Good ride to work and home. Took my new lock and chain
today . Great weather today . I hope it stays the hole week . Have a good nite .

Good ride in this morning. It was supposed to be raining and windy and cool. Well it was actually dry, calm and warm! Still supposed to maybe get some rain today. We'll wait and see what happens

That post made my eyes water. Sounds uncomfortable.

27F this morning. Clear skies & dry, so no ice worries. A good commute.

Yesterday afternoon I had to ride into a 20-25MPH headwind. Builds character, I guess. ;)

Quiet ride in this morning, after I repaired & regreased the rear wheel bearings and freehub mechanism last night. They suddenly took to making the most godawful din.

Cheers,

Ed

My 63 year old neighbor asked if he could ride with me into work this morning (he works downtown too). He did just fine. I don't know if he will do it all the time, but now he knows it is possible.

Happy trails!

Did I dress wrong for the weather!! 38F/4C Wore light gloves,shorts and light top. I froze my butt offf. Luckily I had a vest in the bag. I really needed tights, jacket and medium gloves. I need to look at the weather guys at night. All and all it was a good ride, sun was shining, some wind, lots of flowers. Ride home will be great as I'm already dressed for the mid 50F.

My neighbours are all around the 40 year mark in age. I don't think I have ever seen any of them riding a bike. I can only imagine what they think. Our house is probably known as the house on the corner where that nutcase lives who bikes to work every day when he has a perfectly good vehicle in the garage. Maybe he can't afford the gas.........Of course it is all speculation on my part as to what they think.

Anyways, anyone who would have commuted with me this morning would understand one of the many reasons why I commute by bike. It was zero celcius, calm and overcast; absolutely perfect.

lotsa y'all mentioning birds on your rides. there is this one stormwater detention pond i pass on the way in, where a red-winged blackbird always says "oak-a-leeee" as i ride past.

today there was a gusty wind from the east, turning southeast, which made things challenging. i would almost prefer a steady headwind, rather than the sudden, shearing crosswinds that make holding one's line difficult. and on a two-lane, no-paved-shoulder road dotted with frisky commuters and the occasional tractor-trailer rig, holding one's line is rather important.

Low 40's today but clear skies. Got off to a good start and went at a moderate pace. A few miles from work I popped a drive side spoke. Second one in two weeks. Can't really complain to much because I'm 230lbs right now and at least I not driving.

Missed an opportunity to be zen this morning. A Camry passed me on a fairly narrow stretch of Freeport Road this morning. There's no shoulder there (the white line is right on the edge of the pavement) so I rode in the right wheel track to give myself a few feet of bailout room. The Camry driver pulled up and yelled "Get off the road!"). I guess she thought I was slowing her down but she found the time to match my speed and yell at me before accelerating.

I brought my hand up to give her a friendly wave but since it was cold I kept 4 of my 5 fingers curled up.

The commute was good. After starting out late this morning (night meetings last night) I got in my normal commute route. I was going to take a long route, but I messed around too much getting ready.
The commute was quicker as I added tires better suited for the road on my MTB. I made it in, but didn't LOVE the ride in. I think I needed a cup of coffee before taking off.

Okay, now I feel guilty about being on the west coast. A balmy 4ºC under mostly-sunny skies for the morning ride (15 clicks) No dire consequences, apart from riding past two schools where every single child is dropped off by mom in her massive SUV. Definitely a wacky traffic circus with all that parallel parking, u-turning, backing out of alleys, double parking, hovering, unsignalled turning…

Gotta love it, though. Even on the rainiest, darkest, windiest early morning, riding a bike is always—at least a little bit—fun. Goes back to the time I managed to wobble my first bike across the yard and crash into the fence.

Very nice morning. Got started a bit earlier than usual but by halfway through the 11-mile trip I'd stripped off my jacket. And hey, I didn't get a flat yesterday like I'd thought!

Most people log in to this thread to wax poetic about their day's commute. That is my normal approach. NOT TODAY!!! The commute in this morning SUCKED!! I intentionally left an hour and a half earlier this morning to beat the rain and to get a head start on a large project at work. Every was going as planned - the rain was a mere sprinkle with a little bit of a light rain mixed in occasionally and my cranky knee was feeling fine despite the cold and the head wind. Then the rain picked up and, as I turned a corner, I discovered that my rear wheel had picked up a large shard of glass. And I had failed to restock my patch kit or pick up a spare tube. I did have a jar of rubber cement (a remnant of my last oversight a few months ago) and one large patch. It took three attempts to get the patch to stick and close to an hour wasted. I was cursing as I walked through the door at work this morning -- it's unusual for me to do that in public! Snot was pouring out of my nose from the cold and rain. It took me two hours to shake the chill.

I borrowed a friend's car and ran to the LBS for TWO tubes at lunch. The half empty glass is slowly turning towards half full. Now, if this rain will slow down before it's time to head for home and if the Cubs will lose this afternoon, I'll be happy!

Sorry to be such a gloomy Gus, everyone!

Same old same old, nice weather but lots of pollen.

Hey Analog -- CUBS SUCK!!!

