Had a nice ride in this morning, not as cold, lower 40s and I was very warm by the time I got to work. Last night on my ride home I got told to keep off the private golf course while people are playing. I was riding through and some guys were getting ready to tee off on a hole and I just rode through, didn't see what the big deal was. I was gone and out of sight in less than 30 seconds. Oh well :rolleyes:

The Big melt continues in NYC as well, its basically brown soup with road salt crutons. Fenders are a must. Otherwise its mid 40s, ideal commuting temps and sunny.

Brrrrr.. 11F this am before you add on the 15mph headwind. Was a bit chilly, but actually I was pretty much fine. Even with the neoprene booties my toes got a bit chilled. I can feel them again now so all is well. It had snowed 4-6 inches last night so that added to the fun. Riding downhill in the untracked snow is somewhat like skiing a powder day at Vail. Ruts are another story...Ugh. But in the end, the studded snow tires worked great! My only real bobble was when I turned too sharply into the parking lot. That required a dab to keep off of the asphalt ;)

Last night was really windy and cold, so ditched the helmet into the pannier and pulled up the jacket hood. After reading about Pearce's head banging adventure above, I decided that was a bad idea.

Thanks Pearce for saving me from myself !

-28c (-18f) with a -38(-36f) windchill this morning. Just Giv'r.

VERY glad to hear that you pulled through OK!!! Hope that road rash heals quickly...

I feel for all of you riding cold weather these days. It's been unseasonably warm here in N Texas this winter, but this is getting ridiculous - mid-50's at the start of the ride yesterday morning, 80 on the way home, and windy. Today, it was 69 when I left the house at 6:00 a.m. The ride in was good - a bit more wind than yesterday, naturally in my face most of the way, but a good ride anyway. This is the first time I've ridding the full distance (15 mi. each way) back-to-back, and I feel good so far - legs are telling me they've been worked a bit, but in a good way...

Nice afternoon ride home yesterday, temps in the high 50's if not low 60's. Left my jacket in the backpack and rode in my cotton long sleeve shirt and fleece vest. While approaching a wooden foot bridge on the MVT, a roadie coming towards me hit his brakes on the slick surface and did a header right in front of me. Luckily I kind of anticipated this and was able to stop in time. He was fine, just in a little bit of shock I think. I mentioned that slick 23's is not really a good idea this time of year, the bridges are super slick and are often the only surface that freezes. That's why I'll stick with my 35's year round. This morning's ride was a little bit of a struggle as I got caught up in the Olympics last night, had a Jack and Coke, and completely forgot about dinner, so, needless to say, I was running on empty.

It was nice this morning, cool (SoCal cool, that is) but bright and sunny with no wind. It took about ten minutes to get to the office.

Tonight I am leaving for a short vacation to Hong Kong and Thailand, so no more commutes this week. For the week I was 4 commutes out of 4. For the year I am now 29 for 29. Which is good for bike commuting, but boy it sure hasn't rained much this year, just on weekends.

It was lightly raining today on my way through the university campus, but the bike lane was heavily traveled by clueless pedestrians. Even when they could see me coming straight at them, they didn't even budge. So I gave the group a little tap of the airzound (which I've never tried on a pedestrian) and they jumped and moved out of the way. I'm suprised also at the nonchalance that pedestrians take to crossing the street without even looking...

I know it's winter and all, and there's not too many cyclists about, but at least they could look before crossing my path. Good thing I have disc brakes!

Temps near 70° F and I popped a spoke on my lunch ride, dammit.

Brrr It was in the low teens with a wind chill and I needed to take along a big roll of plastic to work. I'm a teacher and needed it for a class project. I got a lot of interesting looks with a four foot long box duct taped and bungi chorded to my 12 inch long Blackburn MTN rack!. I was amazed that I made it all the way to work. I'm glad I threw on the bungis because , as I feared, the duct tape failed due to the cold temperatures. My wife didn't think I could make it and offered me a ride but I am committed to commuting. My students and colleagues got a kick out of the sight of me and my blinkies blazin' with this reeeeaally long box!

great day today! high of 58 degrees and a very light wind

kept a good pace coming in although there was a lot of traffic at Metzerott and University as usual. some lady in a lexus tried to squeeze around me to the left at an intersection... which would have been a very illegal and dangerous move at that intersection, but I sped up a little bit and moved left, and she backed off. other than that, it was the usual commute in.

since the weather was so nice, I added an approximately 8 mile loop around CP and up to the neighboring University Park to the commute back, and then did my usual 3-mile detour up and down the Paint Branch. that was fun... both that and my ride back were fast and problem-free, aside from a car cutting me off doing a u-turn at an intersection at one point.

Dare I say spring-like. 71F and blue skies.

repacked bb last nite, rides were the usual greatness. from bcsj, just read that of the 3.6 % here who bike or walk to work in NJ, 3.1 % walk! i feel Special at the 0.6 percentile range!! get out and represent!!

I'm back on the bike in Boston!

Been out of town riding stationary bikes in fancy hotels (not at my expense, fortunately) often with virtual bike rides on screens- what a laugh they are, very strange.

But the best out of town bike ride of my trip was in San Francisco where I had my only day off and rode from Fourth St, where I rented a pretty decent road bike at Pacific Bike and did a 50 miler over to Sausalito, Tiburon and beyond led by a roadie named Ray from UPS and had the best fish taco ever at a small place in Sausalito. Then came back and rode all over the Presidio and downtown San Fran- phenomenol weather, great bike facilities and super friendly local riders- thanks again, Ray!

