Man, it stays dark for a long time in the morning! It will change some when we go to daylight savings time but that will mean I'll need lights for the way home. I still had a great commute, it's a balmy 45F and over cast (what's new, it's been cloudy for the last two weeks). The paving crew was out paving the new section of the Midtown Greenway this morning (for you Twin Cities folks), I may give that a try on the way home tonight even though it's totally out of the way. Hey, what's the hurry anyway, right?!?

NOAA says, "Dense fog. Visibility 1/4 mile. Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy. 84F. 20 chance of rain."

Sounds like an adventure to me!!!

You've gotta be careful. If you're slow enough for them to get a good look, you look like a poser. It's a fine line to wal^H^H^Hride. Try crashing. Then maybe they'll notice the lycra and comfort you, at least until you start bleeding. Ha ha ha ha...

That's nice to hear. It's scheduled to be done by the end of the month. I maybe-possibly know of someone who maybe-possibly once in a while road through it already. It looks like it'll be a nice path. It's too bad it won't get anyone anywhere until something like 2008: until it goes over Hiawaitha, it won't really be open any new options that 28th St. couldn't provide. Once it goes over Hiawaitha and the river, then we're really set.

It has been pleasantly balmy lately. Not too bad at all for October.

good ride home last night if not a little short (4 miles). But every mile counts, I'm trying to keep track of mileage and rides now that I've signed up at activebody.org. I saw the link in N7CZinMT's sig and decided to give it a shot. I'd seen it before, so I knew what it was all about, and that it seemed like a hobby site of the author. I was really surprised at how robust and functional it was. I'm tracking cycling and weight now.

Ride in this morning was mid 40's F, I rode the good MTB to work today, cause a coworker and I were going to cut out early to hit the trail, but he just called and said he wouldn't be able to make it today. Oh well. My legs weren't feeling very strong today anyway. Plus my employer is serving free beer this afternoon (we were going to pretend that we were drinking beer at the company sponsored slush-fest but ride instead).

For the first since ...a really long time i could not shake a guy off!!

I came up on this dude halfway in on my commute, wheelsucked for a couple of hundred meters and decided to overtake and drop him up this small hill. I thought I did but downhill he passed me(!) Again i placed myself in his draft up until the next hill where i again decided to overtake. That didn't happen, yet again as we came down the hill he passed me! By now the race was really on and the pace was high. For a while i layed behind him but soon he waved at me to pass and take the lead. So i did and i had to dig deep to keep our pace. we shifted like that for a couple of kilometers. When we arrived at work (apparently we both work in the same high tech park suburb) I pedaled up beside him and said: "Well done! Great job man!!" and gave him a high five. He looked just as beat as I felt and I think we both had to pull really hard. Neither one of us wanted to give away to the other.

Great fun!! :D

27F and VERY ICY. The bike went out from under me 3 times before the first intersection. So, back to the house and jump in the car. :(

A gorgeous morning: calm and cool with mist rising off the American River and blue skies above.

(Why don't I ever remember to bring the camera?)

Bob, sorry to hear about your mishaps. I am assuming you did not get your Nokians. If you want a temporary fix just in case you become a weather snob soon, try a pair of Innova's. Although not as good as Nokians, studs are better than no studs especially in the front. Hope your ride tomorrow is better.

Btw - I drove to work today too. I had a couple of things to get and it is my turn to babysit the little one.

Amazing weather this morning here in SF. sunny and 58°. i was expecting to see everyone on a bike. of course i didn't :( . something about the feel of the roads after a good rain. nice and clean.

can't wait for my ride home. going to take the long way.

You know you're in Key West when on your way home, you pass a 280-300Lb guy mashing pedals on his single speed, complete with basket, hauling a$$, wearing nothing but sneakers and tighty whities.

This was my commute home today.

Scary, scary place this is some times.

Dave

Rode with a guy for a few blocks this morning. Closer to work, I followed tracks of somebody who works in the building beside me and nearly bailed into an RV as I followed his treacherous path over a concrete parking lot divider and thru the branches of a tree. He's obviously much more adventurous than I. I'm going to stick to my route tomorrow.
Today at work I watched somebody knock my bike over in my cube and busted the clip off my rear light. It's like it was in slow motion. Trying to get that fixed today.

Yay!! I got back on my bike today after being off for almost a week, and one serious sinus infection!! I only road to a local park and ride which is about a mile and a half from my house, but at least I was back in action. Tomorrow will be my first commute all the way in since getting sick. I think I will give myself a little extra time. I never realized how addicted this could become until I had to give it up for a bit!

