Had a nice ride in this morning, fairly strong headwind, and the roads were a little wet from some rain last night, but it didn't rain on me this morning. But now, there is a tornado watch, a flash flood warning, and the weather says "frequent lightning and 1-2 inches of rain"! Also a big patch of yellow and red on the radar almost on top of us. Wow! I guess I just missed it by an hour or two. If it really does get nasty I guess I'll have to call the husband for a ride home tonight, I'm not so into riding home in "frequent lightning" and tornados!

WOOHOO! Hour and 15 minutes! When I started this 15 mile commute a month or so ago, I was at an hour 40 minutes. I'm watching that time slowly creep down. As soon as I can do it in an hour flat, you're all invited to my place for a big celebration party!

Today I did without my midpoint break and peddled straight through. I also puished myself to peddle up a hill that I've always had to walk the bike up. Baby steps ... I'm getting there!

did 30 miles brakeless yesterday on some rolling terrain so my legs are a bit tired this morning...i didn't ride much last week since i had the week off from work

it's nice to return to work by bicycle

40F and sunny, basically nice.

But, I hurt my neck somehow this morning running around the house so that kinda cramped things a little.

Upper 60Fs, when I started, expected to be hot as hell on the ride home. Feels nice to not have to have the pants & jacket on. Got passed on the road by another cycling commuter who was filtering, he stayed ahead of me on the way in.

Sunny but a cool 5 degrees C so I had to wear a couple of layers. The ride home should be interesting with gusting head winds and very warm temperatures of 27 degrees. I am going to have to find a place to carry those layers I had to wear earlier.

Had a good ride this morning. Sunny and about 55 degrees. I actually wanted to ride a bit longer this morning, but had to get to work.

I had my first spill today though. Come up to a stop light I clicked out of my left pedal like always only to feel my backpack shift to the right side. It completely pulled me over and down I went. My bikes a week old too...my brand new 105 shifters got scuffed and the handlebar tape is slightly ripped. The carbon parts didn't hit the ground though, so that's good. Still...it's only a week old! I feel like an idiot! Oh well, it was bound to happen right :-)

jchristian, the sooner it gets scuffed, the sooner you can stop worry about it getting scuffed.

Shorts today! And I spent 10 miles or so at 120 gear inches, for no good reason except IT'S SPRING!

Cool, by Calif standards, low 50's, and overcast for the ride to work today.

First commute of the season with my son...... He was more concerned about me hurting the chile pepper plants ( thai, serrano, and de arbol) he was bringing to school than the commute. A bit slow as he hasn't been on his BMX bike much......I've got to finish fixing up the univega is grandmother gave him.....it will be a lot faster

A brisk -8C this morning. Still waiting for spring.

I had my fastest commute in this AM ever. I never get a tail wind, and today I had one. 9 miles from house to light rail, 24 min. (elapsed time, not just pedal time). I think I must have averaged 22-23 including stop lights, but I forgot to reset my computer from yesterday so.... who knows.

And yesterday, I rode a century, 102 miles, 5000 vertical feet of climbing, and 10mph winds. My legs are tired this AM.

Cooler this morning (40s) and misting. Not too wet, though. Attached my old computer to the new bike, but mis-entered the wheel size, so the readings were off. Hopefully I can clear that up before my ride home!

Ride home was wet. It had been raining all day and I had to go through lots of puddles and pools of water. Thank goodness my Flying Pigeon has fenders. Had afew kids yell out, "Cool bike" and "Hey!".
Fly Pigeon fly!
Ernest

I rode home in a 20 mph head wind. Add to that some wacko who thought it was a good idea to come within 10 inches of my bars and lay on his horn. It wasn't a fun ride home.

extraordinarily warm weather today.

rode in on the bike path this morning. rode home on the path but had a disturbing ride home when there was a serious accident on Storrow Drive, which runs alongside the bike path. I arrived very shortly after the accident and along with several passersby did my best to assist. I had a reflective t-shirt, which I quickly donned and got out to direct traffic and keep things moving so that emergency vehicles could get to the victims. There were 3 men, one of whom was very seriously injured and spread out across the front seat unconscious, the other two were out of the vehicle and semi-conscious and bleeding and vomiting. Unfortunately, there was a small boy in the car as well. He was in the best shape but, naturally, in tears and very upset.

Man, cars are freaky and dangerous. It's amazing how instantly they can turn into flying weaponry.:(

Yesterday's ride home was fantastic. High 80s at the airport but down close to the lake there was a delightful cool breeze wafting off Lake Champlain and keeping the temperature in the low 70s. When I got home I sat outside and drank Staropramen and Dogfish Head 120-Minute.
:beer:

This morning's ride was nice too. 60F and no wind. I reeled in a couple, passed them, then spotted a guy on an MTB and tried to reel him in. I wasn't having much luck with that, and then he stopped pedaling. I thought, "Heh. He blew up. Now I'll get 'im." But I wasn't reeling him in very fast even when he wasn't pedaling. I stepped it up to 20MPH and finally caught him. The cheating $(@!*# had a motor! :D :rolleyes: It was loud, too. Electric, but really whiny.

Wet and cold but I had a nice 20 mpg tailwind and used my 42x11 gear for a non-trivial length of time. Pretty soon I'll have to use that big ring thing :(

I swear someone crushed an entire case of beer bottles and scattered the glass along the shoulder of the road over the weekend. I am about ready to do a testamonial about Schwalbe Marathons with a picture of my still inflated tire and the glass on the road...

The other commuter at my building's bike showed up on the rack yesterday. I still don't know who it is, but 2 people commuting out of 300 is better than just me, right?

Sweaty one today..
 

The temp is supposed to reach 90 degrees in Boston today, so I thought it would be a great opportunity for my first ride of the season. I had been hesitant because of the streets I have to ride on for about 70% of my commute.... but I sucked it up and took the plunge. Beautiful morning!

I dang near rode today cause it was cloudy and wet but temp was very nice. I drove the jeep because thunderstorms were predicted, by the time I got to work there was driving rain, high wind and storms. The weather guy got one right, finally.

The college kids in my neighborhood seem to be in the habit of smashing their beer bottles on the street after their weekend parties. Frigging savages.

I wanted to ride to work in the rain today but... I ran out of gas. I, I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD.
But really, I have a dentist appointment at 11:30 and getting downtown in time would have been tight.
Tomorrow.

Do you remember the time maybe a year or so ago when that truck went barreling through Packard's Corner, taking out several cars over the course of about 700 feet or so? When I rode through there that morning, there was one car that was literally in several pieces, all over the street and sidewalk. I ride through Packard's Corner nearly every day, and it can be kind of a dicey intersection, so seeing that was pretty sobering. Looking at that wreck I knew there was no way anyone could survive that. It was just a terrible feeling.

Of course as it turned out it was just parked car, and no one was seriously injured. But still, it made me re-evaluate how I handle that intersection.

But then again, I don't know if you can prepare yourself for run away trucks with drivers asleep at the wheel, or whatever it was that happened to the driver of that truck.

Absolutely beautiful weather in NC lately, the kind you wait all year for. Temperatures are a bit warm in the afternoons, but the humidity has been low so it doesn't feel uncomfortable. Commuting has been a joy.