Well, for the last 8-1/2 months I've had a job that I do ON my bicycle, so no commute! lol I've been delivering ~120 newspapers for the local newspaper. And for someone who HATES hills -- one of the routes is on Think-Of-Me Hill. Okay, I end up walking up some of it, but still, at least my blood sugars are almost down to normal, my triglycerides are, too, my cholesterol is down to 130, my blood pressure is down 20 points and I've even lost at least 10 pounds! (even though every so often I get a craving for a McDonald's $1 double-cheeseburger after I'm finished delivering papers. LOL) BTW -- the subscribers on the hill usually tip more than the others. :D ~~Bren

Good ride today, if a bit slow. It was rather windy today and I had to carry rather a lot of stuff to work. On the scales here at work, my backpack weighed in at 6.7 kilos (about 14.5 lbs) which is plenty! As I recall the UCI minimum bike weight is around 6.8 kg....

Cheers,

Ed

Good ride in today. A breath of wind and the morning breaking over the city and the sea. Heavy pannier of stuff for the week ahead but the legs were fluid and the bike was as nimble as it can be. Enjoyed myself and feel more able to face Monday back after a week away.

45 degrees and raining. Legs got chilled. Time for tights, perhaps.

oh about 42 °F, but dry and clear. got a good soaking friday night but there has been precious little rain here lately. perhaps if i take the fenders off my bike...

Great commute this morning, a balmy 51F, clear skies and a beautiful sunrise by the end of my ride this morning (it's very dark when I leave in the morning). It's suppose to hit the 70's again today, way above normal... I'll take it.

Chilly willy 36 deg F and Sunny. Still no Snow and lots of colorful trees. Give me 20 more degrees of heat and I'd say it was pretty nice. BRRRRRRR

Chris

First time in a week I was able to ride. :) It was chilly at 61 degrees and no wind.

Finally giving mechanical attention to my commuter bike after ten years. The bike has who knows how many miles on it and still had all the original parts. Replacing chain, cassette, big chain ring, bottom bracket. I'm out of money this week so I had to wait on the chain ring and bottom bracket. I rode my mountain bike while wearing high top hiking shoes this morning. It was an interesting contrast -- riding a mountain bike on the road after riding a hybrid and road bike all summer.

44F with a high, broken layer of thin clouds @ 6AM today. Rode down South Bay road about a mile) without encountering a single car in either direction. Alone in the dark within my circle of light. Supposed to be 68 today & dry all week.

Cold, cold, cold this morning, but back up toward tolerable this afternoon. When I went out this morning, it seemed pretty warm (maybe 50F?), and not raining, so I changed from some tights to shorts, and headed out. Pretty soon the temps started dropping, and it started to mist. I was a little cool, but I thought I was going to be ok. Then the temperature started to plummet, and I swear the mist turned into sleet for a while. Not a pleasant thing in very thin spandex. I arrived at work shivering, red and drippy nosed, with co-workers asking me why I continue to insist on wearing shorts and sandals when it is October in Vermont. I dunno, I guess I keep hoping for another shot at Indian Summer and the temps will jump up into the 80's again! :D

Kat

I'll be riding my new commuter bike tomorrow morning for the first time and am really excited. I recently got an '89 Centurion road bike on Ebay and just finished getting it ready to do duty as my dedicated commuter. I upgraded to 700 x 28 Bontrager Select K touring tires, installed SPD Ritchey mtb pedals, and replaced the loose ball bearing bottom bracket with a new Shimano cartridge type. I took it for a spin this evening and adjusted everything and installed my lights. Eventually I plan to make it a single speed, but that may wait until January or so.

Nice ride in and cool ride home.
It had to be about 44 temp on the way home .
Have a good nite .

Could post this under thread about helmets...Had a typical ride home from a meeting at work..But, It seems stuff always happens to me under freeways in Temecula..
It seems this interchange just does not like me...Motorists are usually jerks under the 15 bridge.
New event today...I was under the overpass...Heard a clanking up above ... Something , I think fell off of a passing truck..The clanking...It looked like a large wrench hit a freeway rail...It was...Came down about 10 feet away...A pipe wrench about 8 inches long...Hit the pavement with a loud thud.. Would my helmet have helped? How could this happen. ?
We don't get rain here..It just rains pipe wrenches..Sort of freaked me out as I heard it fall. And I had my better road bike,too.

high forties this morning with a strong head wind, my ride to work was slow, fall is here and winter will follow shortly. This afternoon is forcasted to be nice, mid 60's and calm.

Cool ride in this morning, low 40's for the tempature. Was a little tired but fell good once i got to work.

The tempature is supposed to drop as the week goes on. Fall is here.

For the first time in two weeks I was back on my bike! I was surprised with how quickly I needed to down shift. :(

With a dusting of cloud cover, new moon in 2 days, head band over my ears deadening any sound, and nary a car on the road at 5:45am, the only way it could be more tranquil would be if I were asleep, but then I wouldn’t realize the tranquility. I was in a zone! :D

I included a picture of the scenery on my commute this morning; the picture includes sound just turn up your speakers! ;) Unfortunately technology is not advanced enough to allow me to include the barnyard smell that I enjoyed as well. :p
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...id=17493&stc=1

40 degrees and sunny here in Central PA. Nice ride this morning. Great day to be alive and on a bike.

45F degrees. No rain like yesterday. Mostly-cloudy, but enough breaks to let the sunlight hit the east slopes of the Adriondack Mountains, which are ablaze with leaf color.

I played tag with an MTB. He passed me when I was stopped talking to a friend I ran into. Eventually I reeled him in. He ran stop signs. I stopped for stop signs, and reeled him in again. I'm easily amused. :)

40F this morning, quite a nice temperature for riding. The sun was out, and the exercise felt so good. Woke me right up, and I got to work red-faced. Can't wait for the warmer ride back.

45 F / 7 C this bright, sunny morning. I wore my sport jacket and would not have been overdressed with my coat and even gloves. Having spent the weekend in summer-like conditions on a small island of the North Carolina coast, it was fun to be back in autumn again.

Paul

It was a pretty good commute. Although it sure seems darker in the am than it did on Thursday. I guess that 1.5 minutes less sunlight each day really adds up. I seemed to just sail right along this morning either due to feeling stonger after a few days off or the LBS really worked their magic last week when they tuned up my bike. It was 4C and overcast with a light breeze.

I hope everone has a safe commute.

Cool this morning, around 40 when I left home and 45 when I arrived at work. A bit of sunshine meant I stripped the sleeves off the jacket after about 5 miles. Legs felt great, so I made pretty decent time.

It was great to be back on the commuting bike again today after 7 straight weeks of out-of-town work. I've been getting in some good weekend riding on the roadie, but for some reason I enjoy commuting even more. Especially when riding down the bike lane past long lines of cars stuck in traffic!