I was up late sorting out my homebrew 20 watt halogen light setup last night so I slept in today. Only did 16 miles and caught the train the rest of the way. I'm looking forward to my 30 miles tonight.

The wind gods were against me today. Headwind going to work. BAD headwind coming home.

Had a good experience at my LBS though. Swung in because I needed tools. Cone wrench, freewheel remover, and a chain whip. I was talking to one of the guys about what I needed and he said if I wanted, he could adjust my rear hub, while I waited, for $15. Since the cost of all the tools was more than that, and I'm unlikely to need the tools again for this bike, I let him work on it. Saved me the trouble. As much as I like to work on my bike, it seemed better somehow.

(North Star in Burlington is the LBS...)

Hard day at work !! But good ride to work and home .
Have a good nite .

Headwind all the way gave me a hard, fun ride to work this morning.

I also decided to start an hour later than usual, which meant that the traffic was heavier. I usually don't bring any water or emergency snacks (raisins and nuts) for rides shorter than 20 km, but guess if I needed it this morning.

I've noticed that I get unexpectedly tired in my arms. The last 5-6 km of my commute is through the woods, and I am not a MTB rider (i.e. I get kinda scared going downhill through rocks, gravel, and dirt). Any advice on how to avoid stiff arms?

TIA

Good ride home yesterday. Had a pretty decent tailwind. It was hot and humid though, I was a sweaty mess when I got home.

Good ride in this morning. A little cooler, the tempature was around 66F, but the humidity was a lot lower.

Oh geez, I must have hit nearly every stop light on the way. Really quite annoying. I had to fight the urge to just blow through each of them, since few had much cross traffic.

Great ride, karma back on my side. PM ride will be another hot and humid one.

One more thing...I saw a frigging turkey on last night's commute. I ride these woods just north of the DC beltway and there she was doing her turkey trot. Blew me away!

Experienced quite a bit of "biking hypnosis". Got lost in thought a few times and occasionally became conscious of my surroundings and not remembering getting there. Pretty neat. There was so little traffic that a vehicle usually was the culprit that woke me.
Got to work early enought for a leisurly shower and breakfast smoothie, relaxed and content.
Nice.

Fine. My flat whoes continue. Yesterday had the wood screw in my rear tire and replaced with a 18-23 tube in my 35 width tires. Pumped it up this morning and took my chances. It got me all the way to work, but got soft toward the end. And me with no pump, no CO2, no nothing. Living dangerously. I will borrow the wifes car at lunch and go get a wide tube and mini-pump until Nashbar order arrives with the good stuff.

Great ride this morning. Left about 20 minutes earlier, and significantly less traffic.
About 53 degrees when leaving the house, light mist. Seattle, typical June.
Saw the rooster again under the West Seattle bridge. Nice ride through the port and downtown. Not too many other cyclists. Immediately caught a bus across the lake and then a leisurely 3 miles left to the office.

37 degrees and cloudy on the ride in. I have a feeling I am going to get wet on the way home.

Hmmmm... sounds like we're not the only area getting allot of rain. Yesterday morning I left on my 21 commute to our state office for an all day meeting and I've got some really nasty dark clouds coming up on me from behind. It gets really dark, allot of thunder and lightning and starts to sprinkle. I put on my rain jacket and proceed... it stops and starts to clears. As I ride I notice the roads in front of me saturated with standing water and a few branches, but it's clearing! I bet you all didn't know I could part the waters did you? This morning it was pretty wet and messy but I stayed dry. I'm enjoying my riding though. I wonder what will come next?

Slept in, so I got going after dawn.
On an uphill climb I spotted a wild strawberry growing along the side of the road. It was ripe – and delicious! For those who have never had a wild strawberry, they are very small – pea sized, but taste like concentrated strawberry. One little wild fruit has all the flavor and sweetness of 2 domestic berries concentrated into it. What a way to start the day!

Soaking rain this morning. When I walked in, the security guard says "Nice day for a ride, huh?"

I said, "It's ALWAYS a nice day for a ride!"

She laughed and said, "Good for you."

Bit of a sucky day... caught what seemed like every light... and twice was passed by some motorists (different ones) that just had to make the point that they were passing me... gunning the engine like gas was free. On the funny side though, in both cases I was right behind them at the next couple of lights, thus proving that their little "game" gained them nothing.

Hot ride to work and home .Still a good ride today .
I hope the weather say like this for the summer .
Have a good nite .

During a nice commute last night I spotted a co-worker flagging me down. She was in a parking lot about 2 miles from the office. Waving her arms, shouting John! John!

I pulled over to offer my assistance, when she said, "do you want a lift". "What", I said. She mentioned that it was too hot to ride, and was worrried about me. The temperature was around 85, no humidity and a slight breeze. Pretty close to perfect for commuting. Naturally I declined, thanked her and continued on my merry way.

Some just don't understand.

:p No, they don't. Wait'll it rains and she offers you another ride.

I had a fast commute today. I noticed a rider far behind me so I picked up the pace. He never caught up. Sometimes I feel silly doing that but it does give me more work to do. I passed two other riders in the process.

I also got uppity! :eek: In Burlington the trail winds past the lake waterfront and they're setting up tents and what-not for the city-wide jazz festival. Two people had decided to use the trail as a service road and parked their pickup trucks in the middle of the pavement. Pedestrians aren't even supposed to be on this part of the trail, and here I've got two trucks blocking it. I guess I had a bunch of adrenaline in me because I slowed way down to work past the trucks and yelled, "YOU GUYS NEED TO MOVE THESE TRUCKS!" Then for emphasis, and I'm usually not one to be so glib, I yelled over my shoulder, "OR I'll MOVE THEM FOR YOU!" Pointless, really. Yet satisfying. :o

First post in a couple of weeks. Bike was in the shop last week. Cannondale replaced crank and chain in attempt to cure dreaded "chain suck". Beautiful morning today with sun lighting up big cloud build ups. Afternoon forecast promises heat and tstorms.

I had a really relaxing, cool ride in this morning. For some reason, I wake up every morning looking forward to getting on the bike!! I ride down the road singing old oldies tunes in my head. I am not the fastest out there, but boy do I LOVE it!!

Perfect temp, around 14 or 15C. Warm enough to be comfy in shorts and a T, but cool enough that you don't over heat. Plus, it had rained the night before so all the gross in the air was gone.

Didn't bike in this morning, as the shoes were still squishy from last night when i got caught in a torrential downpour.

While the rain felt good (it was 90 degrees before it began), I didn't appreciate the wind and flying debris. And seeing a tree branch come down just off the road to my right was a bit scary.

And then there was lightning, and I'm thinking to myself 'Being on a metal bike probably isn't the best place to be'.

- Don

Cool and clear on the way in. Had a surprise going home last night though. I put a shower cap on my seat yesterday in case it decided to rain. Well, when I went out to go home, some assclown swiped my cap! Oh, well, it is cheap and I have another.

Performed an embarrassing, less-than-graceful dismount this morning; my bike and I got
tangled and collapsed in a twisted pile outside of work. I somehow hurt my #2 right toe.
It's all swollen, with a nice, dark bruise all the way around the first joint, like a toe ring.
How do I know if it's broken? Should I be in excruciating pain, and unable to move the toe?
It's not that bad, just can't put too much pressure on it. I just got some electrical tape and
taped it to my #3 toe, using it as a splint of sorts.