Mixed it up this morning and took a different route for part of my way in. Added about 1/4 of a mile to my trip but it was nice to see some different scenery. An older guy in a pickup decided he just had to beat me to the red light even though I had taken the lane. I really don't understand people sometimes. I always like to yell at them "congrats on beating me to the red light, do you feel better now?" :D Might get some rain on the ride home tonight but I am hoping not.

Today would've been a great day to have a helmet cam. Splitting lanes, passing cars, squeezing between buses and cabs and vans, zigzagging around cars, blasting through pedestrians crossing against the red, etc. I don't think I spent more than a couple blocks in the right or left lanes cuz traffic was just crazy today, hence the antics described above. Got to work and saw these two people from the Facts of Life hanging out in front of my bldg.

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Yes, I am at Salem State. :) Yikes, that's quite a commute. I was going on Canal Street here, once, and the wind nearly blew me into traffic. Fortunately 1A tho isn't as busy as Boston city streets. Or doesn't seem to be. Most of the larger trucks stick to 114, I think.

I saw you were in Newton; whereabouts? I'm near the Waltham border.

This morning, he passed me around Chelsea Piers and gave me a honk. I caught up to him when he was stopped at a light in the teens. He passed me when he got going again, and I figured I wouldn't see him again. As I was getting to Canal St, I saw him stopped at the light for westbound Canal and I had the light for eastbound Canal.

I went from the bike path onto the West Side Hwy for a block, made the left onto Canal, and he never caught me before the Manahattan Bridge.

You are very brave.

Crappy ride in today. I heard that one of the main intersections on my route was blocked by an accident, so I took a different way in. Aaargh! Traffic - not even enough room to filter. When I finally did get moving, I hit every red light. Then, when I got to the bike room, there was a dude hanging around trying to get me to tell him the door combo. He snuck in after me, so I had to wait while he parked his bike and got out. He might be legit, but I called security and alerted them. I hope my bike is still there when I get back after work...

WOOT! I love making cars feel slow, especially if it's someone I know :-) I also like how that picture makes it look like you rode right over 2 or 3 cars! sometimes I wish I could!

Nice ride in this morning, did the long one (20 miles) the wind from yesterday was gone, and I left on time. Got to work and the receptionist in the building I shower in had a big ole' box of bagels. Offered me one and I gladly accepted. I love free food. :D Hoping to do 20 home today too.

The gloom lifted and it was a nice morning to ride to work. A unique feature to todays ride was that there was another bicyclist. I couldn't tell if he was a commuter or a school kid, but as he rode on the sidewalk I assumed he was a school kid. He was also under the impression that he could show me up by passing me, so then I had to pass him. We are now riding even, but I have to make my right hand turn while he is going straight, but as he is on the side walk I have to cross his path, which means we will collide, so I slow down and allow him to go first.

I like to read this board and all the complaints about cars and trucks. But I have found that in Camarillo, CA the absolute worst, most dangerous things on the road are young people on bikes. On a related note, on the way home yesterday I heard a car honk its horn. That was the first horn honk in a couple months that I've heard.

I yelled at a kid to put on his helmet. It was hanging from his handlebars. Hanging anything from your handlebars is dangerous, but a helmet? C'mon! You kids are killing me here.

I rode home yesterday and broke my fourth spoke in as many weeks. I think it may be time to have all the spokes replaced in that wheel!

Had a fine ride in this AM. Cool, no winds, and dry. Finally getting back on the bike after way too many distractions over the last several months-been traveling a lot, had to put my beautiful 14 year old greyhound dog to sleep, bad case of bronchitis, knee problems, etc, etc,....Hoping to get back into the 3 commutes a week pattern. Sadly I still have more travel coming up which makes it difficult to get into the habit. Rain forecast for Thurs, so may have to sit it out until Friday.

Had a fun commute this AM. Must have eaten my wheaties or something because I was pumped. Was out of the saddle cranking as soon as the lights turned green. Met up with another commuter (on a bianchi eros. Hi to you if you're reading this) on Geneva (rarely meet up with other commuters so far this year) while we got stuck behind a muni bus at the light near the Cow Palace. Left the other commuter at the light initially and was cranking for me, but assumed he would catch up to me, which he did (in my defense, I'm lugging my laptop and a new can of Cytomax into work, but we were going downhill anyway and I'm a n00b). He pulled along side and asked how fast we were going. I told him 31 and he took off and left me behind. He had to stop at Bayshore since he was turning left and the light just changed to red. I was going right, so I didn't have to slow much and did a lean into the turn. Began pedaling while into the turn and scraped my pedal, but didn't bite it (thank you cycling gods). Anyway, was a fun commute this morning and I'm pumped!

