in the opposite direction other than that completely empty for about 8 miles. I clicked along into a relatively unforgiving headwind most of the way home.

True story - So today, I turn right out of the parking lot of my local Ralphs supermarket and am coasting downhill toward a red light. Out of nowhere, this guy flings open his door forcing me to swerve and skid to the left, (fortunately, no cars were coming). I must have startled the guy, because he says, "whoa, sorry!!", as I come to a stop. I was really fuming, and I turn around and kind of yell at him, "Hey dude, watch what you're doing, you almost took me out!!" and turn back around to face the light. He apparently took offense at my comment and snarls, "I said I was sorry, what the f*** else do you want." I don't respond, just shake my head and wait for the light to change. The guy then walks over to my bike, and instead of kicking my ass, says, "Hey, I was out of line, I apologize for that". I was really shocked, but manage to say, " Don't worry about it, I appreciate the gesture - just be careful next time".We shake hands, the light changes and we each go our separate ways.

Is there a moral to the story? I don't know other than a little courtesy, (in both directions), goes a long way...

OK, I just finished packing. I'm moving to Sherman Oaks, apparently.

El Gigante, around here, if there is a collision of that type, the person operating the moving vehicle is responsible, not the person who opened the door of the parked vehicle. In your case, that means you. It may be the same in California. Check it out. Another moral, besides courtesy, is that it's your responsibility to ride far out enough that a door opened "out of nowhere" doesn't affect you.

38*F, no wind suppose to be 65 going home, should be sweet.
Except next week they are calling for snow, man spring is screwy around here.

I wish the weather would switch over so I can take my MTB in for a tune up. I just don't want to be without it if there is going to be snow or ice.

First day in shorts for the calendar year! Woo-hoo!

Nice ride. 50's and very foggy, the air was saturated and little drops of water bounced off of my headlight, face, etc-but, not quite like rain. I left the jacket at home and opted for two shirts and half-finger gloves, it was just right. My rr. brake was a little tight (couldn't get much leverage at the lever to effectively brake) so, I decided to work on it when I got to work--messed it all up. Hopefully, I can fix it for the ride home or I'll be heading home on only one brake. I think it'll have to be cleaned, re-adjusted, etc this weekend. Other than that I'm focussing of saving more $ and therefore bringing in breakfast, lunch and, snacks-the backpack is getting heavy. Should be a nice ride home w/ temps in the 60's.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

(scream of exhilaration following first commute of the year.)

41 degrees coming in, should be mid-60s coming out. Yeah babe.

Same here... although at times couldn't see more than 10 feet due to the fog. Just the headlight beam into the murk. That and I needed wipers for my glasses! I did the Jacket thing and it was a bit much.

Let's hope the ride home is better, considering they weren't calling for it to be spitting this morning.

Going home yesterday my shifting froze in all but one of the lowest gears. Took the bike an hoiur and a half to de-ice.
This morning all was icey with a lot of glaze about. Slower commute this morning than going home last night.

still beats driving.

This morning was amazing! This was the first day I brought music with me, and that one little earbud is like night and day!

If I keep leaving this early, I'm going to have to get some lights here pretty soon.

I was running late to begin with, and then I got a flat on the way to work. Bah. At least is was warm out. And now I feel justified for lugging around that wrench all the time since getting my Redline 925 (no QR wheels).

When I had the rear wheel off, I found out that the freewheel on the flip-flop hub is frozen solid. No huge loss, but interesting. (Well, I'm sure riding the free wheel side would generate enough torque to get it moving again.)

Great morning. Though only 20 degrees the sun was shining and the wind was still. Listened to the pixies "trompe le monde". I rode my langster but was prepared for rain if needed with my new fenders (sort of -- a bent license plate under my rack) for my soho.

Yesterdays ride home was brutal. It was sunny, It wasn't cold, but it was WINDY. The last 4 miles of my commute were straight into a brutal west wind. I was in the granny gear for most of it. Top speed was 12 MPH going downhill.

This mornings ride in was perfect.

today was my first brakeless commute...it was fun
it was misty and about 40º

good stuff

40 degrees, misting and somewhat foggy at 5:15 today. I overdressed though - leg warmers with the bike shorts would have been all I needed on my legs instead of full wind pants.

42F and misty (very heavy mist at times...)

I'm on the fence re: tomorrow's ride. On the plus side, it's supposed to be sunny and 74. On the down side, the forecast calls for sustained winds between 20 and 30 mph with gusts over 40. :( I'd be willing to do it if I'd get a headwind the whole ride (yeah it would suck, oh well), but my route is such that I'd be guaranteed winds blowing me into traffic at some point.

I wimped out today, couldn't sleep last night so in the middle of the night I reset the alarm (I only got 20 extra minutes) and had DH bring me in today. I guess it worked, I feel decent today even though I didn't get much sleep. But it won't help me on the mileage board! Tomorrow is also a no biking day since I have a triathlon on Sunday.

First commute of the season, because they opened the bike path on the bridge over the St Lawrence yesterday. It was 43F when I left home just before sunrise. Beautiful blue sky and no wind. I stopped on the island in the river to remove my jacket and winter gloves. The forecast is for 57F this afternoon. The 17 miles took 1 hr 30 mins as I have taken no exercise since Nov.

2nd day of commuting for the season...brisk and clear out, beautiful sunrise at my back. Saw two other folks coming in easy. Shifting is off, though.