Nice commute, I am slowly getting off of the sidewalks and becoming VC it is a much smoother ride in the streets then on the sidewalk. I passed some one on a *mart bike good thing there is more commuters he didn't look like he was having much fun, poor guy I shocked a cager when I passed him on the right in a residentual neighbor hood

Well, no complaints here, I went ot the bank. after starting to go 2 other places, commute is only about 10 miles, I was able to use major roads, very few cars, nice change for Utah.

I figure if you are going 5mph side walk is ok, you know head winds, hills, but if I can go half the speed of traffic I feel good about the road, Today I was 25 in a 50 for a ways, then 28 in a 30 and of course they still fly by.
Boy bad mistake last night though, reached in the closet and grabbed a pair of Pearl Izumis, a little soiled, I think, by the time I got walking down the ilse at Lowes Hardware I was rank, May I suggest, keep up on the laundry! :eek:

Hotter still! 110 degrees today. Tomorrow is forecast for 114. My wife called to try and give me a ride again today. She saw an elderly lady who rides a bike all over collapse today and require an ambulance. She was out in the car looking for me 5 minutes after my usual time home. Unfortunately I left work 20 minutes behind schedule and added a couple of extra miles, so I was off the usual route. Oops. Ride On.

I got tired of my usual route (that has construction on it anyway) and tried to introduce some variety by taking completely different roads to work yesterday. There new route has some bike lanes and my oh my, those are awful bike lanes. They pretty much mark the door zone. Appalling. And the nasty cagers seem to do really bonehead things if they see you out of the bike lane *sigh*... Still, a break from "same old" was refreshing.

114 degrees today, too hot to deal with honking idiots. Stupid driver tried to sneak up and give the long honk to startle me. As if I can't hear a car on a quiet street. I yelled at the driver and saw I could catch it at the stop sign. I pulled up next to the driver's window and asked what she was honking at. "You were in the middle of the street." The car passed me with 5 feet to spare in the same lane, so this really wide lane wasn't big enough? This section of road is the widest lane in town, and we were the only traffic...Idiot. This heat wave is making me cranky.

There were these 2 kids (2-4 years old) and there father (or what looked like it) and there in the bike way and there on these trikes and there barley moving, im coming it at like 25-30kmph, so i ring my bell twice to make sure they hear it. It wasnt to make them move just to warn them there in the way for other cyclists, i slowed down to pass them safly, and then the father shouts out WOW YOUR BELL WORKS... what an a-hole... i normaly dont reply to that, so i just drove on lol...

Crisp air, blue sky, temperature around 60F. Nice riding weather, especially after the steam baths last week.

A bunny rabbit raced me on the MUP. It gave up and ran off into the weeds eventually. :p

Nice morning for a ride. About 65 degrees at start, 70 at the end. Light traffic, a cool breeze. It was pretty darn relaxing :)
I passed some kid on his lil BMX Bike, weaving back and forth on the trail, talking on his cellphone. I thought only SUV drivers did that. Grrr.

I passed the same guy twice on my commute this morning because he was a scum-bag red light runner.

There are 2 guys at work who carpool together and they always heckle me when they see me on the road, all for fun though. I've joked about them biking into work the 32km. Well today, they show up on their bikes, I'm totally impressed. It makes my 5km ride look pathetic. I totally praised their effort, and tried to offer some helpful tips that I learned the hard way.

Fast ride in. Got to work in less than 10 minutes due to traffic conditions that allowed me to just ride w/o zigzagging around traffic like I usually do so I was able to rip it up. Not as sweaty as I usually am either and that's always appreciated.

Even hauling a 25lb pack, the ride in was still better than driving the car. Mondays and Fridays the laptop and related goodies make the trip. Add on some clothes, lunch, and misc goodies and it gets to be quite a load. The added weight cost me a gear or so on the hills, but I still made it in good time.

The legs were feeling the effects of a 50 mile burn session yesterday, but seemed happy to spin the lead out. Weather was fairly cool and cloudy, but somewhat humid for Colorado. Seems like we usually run in the 25% range, but it was 60something% this morning. Cars seemed well behaved this morning...good on them :)

Today was my first cycle commute in 25 years.

This morning, I decided that I would go ahead and ride, even though I had to carry a satchel that I don't usually carry... So I used my Delta cargo net to hold the satchel on my bike, and put everything else in my backpack... I was going to use my cheap pannier, but that will start tomorrow.

