Today was the definition of unseasonably warm. Mid-60's when I left the house and probably a bit of rain this afternoon. I'm trying to enjoy it before the temp drops again on Wednesday.

OoooH! The first frosty ride of the season today. Brr! The compensation was lovely bright sunshine.

Cheers,

Ed

There's something different everyday. By the time I cut through the old Eli Lilly parking lot (now empty), I smelled something familiar -- coffee. But, this was not the smell of coffee being brewed. This was the smell of coffee being roasted.

2+ miles to the southwest is Counter Culture Coffee's headquarters, where they roast massive amounts of my favorite bean... mmm, the smell of roasting coffee sure beats exhaust fumes.

My son came down with a cold yesterday. I seem to have a touch of it today. Colds are a bit confusing nowdays since my immune system seems to fight them off before the full effects or beats them very fast. Not that I'm complaining.

Anyhow, my lungs are a bit under the weather. That made this morning's commute a bit slower since I had to slow down to let my lungs catch back up.
All in all it was about an average commute in the high 20s\low 30s. I did put another layer on my feet and briefly used ski gloves. For some reason my hands would not warm up. Thus, the ski gloves.

The odd thing. This is the coldest it has been for a while in denver and I saw 3 other cyclists and 4 joggers. In the warm weather I would only see maybe 1 jogger every morning. Odd.

Jeez, 59F this morning w/ a high of 65F today. Kept passing then getting passed by either a kid dressed up and riding a bmx bike (kid size frame) or a small man commuting on the same bike. Couldn't tell, but he looked like a small man. We kept passing each other cuz of traffic.

Oi! -5C this morning with gusting winds out of the north at 60 km/h. Lovely! It's supposed to be a bit colder tomorrow, then warming up for the rest of the week. No snow, but it's going to show up eventually. I'm going to have to put a smaller chainring on my mtn bike. I'm running a 42/16, but when it gets really gross out I'll take it down to 38/16 or maybe 36/16...

Wonderful ride in. The weather guessers said rain today but I guess they were talking about another part of the country cause it was ~57F (14C) and lots of sunshine.

50F this morning. Sunny. Pretty nice out, actually. Bit of a quartering headwind but I was powering through it okay.

Looks like rain later this week. High near 60 on Wednesday? Very strange. I don't know whether this means we're going to have a mild winter, or we're being set up for weeks of subzero commutes.

Tough ride this morning. Haven't ridden in a week and had a strong headwind. Its mornings like these which test resolve.

Had a nice ride in this morning. Very warm (60's) and cloudy the whole way in. Had a guy in a pickup truck buzz by me pretty close. When I was passing him at a red light I slowed down and told him to try and not pass me so closely. He said OK and I was on my way. He passed me again after the light and gave me a couple more feet, so it was a start. Should be a great ride home this afternoon, it's already sunny and 76 out there :)

It's my birthday too :D

First morning in the 40s (F) this year. I was a bit chilly for the first half of the ride in so it may be time to switch from knee and armwarmers to tights and longsleeve jerseys.

Riding along the American River I saw a young mule deer, a line of Canada geese, and a bunch of guys wading in the middle of the river fishing for salmon.

Well, it seemed like we are getting a little bit closer to winter this morning. I still had a good commute and took the long way in. It's pretty cloudy and gloomy and they are talking some snow tomorrow... we'll see.

Ride home was fine except for traffic enough to bring me to a halt once or twice. Got home and found that the building across the street from me had a small fire. Managed to find a parking spot fairly quickly which was nice.

It was windy today! 15 mph from the East. Since I live west of work, this made for a long ride in this morning. The ride home, however, was alot of fun!

There was just a touch of black ice on the side streets starting out. One motorist almost pulled out in front of me, probably having a hard time seeing me because the morning sun was in his eyes. +1 for the Flamethrower HID and the neon-yellow jacket :)

Going home in the dark, I had a nice ride and added a few extra miles by visiting the local REI store on the way. Oh, and I got my cheap clear safety glasses today, replacing my scratched-up amber ones.

to work this am, +/-60deg f, was eventless, traffic flowed, and space-distances i felt were respected . i was just getting fully into "the zone" and i was there, time to work :-( .
after work, temp was +/- 70deg, traffic still "sane" but about 1 mile into return trip, a firetruck, without lights or sirens, started to cut me off to apparantly park at a local drug store. i heard someone from the truck (the driver?) yell "moron", i responded with "excuse me" while slowing down and holding my lane. i was thinking of further action (make a phone call, write a letter) but decided not worth it for now.
the rest of the ride home was great!

