^ Never heard of goatheads and had to google them. You learn something new everyday. Had a nice ride in this morning. Temps in the low 60s and going to be in the upper 80s today. Might be driving tomorrow if we get the storms they are calling for. Got a weather stick a few weeks ago and it was pointing straight out today and will probably be pointing down (bad weather) tomorrow. I am going to start using it to judge when to not ride in since the weathermen around here aren't worth a damn.

We have goat heads here too, (I'm in New Mexico) almost impossible to avoid them as they grow ANYWHERE, and often blow onto the MUP's around here. This is the method I use and it works great. I had an old pair of conti 3000's that I replaced with conti ultra gatorskins. The gatorskins alone helped but didn't completely fix my problem as goat heads would still get me once in a while. I had tried specialized pre-slimed tubes but the sealant just BLEW out anytime I had a puncture, worthless. What an old time rider recomended was cutting the bead off an old pair of tires and stuffing it inside my good treads. Making a "double thick" tire. I tried this and ALSO came accross some praise for "stan's no flat" sealant from www.notubes.com I found some in town though and put 1 oz inside a set of conti tubes that have removable tubes. I credit most of the flat freeness with the double tire method, but I think the stans is an extra safety net.

The right is a LITTLE rougher than it was with one set of treads, but after a while you hardly notice it (an extra layer of handle bar tape would take the slight increase in bumpiness out though I'm sure) And I havn't had a flat in almost 9 months now...so the bumpiness is WELL worth it :-)

A while back (ok 10 years) I lost both tires on my cannondale MTB to goatheads. Luckily I wasn't commuting, but I was about a mile from home and decided to cut across an open field - I made it almost all the way before I realized what had happend. I gave up on picking them out though and just bought new tires and tubes. We had just moved to El Paso, TX after several years in Germany, but I grew up in the southwest and should have known better. When I was a kid my most dreaded chore was having to pull a whole bucket of them after school every day. So Rando, I feel your pain - $%^##@#$ goatheads!

... commute, part two... I guess I dodged the goathead bullet this time because the tires and tubes seem to be OK. Rode home fine and they are still holding up. the commute home was a bit of a struggle with a strong head wind. at least no more goat heads. i'm sticking to the pavement.

3.2mile dst to work this am, 24.0 dst return pm (sunny, breazy, sane traffic, rim stayed true/round), a ZEN experience! grocery shopping (a bi-monthly event) = sticker shock, non so ZENish . Ying/Yang ?

Most Excellent!!! All the best in your new digs and your ride

sunny and bright on the ride in this morning. Then a ride to another location in the wind and light rain. then back downtown and then home in strong head wind and light rain. long work days combined with lots of riding and I'm a tired guy tonight.

Legs felt like lead both ways today, and I had a headwind. It was still better than driving.

commuting weather in spring is so . . . . nice. hard to find anything much to say about it.

Cold and wet commute today. Still not a bad ride. I think two other people at work must be commuting now because I see two more bikes in the bike rack. I like riding my redline 925. I hope it warms up a little bit. Have a good night.

phoenix is coming up on it's brutal heat soon, but today was beautiful and mild.easy mileage day. they vary as i teach at several different locations. got a rack and an arkel tailrider and i felt naked without my pack creating all that heat. oh, wait, i was naked. thus the cyclocros-like chase i led the police on for several miles.good thing i have a cyclocross bike, huh? this is great training as i am a newbie to cycling and hope to race one day. clothed even.
any other felt f1x owners? i really dig this bike. of course, i'm a know-nothing newbie .

Wet ride home last night, thank goodness for the bus and their bike racks. Bus ride home was relaxing. Ride from the bus stop to home was pretty wet, rain showers and a little wind. Cooled down quite a bit from the morning.

Ride in this morning went better then I thought. Good weather, a little chilly but warmed up pretty quick once I got warmed up and going.

A little bit below freezing this morning, and a mild headwind. Nice sunny blue skies though. There was a cruiser bicycle with an orange pannier propped up next to a bench along my route. I scanned the woods behind the bike but saw no one. Perhaps someone needed to use the little commuter's room.

boston area--
bright sun.
35 degrees at 6.45.
great ride.
9 miles to work.
wish it were longer.
will go long home.