I took it easy on the ride, but still sweat a little more than I thought I would, maybe partly because of the backpack... tomorrow I will take it easier.

Also, after I was in the office, I realized that I forgot my computer on the bike, so I had to take a couple of minutes to go down and get it... I don't want anything that easy to remove on my bike all day.

Two hiccups...

1) The satchel fell off before I got out of the parking lot. I got more creatiuve about strapping it on more tightly, and made it the rest of the way to work.

2) The ID I use at work was on my belt (as usual) when I left home... it is not there now. So, I get to go through the minor ordeal of getting new ID issued.

So, I made it to work, and will file a report with a picture of my commuter this evening.

I had a nice ride in this morning. It was a little cooler than it has been recently, and I felt like I had a little more energy.

There was one issue, though: As I was riding down the multi-use path I normally take, there was a guy coming from the opposite direction passing a couple of people in a blind turn (why people can't just wait a couple seconds until they're out of a turn so they can see what's ahead of them, I don't know...). He was in my lane, headed towards me, and wearing a Phonak jersey. So, I said "Heads up, Floyd!" I'm not sure if he heard me or not, but I felt pretty clever. :p

Glad to be back on the bike. Helped teach a class in Athens, GA on Saturday and Sunday so did lots of driving this weekend. Sixty-five miles each way times four. I'm not used to driving and working l-o-n-g days. :(
I was tired this morning but the ride felt good, even though I was slower than usual.
I hope I'm a little perkier for the ride home. http://users.pandora.be/eforum/emoti.../happy/050.gif

great ride today...lots of sun, a little cooler than it has been lately (but i'm not complaining). did a longer loop around the lake, then hit up the ocean blvd. the only bad part was riding briefly behind a garbage truck....

Way to go! :beer:

Sounds like you kept things mostly in hand. There will be more hiccups, but eventually the necessary habits will establish themselves, and you'll end up wondering why you'd go to work any other way.

Many of the drivers on my route apparently forgot how to drive over the Saturday-Sunday span. :(

Great Monday Morning
 

Great ride this Monday morning. Seems like traffic is always a little lighter on Mondays when school is out. Congratulations to the 1000 mile commuter and commuter returning after 25 years. Big news this morning seems to be that gas prices are now above $3/gal. Glad I've been practicing bicycle commuting for the past 30+ years.

I switched out my wheels on the weekend for a set that didn't have dents in the rims and were relatively straight. They had some 700x26C tires on them, which I haven't used for a year or so. Wow! FAST! I was just screamin' along today. I hope they can take the pounding...

Had a nice commute this morning. Temps in the low 70s was nice but the humidity was so bad it was foggy for part of the ride in. Had a car buzz me pretty close in a 45mph zone right before my turn off. The gf and I are looking for a new place to live so I might have a different commute later this year.

Welcome to the Happy Healthy Commuting Mother F***ers club! We laugh our finely sculpted asses off as we ride past gas stations w/ SUV drivers eager to drop $80 for a fill up of regular unleaded and delight in showing off our well tanned, incredibly muscled legs to admiring members of the opposite sex who are eager to give us their phone numbers. :)

Here I thought the weather on Thursday was nice to bike to. I was wrong. This morning was so beautiful Great ride in yet not too many people on the trails at all. I think I saw a dozen people while on the 13 mile ride. Even better...I trimmed a few minutes off on my commute in.

LMAO!

Today was the first near-casualty all year - a squirrel bounded out inches away from my wheel on a quiet neighborhood road. You never hear how the claws scrape the ground yanking its body across the pavement in a car...ahhh.

Overcast all week in Atlanta, which is GREAT because the temperatures are finally below 90+ and there's even a cool breeze out.

I found a NEW bike (well, it's used) at the LBS yesterday and put down a deposit to hold it for me while they finish tuning it up. $250.00 for a Jamis Coda (not sure the year). Do any of you have any feedback on my potential ride?

I doubled the value of the Bomber by my purchase of REI grocery bag panniers. They're just perfect for throwing my backpack and shoes into. The only problem is that my heels just nick the front edge of them. I think I can eke out a few more milimeters by adjusting the rack. It's either that or swap out the cranks, I guess.

Hi ALM,
The Jamis Coda is an excellent choice for commuting. Where did you find it?
We want pics when you finally get it home. :)