If you have any identifying info on the cop, send a note to the police department and thank him. His boss will see it and the note will go in his personnel file.

Good ride in today. The extra 4 miles added to the ride by a roadwork-induced detour is actually rather pleasent and picturesque - I may adopt this route permanently! It was bright, sunny and warm today which was a big departure from the torrential rain of yesterday morning. The ride was just 0.01 mph under the 19 mark, according to my high precision (;)) cycle computer.

Cheers,

Ed

Yeah I am doing that today. Cincinnati police needs all the positive feedback they can get.

Today was the earliest I have ever started my commute. It was still dark so I had to break out the lamps and blinkys. I was in the office so early the lights were not scheduled to come on until 8 am. I had to get ready in the dark.

Good ride in this morning. Bit of a 12k head wind from the SW but it didn't seem to slow me down (still can't get over how strong I feel lately). Gonna start to up the training rides. Its nice to ride into work without a bag on my back, I feel much lighter. I noticed a couple of vehicles attempt to overtake me as we got closer to an interesection and they wanted to turn right. They must have mis-judged my speed, going too fast for them I guess. :D Looking forward to an extended ride home.

Brrr. 46 degrees F this morning. It's summer, isn't it. Had a funny run in with a maroon SUV last night on the way home. I was taking it easy, rolling down Cedar Lake Rd. just East of US 169. The road has recently been retarred and then had gravel layed. There's a wide parking lane with some parked cars and a bunch of the gravel that hasn't been compacted into the tar yet, so I was hanging out just to the left of the edge of the door zone, not really taking the lane at all (there are no stripes on the road yet). This maroon SUV is behind me and beeps the horn. I glance over my shoulder and decide there is plenty of room for him and me, especially as there is no oncoming traffic. The driver beeps the horn at me four of five times as he passes. I look over and glare and he honks again. It's a young guy, probably still a teenager. He immediately signals a left turn so I decide I'm going to let him know I think it's rude to honk at people and follow him. He notices me following and takes off... 4500 lbs. SUV scared of a guy on a bike. I chase him around the neighborhood a few times and he eventually looses me but it's clear he's circling around his destination. I decide to just go home. Pretty funny...

Summer? Hah! Thick fog, lashing rain, howling headwind. Two near misses, both classics - one overtake and turn right in front (we ride on the left over here) and one overtake, park and then open the car door into me. Are these people capable of thought or did the car keys come with a lobotomy?

Still, by the time I'd got off the roads and onto the cycle track it was kinda nice just pootling away in a granny gear staring into the murk - a zen experience.

I haven't had any run-ins with motorists lately. I wonder if I'm benefiting from some sort of TdF afterglow.

But I've been riding so sluggishly this week, what with the heat and my suddenly reduced aerobic capacity from giving blood on Monday morning. It must be the exact opposite feeling of being on EPO.

Just checked the NWS website: it's already 100F at 2pm and will probably be 105F by 5:30pm. (What's that for you metric folk? 41C?)

Two days in a row, and feeling good. (For those of you who may be counting, I don't commute at all on tuesdays :P). My new route definately has a spot that is more hairy than my whole old commute. I don't know if I will take the direct route on rainy days since that would mean I will be riding on the road paint. That stuff is slick when dry. The hills are a bit larger on the direct route. Also, there is more opportunity for a very hilly alternate route w/ minimal mileage increase.

Another 54F ride to work at 6AM & 85F ride home this afternoon. Saw about a dozen other cyclists 3 or 4 were on vintage rides.

Sharon, MA doesn't allow shooting in their town, the east side of town bordors a large state park, and the west side has a large wildlife sanctuary. Because there is no hunting, the big human threat to the wildlife is vehicular traffic. Most of the time as I ride through the sanctuary the deer just stop to look at me briefly, then go back to browsing. This morning I encountered a deer crossing the road. It paused, turned and jumped over the stone wall, where it stood watching me ride by. This leads to my question of the day:

If a dumb deer can recognize me as a vehicle, why can't more motorists?

