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decided to take the long way in today and it was cold this morning, 34F. Maybe not cold by most everybody elses's winter standards, but for me.....COLD! I wear a jersey under a long sleeve shirt, and shorts. Today I knew it was cold, so I dug up my snowboarding gloves for the ride. Hands were toasty, legs were fine, arms were chilly ears were COLD! I still loved it though :D
The best part of the commute this morning is all the ghastly looks from drivers and people freezen their arses off walking from their car to the front of their building. and I just ride by in shorts. I love it. |
Originally Posted by super-douper
decided to take the long way in today and it was cold this morning, 34F. Maybe not cold by most everybody elses's winter standards, but for me.....COLD! I wear a jersey under a long sleeve shirt, and shorts. Today I knew it was cold, so I dug up my snowboarding gloves for the ride. Hands were toasty, legs were fine, arms were chilly ears were COLD! I still loved it though :D
The best part of the commute this morning is all the ghastly looks from drivers and people freezen their arses off walking from their car to the front of their building. and I just ride by in shorts. I love it. |
Originally Posted by fastedddie
Was not one of my better nights. 2nd flat this week. Sunday I decided to patch my extra tube that has had a hole in it since July. I think this jinxed me. Monday night I noticed I had a flat before I even left the office. What a better place ot have a flat. Used the fork lift in the warehouse as a repair stand. Worked great.Turned out that the valve stem was parting from the innertube. Pitched that one and used my extra tube that I was glad I fixed the night before. Tonite, about half way home (3 mile mark), I start feeling a thump thump thump. I get off the bike and all seems ok so I get back out and thump thump thump. I get off again and rotate the tire and come across an 1 1/4" roofing nail. The nail totaled out the tube. Ooops, had not had time to get a back up tube. I get out my cell phone to call the wife. Dead, you gotta charge those things every so often. Walked to a near by business and called the wife to come and get me. I was suppose to be home on time tonite cause the kids were over for supper. Oopps, I missed supper, the wife did pick me up but has not said one word to me since. It's still not that bad. I'll go out tonite and get a couple new tubes and I'll be on the road tomorrow. The wife will get over it and if she don't, I still have my bike. Happy days ahead!
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Damn cold! 6 degrees this morning. Yes, six degrees Fahrenheit!
Reminder to self: wear two pairs of socks! I feel proud of myself. |
Great, first ride on new wheels that I built. SON hub and lumitech light. Built up on mavic A719 with conti top touring tires, big fat ones.
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ON my commute today..Someone yelled out 'Lance.' Be nice. I have a thing for Sherly Crow's music...Really, I was not moving all that fast. Thought that to be a compliment over the usual hassle..
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Originally Posted by Tree Trunk
Two words - PATCH KIT!!!! Could save you and your marriage.
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Originally Posted by caloso
Originally Posted by Tree Trunk
Two words - PATCH KIT!!!! Could save you and your marriage.
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35F at 6AM today, 40F this afternoon: Rode in thru light, patchy fog with not much traffic; pleased to see City of Lacey swept their part of my commute again yesterday. Now if we can just get City of Olympia up that level of road maintenance, the bike commute will be much improved. Very heavy traffic this afternoon for some reason. Still riding on dry streets but rain is supposed to start tonight & last through the weekend with much lower temperatures. We may even see some white stuff.
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took an alternate route home tonight....15 miles. Felt great. Up a big hill, then down into a valley where it was pretty cold, I started to think that I'd have to call for a ride if I didn't get home soon.
Got on the bike path that lead out of the valley where it warmed up slightly. Drivers were respectful, lights worked great...but what's up with pedestrians dressing head to toe in black clothing and going for a stroll on the bike path? I must have passed 8 pedestrians and 6 of them were in all black. |
Usually have both too. Did not have time after Monday to get a spare tube and the tube was punctured not only thru road side once but many times on the rim side. The patten of the holes was much larger that any patch I've carried.
