My body did not want to be on the bike this morning. My knees told me so. My legs told me so. My butt told me so. Temp was mid 40s (F).

The ride home after 10 hours with no breaks or lunch went much better. Was a pleasant 75F with a bit of a tail wind.

When I left home the temp was high 80's...Cross a pass over into a more inland valley ,farther away from the coast...I do not know what it was..My bike odometer has no thermother...At the plant, they said not long before I got to work, it was 100 degrees...I hate hot...Consdering it might have been near 100, think I got to work ok.. TOok the heat ok...That is usually not me...Did take a swig of Cytomax before I left and went through 2 bottles of water/gatorade in my 26 mile commute...
Hope the heat I can weather , because I often wimp out over 95...Wore my jersey with side vents.. Going up the hills was a little hot, otherwise I did ok...Like to think if under 100 , I can hack it...
When the asphalt is that hot..Could feel the heat thru my shoes...Sun so bright. Kevlar tires help...Asphalt at say 140 take a beating on your tires.?

About 15 or 16C and humid as hell. 11 miles of sweat stinging my eyes, especially on the last steep hill up to the office. Not the best ride in. But now? Endorphins are buzzing and I'm set up for the day.

Very Nice ride in this morning with mild tempature and a slight headwind. traffic was a little heavy which was bad because the bulb in my headlight went out 3 miles into the ride.

This morning's ride was a real soaker! I had to take a 4 mile diversion since the local council were repairing one of the sections of road (I had left in time to accommodate this). The rain poured down, especially during the last section of the journey. Fortunately it is warm (no point in rain gear/waterproofs) so not uncomfortable but I arrived at work absolutely soaked. Looks like it has cleared up in time for this evening's journey.

Cheers,

Ed

Took all my clothes home last night and brought them back in this morning so it was a slow and heavy ride. Not too bad though, considering that the weather reports are calling for rain and thunderstorms all day and for the next couple of days (but, I already mentioned that.). No rain, and no real issues as I made good time and didn't have to fight off traffic. I should mention that last night I had a stiff tailwind all the way home, too bad I was loaded down with laundry.

Another great morning in Colorado. The temps were in the low 60's and the wind was calm. I saw 14 other bikes out this morning. This was my fastest time in to the office ever. Between you and me, I set a "how fast can I get there" goal earlier this year that I was starting to think might have been unrealistic. After this morning, I think it can be achieved and hope to get it in the next month or so.

I've been back in tights and wind jacket for the last week on the morning commutes.

This morning was cold enough to force me into the winter weight tights. The cold really messes with my knees. The heavier tights sure helped to keep them toasty.

I was happy to ride to work with my wife this morning. She normally goes in later than I have to be to work. (I actually came in an hour early just so I could ride with her. :D ) I can't tell you how nice it was to have the company of my best friend on the morning commute. I could get used to it!

I drove in today… it kinda sucked. :(

Got up 1/2 hour late this morning to reports of morning showers.

Got on the road, and felt a little stiff from the past two days fixie riding. Knee twinge. Got moving, loosened up, but slow.

Had to have the "feminist conversation" with workingman dood in pickup at the stop light, as he rudely commented on my fabulous posterior.

Immediately followed by obnoxious honking and doodette's comment "get on the sidewalk." Rain showers started, not too heavy.

Rain lets up several miles later, gray and windy.

Make it up the first of my two hills. Then a bird shat on my face and arm. Luckily I was quickly wash up with my water bottle.

Back on the road and a couple miles later more rain, heavier now. I still haven't bothered to but on the rain jacket. Oh, yeah, I'm pms-ing, too. :P

All said and done, I got to work on time. Another 20 miles to go home. I'm hating people and autos, and birds now. Hopefully the ride home will be an improvement over the morning.

Early mornings, the coming fall can be felt in the slitely brisk wind whistling through my helmet straps. Its darker now too. Everything was in shades of blue and purple, especially the mist covered river valley at the start of my ride. I'm now carrying the headlamp again, but still wearing just a jersey and shorts.

well, i just checked yahoo maps and the approximate distance I rode on sunday is about 35 miles. cool. most of it was flat as heck. i did it in 2 hours 50 min. the ride was to go to a quaker kids' camp, at which i had a lot of fun.

rode back the other way yesterday, but did it in two stretches: 22 miles to work from the camp and 12 miles home. Weather was good both days. And I'm not even very sore. :-)

Ugh. 15-20 mph cold Northwesterly winds here. My legs are very tired from a bit too much riding over the weekend and my arms are very tired from a bit too much sailing over the weekend so I'm taking it easy and keeping the hotpads warmed up. Slow commute (sub-17 mph average). I'm going to find that thread where midwesterners were *****ing around the cold and reverse my "appreciate it while you have it 'cause it'll be 100 before you know it" stance. 56 degrees and raining is a pretty crappy day for biking or sailing, especially in August. I get to do both...

