Another hot, humid afternoon commute ahead of me, 89 F / 32 C, 70% humidity. But, 10 - 15 MPH tailwind, yah !

Nice easy 8 miles to work through Beverly Hills. 70 and sunny.

This morning's ride was 64F, 90% humidity with a light 5mph breeze in my face, nice.
Most mornings I see an older couple out for thier walk, they are friends of my parents, in thier early eighties I think. So I stopped and introduced myself because they were on a side road without traffic. Boy were they sharp as tacs! They remembered my name right away & I hadn't seen them since I was a kid ( I'll be 40 this year)! Really nice to stop & chat for a few minutes. I sure hope I'm still kickin' like them when I get to that age.
The ride home was nice too, the road was wet from a little rain but was dry by the time I got half way,then it sprinkled a little to finish out the ride, temp is 72F with a light south wind on my left shoulder.
Think I'll skip tommorrow & ride Thursday & Friday. I 'll have to work Saturday so maybe I'll ride five days this week.
I've been keeping my average speed down until I get my legs back so I shouldn't be too beat for Sat.

The antlers on the young buck I've been watching this summer are just starting to develop 4 points, it will be interesting to see how big a rack he will develop. If he is the deer I think he is, he will be going into his 2nd rut soon. The turkeys have been lying low the past week, maybe they have finally gleaned the field enough that they have moved on. It is time for me to make the switch from the summer "be seen" lights to the winter "seeing" lights. I hate all the wires & switches, but I hate potholes more. Good to see everyone is having a good season.

Rainy & mid 60s today. Showers were broken up by intermittent downpours so I got pretty wet this morning, felt strange to have booties on again but at least my feet were dry. Looks like we'll have rainy weather all week & I'm pretty pleased I was able to get a couple rain bikes into rideable shape on Sunday.

It was dry and calm this morning, but I felt really leaden on the ride. Average speed was about 1mph down on the usual. Just one of those days I suppose.

Cheers,

Ed

Decent ride this morning. 77 deg and sprinkling. VERY humid in KCMO right now. It wasn't supposed to rain until aound 8 this morning. Of course, it started raining on my commute!. I had to stop and put rain covers on. I'm one of the unfortunates that use a laptop at work. I had to cover that up! One thing I never understand. Why would someone be on the road (cyclist or runner) and NOT be reflective? I almost hit a runner this morning. Black shorts, dark shirt. I didn't see him (her) until I was right there! I like my "Christmas Tree" looking bike. Head light, tail light, reflective tape, leg bands. It makes me feel safe. All in all...a good ride. -JH

Nice stiff tailwind again this morning. Made getting into work a breeze (no pun intended). I not sure if I prefer a tailwind or headwind coming into work. I think I would rather get home quicker as opposed to flying into work in the mornings. :p

Starting to actually feel like August here. High humidity and warmer temps. Ride home last night was pretty good, traffic was on the heavy side but not to bad.

Got a flat in my rear tire this morning that sucked. Besides that nothing bad happened.

I was riding crosstown on 14th street, east to west, in Manhattan when this jerk in a beatup old car yelled at me to get my "ugly a** bike on the sidwalk."
I leaned my very beautiful 1972 paramount fixed gear against a parked car and walked over and told him to get his ugly a** piece of sh*t car on the sidewalk and then we could talk. Then I got back on my bike and rode away, leaving him stalled in traffic.

Steady rain at 6AM, Sunny with only a few clouds during my lunch commute & back to rain again at 3:30 PM; temps in the low 60s & beginning to clear up again as I write this. Rode my Specialized Expedition touring bike today.

Session adjourned at 9:30 last night so I finally got to use my Nightrider. Works wonderfully, but when I pulled into the driveway, I realized the batteries in my blinky had died. I wonder how long I rode blinkyless.

Got a nice compliment when one of my wife's former colleagues saw me on the way out of the building: "Wow! Looks like you've been in training!"

Nah. Just riding my bike to work. ;)

nice, clear, cool fall like morning, I rode slowly all the way in, barely woke up by the time I got here. Yesterday I got my first flat of the year, I picked up a piece of glass 3 miles from work, I had to stop every mile to pump up the tire but I made it in and replaced the tube at lunch. This is only the second flat I had with the conti top touring 2000 tires in 10,200 miles. they're almost like running no-flats but a lot more comfy.

Wet roads on the way in today. Supposed to be a rainy day today. Last nights ride home was pleasant. Traffic was moderate.

This morning I woke up with the inclination that I wanted to hit the local trails afterwork. So I suited up and dragged my MTB out of the basement. Should have taken a better look outside though as it was kinda dark still when I woke up summer is almost over. :( Anyways there was a threat of a good soaking all the way in however I only got a few drops on me. Hopefully the weather holds and I can hit those trails.

Kinda funny thing happed just a few blocks away from my house I see this dude across the street riding a bike. Don't know if he was riding a decent bike or a piece of crap ( I didn't pay much attention to him ) however, He yells as I go by, "Cove Sucks!". Don't know what the hell that was all about. F-em! :p

Temps in the upper 50s and no wind this morning. There were 14 other bikes out and about. As the sun is rising much later than a month ago, I have have moved my morning departure window out a bit. This has made the commute all new again as I am getting to see new "regulars" on my route.

I also have started exploring new routes for my ride home.

Yesterday there was a light rain on the way home which made the trip very nice. This morning, sticky very sticky.

My commute today was awesome! I rode by the Plaza Hotel, and some protesters had put up a huge flag on the front.

(There are, as of yet, no pictures on the Indymedia of the event, so I'm going to attempt to put up a couple that I found that will give you an idea of what it was.)

The flag was just like the one here, and the area it took up on the Plaza is circled in red.

Fantastic!!

If some of you don't know, NYC is about to be innudated by the Republican National Convention. Big mistake by Bloomberg.

Second day this week that I have had to travel for work. :(
Get to ride again tomorrow! :D

I had a nice comfortable, beautiful sunrise ride in this morning. But, it's been cloudy ever since and we've had a little rain. Looks like it could be a wet one for the ride home. Oh well, I've got my Gore tex.

I was all set to head out the door at 6:30 to get some miles in before work. But the Wonder Twins woke early and I spent the morning changing and feeding while my wife slept. I'll make that trade any day.

When I did get on the road, I was nearly cut off by several motorists who used the bike lane as a passing-on-the-right lane. Normally I'd go ballistic but I was so mellow from the morning with the kids that I just let it go.

Light rain at 6AM today. I met a "regular" commuter waiting at a signal today. We had a little chat until I turned off at the Supermarket to score an Apple Fritter & newspaper. He was riding a nice old Fuji, setup for touring. At lunchtime, I got caught in a tremendous downpour, not bike weather at all! This afternoon it had turned nice with sunny skies & big fluffy clouds but still a bit breezy. After work, I stopped by the local thrift store & there was a new arrival. A 77 Raleigh Ltd 3 speed in pretty good shape for a mere $25 but I didn't bite. Don