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It was COLD out this morning! First time this season I've ridded with the temp at 32 F (0 C). I'm pretty well prepared for it, though: I'm wearing stirrup pants under my jeans, A hooded sweater over my shirt and my Oarsman coat over that, a neoprene half-face thing I got from Nashbar for xmas a couple of years ago, my Joe Rocket motorcycle gloves, and I borrowed an idea from Sheldon Brown by using packing tape over the vents on my helmet. I kept roasty-toasty all the way home! In fact, I had to open up the coat to let a little cool air in! :D
One question: I think a windproof shell over each of the legs would help keep the legs better. Would it work to get some ripstop nylon (like for a tent or backpack or sleeping bag) and sew leggings from them to fit over my jeans, and then use elastic to keep them closed top and bottom? |
Cool ride in this morning. Nice with very little traffic though.
Had to buy a new cable lock today. I am in the "losing things" mode it seems. I lost my house and Kryptonite lock key about 10 days ago. No problem, I had backups for both at home. Went on a 35 mile ride last Friday and idiotically left the zipper to my seat bag open. My final set of keys, along with both my cable lock keys, bounced out somewhere along the way. D'oh! My cable lock was safely at home, with the lock permanently fastened around the cable. Ride home tonight was wet, had a couple of smart guys blow their horns at me during the ride. I did get the satisfaction of catching up with one of them at a light. |
The obstacle course lived up to it's name this evening, the morons were well and truly out in force. A couple of kids on mopeds on the Sundale Bridge swerving all over the place -- good job my lane-splitting skills are still there. Some moron in Sufferers Parasite trying to squeeze me against the kerb. I just jammed on the brakes, then when he was confused I bolted around the other side and dropped him pointlessly in the traffic. 169% ****. And then in Broadbeach... Oh forget it. Let's just say that I might have been in trouble if I wasn't such an arrogant prick.
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My coldest commute yet. 14F (-10C), and I managed to over-dress for it. I thought if anything I'd be a bit under-dressed, but no, I got hot. Silk long underwear and fleece, plus thin jacket, gloves, balaclava, turtle fur around neck, and ski goggles to complete my hard-core look. :)
Jacket had a layer of condensation inside when I arrived at work. Big toes were cold but not uncomfortably so. Was wearing running shoes and normal socks. |
-19C (-2F) My coldest commute yet. There were some iffy patches of ice/snow but as long as you stayed away from the car tire tracks (which are extremely slick) you fair quite well. Luckily there was practically no wind.
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Mama! It was a fun ride this morning. First, I slammed a pothole and pinch flatted. Then it started to snow, hard. Some of the snow melted, then froze into a nice smooth sheet of ice. Very entertaining ride. I really should swap on my 38C nobbies...
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St Louis . . . dateline . . . it's like spring out there! wet pavement, 50's in the am, supposed to hit 68 F today!!! Woo Hoo! I totally overdressed but fortunately threw some shorts in my bag after I heard the weather.
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Warmer ride today! My wife bought me new gel bib shorts, and a green flourescent long sleeve jersey for my birthday. Both proved to be very nice additions to the ride. Since I brought my laptop home for the weekend, I had to take it back, that along with my programming cert book. That thing is heavy. I'm not sure if it was due to the momentum once I started pedaling, but despite the extra weight, I really started moving, made it 3 minutes faster than usual.
Ahhh... what a nice way to start the week! |
The first good snow storm of the year happened yesterday. Today it is -10C dropping to -15C as the day progresses. The ride in had a few tense moments with snow ruts and what not. It is funny how with the snow it is nice to have a distance with hardpack snow or ice rather than 6" of snow ruts and ice. All in all it was a pretty good ride.
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Today I had to wear a suit and I hadn't had the chance over the weekend to bring in my clothes, like I usually do. So, I just wore my suit on the bike. It was pretty cool (39F/4C) so sweating was not a problem.