Kat

What a great way to get to work. I'm jealous, The only thing I get to chase on my commute is the clock!

I started commuting on July 19th. Since then I have logged 700 miles, justified $200 of bike stuff purchases and have 124 more commutes to justify the bike I purchased (My wife is picking up fenders for me tonight, I guess that number is 126 now!) Unfortunately I won’t have time to put those fenders on before my commute tomorrow. It’s supposed to be thunder storming on my ride home… But since when can you count on the weatherman!?

It was windy and damp on the way home this evening, I used my light as it was very overcast and drizzly. The good news is; my battery still had enough power to make it home. That’s good to know with the clock change impending. (I wish they would get away from that... I would probably vote for someone willing to quit this daylight savings time $#!^!!!)

I hammered on the way in this morning as I started late and was pushing a head wind. That wind shifted to be mostly a cross wind on the way home, and I just didn’t have the legs.

I had to stop and shed a layer today. I hate loosing my momentum like that.

Even closer to freezing today! I'm too close to Lake Champlain so it moderates the lows. However, there was ice on the one trail bridge. I didn't trust it so I wound up walking over. Any brake input with my weight off the bike caused a wheel lock.

General question for Burlington-area readers: Did I pass you on the Island Line Trail? You passed me when I was stopped and fiddling with my hat/earbuds. I had a blaze-orange hat and reflective vest on, and you had very large panniers and a blue reflective vest. I said, "Passing left", and "Morning", and you responded with, "Morning!"

Always wonder if there are any other Bike Forums people on that trail.

52 °F, misty, quiet. should take pictures some morning, after return to standard time. the morning ride is really a highlight of the day for me.

A pretty awesome ride this am.....slight head wind with rain/snow. Almost dressed too warm though. I will be nice to see the sun one of these days eventhough it means colder temps likely. Today is zero celcius. I think it has been snowing/raining on and off for about a week. Even with the Nokians and lower tire pressure I felt like I was flying.

I am guilt ridden… I found several excuses not to ride this morning; each more lame that the last. My goal this weekend is to get my Nokians and fenders on… That will eliminate a couple excuses.

Finally a morning without a nasty layer of ice on the roads! 34F/1C with a nice Chinook wind blowing 14MPH/22.5KPH from the SSW. Amazing how warm it felt riding in temperatures above freezing again!


EDIT: Broke 2400 miles for the year on my way into the office this morning!

Finally had tires at full psi this morning. Left the Nokians on to deal with areas that still had ice. Wore my fleece and a zipped-t mid-layer and it worked great. The fleece has pit zips so I was able to control the heat really well. Temp this morning was -3 with a wind chill of -8.

Read a couple of posts yesterday on taking control of your lane and did that this morning and it worked great. Vehicles left me more space and had one car honk at me (this is good because it means they see you). Will ceratinly continue to do this.

Enjoy your ride home guys!

Zin,

Congrats on breaking 2400 miles!

Nice ride in today. Temp was about -6c. Roads were pretty clear. I'm finding it takes me aout an extra 15min to get to work now as I take it a bit easier. But it also takes longer to drive due to conditions so my commute by bike is still as fast as by car (an much more enjoyable).

You guys are studs on studded tires. Here in the Golden State, the biggest hazard is all the crap that's accumulated in the bike lane after the rain and wind on Tuesday.

I had another episode with a driver who was just too polite or clueless: I needed to get into the left turn lane and this driver was where I needed to be, so I waved for her to keep going. Instead, she kept slowing down and waving for me to go. So rather than hold up all the traffic I went ahead of her and settled into the left turn lane.

Then she whips around me on the right and scoots into the left turn lane right in front of me. Okaaaaaay..... Whatever, Lady. That's the same spot you would have had if you'd just moved up like I motioned you to do. Sheeesh.

caloso, i also run into clueless drivers once or twice a week in my residential area. i come up and stop at a stop sign, the crossing road has the right of way because there is no stop sign. a driver (travelling perpendicular to my road, on the road WITHOUT a stop sign) stops, then waves at me to go. then i stare and say, "I have the stop sign", then i let a few seconds pass, then I go (usually by this time they flinch on their brake pedal, wondering whether it's just a ploy to run me over).

but this morning's commute was pretty uneventful. -3c, side-roads were slick so i just stuck well to the shoulder where i had some traction.