Map tester

Great weather, low 60's. We took a new route in which let my wife's muscles warmup before any good hills. I was in route to my doctor's office and had the rear tube blowout while I was doing about 20. Fortunately, the doctor and the LBS were within easy walking distance. Had to replace the rear tube and tire; the sidewall had worn off from the wire rim, after only 800 miles! The LBS (Bike South near Emory Univ. in Atlanta) let me change the tire inside the store and offered the use of their air pump--nice!

RicardoJM

This morning was another personal best for the ride into work - still have not reached my goal - but it is definately in reach.

Temps were in the upper 50's and no wind. There were 8 other bikes out this morning and one roller-blader. The kids are starting back to school this week, I saw one school bus driver that looked lost.

WonkerJaw

I can't believe it… Austin, Texas in August I did not dress warm enough! The first half hour I was so cold I thought I was going turn around go home. I know it was only 68 degrees but I was dress for the high 90's. I had to push it to stay warm. The weather has been so nice as compared to the norm. The evenings are so perfect to enjoy a patio and friends. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

pinerider

The summer that never was continues!!. Only +13 C, 55 F this morning, at least it was sunny for a change. I don't think we've had 3 sunny days in a row this summer. I rode my recently acquired touring bike (Velo Sport Appalache 15) in this morning with a "good jag on", about 20 pounds of tool box and 10 pounds of clothes and paper work stuff and lunch in the panniers and rack bag Lots of weight on the back, but the bike was still responsive enought to slalom around some recently deceased skunk parts half way to work.

A glorious sunrise over Lake Ontario, I was going to stop and snap a pic, but was too late leaving home. Maybe I'll leave in time for a picture tomorrow!

Zin

Good Monday morning to everyone!

Warmer this morning. ~55F/13C. Was able to get away with the lighter weight tights and wind jacket. A long sleeve jersey would have been in order if I had one. I was quite a bit over dressed with the jacket.

Interesting note from pinerider regarding the, "skunk parts." I had to do the same thing, only I was weaving through fish parts.

Bob

pinerider

How do you get fish parts on the road?? Have the walking fish from Florida made it to Nebraska already???

Greg

ollo_ollo

Overcast & 57F at 6AM today but the clouds had burned off by my 3:30 PM commute home in 82F weather. I acquired a set of Campagnolo clincher wheels for my Bianchi & was able to locate a N.O.S. casette for their 8 speed SunTour freehub. I still needed a spacer & when I added it, there was also room for 1 more cog! I ended up with a 9 speed 11-24 & since the bike is set up for friction shifting, no problems with indexing. Had fun with the extra options plus a bit more speed from the 11.

Zin

I can't speak to Nebraska, pinrider. But here in Montana there are a couple of possible scenarios.
1. Eagles dropping them when flying over after they have taken them from the river.
2. Critters dragging them from the river over the roadway leaving the remains.
3. (most likely) Local fishermen tossing the parts-pieces onto the road after cleaning the fish.

You see, my commute is along the Missouri River for a good portion of it. Refer to the thread below for the whole skinny on the rural part of my commute. https://www.bikeforums.net/commuting/59011-my-commute-pictures-part-1-a.html

I can deal with the fish parts. I'm just happy that I have only come upon a very dead rattle snake and not a live ticked off one.

Chris L

Another pleasant spring morning, 16 degrees C, a gentle southerly and a nice roll on the South Pacific. I even got a semi-decent run with the lights this morning. All is good.

ridealot

Nice ride in today. Weather was good, getting a little warmer. The bike felt sluggish, It fwlt like I was peddaling hard but not going anywhere. Probably just me and not the bike

RicardoJM

The temps were in the low to mid 60s, but they were the cold mid 60s. You know the type... where you feel it is cooler in the vallleys and the chill bites when your by the moving water. Despite that it was a great ride in this morning. No other bike count this morning.

I rode home a new way yesterday, it was a bit longer (19 miles) and very nice.

mtessmer

Hmmmmm... it's starting to be a little on the dark side when I head out in the morning. It won't be long until I'll have to start using my lights, I'd better start charging up my light batteries. Great commute in this morning, warmer then it's been (60F). We might see 80F for a high today, but then it's suppose to cool off (again). It's been a weird summer, if you want to call it that.

caloso

I brought the "A" bike into work today, thinking about a long ride after work. A half mile from my house I noticed a horrible squeak and turned around. Of course, when I got home, the squeak had disappeared but I re-lubed and wiped the chain anyway.

I wish there was something I could squirt on my legs to make them run smoother. God, was I struggling this morning. Just last week I was riding strong in the front group of my local shop ride/hammerfest. This morning I was suffering trying to keep up with the morning commute.

ollo_ollo

Another great day, 57F at 6AM & 82F in the afternoon. Had a fast ride in on my Miyata today but due to a team lunch, could not do my usual roundtrip home & back at lunchtime. Don

super-douper

good commute today, 6 miles headwind both ways. The way back was a pretty strong headwind, but i still made it. Passed another fellow commuter on the road, and as I was locking my bike I saw him ride up, and another commuter that I didn't see on the road came riding up also. I also noticed 3 commuter bikes locked up outside. so that makes a total of 6 commuters that I know of (the other two took their bikes into their offices). Work is at least 3 miles from any houses, so everybody has at least that much of a commute. Feels like I'm part of an elite club!

Today was also the first day that I wore my cycling shorts without another pair of shorts over them. I've been self concious about wearing cycling shorts, but for some reason, today I didn't care. Once I got to work I caught a glimpse of myself in a window and I don't look all that bad....so I guess I can leave the other shorts at home from now on.