Hot today, though not compared to some of you guys, I'm reading - only 95. Sorta hot for PDX. Relatively quiet, quick commute. It gets smoother every time I do it. Though I'm starting to think that maybe running 6 mi in the morning and then commuting 15 mi both ways might be a slight overkill. I'm not feeling in danger of injuries, but it's leaving me kind of tired all the time. Tough to get out of bed in the am.

Cool, yet humid this morning. Left early so there wasn't much traffic, just me and the road for most of the way.

Distance - 15mi
Avg Spd - 18.5
It Felt - Pretty Good

rode from work to a friend's house to help work on a boat. 14miles, 91 degrees, loaded panniers. I've never riden there before, so the route I chose probably wasn't the best. The worst part was 300 yards of road where a road turns into an expressway, and there's a freeway onramp there. Why do people drive like such idiots around onramps? after that hairy spot, I jumped on the bike trail for most of the rest of the way. Was a great ride for a wednesday afternoon, I should do this more often.

The ride home last night was much better then the night before, traffic was back to normal and people where giving me the room I needed.

Ride in this morning was cool with a tempature around 54(F).

I have a question. What kind of clothes do most you wear when the weather turns cool. I have cool weather jersey's and tights for when I ride the road bike but I don't really want to wear those clothes to work. Any ideas?

The temps were in the mid 50's and no wind this morning. The number of other bikers I saw was way down - 8. However, the number of fox I saw was way up - 3. I didn't set any speed record this morning, but I had a great ride in anyway.

I've been thinking about fixed gear all summer, yesterday at lunch, I rode the LBS and bought a flip/flop rear wheel, 15tooth cog, lock ring and short crank bolts. It won't be long now until I give it a try.

Ride in this morning was pretty fast without incident. Its too damn cool for August. I'm not liking this years "summer" one bit. Last year I was sweating like a gorilla at this time of the year (no offense Chris :D ), this year my jerseys are only a tad sweaty when I get into work, almost dry you could say. Just like Ricardo I've been thinking about getting a flip flop single speed/fixed hub for the fall months as well too. I don't want my drive train to get all mucked up when the weather finally turns sour.

Ride home last night was great. What a difference the northerly tail wind makes vs. the prevailing sw headwind. Relatively cool too, low 90's. I could literally feel the wind pushing me up the long uphill section after the bridge instead of trying to push me back :D Usually I dread the 11 mi home leg because of the extended uphill, the headwind and the summer heat. Yesterday was great ... even the hors catagorie (for me!) climb right at the end where I invariably confirm my max hr ;)

This morning it was very cool ... I felt chilled mid August in Central Tx!! A roadie or tri trainer in his aero bars caught me coming up the hill about the 9 mark with the help of a light that stopped me at the bottom. I picked it up and stayed in contact till the light in the middle of the steepest part went yellow just as he hit it. I had hoped to hold with him another 1/4 mi to my work turnoff

I should actually get 5 days commuting this week after averaging 4 days almost all summer. No appointments and finally worked out a carpool arraingement to take my son to soccer practice while I pick them up after practice.

Nice commute this morning, cool (45F), but nice (I was dressed for it this time). Total different picture this afternoon, 69F, a total different outfit for the ride home... just like fall. I'm not ready for this.

August roads - empty - bliss

62F & clear at 6AM this morning, 81F during my 3:30PM return home. On the way in, I overtook & passed a fellow about my age (64) riding a hybrid commuter with panniers. Just said good morning as I passed, couldn't ride along with him or I would have been late to work. I ate to much at the annual Bar B Que so took it easy all the way home.

Only the 3rd or 4th hot (87F/30C) muggy (85% humidity) of the summer. Maybe that means there will be equally few cold (below 0F) days this winter. Well, I can dream. Meanwhile I'm waiting for my new batteries to come in. It is definately twilight when I'm leaving for home now.