I left work at 4:30 and raced the storm to my car in the commuter lot. It's now 9:30 pm and the storm hasn't materialized yet. Any moment now we are going to get hammered. yup any moment......................

this morning, the usual 70 °F with 68 °F dew point. yesterday evening i got home about 15 minutes ahead of a tremendous gullywasher. i have not seen that much rain in a long time. more today, it looks like.

Last night's ride was great until I was about 2 blocks from home. Some bozo blew past me (in a residential area with 25mph speed limit) in a white Chevy Impala. He had his window open so I yelled, "Hey idiot, are you going fast enough?" He slammed on the brakes and jumped out of the car and asked what I said. He looked to be about 15 years younger than me and 50-60 pounds heavier. I told him and he pulled out his wallet and flipped it open (for about 1.5 second) so I could see some sort of badge. Between the short time it was open and the fuzzy writing (I didn't have my glasses on) I couldn't tell if it was real or if he was just a security guard trying to impress me or if it was an "official" Mickey Mouse deputy sheriff badge or what. We exchanged words, including discussion of riding on the sidewalk, to which I replied was illegal in Georgia, etc. He finally got in his car and drove off.
The strange thing about the situation was we both just passed a "Share the Road" yard sign about 1/2 block back. :crash:
Needless to say I was pissed for the next couple of hours.

Yesterday's ride home: Rain. Fairly comfortable, actually.

This morning it was back to being too humid, and it was foggy. Lots of trail hotties out today, including one on a bike.

Ride home last night was hot and humid. That did not stop me from adding on an extra 17 miles to stop at UPS to pick up a package. That was an added bonus!

Ride in this morning was typical, warm and humid, there was light traffic though.

Weathermen again talking about some major rain today. All week it has been threats of rain with no show. I think that they are toying with my mind.

A nice fifty-two degrees this morning and a huge cloud of some sort of tiny, winged insects. They were a bit salty tasting, but not too terribly unappetizing.

If he was speeding, not giving you the 3 foot space you should have, engaging in road confrontation and directing you to ride on the sidewalk, I hope he isn't a real cop. Wild story, though. I would have been pretty upset by that...ironic that it was right next to the share-the-road yard sign...

From the sound of the car engine as he pulled past me (sounded like the Concorde taking off) I'm pretty sure he was speeding and well on his way to going faster.
Real cop?? I don't know. Like I said I wasn't wearing my glasses so his "badge and ID card" were fuzzy and he only flipped his wallet open for less than 2 seconds. I guess he was trying to impress me (not) or frighten me (not).
I pulled out my "Give 3 feet when passing flyer" but he wasn't interested. Typical. Many law enforcement officials in Georgia, maybe most, don't know the law regarding cyclists and don't care about learning it.

Riding in Georgia? This place look familiar? The Falafel King.


I was just there last weekend. It looked like a fun riding city.

Good ride to work and home . Just missed the rain on the way home . That the good thing . I hope the rain cools down the temp for a day or two . Have a good nite .

Looks like a great day for bike commuting, but I'm gonna have to pass. I'm having my regular (~every 3 weeks) massage after work and the last thing I want is a massage while I'm sweaty and dirty. I want to enjoy it! :beer:

The headwind from Hell. Like I was pushing up a 45-degree incline all the way here. (Well, maybe not that bad...) If I'm lucky, it'll be a tailwind for my ride home and I'll average about 40MPH. :p

Saw two deer. One buck (already had a rack started), and one doe. They were both laying in grass until I came along, then they stood up and kept an eye me.

This'll be my last commute day until July 11. Taking next week off. :beer: :D

there's been a moderate change in the weather - a little cooler, a little breezier, similar dampness (although i expect it will get drier through the day). no corresponding change in motorists' habits, however, i'm sorry to have to report. i suppose i should pity the person who believes his or her life would be improved somehow by showing up at the office a couple of minutes sooner.

Day Camp has started again, so I begin each commute by pulling the trailer with my daughter up the hill to Fairlington Center. My 10 mile round trip has expanded to a 15 mile one, and th child and trailer come to about 65 pounds, so I now can consider myself a "real commuter" like all the rest of you ladies and gentlemen :)

Paul

But you KNOW the wind will shift by then and it'll be a headwind for the return trip too. That's how my luck goes, anyway --

Today was a nice ride in. I woke up with lots of energy and had plenty of room when I took my bike on the train. It is going to be a scorcher going home, though.

I rode down the street for lunch and it's already a scorcher. I think we may sweat a little this afternoon. ;)

Actually, I just checked, and it looks like it's going to continue to be a south wind until tomorrow. :love:

Only problem with that, of course, is that we (as riders) don't benefit from a cooling breeze when it's hot.

Yeah. I've already added some time to my commute in order to take it s l o w l y.

Left my car 3 miles further away than usual today. I have been meaning to do that for a while.

One pickup passed me during the extra 3 this morning. One car merged from the highway where I usually park and we both offered to give way. The only problem I had was a driver who turned right just as the vehicle was passing me. Fortunately I anticipated the move and was also turning right. I was at the passenger door all through the turn. We both ignored each other.

The commute back may be interesting because I now have to ride a quarter mile of a mall/highway access "octapus".

Well, I finally managed to commute to work today. 16 miles round trip. It wasn't bad, in the morning there was no traffic. In the afternoon there was but the bike lanes were wider than they looked from the car. When there wasn't a bike lane I went ahead and took the lane (there were 4 to choose from), and didn't get harrased or anything.

I also got to try out my new panniers. I bought them used for 8 dollars. They're made by Norco and have seen some wear but work just fine.

I think I need a shorter stem. I just got flats with bar ends and feel like I'm reaching for the handlebars now.

I'm getting Nimbus Armadillos tommorrow, then I begin saving for a road bike.

Pretty hot this week. Since yesterday our nice marine layer has rolled back out to sea, leaving us to roast. Reading you east-coasters' tales of humidity woes, though, I'm grateful for the reasonable humidity. I enjoyed some nice comradeship with other bikers this week and no road ragers. Have a great weekend.

A driver took exception to my taking a lane during the commute home last night. A woman taking a right gave me the chance to continue straight. I pulled into the middle lane (of 3) to let her turn behind me and let a car entering the road merge in front of me. The car on my left behind keep laying on his horn. When he passed me he yelled "move over". No problem till I noticed he was the only other car and had a full lane to himself. I gave him my best "F You", unloading with both barrels.

We met again at the traffic light and I was tempted to apologize for being like him. I need to control myself better and not even acknowledge these people. The reason being it usually pisses them off even more when they don't have the satisfaction of knowing wether or not they "won" the confrontation.

Working the weekend and plan on a good ride tomorrow. (Sunday). I will have the roads to myself in the morning.

Serenity now. Serenity now. Enjoy your ride this weekend. :beer:

This was cool today - on my last mile on the way home, I was kind of in "the zone" just pedalling along, when I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. It was a coyote in the ditch, just standing there, staring at me (he must have heard my squeaky bike... must oil it up!). And as I pedalled by and said "hi, coyote!" he started trotting along beside me in the ditch! Very cool. Then I was going SO FAST (haha!), or more like, he was just trotting along, I pulled away.

THEN, just after that, I see a smaller but really long black animal on the hwy, and as it saw me come close, it sped up and was gone in a flash. It was black, furry with a white tip on it's tail. I'm trying to figure out what the heck it was. I'm thinking a marten or something. Oh well, at least I didn't see the bear I saw last week while driving in that exact same area!!!