Good commute tonight. I rode a little further than usual. It was still nice and warm out. It had to be atleast 45 degrees. I hope the rest of the week stays this warm. Have a good night.

I had a good ride around town, going to 2 dr's apts, and then to work. It took the bus for 5 miles, of my 20 journey today. On the way home, my chain broke....luckily the folks at REI in town were good enough to lend me a chain pin to fix it.

The ride home was nice this evening, absolutely perfect weather at 4:40PM and when I arrived home at about 4:50PM it was still wonderful.

I found a bunjee (sp?) cord on the ride home. I'm so happy!

I had a great ride in this morning. It was 39 degrees so I really cranked up the effort because I didn't have to worry about sweating. Rode arterials all the wayin and only hit 2 lights. I sprained my back at work when a 1000 lb load bounced back at me, so the ride home was by minivan with the bike in the back, then off to the hospital. Two days off from work, like I can afford it. ARRRGGG!

another build day, sigh. i drove since they weren't delivering it until late in the day and i knew it was going to be a long one. as the lead and i were locking it up finally at the end of the day she asked again about me and my biking life, how long it takes me to get home and all that. she said something about the weather too, and it's only occurred to me now to say that i'm only cold on the days i don't bike. it's true, dammit.

I've been commuting fairly consistently since October of last year. I've posted here inconsistently.

I'm illuminated like a randonnauer--cycling specific safety vest, ankle reflectors, bright tail light, headlight on the handlebars, and another light on my helmet.

This morning was my first ride in heavy fog. I had no problems with cars coming too close other than a school bus whose driver felt the urge to cross back into my lane fairly close on a 4 lane road. I honked my air horn at her and flashed my helmet light into her mirrors and windows after she passed to make her be better aware of her surroundings.

I had a f-ing bus almost shave me this morning ! LOL

I rode to the Las Olas building today... its a little longer, 7.5 miles .. and it took me 26 minutes (that was minus 1 minute for red lights).

I saw a road biker doing some training, he was over a 1/4 mile ahead of me when I started after him... I could not f-ing catch him... the best I could do was just barely see him ! LOL he was much faster than me... at some point, he turned away from the main road and I no longer saw him at all ...

so...

Average Speed = 60 / 26 * 7.5 = 17.3 mph.

Not as good as yesterday, but still good considering I just barely completed my first month of commuting, I think I started mid December 05... woot !

I awoke this morning to the TV weatherman saying that there was a bit of fog, but with a visibility of a quarter mile. Upon leaving the house around 6:15 or so, I found that he was correct.

Until I crossed the river, that is.

The fog was rolling so thick north of the James that I had to drop down to around 10 mph in order to dodge potholes/road debris/parked cars. It was a totally un-nerving experience, especially when I hit the idustrial area in the northside with all the tractor trailers leaving on thier morning runs. Yeesh! It was definitely one of the few times I felt totally unsafe on the roads, despite my lights, reflective vest, and reflective tape.

I went way out of my way this morning to make a stop by the doughnut shop. Totally worth it. I was surprised how fresh I felt when I got to work considering I had nearly doubled my mileage. They're predicting severe weather for the ride home, should make it interesting.

Good ride this morning! 38°F, clear skies, moderate traffic, no accidents :D . I noticed more cyclists today than in the past few weeks. They must be the people who will only ride in temps above freezing :p .

Warm this morning in the 40's so I took it easy to work to keep the sweating down. Had a cab pass by a little close and another car on my left that I was keeping pace w/ me try to right hook me. Of course, peds crossing at the corner meant I zipped right in front of him. Some drivers just don't even bother using their brains when they drive.

5 for 5 this week. That's a first for me in a winter month--I rode once last January, when it snowed a lot.

Back to low clouds and high, southerly winds, which is the direction I ride, naturally! Yet, it was still pretty awesome and relaxing. 55 F--just crazy for Cleveland. Supposed to rain later and snow tomorrow.

Got out of the house just in time to catch a little bit of the sunrise. My wife was still in bed [she has the day off], but promised that she would corral the cats into their carriers and get them to the vet on time. One of the cats has no eyebrows [really] and we want to know if it's just Feline Pattern Baldness or something more sinister...