Signed,

A Cardinals fan who lives in Chicagoland

(I now feel a little better.....carry on)

25F with very little wind this morning. The sun feels warm now even when the air temp is so cold. Still finding it hard to get out the door so as to be to work on time. Good thing my schedule is not locked down to the 8-5 routine. :)

Well... On the way in I was in the middle of right lane of a 3 lane street, passing a long bus bay (crammed with buses and taxis). Half way through it I saw a bus begin to inch into my lane, so I moved towards the left edge, expecting the driver to see me and stop. He hadn't. He hadn't even checked his left mirror, I could see his profile in it - he was concerned with something on his right! I stole a quick glance to my left, and not seeing anything next to me, I proceeded to change lanes. Left edge of his front bumper got into the middle lane (the one I just changed into) as I was next to the middle section of the bus, forcing me into the middle of the lane. It all happened very quickly, but when I got into the middle of the lane, not having a clue what's behind me, I was horrified - I was sure something was going to hit me momentarily. I kept braking (not too hard) during these few seconds, and the bus pulled into the right lane and ahead. I got back into the right lane OK (having checked what's behind me first). I looked at his license plate and considered chasing him, but he crossed the intersection when light was changing to red, so I turned right and continued my commute. When I got to work and cooled down, I thought it wasn't worth pursuing it.

On my way back, I was in the right side of the right lane, just before an on ramp from a gas station. I saw several cars merge in front of me, slowed down, looked to my right to see if there are any more trying to enter the road. I saw a car driving slowly some two car lengths behind me, so I kept riding straight, preparing to cross in front of him. Before I could say 'f**k me', the guy blew by me at high speed. His right tires were on the shoulder, and he barely cleared the barrier to his right.

Other than that it's getting really warm - it was around 30ºC (85F) in the afternoon.

Phew,
Pawel

Yeah... well... that's like, your opinion, Man...

I hope you do feel better, you sounded a little ragged this morning...

32F with broken clouds at 6AM today, made for a beautiful sunrise but I let my speed get up a bit over 30 mph on the final downhill before arriving at work & received an "ice cream" headache as a reminder to keep the speed down.
"is the damn pine tree pollen that coats everything with a thick layer of sneezy greenish-yellow powder" I can identify as we have this problem every Spring too. Really cakes up & looks terrible on dark colored autos also. Don

Low to mid 20's this morning, with a little wind and sun. Most if not all of the bike trail
has been recently plowed now.

This was one of the few times I did not ride to work. The reason is that the aluminum spider on my primary bike is totally trashed -- all arms appear broken. I needed the car to get the bike to my LBS. I hope there is a crankset available that will fit it.

Tomorrow, I'll be back on my backup bike -- a fenderless, chainguardless hybrid with fragile tires Hope my "real" bike is back in service again soon.

Paul

72 degrees,slight following breeze, and new/better tires made commute in today quite tolerable. To make it even better, recieved applause at stoplight from cager who was at least pretending to be impressed that i beat him from one stoplight to the next - repeatedly.
My new tires (armadillos) are great!! I now am intimately familiar with every single bump, ripple, and pebble on my ride. Low rolling resistance does have its advantages, though.
Enjoy!!

I had a nice ride home too. I had a "serge" moment though! I caught up to another commuter who was a) panting pretty hard and b) jumping stoplights at the end of the oncoming turn-lane's turn. Said "Hey you know, it's really not worth it to jump the lights like that -- if you get hit because you do that it's YOUR FAULT! Just wait 5 seconds and it'll change."

I don't know if the message got received but I couldn't let it pass.

Mother Nature sure pulled a good one on me today.

Sunday afternoon it got up to the mid-60s F here in Maine, our first really warm spring day! We went to the beach. Yesterday I couldn't ride because my bike was in the shop, but it came back at the end of the day. So today, I was pretty psyched about getting back in the saddle now that spring is finally here, and I set right out without even checking the weather report. Good thing I had at least the knit gloves, because I quickly noticed that it was chillier than the last couple of days had led me to believe it would be.

Then this afternoon, it starting SNOWING. Nothing stuck on the ground, but snow was stinging my eyes most of the way home, with probably a 10 MPH wind sometimes against me. The temperature was mid- to high-30s F. Ha ha. Good one. Thank you, Ma Nature. That was really funny.

I guess I just needed to be reminded that this is Maine. :)

I had a great ride to work today. It was a little cool in the low 50's. Had to avoid a lot of construction. I even had a spot to park my bike. Have a good night.

How was the commute today? Wet. Really wet. Rain showers and wind. The rain is supposed to stop by lunch but the wind is supposed to get worse by this evening.

Good ride home yesterday though.

No commute for me today due to rain. Time to look into some fenders I guess.

Sunny and cool (52°F). The rain last night washed the pollen out the air as a front passed through, making the ride in wonderful. Happy trails!

I was all excited about this morning's commute. Yesterday I purchased a head light and a tail light blinker. But this morning my dog got loose and I wasted the last bit of darkness looking for her. So I'll have to test out the head light tonight.

Other than that, the commute this morning was great. Cloudy and cool with the usual minimal traffic. However the three miles seems like a teaser now. I'll have to start taking the long way in. The hardest part about the commute is turning into our parking lot at work. Oh the pain! :(