This weather sucks. It's depressing to have to dig through your winter bike clothes to find something that will keep you warm on your commute in to work... in AUGUST!!!! It looks like we're in for this for the whole week. It's pretty bad when you hope it reaches at least 60F for high for the day. Other then that and freezing (I didn't dress right this morning) I still manage to have a good commute in. Can you tell I'm in a little bit of a bad mood?!?

Actually, I'm enjoying the weather (not the rain) here in Ohio. I wil not be griping until it goes below 20F, I think. We'll see.

54F at 6AM today, but only 85F at 3:30 for the ride home. Much better than yesterday's 96. Saw a lot of other cyclists today, waved to all of them. My Boss called a meeting just before gohome time. Seems our new agency head will be visiting Thursday during the annual Bar B Que & we're supposed to "spruce up a bit, tidy our work areas & try to look more professional. Guess that means I wear long pants instead of cargo shorts & park my bike in the supply room instead at my cubicle. One colleague brought up the "T" word. So far, ties are not required...Don

My sympathies, such non-events are so much BS Piled higher &Deeper. Of course in my field the usual phrase is we are supposed to "clean the s**t before it hits the floor" and always seems to occur when half the dogs in the hospital are there for vomitting & diarrhea. You just have to laugh.

My commute was delayed this morning while I picked up the 31 6d nails spilled at one intersection. It's not so much I cared about the cars tires, but I knew they would be in my path tomorrow. I figure I'm saving the time to patch a tire tomorrow, which will make up for the time I lost today. Perfect weather here, but the sun is mighty low on my way home.

Had a flat on the way home. A nail went straight through my Gatorskins and through both sides of the tube. Not much will stop that. One patch held, the other didn't, so I changed the tube. There are two pieces of good news:

It was lovely, but the City of Portland needs to consider a bike lane on Macadam. I gave a poor pedestrian a heart attack today, which is slightly better than the heart attack AND broken neck he nearly got when I tried to run over him. Due to heavy traffic, for about six blocks I'm forced to ride on the sidewalk. I swear I was going slow, but it was one of those where we came around a corner going opposite directions at the exact same time and I managed to swerve to miss him by milimeters. I apologized profusely, but until I can get off the sidewalk at this unavoidable point in my commute, I'm going to be paranoid.
On the upside, despite having to go slow through this six block stretch, I shaved about 10 minutes off of my usual time. I know progress comes fast early in your commuting career (this is only my 3rd week of doing it), but this doesn't detract from the feelig of accomplishment. :)

This morning: A great ride in - avg speed 19.4!
This afternoon: OK, avg speed 17+

Saw a rabbit on a leash dash across the road right in front of me - most bizarre.

Hazy, Hot and humid. A rocky ride this morning. First the bike chain fell out of my new bike bag. 5 miles up the road I notice that I forgot water and security badge :o

Then on the way home, the handle bar bracket became loose, so I had to take it easy. Good news is when I encountered two sets of broken glass, no flats! Also the thinner shirts were much cooler than my jersey. Didn't know jerseys came in Winter and Summer...hmmm...

Tomorrow will be better!

N7,
Glad things are going better for you.

The ride home last night was bad. There must have been something wrong with I-75 because the side streets were extremely crowded with fast, pissed off drivers that liked to take the frustration out on me. People were flying by me very close, blowing horns and yelling. This is the worst I have ever gotten it. Then all of a sudden people were slowing down, giving me plenty of room etc. I looked over my shoulder to see a police officer on a motorcycle behind me. He got to my side and I asked him if something was wrong, he said " No nothing wrong, I am just going to ride along with you for awhile to make sure nothing happens" How sweet is that? I did not thank him enough.
Thats how bad the traffic was.

This morning was much better. Nice mild temps and not much traffic.