Fighting rain and 30mph+ winds all the way back to the truck wasn't exactly fun tonight. But it was better than sitting in traffic!

Weather forecast for today was sleet and freezing rain. Instead, by the time I rode home, it had warmed up to 38°F, and it was hardly raining.

What a rip-off! Boring.

But still better than driving the car! ;)

Ride in was ok, 40 degrees, negligible wind, cloudy but dry. Ride home was 50 degrees with a 9MPH tailwind. Tailwind was good , as it was raining pretty good. My goretex raingear and gloves were good, but sneakers got wet. Tomorrow morning I am riding to work in the rain, something I usualy avoid. Time to drop one excuse. I got out my Army issue rubber overboots and they fit in my toeclips if I loosen the strap enough. They're ugly, but waterproof. When i go clipless I'll get some shoecovers, but ugly boots will work for tomorrow. My coworkers think I'm nuts already, I guess tomorrow I'll prove them right. :)

wet!!

Ride home was uneventful. Stopped at a local pub for a burger. I've been commuting for about a month now. I really like it. :D Nonetheless, I still never choose to extend my commute since going only 3 miles makes it completely unnecessary to carry water. One less thing to deal with.

The ride home: It was dark, it was 9:00 PM. As my bike has niether refectors or lights I put on a white (pure white) turtle neck. The route home avoids traffic, and in the 2 miles I was near only three cars. It took about 10 minutes to get home. Oh, and it was real cold.

Wet, sloppy snow, no significant plowing yet. Wiped my glasses a whole lot.
But as I'm getting more secure in my lane positioning, I had no problem with traffic, they just hadda wait. I got no hassles, though I got a lot of slush splashed on my legs.

jschen - last fall I decided my 11 mile ride was too short to bother with water, as well. Especially in the winter, when the damn thing freezes solid halfway through anyway. I am a bit thirsty at the other end, but not badly so, and I don't seem to be fatiguing at the end.

30 mph winds directly against me !!!

not fun !

7.5 miles of hell ... I think this is why I choose to ride my bike.. .just for days like this.

I still made it here in 29 minutes .. that includes stopping for a few random lights... and fighting the strong headwinds !!

Average Speed: 60 / 29 * 7.5 = 15.5 mph !

I typically average over 17 mph but this awesome wind kept me down ! LOL

Got to work today via of "cage". Needed to return some DVDs to Hollywood video which is in the exact opposite direction from work. The wife and I each have a car and we both work locally now, so its a challenge just to start the things up during the week. Rain and wind today and I hate wind so, it all works outs. I'll be back to tickling the pedals tomorrow.

Surprisingly warm at 6am. Firefox tells me it was around 50!

There was some gusty wind, from time to time, which was strong, but at least it was a warm wind.

Crazy Colorado weather!

Rather wet but mild. Nobody wanted to sit next to a wet biker on the train. Should be a sweet commute home 50'sF Charlie
PS: T minus 7 weeks until they close my train station!!!

Just a bit above the freezing point and pouring rain. The worst surface conditions I have ever experienced. :eek: The trail was one long ribbon of ice. I mean, like, tractionless, glassy, smooth ice.

What a fun ride! :p

I didn't notice the ice at all with the studded tires. Once in a while I'd put a boot down to verify the surface, and it just slid along without any grip at all. I heard a lot of sirens and had to wait for an ambulance at one trail/road intersection. :rolleyes: Bad morning for a cage commute. I heard more sirens as I was coming in to Burlington, too.

Rainy and 58F this morning. I blazed to work at an average speed of 8.6 mph! Traffic was horrific. I could barely filter and b/c of the rain, I used my clipless shoes which I'm still not comfy with in traffic. I saw more fire trucks and ambulances and cops running to and fro this morning b/c of accidents and fender benders. Typical cager mentality is, "I hate being stuck in traffic. I'm gonna accelerate from 0-45 mph in the next 20 feet to keep anyone from cutting me off." Then they crash into something and cause more traffic. And slowing me down to 8.6 mph avg.

Rode home at 10 p.m. yesterday, back at work by 8-ish this morning. The snow continues to recede along my route, but it's still slippery snow and ice for the first 1 km of my route. That means I'm still on the spikes. I long for a chinook to bring snow to the mountains and dry pavement to my commute. Sigh.

I saw a good fender-bender this morning. A Civic drifted through the tail end of the light and smoked a minivan in the rear. No braking of any kind, just rooooolling along at 10 km/h and... pow. No visible damage to either vehicle, so I didn't stick around to see the outcome.

Was the civic driver using a cell phone?

I don't think so. He probably just needed a bigger cup of coffee. Seriously, it just drifted into the back of the van like it was invisible or something. Mental lapse?

Perfect! Stayed above freezing overnight because of the strong southerly winds. Those layed down nicely for my headwind commute. They should be 20-30mph by quiting time to give me a tasty tail wind for my homeward leg, and all at 70 degrees to.

It was cold again this morning, somewhere in the 40's. It was dry and otherwise pleasant. It took about 10 minutes to get to the office.

I nearly wimped out this morning. I'd gone out for a training ride at 6 and got soaked. When I got home and showered and dressed for work I was trying to figure out how to get to the office, either driving or taking light rail. It was just getting too complicated so I got back on the bike to ride to work. And now the sun is coming out so I know I made the right decision.

Uneventful commute in this morning. Nice day out. Fun, though non-memorable, ride. :)

I wonder if the SUV driver is on an online forum right now complaining about how his SUV isn't visible enough and that idiot cagers keep hitting him.

Nice commute this morning, 16F, no wind to speak of, and dark all the way in as usual. The nice thing about my afternoon commute after work is that it's daylight almost all the way home now. The days (day light) are getting longer, this is a good thing. Now if it would just be clear skys and sunny once and a while that would be nice.

This morning's commute was fine but now as I'm getting ready to head home I realize I've lost one of my socks. So I have the choice of biking sockless or wearing my stylish brown work socks. Probably wouldn't matter except of course that I have to swing my the grocery on the way home.

The ride home could be described thusly, sockless, frustrating because of heavier than normal traffic all of whom were speeding, extended, and exhuasting due to strong headwind I ran into on the last half of my ride.

My commute home was the opposite of my commute to work. The roads were dry, it was raining, it was colder and I was moving much faster. The commute to work took about 15 mins. The ride home took 9 min. Gotta love it.