I don't laugh at rednecks anymore. you can only see something so many times before it becomes less than funny.

9 degrees C this morning, coolest commute of 2004 to date. Just about ideal temperatures as far as I'm concerned.

The ride home last night was adventerous. The Cincinnati Reds had an afternoon game that was just about sold out. When I left work the game was over but the traffic from the fans was just horrible. The interstates were packed with cars which eventually spread out to the side streets that I use. Traffic sucked yesterday, lots of people in a hurry.

The ride in this morning was pretty good. A little cooler but not much. Spent about 15 minutes riding around downtown to look for an open donut shop (i had one hell of a craving for a donut this morning). All the ones I found were either closed or the line of people waiting was a mile long.

An uneventful commute this morning. Around 22 C and very overcast, humid and hazy. It's been a really wet spring so far. It seems to have rained 3-4 times a week. Hazy, overcast mornings like this I usually use a white, flashing LED light. It really gets driver attention, even in the daylight. Like most days, drivers where well behaved, Although I had a pedestrian, standing on the centre line, in the middle of the block, wait for cars to clear, look at me approaching and then intentionally step in front of me. I managed to stop about 2 feet from the a$$&*le. His only response, "pedestrians have the right of way, man."

As Supertramp once warbled "Take the long way home"............

Rather than turn right out the plant entrance, I went left (first time). This route would double the miles, from ten to over twenty. A series of killer hills and a mostly upward trending terrain for the first 13 miles. High humidity and a plethora of Black Flies began to make me question my decision.

The payoff was the last 7 or so miles. Mostly a downslope trend on a State Highway with 12' wide shoulders. A south-westerly wind added some additional push. Basically just sat back and coasted along, suckin down water, enjoying the scenery and watching the impending t-storm roll in.

Cold. Temps in the upper 30F range. Have added the winter layers back for the morning commute. We are flirting with record low temperatures this week. At least the rain has fallen before, or after my commute times. Everything is so lush and green. Not a normal situation for this part of Montana.

Another superb commute. Temps in the high 60's. Sunny. I've come to the conclusion I need to find a better means of hauling clothes though as my bag is occasionally sliding on my back and throwing my weight balance off.

Awsome commute. Nice day, found 6 dollars blowing along the side of the road. Tried to figure out who dropped it but noone was in sight and the wind was blowing it so I gave it a new home. Took longer than usual to get in but I have been using today as a rest day so that is OK. 95 degrees at 9:00 AM! I could use it a little cooler but it was still a beautiful morning. Besides, the ride home will be much warmer.

Was running late for work so I rode harder than I really wanted to on this perfectly cool and calm morning.

Yesterday, I was tempted not to put the rain gear on the rack. On the way home, I was glad I had resisted temptation.

Paul

Took the day off yesterday to catch up on gardening & yardwork but found the time for a ride in the afternoon: High of 86F (hot for Western Washington) clear & windy. Today is about the same but without the wind. 79F at lunchtime & lots of cyclists beginning to showup on the roads.

I'm sure you all have done this, or something similar. I didn't ride in to work today but I did bring my bike. Decided to head north on the South Platte trail, ended up eating Taco Bell, 26 miles round trip and 24 of it on bike path. To top is all off, I managed to get it all done in window of time where the rain did not fall.

Wow, nearly 80f when I set out at 9:30am. Supposed to stay clear and hot for the next 4+ days taboot. No wind, but kinda humid -- there was a kick ass storm a little after midnight last night, lighting, wind, torrential rain I think this got the moisture up. Lots of riders today, but less then the last few days. I've noticed this before, lots of people take Friday off from commute/exercise/whatever.

Loads of gridlock leading into Surfers Paradise last night, and a temperature of 17 degrees C. I just love passing all those "SUV"s (Stationary Urban Vehicles), especially if someone is in a car that's designed to go really really fast.

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Had an east wind for the ride home which is unusual. It also put a headwind on my big climb at the end of the commute. So, I just stood and cranked right up the hill. Glad to be home and done for the work week. Hope everyone has a great weekend and a nice Father's Day. :D

3-12 shift today, after having Wednesday and Thursday off. We had a short, violent thunderstorm at noon while I was out for a morning run. By 3 the weather was back to the usual hot and muggy for Atl. Much cooler, nicer ride home. Gotta be back at work tomorrow by 9 am. :(

The occasional Saturday commute is nice, less traffic in the morning; and less aggressive traffic in the afternoon. People are more willing to be rational on their day off.

Beautiful ride in this morning around 8 ish. The trip back home was slowed by a warm headwind so I just downshifted and took it easy.

No biking today, some errands at work required the car.

8 degrees C this morning. We've now had more sub 10 days this "winter" so far than in the whole of last "winter". Not that I'm complaining one bit! Felt a little lethargic after last night's effort, but all should be good for the ride home.

Nice morning FINALLY! Temperature was around 50F and very light winds. Not a cloud in the sky. I did note the interesting pattern of the "con-trails" over head made an almost perfect "tic-tac-toe" board.

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?