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vrkelley 02-24-06 10:10 PM

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. :D

spidercyclist 02-24-06 11:19 PM

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.

scottmorrison99 02-24-06 11:23 PM

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.

jschen 02-25-06 12:30 AM

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. :)

knykersnatchurs 02-25-06 02:07 AM

muy excellente

jschen 02-25-06 10:32 AM

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.

jschen 02-25-06 04:49 PM

Back home now. A trip home in daylight... what a concept! :)

scottmorrison99 02-26-06 12:28 AM

Easy ride both ways. Only good thing about working Saturday is the lack of morning traffic. I get to enjoy the ride both ways.

mjw16 02-27-06 06:31 AM

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.

igloomaster 02-27-06 07:20 AM

1 degree Fahrenheit in Boston at 6:30am. ONE.

luckysnafu 02-27-06 07:31 AM

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.

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Originally Posted by igloomaster
1 degree Fahrenheit in Boston at 6:30am. ONE.

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geog_dash 02-27-06 08:16 AM

First real commute today after being out with flu last week. :(

Weather was crisp. Wind was behind me. Traffic was light. Sunrise was beautiful. Life is good. :)

That tail wind will be a head wind this afternoon. Bring it on! :D

jyossarian 02-27-06 08:29 AM

No commute today cuz there was no hot water for a shower this morning. The boiler in the bldg. sucks.

gargoyle030 02-27-06 08:53 AM

Bank clock a mile from my office said it was 24 degrees. Winds out of the east were in the 10-15 MPH range. Still dreaming about snow for my studded tires. So much for winter in Minnesota. But riding to work still rules.

amward 02-27-06 08:59 AM

0 degF and sunny for my morning ride, with about a half inch of fresh powder last night. Plenty warm with microfleece shirt/pants, windproof jacket/pants, thin touque under the helmet, and some very old thinsulate gloves.

Still bright and sunny, and up to almost 15 degF, so my lunchtime trip should be a nice one.

pinkrobe 02-27-06 09:32 AM


Originally Posted by -=Łem in Pa=-

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pinkrobe 02-27-06 09:40 AM

The City finally got off its sorry ass and cleared/graded some of the streets on the way in to work. No near-death experiences whatsoever, but that means I need extra caffeine to replace last week's adrenaline. My wife even rode in with me today to test out her new Sugoi jacket. She did well, although she was a little slow off the lights. It was -13C on the way in, and a mini-blizzard started up about halfway through the ride. The high for today is +9C, and the overnight low will be back to -13C. That's a 20-degree swing in less than 24 hours. I expect the streets to be pure ice by tomorrow morning. Wheeee! :D

jrubzer 02-27-06 09:48 AM

Left the house at 18F. It was pretty frigid for the first mile or two, but I ended up overheating from layering. My main problem when it goes below 20F in the city is that pedestrians are bundled to the point of peripheral blindness. They think nothing of jaywalking on a major thoroughfare with scarfs wrapped around their heads without so much as a glance toward traffic.

mtessmer 02-27-06 11:40 AM

Had a nice ride in this morning, 21F/-6C, partly cloudy. Day break is happening halfway through my commute in, that's nice. It's almost mid day and we are at 26F and clear skies, I think I'll do a longer lunch ride and could be a "take he long way" home after work today. Bring on spring!

sukram 02-27-06 11:52 AM

My first post here... only started commuting by bike about 2 months so far. Been a rather mild winter here in NYC. Doing the Queens -> Upper East Side in Manhattan commute, about 5 miles 1 way.

Cold this morning, but nothing really bad. Headwinds on the 59th Street Bridge, but better than Friday (felt like I was going backwards with some of those wind gusts...).

My ride is an old Diamondback Sorrento, put slicks on and a cloud 9 comfy seat. No suspension on the bike and I wanted to take the edge off the roads. My first commute with the seat, much better. I'm a slowpoke though, everyone passes me on the bridge (well... except the peds...)

vtjim 02-27-06 11:53 AM

Ugh. We got about 6" of snow on Saturday and I decided to try riding this morning. (City doesn't plow the rail trail.)

Because it has been very cold, the snow hasn't had a chance to sublimate and/or pack down. As a result, it was like riding through sand. I was wobbly and just not having a good time.

Bailed onto a street and headed up to a bus stop. Had to wait about 10 minutes for the next bus to show up, and it was in the single digits (F). I had plenty of leftover heat so I didn't get cold standing there. Put the bike on the bus's bike rack and had an otherwise nice ride in to work.

Guess I'm off the bike again until things clear up a little. Bike will sit here in my cube until then. :)

eastbaybob 02-27-06 11:53 AM

This morning felt so good. After a week in Bangkok a bit of rain and cool temps felt very good. It took about 10 minutes to get to the office.

fordfasterr 02-27-06 01:30 PM

awesome ride today.

real slow... nursing a slight hangover.. =)

McGillicutty 02-27-06 01:31 PM

Spring is showing up early in the southwest. Must have been over 35F this morning. So warm. Going up to 67F. Even had to take the winter hat off from under my helmet this morning halfway to work. Going to slide on out of here before sunset.


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