Nice ride in this morning. Roads were wet as it rained most of the night. Big puddles everywhere. The salvaged fenders worked great! Temps were near freezing. Found some ice here-n-there.

A damp start here today, but luckily it has cleared up for the journey home. However, there is quite a stiff headwind awaiting for the first part of the ride. That's life!

Cheers,

Ed

Nice start, nice weather, low wind. Wind picked up and rain came about 2:30 on my way back from the store, and a slight uphill with a 30mph headwind made that fun. Speaking of in the store, on the way out, I was almost backed into by a Volkswagon Golf, so then I pulled out onto the road and was cruising along, she then blows past me, cuts me off, then hits the brakes. I pour on the Kool Stops, skid to a halt inches from the bumper(wet asphalt really made that fun!). She got the middle finger treatment, for sure. After that, we'll see!

Almost fully overcast today with a few blue patches that were shortly overcome by the horde of rain clouds. Wind wasn't too bad though, not too strong and mostly from the side with a bit of headwind action at the end. All in all not a bad ride. I'd do it again. :)

Just an update to my commuting for the day: On my way to a test on Microsoft Excel(I HATE EXCEL), I got caught in the worst rain of my life. There were two to three inch deep puddles every 20 or so feet, rain and hail, driving winds, and in the middle of it, me, zipping along at 20 mph! From the time I left my building to the time I unlocked my bike, less than one minute, I was already absolutely soaked, thats how bad it was. I couldn't see well, my eyes were being nailed by water, and I loved it!

Light rain & windy at 6AM this morning, overcast & windy at lunchtime but by 3:30 PM there were big fluffy white clouds in a sunny blue sky with a light breeze. Great commuting conditions! Don

Fortunately just as I left for work and just as I was leaving work it started to rain.
But I was dressed for it this morning, and this afternoon, who cares I had a nice hot shower.

Nice ride home again today. Temp in the mid 50s. Partly cloudy. Storms over the Little Belt Mountains, an inspiring sight. The wind out of the NW for a change which puts it at my back for the ride home. Ahhh, life is good.

I've been looking forward to posting here. I did my first commute in two years today. For the last two years my left knee hasn't been working right and I've gotten out of shape and gained a ton (50 pounds/23 kilos/three and a half stone) of weight. I've been doing more and more short rides and today the weather was good and I had time, so I did my 20 mile round trip commute.

I'm riding with one shoe clicked in and the other resting on a peg bolted behind the bottom bracket. The bike is fixed @ 39x15 so I don't have make all the effort to pull my the crank back around.

I'm pretty pleased with myself and optimistic that commuting and some additional riding will help me get back into some kind of shape even though I can't walk more than a few blocks or do any other exercise except swim.

Anybody with experience or knowledge of one legged cycling? Let me know.

Slightly warmer on the ride in this morning, which sucks, but that's life. Traffic was surprisingly heavy for that time of day, too. I actually thought the holiday traffic had gone home after a quite ride home last night -- perhaps I was wrong. Off to Hinze Dam for a few extra cirricular km after work tonight. Ra!

Beautiful ride in this morning-nearly perfect. 67 degrees, little humidity, spectacular sunrise over the Potomac silhouetting rowers and sailboats. I, however, have been suffering from allergies and was quite lethargic, barely maintaining 14-15 mph, that should improve this afternoon as I take my Clariton at work. I guess we're expecting severe thunderstorms this afternoon. Guess I'll have to put the hammer down since I left my rain gear at home today.

Cool, crisp, and brilliant sun. Got a late start. (that darn snooze bar was just to tempting this morning) Hammered my way in and still got to the office with 10 minutes to spare.

Hmmmmm... you realize that that's why it's probably going to rain this afternoon, don't you? :)

Nice day today, wide open blue skies with Mt. Rainier fully visible, low wind and a bit warmer than the last few days. Trail is starting to get too crowded and as I'm doing extra miles on the commute for tour prep it may be time to abandon the trail for a while. Well at least for the ride home when I actually have some energy :D

Brett Wolfe if only for inspiration!
I wont complain when I think about this hero.

