It felt like a nice morning this morning so I left the house in shorts, sort sleeve jersey and half finger gloves. After the first 30 mph down hill I realized that I was way under dressed. When I got to work I checked the temp. to find it was 48 degrees. Needless to say, I had a cool ride in. The rest of the day is forcasted to be a beauty, it should be a great ride home.

Nearly got right-hooked this morning by a guy in a gold Camry. I yelled "Hey! Hey! Hey!" and gave a hard smack to his passenger-door mirror. The driver didn't look surprised or apologetic or even mad. Now that I think about it, I think he saw me perfectly well and thought he'd just see how much intrusion into my space I'd take.

First day of summer for sure here in the PNW. Mid 70s(f) when I left home and now in the mid 80s(f) Blue skies, a few streaks of clouds and a bit of a tailwind. Nice fast ride in, really was in a good mood on the ride today. A number of people were out but still not too crowded on the MUP.

Lucky for me, I put on my long sleeve jersey this AM (it was 46 degrees here in eastern NY). Once I got warmed up, it was a great ride in. A bit breezy for the ride home, but not too bad.

Beautiful first day of summer, blue skies, 25C.....and a stinkin' 35 MPH head wind both coming and going. Is it possible to be actually blown backwards?

57F this morning, 87F this afternoon. Summer for sure & light traffic to boot. My hand is healing nicely after the 4finger jam a week ago & I have full use of my thumb & index finger which means rear brakes available again.

I'm off my bike for a week, my daughter is getting married Saturday, and the time crunch is here. I hope the fabulous weather holds. Safe commuting everyone.

Warm, sticky ride in at 11 this morning, threatening showers. The showers arrived by the afternoon, but cleared out by 8:10, when I left work. I was glad for the fenders, though: made for minimal splash-age going through puddles.

Rode an hour later than usual today...traffic was light except on the Brooklyn Bridge, where the tourists were out in force and oblivious as usual. Good time back and forth, but if anyone knows a better downtown crosstown option than chambers street, I'd love to hear it!

I found a better "fast" route to work. New pavement, slightly downhill the whole way. It's a 35 mph street, but I could almost keep up, even with rack and panniers.

Still, most days I'll stick to the path. It's longer, more relaxing, and I get better exercise.

When I got into downtown yesterday morning, the roads were jam packed (I rode around the stopped cars). Traffic was backed up on the side streets all over the place. There was a "Get Motivated" seminar at the hockey arena.

The irony? The "Get Motivated" seminar started at 8:00. The cars were still backed up waiting to get in at 8:15.

Wet ride in this morning. We had rain again through the night so there was some wet roads to ride on. Nice cooler temps, in the high 60's.

Cold start this morning, the temp is 47 and it get's colder down by the creek and river. After a bit I warmed up just fine. Tommorrow is Bike to Work Day here in the metro area, my office is doing it's part by offering a free breakfast to all who ride. It should be a great time.

Warm start today. Temp. was 47F with a north headwind of around 13MPH. This is the first morning that it actually felt like summer. I saw two other cyclists in full kit coming out of town as I was headed in. They were just kind of putzing around. Nice to see other folks out in the nice weather. I also had to make a trip down to one of our down-town offices this morning. Had to do some "Urban" riding around the road construction.

Yesterday, my wife did her first commute, although not to work. She put her lovely old lugged steel Nishiki road bike into the back of one of our cars and rode home from the windshield shop. Later, she stopped by our daughter's school for an end-of-year program and continued on to the shop to retrieve the car. Total distance -- about 13 miles/20 km.

As for me, day camp has started, so I am pulling the bike trailer again.

Paul

Clear & 57f at 6AM. On my way in to work, a few clouds were rolling in & By lunchtime it was 67, overcast, with no blue sky at all. Supposed to be 84F today so expect it will burn off later & we should have a beautiful afternoon & evening. Only going to work 4 hours tomorrow so I can do some tractor work across town at our church so cooler weather is fine with me. Don

The heat continues, but a fairly strong wind was blowing in some cooler air. Today is supposed to be a few degrees below yesterdays 86f. Despite the wind (which was mostly a side wind but would gust from the front) I enjoyed the ride in quite a bit. Just enough cooler to not feel hot.

In what can only be considered an abject humiliation of the very asphalt I ride on, tonight I shattered-shattered, I tell you! all records for my commute, including the one set this morning with a time/average speed of 28:45/16.3, more than a minute faster than this morning's 29:45/15.9. Both rides were also the first time I got below 30 minutes and I achieved my goal of having my round trip commute by bike take less time than a single leg on the subway. I attribute my performance to extensive blood doping via massive oral infusions of Rolling Rock, and I look forward to tomorrow's commute, which is sure to feature me falling off my bike, probably in front of a lot of people.

good weather, good speed, my wife passed me in the car but I didn't see her. I was coming up to an intersection and she said I was looking at the oncoming traffic to decide if somebody was going to kill me.

Short ride, only 5 miles, but it's 5 miles of exercise that I wouldn't have gotten otherwise.

Excellent ride in, about 80 with a headwind about 10 mph. Tremendous thunderstorm caused a short power outage at work this afternoon, but the rain stopped by 8 for my return. Cool moist air 70ish for the ride home tonight. I can tell the old quads are getting a little stronger, standing on the pedals to push up hills is easier now.

Had a great one this morning, I watched the sun come up as I rode along a back road it is 65 degrees and no wind, I was loaded, I had a cast iron exhaust manifold for an old farm tractor in my left pannier. I repaired it for a friend and was dropping it off on the way to work. When I left the house the bike was just tipping the 100 pound mark. My ride time was 1 hour 9 minutes for my 18.5 miles, I stopped half way to loose the wind jacket.

Pretty good ride home last night. Traffic was light and the wind was not to bad.

Chilly ride in this morning with tempature around 57(F).

I passed someone yesterday while returning home. As I passed them, they downshifted and passed me again! LOL! I really didn't know we were in the Tour de France! LOL! Otherwise, uneventfull...

Hi Folks,

Back on the commute run for the first time in a couple of weeks after some holiday. Fortunately I was able to ride a little whilst away, so today's journey was not a total shock. The wet and windy weather, however, was a bit of a jolt after sunny Californian skies.

Cheers,

Ed

It's bike to work day. There were a bunch of people out this morning. It was very nice to be cruising along and see someone every couple of minutes. The weather was niced, temps in the upper 50's.

After not riding on Monday and Tuesday it felt great to ride in today. I saw a few other commuters and the lights were in my favor. well some of them anyway. it looks to me like this is the only positive thread on the board these days. :)

take care amigos,
CD

It was abeautiful morn today but there is doom and gloom in the forcast. I guess I'll be riding home in the rain :) I love riding my new fixie though rain or shine.

73F... it was superb! After a four day hiatus from riding, I now realize how much stress I have in my life. Buying first home, planning a family and career decisions have started to weigh me down. That quite little ride in to work is the only thing truly helping me keep it together. Ben & Jerry's Fish Food does as much damage as it does good. :o
Have a great day.

The commute home last night was into a 15MPH headwind, but at least it was warm! The temp. ~70F. The river banks were full of fishermen hoping to snag the "big one." Its funny how much fishing smells like cigarettes! :mad:

The ride in this morning was great! Only a 4MPH breeze. Around 50F with high thin clouds. I almost stopped to take my wind jacket off.

Ahh, bicycle commuting.........LIFE IS GOOD!

Last night's commute home was warm and sunny but I had a headwind the whole ride.
This morning was beautiful again, but cool and no headwind. Felt grrrreeeeeaaaaattttt! all the way in.