It was a really nice morning. Low 50's with clear skies, and light traffic. The trees are bright with fall colors. This afternoon traffic was light again, and temps were near 70. Tomorrow is suppose to be slightly warmer. Caloso, riding the American River sounds like a great commute!

Wet!!

what an amazing morning...50s and sunny. the way home was a little different. a large cold front came in and douced any chance of a relaxing ride home...let me say one word about my ride home. "ICE"! my rear brakes stopped working my glasses iced over and my derailer frooze. but with my winter gear i was totally warm. cold weather is great! heres some pics just for the fun.

Great ride in. 53 degrees and a 0-10 mph wind. Shaved a minute off my best time to work. Unfortunately I had forgotten that I need to drive in today so that I could go to a meeting with my Search and Rescue unit. I hauled butt getting home to pick up my car to drive to my meeting. It was a comfortable 74 degrees coming home but the wind was gusting to 33mph, making the trip home feel distinctly like work. Made it to the meeting just in time. Good thing I drove, the wind actually got worse during the meeting. I 'm looking forward to tomorrow, supposed to be record warmth, maybe even 80 degrees.

EDIT: After reading about RACING2GOD's commute, I feel silly complaining about the wind.

clear. cold. not as cold as it felt, probably. there was thick frost on all the dead leaves and snow on the mountains but the road itself felt fine. [beam] so did my brakes [/beam]

morning was probably 3 or 4, sunny. i left at around 8:30, all dressed up and somewhere to go: tights, wind pants, t-shirt, thin fleece, silk shirt on top, snowboarder gloves, tuque under helmet, runners . . . and sunblock! thought i was overkilling, but not having the airtight rain shell on for a change meant it was just about right. so nice not to arrive at work all clammy with sweat for a change too. stopped at the storm drain that builds up the lake going onto the bridge, and cleared at least one little edge of it. i didn't realise just how thick the leaf-layer was, but it explains why it gets like it gets. curious now to see if it'll make any difference in the size of the lake in the next rain.

in the showers i noticed a pair of my magic-stretch gloves still clipped up to a hanger from where i put them last thursday to dry and forgot about them. i reclaimed them and wore them to come home in.

coming home i saw a led display that said 5 degrees, a bit warmer than this morning. moon hazed up a little, so maybe it will snow later this week after all. . . it felt a bit closer to 0 than that, but i'm a wimp. still wearing my rain pants which i used for wind-stop on the way home (too lazy to go change all the way back after work).

appointment tomorrow at 5 and i booked out from 3:30 onwards, probably my last non-full work day until february. know i should drive and do the other life-threatening stuff that just won't wait that long, but just don't want to.

Another decent ride but managed to pick up a lot of sand coming through Hyde Park this morning. This is the trouble with rain, when it hits, it sticks.

There is one ideal space at work at the end of the racks that is much coveted as it is easy to get in and out of and doesn't involve the people putting their pedals in your spokes. As I rolled into the parking area this morning the person who occasionally beats me to the spot was there. Finally I come face to face with my bike rack nemesis, dubbed the Red Baron on account of the red carrera with red tires and handlebar tape. Seems the Red Baron is indeed the Red Baronette and Foxy Lady to boot.

She smiled at me. Clearly she is deeply in love and we are destined to be together forever.

Nice pictures! :eek:

There's supposed to be a "wintery mix" here today but I took the road bike in anyway. It was dry this morning when I left (~6:50) and is supposed to just be rain by the time I leave this afternoon.

Temperature was in the mid 30Fs. Gray overcast.

Encountered alot of people heading the wrong way on the bike path on the way home yesterday. Was it some kind of Sadie Hawkins day thing or something? or since the royals were in town, folks decided to ride on the left.

I've got something going on with my front derailleur so whenever I try stomping on the pedals in the middle ring, the chain jumps. Need to take a look at that.

The good news is I have seen paving on several sections of the greenway, specifically by the cruise terminals and south of Chelsea piers. Maybe they were waiting for all the projects to be finished and then pave them all at once? Now we can wait for the area by the sewage plant. Doesn't look like anytime soon.

Nice commute in this morning. The temps were right around 20 and there was no wind to speak of. We had a light dusting of snow yesterday evening, but the path was in very good shape this morning. I saw one other bike out this morning. The ride home this evening will be cool as the highs are not going to be much above freezing. Tomorrow morning the temps are supposed to be in the mid-teens.