Now into the slushy snow and unseasonable warmth of Boston. Almost time to wean off the bike path as the joggers and slower recreational cyclists return and make it too crowded for comfort and safety at commuting speeds. Too bad, for all it's flaws the bike path is way better than the alternatives but only when it's relatively empty of pedestrians, joggers and meandering bike riders. Forgive my occasional rants about headphones. I can't help but feel territorial on the bike path when I've ridden practically every day through the winter sharing it primarily with geese and ducks and an occasional other cyclist or runner and now I'm forced off of it.

It was 29 degrees going in this morning, a new low commuting temp for this fragile Californian :rolleyes: . Slight headwind. First day with clipless pedals went well. The ride home was 41 degrees with a 12 MPH headwind. It felt like I was pedaling uphill all the way home. Tomorrow I'm off, so it's time to go ride in the mud since it is going to rain. I just hope it warms up a bit. I felt like I had a responsibility to myself to ride to work today. At the stoplight I cross the Highway at I pulled up next to a couple of coworkers bundled up in their car. I had to laugh out loud when they yelled through the car window that it was freezing. They wouldn't roll down the window because it was too cold. After I changed for work I stood outside and talked with some of my coworkers. They kept asking where my jacket was. I said "home" :D . I don't need a jacket when I keep myself moving. I'm burning fat for heat :D .

Windy!!

OMG, I'm such a wuss :(. I scrapped my ride today, not because of Rain, Snow or Cold, but Wind. Forecast calls for gusts up to 60mph which tells me I can expect at least 20mph sustained head winds for the ride home. Something about pedaling my brains out and going nowhere seems un-fun :(.

d@mn windy here too! Gusts up to 55!

Windy but not like Beantown. 35F below zero windchill! I admit that I declined a ride just for the braggin' rights. It's all about the gear and mine performed well. I kinda like all of the funny looks from the people sitting still in traffic as I zip by. Their faces seem to say "damn, I didn't even want to go to work in my car and this fool is out here on his bike in a head wind!"

Ride home last night was great - today was a no-ride day (offsite meetings) and I didn't need my laptop last night, so I left EVERYTHING in the office and went without the backpack for the first time. Felt very free!

Also experienced an interesting thing on the ride home... started out with the wind (from the southwest) in my face at about 15 mph. Not so fun on the uphills, but not to bad otherwise. And hot for Feb - about 80 F. Half way through, the cold front we'll enjoy for the weekend arrived. I felt the temp drop about 5 degrees instantly, and felt the wind swing around and start moving in from the north. Something I would have never noticed in my car, and it was great to have 20 mph winds blowing WITH me on the last couple (admittedly small) hills on the way home. With help from the wind and no backpack, I had the fastest ride home yet... about 56 minutes for the 15 mile trip.

easy fun ride today.

Only got the chance to do 1 trackstand @ a red light.. lol i'm such a geek !

=)

Good call. Head wind is annoying, but cross wind is downright dangerous, especially with that kind of gust.

Warm and drizzly this morning. Wore a t-shirt and jeans and strapped my jacket to the rack along w/ a big box of fruit & nut bars. Wore my new bike shoes w/ the SPD cleats that look like regular shoes/sneakers and don't make a clicking noise when I walk. They're calling for gusts up to 60 mph this afternoon. I hope they're all tailwinds.

Surprisingly good commute this morning. I heard rumors of rain but there was only a drizzle that quit after about 10 minutes. And the temperatures were very comfortable. Unfortunately I've got to run up to midtown during my lunch break so hopefully the rain stays away for a few more hours.

Yep, I'm another one of those fools here in Minneapolis, I had a nice ride in, I'll do a lunch run too and my ride home but I don't thing I'll add on any extra miles today. Even though it's this cold it's nice to have the clear skies and sunshine, it helps the psyche.

Some seriously schizophrenic weather here. On Sunday it was in the high 70s; today they're talking about the possibility of snow flurries!

Still, it's all about the clothes and I was glad to have a toasty polypro beanie under my helmet and toe warmers on my shoes. A little cold makes me feel alive and connected to my environment.

But you guys knew that.

You guys are either amazing, or nuts! I can't work out which.

:p

Still, I feel a bit sad... I'm not sure I can ever complain of being cold ever again! Temperature has been between 6°C to 11°C (43°F to 52°F) all week; mostly dry with variable winds - but gusts no more than c. 30 mph. So where has this stereotype that the weather in Britain is bad come from, I wonder...?!

:rolleyes: :p

Have a good weekend folks (ah, it's 6pm in the UK, and I'm off home!)

Matt

Warm and muggy ride in this morning. 50s and 85% humidity or so. I wore too much clothing and was sweating like crazy by the time I got to work. The ride home last night was great, 70 degrees with a little wind. Ended up adding a couple of miles on to the ride since it was so enjoyable. Today is looking almost as good, it's already 67 here but there is more wind today and I will be riding into it later on.

carbon copy of yesterday -28c with a -38c windchill. No exposed skin and a helluva lot of ice build up on the balaclava near my mouth. The bike handles and accelerates like a tank right now since the grease in all the rotating parts (hubs, bb, headset) has the viscosity of frozen toffee. Course it doesn't help that its much harder to move under the gazillion layers I have on. No music for me on the ride in these days. The boyz at apple have yet to figure out how to make a battery last longer than 2 minutes in cold temps. The most amazing thing, I'm still running into a lot of riders out there.