Brrrrrr 19F at 6AM today. Yesterday's sunshine & breeze left local roads dry, so I rode my Grand Jubile & only had to dodge a few frozen puddles. By lunchtime it was a balmy 31F & on my ride home for lunch, a pitbull ran at me from across the street. I sped up & he passed behind then wheeled around & fell in next to my rear wheel, fixated on my rapidly churning right foot. I yelled "No, bad dog!" & that got him to look up at me & hesitate. Then his owner yelled from his porch & the dog gave it up & trotted back across the street. A passing truck blew his horn & scared the dog back into his yard. I pass this house daily & never saw this dog before. Hope he was just a visitor. Don

The weather is bringing out the crazy bikers down here (65 on the way home today). I saw one guy riding against traffic on the left side of the street, sort of weaving along, staring at the trees. A couple of blocks later, here comes another guy towards me tooling down the sidewalk. These clueless commuters make me nervous.........

-3C. Nice ride in, pretty uneventful. I asked my GF to drive me because I woke up late and thought it was still -27C. Glad I biked, and still got to work with 15mins to spare.

Interesting. With all the rain the last few days, I just left my bike on the back porch last night, only to hop on it this morning and find that my rear der had frozen solid, one of the rear cantis was stuck, and my chain was lumpy. I applied liberal doses of WD40 and chain lube and was able to get the chain and brakes working. However, I was stuck in my 27 cog on the back. At least my front der was working so I had a nice long 2-gear spinning ride to work! Fortunately, the bike gets to sit in a nice toasty indoor garage all day so hope it will be thawed out and dried by tonight.

DC 44F rain, again It's getting old but still beats the car. I want to see the sun. Charlie

Good ride this morning. 14F degrees. Balaclava and ski goggle stuff.

It's now snowing. Supposed to get 3 to 6 inches. I figure my evening commute will be fun. Tomorrow morning might be a little rough though. (Again, I ride a rail trail, so no cars. Just snow depth.)

foggy and misty, but not too cold (40ish I would guess). New fenders worked like a charm. It seems that I ride a bit slower in the winter, but maybe it's just because I didn't ride much over the holidays.

Today is -25 with a tail wind for most of the way. I tried some ski goggles this am rather than just glasses. They were great for the first 5 mins and fogged up. Anti-fog my ass. Many places that used to be two lanes each way is now 1.5 or sometimes one due to all the snow. The city also has not cleared any bike paths. So I had to stop at one point and drag the bike through 2 feet of snow for about 200 feet. It could always be worse though. I could have been in a car or on a bus.

Nice ride today .A little wet and icy. But still a good ride to work and home . Got to ride the ss today .
Life is good .

Good first ride of the year today on the new Gary Fisher. Got to use my Chrome bag too. Both worked great! The tempature was right around 30F and wind was calm. Good ride, lots of potholes now out there to avoid. Looking forward to the ride home.

I hate to acknowledge this thread...Raining like crazy out here IN So. Cal...Next 4 days are to be rainy...I have not been on the bike for the past 10 days due to either rain or work schedule not allowing for such..Enough to make a cyclist nuts...Could get out the trainer and tour about the garage.
Day temp's are about 55-60....Frost bite on the downhills.

Icy commute this morning, had to be careful by slowing down a lot.
I slidded dowm a steep hill, had to get off the bike the last 40 yards of the top of the hill and walk it, otherwise uneventful.
Corsaire

uneventful, just like I like it. The Guv'ment is fencing off all the "public" spaces around the National Mall for the Big Honkin' Party in a couple of weeks. No doubt, my commute will change, unless I can learn to bunny-hop Jersey barriers.

55-66!!! C'mon you weenie, get out there and ride!!! What are you made of . . . sugar? :)

First commute of the New Year. Because of weather/schedule conflicts I only biked three times in December. I lost all conditioning that I had gained over the past several months! :mad: I started out late. One of my two lights wouldn’t work, so I stopped and put on my emergency light. The cable from the non-working light got caught in my front spokes—luckily no harm done. I had to stop and make some clothing adjustments. I switch to my heavy, low pressure, studded tires. All this equaled me being 15 minutes late… luckily I set my own hours so I technically can’t be late… but it doesn’t look the best. Did I mention it’s great to be back on the bike! :D

Oh, I found my cold limit… 7F… :eek: My wife set my limit at 10F for safety concerns; accuweather.com lured me out with a forecasted, balmy 25F this afternoon so I snuck out this morning. ;) My toes didn’t like the temp, everything else was fine… I guess I’ll stay with my 10F limit.