I ended up getting a ride home with someone last evening, as we had a major windstorm. There were branches and leaves all over the road this morning. Had some fun trying to jump the larger branches. One of these days I will learn to actually jump well. Saw several other cyclists out.

There were no cars there. I was the ony one moving in the intersection. The timing has to be just right.


During lunch, my colleague said that he observes the different riding styles of the bikers on the path while he is driving down. He said my style was "GET THERE!!!"

I had to work an extra half-shift last night so i didn't get out until after 3:00 A.M. What a great hour to ride in the city! It's the quietest hour of the 24, all the traffic signals are blinking, and there's nothing to worry about. I saw one other cyclist, about a block ahead of me. I kept gaining on him, but he veered off before I caught up. he was probably scared that I was following him!

Today is the irst of two days off, so naturally it's getting ready to rain. Channel 6 said we're to get three inches of rain tonight. :eek: So I guess I'm glad I'll be safe home before it starts.

I don't mind a blizzard, but I hate heavy rain!

I just have to vent . . .

I am SICK and TIRED of people, well meaning, or otherwise, saying "Geez, looks like it's raining . . . be safe out there", "so . . . you biked today, it's raining" . . . etc.

Get OVER IT PEOPLE. I am NOT made of SUGAR. I am NOT going to melt out there. Sure, rain increases my risk of injury and death. But also for YOU when you DRIVE! So just F-OFF!!!! &*(^&*()&*)_*(

I was riding home for lunch when another cyclist passed by on a squeaky beater, holding a Ksyrium wheel in his hand. At first I thought he stole it off a bike on campus, but he stopped at the LBS down the road, so probably not.

woohoo!! haven't seen an Albuquerque commuter on here before! I was one of those crazy few that stuck it out yesterday...I see lots of riders lately, but don't know any that post on here, what part of town do you commute in?

Ben (red/carbon older trek 2200, green backpack, in dark/dim light you can see my obnoixously strobing helmet mounted LED light) I commute (home) through UNM and north on the diversion channel path, then to Paseo Del Nordeste MUP, then up and around and over to copper/Juan tabo area.

hey bill, looks like it's raining where you are, be carefull out there...

*ducks bills right hook* WOAH that was just a joke!

Currently I'm commuting from Montano and Rio Grande to Osuna and Jefferson, goes something like Montano, Guadalupe Trail, 4th, Osuna, MUP at Chapelle to Jefferson. When I go the long way home I take the diversion channel path to Paseo, the Paseo MUP to the Rio Grande MUP to Montano. I think I'll take the long way home today, so maybe I'll see you. Yellow KHS Summit, black bag on rack, red or blue jersey. You doin' the Santa Fe century on two weeks?

I'll look for ya, I can't do the sf century this year, i've done it before though...my wifes birthday is the same weekend this year, and we're planning on going to Vegas! I'm doing the Albuquerque Century in June though.

Cool. I've never done a Century before, so I'm doing to 50mile w/dirt version. If that goes well I'll be riding the Abq century.

today i hit a hill that had a 15 % grade for 3 miles

The dumbasses were out in force today. More cagers cutting me off, more of me zigzagging around them, more suicidal peds jumping right in front of me while yapping on their cellphones, more riding in the middle of a broad avenue, more crossing 5-6 lanes of traffic to turn, etc. Kinda fun actually.

What in blazes are doing in Uphams Corner? Work related I guess, I'm sure I don't have to tell you to be careful.

My commute can be crazy especially in the rain or when it's windy...it's a virtual death sentence when you get both at the same time. I saw a nasty car crash made worse by wet trolly tracks and that funky rubber padding between the tracks at the corner of Harvard Ave and Comm.Ave. The struck car got pushed back to a section of road I sometime ride through. I've been doing after work rides but I scrap them when it's raining, it's just too dangerous. Oh well!

No Commute today, wifey and I played hooky :D.