Near the office I saw my receptionist waiting to cross the street so I rode over and said "Hi" but it took her the longest time to recognize me. Seems she can recognize me on the bike in my bike clothes or off the bike in my suit. But a guy wearing a suit on a bike? Does not compute. |
27 F on the way in this morning. Absolutely beautiful sky. high clouds light blues and pinks, bare trees, breath.... abit of snow this evening I guess... Pink sky at morning sailor's warning, though most of the 2-wheeled land sailors on this thread here will take it in stride...
Riding back home the other night at a stop light in the pouring rain, I was drying my glasses on a base layer, I finish, put them back on my head. Things are blurred out of one side of my head. I scramble blindly in the headlights before the light changes and low and behold! A treasure more than the Holiest Grail! my other lens! I pop it back in, the light changes and away I thankfully go. |
Originally Posted by SaskCyclist
The first good snow storm of the year happened yesterday. Today it is -10C dropping to -15C as the day progresses. The ride in had a few tense moments with snow ruts and what not. It is funny how with the snow it is nice to have a distance with hardpack snow or ice rather than 6" of snow ruts and ice. All in all it was a pretty good ride.
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One question: I think a windproof shell over each of the legs would help keep the legs better. Would it work to get some ripstop nylon (like for a tent or backpack or sleeping bag) and sew leggings from them to fit over my jeans, and then use elastic to keep them closed top and bottom?[/QUOTE]
It would probably be eaiser and more effective to just by some wind pants from a sporting goods store. |
Beautiful rain this morning, and the temperature somehow managed to drop to 21 degrees C (I had the fan on most of last night because it was much warmer then). This must be the coolest December ever recorded... so far.
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Good ride to work & home . Had some fog on the way home .
But still a good ride . Have a good nite . |
Originally Posted by Wulfheir
-19C (-2F) My coldest commute yet. There were some iffy patches of ice/snow but as long as you stayed away from the car tire tracks (which are extremely slick) you fair quite well. Luckily there was practically no wind.
the city was plowing my pathway this afternoon, |
-22C, no wind this morning.
This is the first Winter for me to try bike commuting (also my coldest riding temp. to-date). No problems really... my toes were starting to get just a bit cool by the time I got to work, my ski goggles fogged up at about the 1/2 way point, found it easier withouth them & just put up with ice on my eyelashes. I actually find myself hoping for colder & colder temps so I can achieve a new low each day :) (sorry, pun was actually intended) |
Today (Tue, 12/07) 34 F/1 C - damp, foggy...drizzle was over. Wind from the North-Northwest 7mph
I was biking home on Friday after work, approaching a left turn. There was a Lexus SUV stopped at the stop sign. They had the stop sign; I did not. I was coming down a small hill some 50 yards back, so I was coasting at 15-20 mph. I signaled my intention to turn left in front of them. As I was completing my turn, the driver side window goes down on the SUV; two young guys (my bedroom furniture is older than these kids) scream, "sidewalk!". There was a look of anger in the driver's eyes...wow! I simply kept biking - half smiling. A part of me was simply thankful I wasn't run down or shot at. |
Pouring rain this morning -- I let my wife talk me out of riding. She said it's hard enough for people to see me in the dark and the rain makes it worse. OK, she may be right. I reminded her that she's still freaked about last night. I got home so late she put the kids in the van and went out to look for me. They found me right after I had patched my punctured tube and left Walgreens. Yep, I made the mistake of bragging to a coworker yesterday at lunch that I hadn't had a flat on my commuter bike for over a year. That also means I hadn't check the patch kit I had in my commuter bag. The rubber cement was used up. I had to walk the bike 2 miles to the Walgreens and buy a jar of rubber cement. The rear tire had caught a large and sharp shard of glass. The cut was so fine that it took me 15 minutes of pumping the tube just to find the cut. My family and I missed our orientation appointment at the County Animal Shelter, something my daughter was really looking forward to (so was I).
Nice warm weather last night, though. I could have picked a worse night to get a flat. |
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