Cold this morning! Perhaps 1 or 2C. My ears were freezing! It was a nice rising sun, event-less ride other than that. The ride home should be much nicer at 14 C.

first ride since last Wednesday due to weather and vacation days. I did get 25ish in Monday, pulling the kids in the trailer along the river, 1st half into a decent wind from the south. Weather changed yesterday, winds from north, right in my face for the majority of my commute in, and cooler. ~43 wind chill (I know, downright balmy for many of you) made my sandal-and-sock clad feet cold (awww....) Felt sluggish all the way in, but cranked it out anyway. Then, no hot water in the shower at the office. In July, that's fine. Now, not so much... I am certainly awake, however!

Part of my route is on a paved bike path along a busy road, bordering a golf course. This morning a bright landscaper decided to water the grass and roped off the bike path. This is downhill, into the sun, just past a jog in the route, and the ropes were about two feet off the ground.

I called the county police dept.

My route is hazardous enough without an obstacle course!

My commute in today was a little chillier than it has otherwise been recently, but was very pleasant. I'm looking forward to the commute home, when I'm going to take a detour to meet up with friends for some extra laps around Hains Point.

Oh so nice. Nice blue sky, calm, just cool enough to be comfortable. My new tires are showing up today, so I'm really looking forward to the commute tomorrow. One of the bolts holding my rack on is coming loose and the ehad is mostly stripped, so I think I will steal one from the lab.

No rain this morning so I was on the bike. Don't know if the rain will hold off for the ride home but I am taking my chances since the weathermen are never correct. Much cooler today, only in the low 60s for a high but it was a nice change from the high 80s last night with high humidity. Saw a lot of bikers out last night on the ride home since it was so warm. Didn't see anybody else out this morning even though it was sunny for the last part of my ride.

Learned today that one of my coworkers who has been pondering riding to work actually did today. Sounds like he's committed for the long haul - former cycling enthusiast who said he absolutely loved the ride in. He stopped by at lunch to revel in the glory of his ride some more and thanked me for inspiring him to start commuting. Pretty cool...

I got a new commuter bike last week and this was the first opportunity to ride to work. That nine miles seemed longer than I rememembered from last fall, but I'm still wide awake with very little coffee.

The tempature was around 50 and I may have gone anaerobic too often, but it just seemed like I should have been going faster.

Now to borrow a co-worker's car for lunch...

My first commute today. (I'd pat my own back but don't want to tear a rotator cuff or anything.) Spent the fall, winter and early spring on a stationary bike and couldn't wait to get out. Fortunately, I spent some time on BF and heeded the suggestions to be safe and be prepared. Knowledge gained helped me plot my course and behave safely/ feel safe and buy some safety stuff. Not certain I would have gone through with it if I did not find this site.
Helmet, always. Blinkie on back even in daylight. Ride straight and take lane when necessary AFTER checking that it's clear. Waited my turn at red lights, cautious at green lights. Signaled. Thank you to all who have posted tales of joy/caution/misery/woe. I've learned a lot. Still need a helmet mirror.

Nice 40F morning, 10.6 mi of mostly 2-lane roads. No problem drivers.

BTW, made it 10 mi no problem. Showered and dressed at company fitness center (lucky me) and got a flat crossing the parking lot to my building. Freaky little 1/2" piece of steel wire, like a strand from a cable or bristle from a wire brush. Fixed flat in comfort of my office w/ patch kit, tools, pump suggested on BF. Thx.
Now I just have to make it home. 60F. 30% Humidity. Can't wait.

Beautiful sunny commute today, cool this morning (there was frost all over the grass), I took the long way. Warmed up at lunch time so I took a long cruise for lunch. I plan on taking the long way home. I'll have over 32 miles in by the time I get home, not bad for a work day. Don't you just love spring (other then all the extra clothes you have to haul)?

Did 20 miles in this morning, still pretty chilly at 5:00 AM, makes riding interesting, cuz I wear my face mask and warmest gloves on the first section of the journey wich is decent, flat, decent, flat, looong decent. Really need the mask for those decent sections, as the 45 degree air whipping by at 20-30 mph REALLY numbs the face :-) but then on the flats it's easy to over heat...might have to see if I can find a mask that's easier to take on and off while on the bike...anyway, at the halfway point I take off the mask for good, and switch into thinner gloves as I'm overheating in THOSE too, but that only takes a jiffy. Then it's a REALLY long flat section (with some uphill grades here and there) to hills and then into work wich is another grade...ALMOST steep enough to be a hill, but not exactly. Don't need a mask for that section as I'm usually hot as hell by the time I get to work. I like this in-between weather in the afternoons, but wish it would get warmer earlier :-)