Last night on the way home, some old lady in the passenger seat yelled out the window "You're suppost to stop at the stop signs!". I just waved.

mjw16 --

Yes. Then again, I have studded tires. However, I don't expect I will really need them today.

Looking out my window, there do appear to be a few slick patches.
However, most streets are perfectly clear. I would anticipate that traffic will melt these patches by evening commute time. I think it will be a piece of cake for you, unless you have headwinds.

Paul

48F & wet, heavy fog at 6AM heading for 67F & Sunny. Took an extra hour at lunch time to check out a demonstration at the captitol building today & expect to enjoy an extra long ride on my commute back to work through the sunshine. Don

Perfect ride in this afternoon - temp around 70, just enough headwind to keep from overheating on sprints. Enjoyed greatly!! May come at a price. Forcast for ride home (2am) is possible showers (not so bad) and a screamin headwind (25-35 mph). Hope they are wrong about the headwind, but not a big deal. Still glad to be riding.
Enjoy every ride!!

Morning commute was great, in the low 40's. Just before I left work to head home the rain changed to sleet, with stiff winds. The temps kept falling and the sleet turned to snow. Things froze up so I had a single-speed ride. Thank God for disc brakes in this kind of stuff. This storm is supposed to give us another 4 to 8 inches of white stuff.
Spring can come any day now.

Absolutely beautiful! Sunny and in the 50s this morning. I just had to extend the ride this morning and ride up through the groves of oak trees by our local golf course. I got to work and...just....had to fight...the urge to...keep...going! It was really hard not to just make it a 3 or 4 hour ride. It was in the 70s on the ride home and equally as gorgeous..

Sunny misty and beautiful. Flowers everywhere in Bellevue..they're way ahead of my home-town. Went to Clyde beach for lunch...so many flowers...everywhere.

Cold today onthe way to work and home ,But still a good
ride . Have a good nite .

Paul H,

You were right. The road/trail conditions weren't bad, except for scattered icy/snow patches under the overpasses and on the wooden bridges . However, that wind was fierce, especially crossing the 14th st bridge-had to lean into it pretty good. Once I got on the MV trail it turned into a a tailwind which was a nice change from the typical headwind I encounter on my afternoon ride home. My new 700x28 Randonneaurs provided better traction than anticipated. I, however, whimped out today--too cold and my legs are feeling the affect of 4 months off of the bike.

I'm a wuss. But getting stuck on a Metro platform because of some power problem was no fun. Plus, tourists are back in town (ACC b-ball tournament starts tomorrow in DC-GO HEELS!), thus plenty of reasons to avoid the Metro and get back on the bike.

The ride in today was excellent. The ride home today could be interesting. Supposedly the wind could be gusting to 90K. Hopefully, the Alberta Clipper that is coming our way will wait until tonight to really kick it up.

Saw Mt. St. Helens shooting ash about 7 miles into the sky last night on my way home. I stopped and watched it from a nice overlook in SE Portland with a bunch of other people. Made me late for dinner, but it was a pretty good show.

I must be jinxed. That T-intersection where I never meet another vehicle until yesterday. It happened again today. I came to a screeching halt. I think my commute departure time has drifted into school dropoff time.

Then I'm riding along this beautiful street. Nice and wide, smooth, never have any problems there. This car cruises in front of me to my left then gradually slows. Child in seat. School nearby. I deduce he is looking for a parking spot along the road. No turn signal. Grrrrrr. He pulls right in front of me. Fortunately I was prepared so I made an emergency swerve to the left to miss him. No fun.

With bike no.1 in the pits for essential maintenance, bike no.2 has developed some odd grumbling sounds. Oh for the love of god why?

Cheers,

Ed

Ugg. I think the rear hub of my commuter is failing. For a few months now, I've had this situation where I'll rotate the cranks nearly a half revolution before it catches. Now there's weird creaking and popping from the back. Ugg.

Chamber of Commerce weather again this morning. Thought I'd see more bikes out but it's still the same handful.

weather was great yesterday after work...went for a 30mile ride along a MUP. The ride was really nice, only a few squirrels playing frogger and i managed to only get half a dozen gnats in my mouth.

First time posting in this thread. Ride was good today. Got on the bike at 5am and rode 10 miles with a nice tail wind. Definitely needed sweats and jacket this morning. Ride home will be a monster, though.. gusting headwinds all the way it looks like.

Yesterday it reached 72F before the clouds rolled in, so it was only down to 53F this morning, very few autos on the way in to work, streets were almost deserted. 60F at 4PM, but still cloudy. Had 2 nice circuits to work & back but now I have to go water all our ornamentals, they are getting distressed from all the dry weather. (Notice how I avoid the "R" word) Don

I was a little concerned about the wind here in Saskatoon as well... turned out to be a great help. I had a 45-55km/h wind at my back for most of my ride home. The streets were free of ice/snow. I actually managed to match my summer average speed.

This morning: 9F with a 15 to 50 mph breeze, rained and snowed and blowed yesterday and last night so the road was mostly packed snow over iced asphalt, walked one little section because of road camber and ice (and no shoulder on the road), and another section where the headwind was too strong (tire would spin on road, forward momentum ceasing). The real fun was having to pedal down an 11% grade in a 32 x 22 at 70 rpm, I normally coast this section at 45 mph. To work commute time (13 miles) 1 hour 15 minutes: normal commute time 40 to 50 minutes. Coming home tonight 18F with about a 20 to 25 mph current pushing me up the hill for the first 5 miles. The sun during the day had cleared much of the roadway, so it was faster. Both commutes were excellent!

Good ride to work and home .Still cold out and still riding. Have a good nite .

Nothing remarkable today except the cold, supposed to get up to 50 this afternoon but sure was chilly this am.

Oh yeah, the other thing is that entropy is taking its toll on my equipment. Everything seems to be failing. The zipper on my jacket is broken, the cover on my red blinkie fell off, my rear der is jumping, and to top it off my favorite pair of wool socks ripped at the heel this morning. It's just not right. Things should last forever! I really like those socks. Now they are chain cleaning rags. So sad.

Great ride in this morning even though it was 17F and a car blew through a stop sign just in front of me. Traffic seemed heavier than normal too. Must be the new moon.

Chilly this morning with temps around 27 degrees although once I warmed up I was pretty comfortable, even a little sweaty once I pulled into the garage. I woke up and left a little later than usual, even contemplated Metro, but VeloGirl reminded me of the ACC tournament and I figured an afternoon Metro ride would be very crowded. A few icy spots but a beautiful ride nonetheless, I even slowed down near the airport to enjoy the view of the Potomac and DC. The afternoon ride should be a little warmer, I hope.

A bit breezy this morning, just enough to clear away the haze that settles over the valley, revealing a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it.