Rogerinchrist

Yesterday's ride was about 50F to start, no wind though. Haven't ridden much this year. Really haven't ridden to work in about 6 or 7 weeks (long story). So I took it really easy, only 7.6 miles one way, nice 70ish temps on the way home. Bit of a sore L knee, but worked it out last night & today with ice, stretching and a little 5 miler tonight. Having found this forum seems to be motivating me. Am planning to ride tomorrow despite the call for afternoon showers, by then I'll need a shower anyway!

Chris L

Another presentation lacking enterprise, another day with absolutely no redeeming features whatsoever. Oh, there was one positive -- it rained this morning. The rain was beautiful, the flat tyre on the way to work wasn't -- neither was my failure to remove the offending piece of glass. I got just enough air into the thing to get to work on it with my spare tube leaking like crazy. Went down at lunch time to fix it up, totally F***ed it up, but it held together, so maybe it's not all bad.

Pulled off a brilliant save on the ride home to avoid some drunk/stoned/totally F***ing stupid moron in Surfers Paradise who didn't deserve to be born. Where do we find these "people" and why are they attracted to the Gold Coast?

Ed Holland

I've had good riding for the last few days. Despite a wheel bearing problem at the weekend, everything is fixed and running sweetly. I'm even in the process of developing my own chain lubricant! So far so good . Commute miles are up to around 25 miles a day on good days and I still can't get enough of it.

Cheers,

Ed

cyclingshane73

Yeah well I'm going to b*tch again about people running red lights on thier bicycles. I just get tired of passing these "Uber Commuters" who think they know how to ride a bicycle in traffic or are too stupid to even care. The poor riding habits of a few is what gives the majority of us a bad rap. On my way into work this morning, I'm stopped at a red light as usual and this kid (late teens I'll guess), on his MTB with panniers goes coasting by me and then hammers through the intersection. I couldn't help myself, "That a f*ckin' red light eh!" So the light turns green and I go off. Must have got up on the wrong side of the bed as I caught him like I always seem to do at another light. Once again I couldn't help myself, "So, are you going to run this light like the last one?" He turns around and his intelligent rebuttal was...

wait for it....

"Shut-up".

Wow, I would have never expected that one coming in a million years from some one of such depth and intelligence. Then off he goes, through the intersection on the red and makes a run for it. Yep, I could gone further, chased him down again and caught him when the light went green but, what is really the point? Eventually the ass is going to get hit by a vehicle or worse yet, get a drivers licence and then we are all in trouble.

Otherwise it was a decent ride in.

ridealot

Ok ride home last night. I did end up going down for the first time. I was going over some railroad tracks when the back wheel went out from under me. Banged my knee up pretty good. There will be some nice road rash there.

Nice ride in this morning, knee is a little sore but not as bad as what I thought it would be. Weather was nice, supposed to rain this afternoon and get hotter.

WonkerJaw

Today was much warmer! I wore my SPD shoes instead of my SPD sandals. It was a nice ride at 72 degrees and no wind. I'm drinking my first cup of coffee out of my Underwear Nazi mug… life is good.

caloso

Since it's going to be 101F when I get home tonight, I got up early to take Khiva the Squirrel Slayer for a long run. I left her plenty of extra water and set up the camping gazebo in the backyard for shade. Boy, do I spoil that dog....

It was only in the 60s but humid for Sacramento so even after a cool shower it was difficult to cool down. Rode in very casually in my work clothes but I brought my jersey and shorts in case I get a chance to ride a bit at lunch time.

mrfix

After many years of commuting I thought I've seen it all. On the way in to work this morning at 05:15 AM, I was riding along a secondary highway in central Mass. and saw a cyclist in front of me going in the same direction. I thought to myself, Oh, a new commuter, because I haven't seen bicyclist in this area in the past at this time of day. I noticed I was gaining on him fast, I made him aware of the fact that I was comming up on his left side and he turned and said, good day. It was then that I saw his face totally painted with war paint, like you would see on TV, He was dressed in jeans and a tee shirt and had a messenger bag and a fishing pole tied to his bike. He was riding a newer road bike, I think it was a Giant. He stuck his tounge out at me and yelled like a savage. I woke up quickly and put power to the pedals, after about a 100 yard sprint on my 80 + pound loaded commuter I looked back and saw that He wasn't trying to keep up so I moved on. What do you think that was all about? This guy got up awful early just to go and act like an idiot. I'll tell you, the war paint thing was well done, he must have spent time putting it on, Oh well, I guess all the fruit isn't in the fruit cake.

mjw16

It's great to be back on the bike after about a week off (sprained groin). Monday things felt a little akward but now I feel just as strong if not stronger, I guess the rest did my legs some good. I played hookie yesterday and spent the morning on one of my favorite mountain bike trails. Although this trail is pretty rocky and rootie, and a brief rain shower made things potentially treacherous, I had a fantastic ride. I spoke with a coworker who started commuting recently and told me how it's changed his life-he love's it. He asked for some pointers and, since taking it up, hasn't looked back. I'm really excited for him and realize how my friend must have felt when she talked me into it. Other than that, my ride in was uneventful and I'm hoping to avoid the T-storms forecast for this afternoon.

coney

Commute today was good. Although there were a lot of car doors to watch out for. Why do they open doors into traffic instead of on the curb side? I think I need a louder bell for those particular people, like maybe an airhorn.