How was the commute today?
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Great ride home yesterday. Big, dark clouds on the horizon gave me incentive to push the pedals more. Nippy, but pretty awesome. Very windy, but it was at my back for 2/3rds of the way.
I loved it.
I loved it.
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Awesome ride in! I made it to the top of the big hill before I realized I was halfway up it. Next week I'm thinking about riding my wife's 'bent it.
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Bleah! The conditions are getting worse and worse. There was so much snow I almost couldn't ride downhill. I hope it gets colder - the snow will set up as hardpack and ice everywhere, and I can ride safely once more. It's a meagre -12C today with a light snow falling.
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Had fresh tracks down edworthy park road this morning. I'm down to about 10 psi on my 700x30's, seems to be working I haven't fallen....yet. It definetly was the worst this morning, I was cyclocrossing over the snowbanks and the roads are just chop suey (we don't plow side roads here). Of course it doesn't help that after three days of snow build up, I have no breaking power. The bike sure looks neat though.
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First Fixed Commute Today! I got up early to futz with my chain and install a front brake on my new fixie commuter, "El Azulejo," a bright blue '88 Trek 660. And thank goodness I did install that brake, as I needed it at the intersections.
A perfect morning for riding a bike, calm and clear and cool, and I arrived at the office with a huge smile on my face. God, I love this bike.
A perfect morning for riding a bike, calm and clear and cool, and I arrived at the office with a huge smile on my face. God, I love this bike.
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hmmm, tried to post this late last night with no success. Here 'tis again (hope it's not reposted somehow):
Livable Streets info on the reconstruction of Commonwealth Ave.
nice ride in this am. Bike path empty but for an occasional jogger. I keep seeing the same smiling woman on her new folding bike lately going the opposite direction.
Very late ride home tonight. Gorgeous still black river with a thin coat of ice forming. A huge bird, I'm pretty sure it was the hawk I see hanging out in the same area during the day- this thing is massive- dropped off a branch and coasted by my head and floated on down the river flapping nary a wing just riding the still air of night. Bunches of rabbits (the prey of the hawk) did their suicidal dances across the bike path in the section I call Watership Downs. A very nice ride home.
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I didn't know Comm.Ave was being redone BTW so I'll have to look into that.
nice ride in this am. Bike path empty but for an occasional jogger. I keep seeing the same smiling woman on her new folding bike lately going the opposite direction.
Very late ride home tonight. Gorgeous still black river with a thin coat of ice forming. A huge bird, I'm pretty sure it was the hawk I see hanging out in the same area during the day- this thing is massive- dropped off a branch and coasted by my head and floated on down the river flapping nary a wing just riding the still air of night. Bunches of rabbits (the prey of the hawk) did their suicidal dances across the bike path in the section I call Watership Downs. A very nice ride home.
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A good commute in this morning. The snow went north and missed us. It was 15F/-9C and cloudy. It's partly cloudy now and in the 20's (F), should make for a nice lunch run and I just might take the long way home.
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After weeks of high pressure sitting over us in Puget Sound, a storm system came through and freezing levels fell last night and coated Seattle roads in an inch or two of snow and ice. I made my way down Capitol Hill via 10th Ave passing car after car. All of the city buses couldn't make it down the hill so they dumped their unhappy riders off a little before 10th/Boston.
A little slippin' a little slidin' but made way for a fun commute today!
A little slippin' a little slidin' but made way for a fun commute today!
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Originally Posted by buzzman
Last edited by FormerBMX'er; 02-24-06 at 02:26 PM.
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No leftovers to pack so I planned to run to Subway today. They closed the one in the gas station 1 mile away! So I rode to the next one and got a bonus 7 miles in at lunch! Can't beat that. Except that 7 miles in street clothes, even with taking it easy and just a vented rain jacket over a T-shirt still left me very sweaty. I think some of us just sweat easy.
20*F this morning, 31*F now, clear and nice out. Nice, but I find myself dreaming of spring and taking the Nokians off.
20*F this morning, 31*F now, clear and nice out. Nice, but I find myself dreaming of spring and taking the Nokians off.
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Today was a wet commute. The morning was dry. The weather people said it isnt going to rain until tommorw at about noon, well guess what its raining still right now, a half hour after I got back. I had no rain jacket, fenders. And to make it worse, the rain was cold and I had a short sleeve shirt on. I got out of most if the rain by riding off road under the bridge, but I still got soaked.
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Bike is in the shop
So I worked from home today
And I took a nap
So I worked from home today
And I took a nap
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whew, my one way commute is just under 11 miles door to door and the elevation gain is probably no more than 100' but today the ride home compared to my rides up Mt. Greylock (highest point in Massachusetts) where the route to the top is an 8 1/2 mile ride that climbs a good 2000'. The wind was brutally in my face the whole way home and to get the bike to go much more than 11mph took tremendous effort at times. I saw two adult men blown over by the wind downtown and one little girl attempting to climb into a mini-van slammed to the ground. Trash barrels were blowing by and tree branches coming down on the bike path. There were white caps on the Charles River. Needless to say a tough ride home.
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Originally Posted by buzzman
The wind was brutally in my face the whole way home and to get the bike to go much more than 11mph took tremendous effort at times.... Trash barrels were blowing by and tree branches coming down .... Needless to say a tough ride home.
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31F Ice and wind on the inbound trip . I score with the boss, because we both ice-biked in while the cagers didn't venture out until much later in the morning.
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I have rode six days this week. Five days of commuting and one day of like of a training ride. Great ride to work and home tonight. I hope next week is as good as this week. Have a good night.
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36F this morning with a 5-10MPH crosswind, good workout without trying too hard. The ride home was 50F with a 5MPH headwind. I felt really good on the way home and concentrated on my pedaling form, still trying not to mash. The commute is really the best part of my workday.
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An uneventful ride home, as usual. Not that that's a bad thing... it's still a fun relaxing ride in the brisk night air.
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muy excellente
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Commuted on my carbon fiber road bike this morning, sans lock and lights. Great fun! I saw a group of roadies out for a Saturday ride headed in the same direction, but they were going at a very relaxed pace, so I didn't ride with them.
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Back home now. A trip home in daylight... what a concept!
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Easy ride both ways. Only good thing about working Saturday is the lack of morning traffic. I get to enjoy the ride both ways.
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Cold this morning, 22 degrees when I left at 5:40 a.m. I wore: two shirts (one long, one short sleeve), my fleece vest, riding jacket, long pants, wool socks, skull cap and gloves and was just fine. I finally figured out that I can cinch up the wrists of the jacket and seel the sleeves from wind (big 'duhh'). I also found the perfect gear and spun in almost exclusively in that gear. I rode somewhat slower than usual at a fairly high cadence and found that helped keep me plenty warm.
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1 degree Fahrenheit in Boston at 6:30am. ONE.
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Had a nice ride in for a Monday morning. Rode into the sunrise with the temps in the low 20's. Warmed up pretty fast, only my toes were cold when I got to work. Supposed to be in the low 50s this afternoon so it should be a nice ride home.