This was a perfect spring day. I rode my Bianchi, which usually wears sewups but last night I had decided the roads on my commute just had to much junk on them so I put on a set of rigida clincher rims with 18c tires & had a fast ride in to work. About an hour after arriving I walked by my bike & noticed the front was flat! Checked things out & discovered a dagger shaped piece of rock was the culprit. At least clinchers are quick to fix. Don

Doesn't work that way -- I leave my rain gear at home everyday in the hope that it might rain. Haven't had a lot of success lately. Oh we've had some decent rain in 2004, but it always seems to stop every time I go out for a ride.

Today was about 70 on the way in with a pretty steady 10-25mph headwind. It SUCKED! On the way back I rocketed along at 21mph+ with no wind whatsoever. 14mi, but felt like 100 after the ride in and my 40mi yesterday.

Had to ride about 5 miles with 35-40mph headwind on the way home from work tonight. It was a bad experience, but I looked at it as a good workout. Kept telling myself "wind is your friend." (a quote by N7CZinMT on this forum)

"Hmmmmm... you realize that that's why it's probably going to rain this afternoon, don't you?"

Almost worked, it did sprinkle a little just as I got home-they are predicting more significant rain today however. Does that kind of jinx only apply to myself? I don't want to ruin it for the others. Today marks my official first complete week of riding. For whatever reason I've only managed 3 to 4 days per week thus far. I'm a little tired today (due mostly to allergies) but otherwise feel good. Besides, I wasn't going to take a chance with Metro or driving today as the IMF and World Bank protesters are in town and might make traffic difficult. The ride in was just about perfect: 62 degrees, clear skies, and little wind. I took my time and spun in averaging about 15 mph. It looks to be a nice day to finish the week on, next week: vacation.

A beautiful spring day here in Oxfordshire. I was a little tired and slow this morning, but the ride was fantastic. Clear skies, great views from the hilltops sunshine - superb!

Have a great weekend everyone,

Ed

I had a good ride in this morning, a little cool (39F/4C) but a spectacular sunrise with pinks, oranges on a blue horizon. With the birds singing and the air so clean a fresh, makes you glad your alive... especially the fact that it's a Friday and you've got a weekend in front of you. I rode my winter bike this morning with summer tires, it felt weird, I haven't riden it since the last snow fall, but it's fun to change bikes once and a while. Have a great weekend!

Another warm-up week.
Monday was 39 degrees in the morning, by Wednesday it got to 49, this morning it was 62... All measured at the same time arriving into work at 7:00am.

Back to Spring?

Sunny and mid 40's this morning. I was a bit over dressed. 18mph ssw winds. That means head winds for the ride home. Taking off at noon and look to enjoy the predicted 70F day! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Yesterday was my first small-front-gear-free day. Hopefully I can keep it up tonight to make it 2 straight days. (The hill on the way home is steeper than on the way to work.) Also this is my first 5-day commuting week since usually I only work 4 days a week. Milestones galore, and the weather is perfect for it. I can't find my other pair of shorts, though.

Tim

Overcast & a light drizzle this morning, looks like showers all day but supposed to go into another sunny spell beginning Saturday. Enjoy your weekend.

What a great day! Mid 70s and sunny! I took the afternoon off and went for a 20 mile ride. 10 miles out to some hard climbs then 10 miles in a 24MPH head wind. Forgot to mention that I had the loaded panniers on for this ride.

It turned sunny this afternoon. We should have a great weekend. Lots of cyclists out today once it cleared up.

The ride in was nice with a tail wind. The ride home was warm. 70s for temps. The head wind was really tough, but I made it! I am still new to commuting and riding in general, so I very happy with the accomplishment. :)