Yeah..But it is a cold rain coming down...Motorists here do not know how to cope with wet rains/roads...Guess same holds true of many cyclists...Cold, wet feet.How miserable..

okay, then, but you'll have to change your name.

OK, I'll cut you some slack. I lived in LA for 13 years and bike commuted for 5 of them from South Pas to LA County USC. I remember thinking how cold 40 degrees felt, especially in the . . . gag . . . RAIN! Of course, it never rains from April through October. But then I moved back to St Louis and got re-acclimated . . . wool socks, neoprene booties . . . . This last week it rained for five days solid and even with all my gear I was soaked. Neoprene booties don't help when I'm riding through 2 feet of water with waves of water up to my knees! I went through all three pairs of backup gloves, and they all got soaked. Clothes hanging up and drying all over the house and office. Some might call that "miserable". I call it my "badge of honor".

Pouring like mad in Sactown but the fenders and booties made it bearable.

I forgot to mention that a coworker walked with me into the building and I got the ol' "I can't believe you rode in this weather!" comments. Hey, what can I say? I like riding my bike.

it was just below 20 °F this morning, balaclava and goggle weather. coming home wednesday in the new snow was hard, for some reason...the roads were relatively clear at first, just a little gloopy, but as i got closer to home and started climbing on the deeper stuff i had trouble getting the bike to move. maybe i had just gotten a little soft after not riding for a while. the headwind and flat front tire may have contributed to the problem as well.

Velo...That is a valid criticism...Have to accept the fact...But, riding well over, 200 times a year is pretty zealous? Just living in a mostly sunny climate can save up for the days when riding is mostly pleasant. Plus, I fear I mistreat my bike by subjecting it to grit and water in the road..Can't do that

nope, can't do that. Could get a beater bike, though, or just clean your nice one well when you're done.

Well, you do have a star by your name. I'm sure it means something significant, as cicadashell has one, too. We'll just assume it's an asterix. You could put a little disclaimer in the space where people put pithy quotations. Something like, "*mostly" or "*fair weather" or "dry and warm". I won't hold it against you. You seem okay to me; I read your touring post.

I don't ride at night, and I'm sure that to some folks on this forum, that makes me a complete wuss. But I'm blind in one eye, and my depth perception ain't so good in the dark. I'm likely to ride straight into the Potomac river, thinking it's a bridge with all those lights reflecting off the surface. We all have our weaknesses.

Velo...If we had more than 20 days of rain here per year, if we have that; I would have to bit the bullet..But, I don't...Strange, I have the gear to ride in the cold rain..But, it still felt uncomfortable....With enough bike withdrawl, I guess I would...Just so rare about these parts we get 4 straight days of rain..As I have said...In a warm rain, I might give it a try.

I rode home in a warm, misty rain yesterday. It was bliss! Not to mention my Freddies work like a charm.

Tangentially off topic - I was just checking weather.com for next week's forecast for my area (27705) and they're calling for thunderstorms and a high of 79F !!! On January 13? Crazy... talk about a warm rain :p

[QUOTE=KingFoo]I rode home in a warm, misty rain yesterday. It was bliss!
In a warm rain it might even be fun...As kids we would go out and 'play ' in the rain...But, usually warm spring rains...
Cycling gear could be more like a swim suit...Probably reduce the effectiveness of the chamois however...

Yesterday was one of those in-between days. I rode to work in jeans with a long sleeve cotton shirt over a duofold s/s base layer T-shirt. I was soaked by the time I got to work.
I had to wear the same thing going home - when it was even warmer. :(
The only other option was no shirt and/or no jeans. :eek:

Yesterdays (Friday) train was 1 hour late because of a "mysterious package"(damn terrorist) Would have been a nice ride but the delay put me in the middle of heavy rain. Was a wet week.

VELO: Blind in one eye!! Impressive that you commute. I have a hard enough time dodging traffic with 2 eyes. Charlie

This morning was pretty good. Sunday morning, 6AM=no traffic. It was also the warmest its been in a while 39F. Homeward bound was a little heavier on traffic but I usualy cut through the burbs so it wasn't too bad. Temp. was a balmy 51 and sunny. I had to shed my outer layer about halfway home to keep fron having heatstroke. You gotta love this global warming thing. :D

It'll take alot more than that to get me off my bike! Besides, the other one works like a charm.