Rained last night so the streets were wet. And it was surprisingly warm so I had to slow down and open the pit vents on my jacket lest I become wetter on the inside than outside.

Brrrrr! cold this morning, but a very pleasent ride in the sunshine. I was hoping we'd get some snow here in the UK, but things look likely to warm up again in the next few days.

Cheers,

Ed

Thanks VR, feeling much better today while some of my co-workers are still out sick or suffering at work. I think regular commuting kept me in some kind of "healthy" zone & let me recover faster. It was 43F at 6AM today, 53F in the afternoon. Streets were dry all morning & I switched bikes at lunchtime which was fortunate because when I arrived home this afternoon, I noticed the Grand Jubile had developed a flat rear tire. Must have picked up something close to home. Best place to get a flat is in the garage but I'm beginning to see a pattern here. Flatted on 1/12, 1/19, 1/26 so far this year. FLAT WEDNESDAY??? There were a few sprinkles on the way home this afternoon, just enough to get the Torelli dirty when I went down to the LBS after work for a checkup & adjustment. Bill gave me 2 Torelli logo water bottles! How bout that?

I rode to work it was 32f and coming home it was 12f .
What the weather can do in 8 hour time .Wow .
But still a good ride . Have a good nite .

The commute back home today was a walk. The trusty fixie commuter got a flat outside the office today. I could have called a neighbor to come get me, but instaed decided to walk the 1.5 miles home. :o

The ride home last night was a blast: 65°F and a beautiful sunset! I rode my backup bike ('81 Takara) for the first time today. I can see that I will have to swap out some parts to make it comfortable to use very much. Happy trails!

3F with a slight headwind... A month ago I comforted my wife's fears for my livelihood by agreeing to not bike when it's below 10F... But it's promising to be a very nice day!!! My toes were my biggest concern… a pair of toesties and booties over my SPDs and I was good to go. They started getting cold the last 10 minutes of my commute… close to perfect.

about 20F/-7C Felt good except when I rode on a dirt road that was never plowed. The few tire tracks had turned to ice after yesterdays warming temps. When I hit the ice tracks I new I was doomed, too much speed. Tried to leave the tracks for the snowy middle but the bike didn't want to follow. Down we went and boy did I slide down the ice. No injury though.

BillH from MO: Your heat you sent only lasted a copule of hours. Try to do better next time. It did clear up a lot of the road shoulders.

Chilly one today. Something like 6f plus decent wind. I went straight for the snowboarding pants and tossed the sweater for a coat this morning. Warm and toasty the whole way. I suppose the toes could have been a touch warmer, but I'm not complaining.

It was 2F/-17C this morning, I must have had some moisture in my shifter cables from my last ride so I had a one speed all the way in this morning, hmmm... I brought it in the building so it should be okay for the ride at lunch and home this afternoon. Clear skys and a pretty sunrise.

Oh well. It is sunny but cold and windy today. Think warm thoughts. :)

This morning's ride was unpleasent: cold, rainy and windy. Nothing to recommend it except that I turned the 10,000 mile mark on the bike computer - a very good reason to celebrate when I get home later :D .


Ed

43F, no wind & mostly clear with a big fat moon shining down at 6AM today. Was partly cloudy through the day but no rain & a high of 52F dried out the roads by lunchtime. Rode "Suzy" the Specialized touring bike in the morning moonlight & did my afternoon commuten on "Tonio" Torelli. How many days til I have a daylight morning commute again? Need to check the sunrise chart. Don

I jinxed myself. On the way home, I noticed that I had hit EVERY light green. When I got to bike path, it was packed with bumpy ice, but I was making very good time. It was a fun commute. When I got home from the seven mile commute, I started to load my bike on the repair stand with the saddlebag still on when I remembered that started the trip home with TWO saddlebags.

It was after dark, but I re-traced my steps. The saddlebag was off to the side of the path 3-4 miles toward work. Fortunately, the path is not well-traveled this time of year.

My commuting is on hold. The 24 inches of snow we got last Sunday was just getting pushed back enough that there was a lane and a half on the sidestreets I ride; when it snowed another 6 or 8 inches yesterday. I have no problems claiming the lane with traffic behind me, but I wuss out when I have to claim a lane with on-coming traffic. The roads will have to get cleared more before I'm riding again. Hopefully next week.

it was just about 1 °F this morning, but no wind. was cruising along nicely down miller ave, which had dried out nicely, but at the bottom of the hill there was a busted water main around the corner on 1st street and i almost went down on the ice and the slush and all that. yipes! the ride home was less eventful and slightly warmer.

take heart, northern hemisphere riders - the days are getting noticeably longer!

the morning started at -17F ended 13 miles later at -7F with a 5 to 15 mph breeze, roads clear in the travelled lane but not at the edges where I usually try to ride, my head was nicely warm, torso had one thin wool top too many (but not worth stopping to correct) and again I had my shoes too tight so my feet lost some circulation and chilled (but again not worth stopping to correct)..... on the way home: started at +1F and ended at -2F, dressed the torso better, and kept the shoes loose enough, roads slightly improved, wore clear glasses rather than the goggles of the morning commute, had a great ride...the batteries on one of my taillights froze and stopped the light, when it warmed up inside it started back up, guess it's time for new batteries in that taillight.....tomorrow is supposed to be a colder morning commute, I think I'll experiment with the torso clothing again.

boy, it's cold in vermont! propers to you folks. this morning the local airport registered -12 °F, but by the time i hit the road it was already about 0 °F. sun is expected, highs in the 20s. so that will be a nice change. i've been having issues with cold toes after 20 minutes or so, even with the neoprene booties. but as i usually say at this point, it's great to be on the bike in the morning!

Cloudy and cold (for Atlanta: 33°F). Looks like we are going to have a ice/freezing rain storm tonight and tomorrow. Think I'll stay in and work on the bikes....

Really nice weather, mid 40's and no wind for this morning's ride. After being off of my bike for most of the fall, I'm ramping up my commuting days. This week I managed 4 out of 5 which I'm pretty happy about. Shooting for 5 of 5 sometime in the next couple of weeks. Not being in the greatest shape right now puts my legs in difficulty after too many days in a row. It is coming around though. Those pints of Anchor Steam last night probably didn't help my condition for my slow ride in this morning. HA!

Effing cold!!
3F But I'm still out there baby! :D

I hate it when that happens !!

The carry handles on the top of my bags reach each other across the top of the rack. I bought a tiny little luggage lock and lock them together. I also have enough slack so that they can go under one of the rack bars and get locked together, This may prevent a grab and run theft of a bag. At least you need a good knife to cut the nylon web handles.

The lock rattled, so after I lock it I use the elastic from an old inner tube to hold it against one of the rack bars.

Alkaline batteries have this problem way below freezing even if they are new. If you have alkaline and this becomes a problem, try Lithium batteries. They are almost three times the price, but they will make the light brighter, go longer and work much better in the cold. Nimh rechargeables are better too, instead of getting weak they run shorter. but then you can recharge.

Another 40F-50F day here but very foggy this AM. I rode in on one of my rain bikes that has yellow Xenon flashers front & rear. Quiet ride & very light traffic, only passed by 4 or 5 vehicles. Have a nice weekend

Can't wait to commute on Monday. Hopefully they will have the roads plowed by then. Thanks.