Had to dodge a Bobcat in my driveway this morning. We're relandscaping our backyard and they were clearing away the demolished back steps this morning. My wife has hated the backyard since we bought the house 4 years ago. And the bonus for me is that it'll be a mow-free zone. Should free up another hour for riding every Saturday, right?

mites! its mites! I think you better start showering more than once a week there mills :D

I left late as NPR was doing a story on James Frey, the less than truthful author. It's a story that I have been paying attention to, even though I had never heard of him until thesmokinggun.com story came out.

So I left late, at 8:00 AM, when work starts. After about a ten minute ride, in perfect conditions, I arrived at the office.

Well the weather guys were way off today. The storms blew through Atlanta around 1 and by the time I knocked off work it was nothing but blue skies and a 20 mph wind.

Ride home was uneventful except I had to carry not just my usual load, but also a pair of ice skates in my bag which made my bag heavier than usual. The Pond at Bryant Park closes on Monday so now I'll have nothing to do at lunch except eat. Or ride. Hmmm...

Odd Friday 13th ride home! A group of skaterboard punks were on the cambridge bike path riding against the painted arrows. I would expect no less from skateboarders, but the lead kid was determined to skate right down the middle of the path. I had my twin beams on and I had the arrows, so I didn't budge either.

We ended up brushing jackets as we passed each other. I think my headtube in his croch ( and a crackling right hook :eek: ) would have been more painful than me falling over.

i commuted downtown for a conference on mild traumatic brain injury at the Hilton, which I have to say had a very nice parking area for bicycles underground. Most Toronto underground lots have a well lit and watched area set aside for bikes. Anyways, hearing the longstanding cognitive defects possible with even apparently minor accidents involving closed head injury is enought to make one paranoid. Good thing I had a helmet or I would have never heard the end of it from the MDs.

sigh. no ride. not the wrong decision and i finally had an interesting day at work, but still. mope, mope. they're calling for cannon-fodder to throw themselves onto the bomb this weekend, and i dunno. maybe i'll go just for the sake of getting a ride that's almost like riding for the fun of it. yeah, sure. not bloody likely, really.

Rainy,muddy&fast.

We went up to Thousand Oaks (8 miles away) for lunch and were sitting outside in 78 degree weather, not a cloud in the sky, and its the middle of January. Finish up, go down the hill to Cam Town, clean up the office, and leave for the ride home.

The ride home was cold and windy. Temps in the low 60's with a cold wind blowing, clouds forming int he west and north. The ride was fine, and it took about 10 minutes to get home.

For the week 5 commutes of 5. For the year 9 of 9.

5/5 week, 100% so far this year. i saw 2 other riders friday (one walking bike, tires w/air), 2 bikes locked up along route (bussing to atlantic city work?), and way too Many cars. a part of current route includes riding behind old Jamesway store (future site of super WalMart) along RR tracks. enjoy the quite moments!!

Decided to pull some overtime today, and probably should have driven to work. The headwind and sidewind were insane, especially when crossing the river! Upon arriving to the office, I check weather.com and find out that sustained winds were 20mph with gusts above 30, which when mixed with the 27f temperature made for a punishing ride in to say the least. Being forced to pedal hard in the drops for an 11mph average, I keep repeating two things to myself:

1) At least it's dry

and

2) I probably won't have to pedal home :D

yespatterns,
jet propulsion either direction is a good thing (but you still have to pay for it one way or another) !
nothings free!

Ride in was nice with the new 32 watt headlight. It beats the heck out of a 5 watter. Weather was 38 degrees and windy, felt colder starting off. It was nice being back after being off 2 days with an injury. The ride home was fast, so I added in an extra mile so it didn't have to end so soon. It was 40 degrees, but no wind so I really went for it on the way home. Yay endorphins!!!

Perfect Ride this AM.

A little cooler than usual for Fort Lauderdale FL, about 58f.

Typical travel time, 20 minutes.. I did not push it even in the slightest like I normally do ...

Awesome ride.

The ride in this morning was nice, 24f temps, no wind, and clear skies. Saw another rider this morning as I approached the bridge, and thought it might be another HHCMFer, but it turns out it was just a mmountain biker out for a morning run on the park system trails.

50F on Friday afternoon. 2F this morning. What a difference. Each ride was fun. Friday was spring-like and nice. This morning was frosty and the snow crunched under my tires. I wore a balaclava and ski goggles. No exposed skin.