I finally got flatted on my Scwalbe Marathon coming home about 5 blocks from home. Super sharp roofing nail got me. I think I picked it up going through an intersection where I had to pay more attention to the traffic than the road immediatly in front of the bike. Oh well, it was over 700 miles of flat free rear tire. I enjoyed every inch of it. :)

another f-n flat tire (rear) on commuter, noticed at 7:30am on way out; had to "employ" 'bent (got many -notices-) !
HOT rides (x2)!!
no extra miles today (heat)!

It was cool in the morning, still a little stiff from riding Bolinas Ridge yesterday. Ride home was fast and comfortable. Ride On.

I keep trying new routes to work (I'm usually too tired to try any new things on the return trip - just turn on the autopilot and try to get home as fast as I can). Yesterday I decided to give a try to a downhill recreational path that usually is very lightly used. It runs through a valley, so there are no intersections, which are my biggest pet peeve about MUPs. There are plenty of blind corners though but the moderately busy road that parallels has just as many, and I think if I had to choose, I'd pick blind corners on an MUP. :) There is also a trecherous muddy patch and some branches overhanging very low; the city should really take better care of the paths!

A nice thing is that the path spits you out onto another practically intersectionless road! All in all about half of this route to work is intersection-free, which really helps the speed. Zoom-zoom-zoom!

The weather is killing me however... especially on the way back... and the way back is all uphill too...

Got honked at for taking the (narrow, very narrow) lane going uphill on a four-lane arterial. Had to be a taxicab of course. The driver honked a few times and I just kept shaking my head (No means no, baby! :D). Finally he passed me in the next lane, not dangerously at all.

Whats the problem? It was only 86 degrees at 6:40am on Canal St.

Yesterday riding home, the sweat just burned right off. I wore my jersey for the the first time in a while. Enjoyed having the pockets in the back and how light it was in this heat. Might have to buy a couple more.

Last Night: About 104 heat index I think is what the weather folks said. I had lots of water, so that didn't bother me. The wind however, ugh. Gusts of 15-20 mph against my face as I was going home....toss in the heat, it was like standing in front of a friggin furnace.
One of my bike brakes had an issue too, the lil screw keeping the brake spring pushed in broke, so I had to go and get that repaired last night. Grumble.

This morning: Not too bad. It's 80s, and I sweated up a storm, but it was pleasant. They closed off part of the sidewalk/path that I use instead of the road (Which is 4 lanes, 55 mph). That'll be fun.

I had to tell a contractor to move his truck which was straddling a path entrance into campus.
He gave me look like, "WTF?" - and I gave him a look like, "Don't make me ask you twice..."

- he complied.

I just did my first "early-shift" commute. I left the house around 4:30 AM. Golden Gate park is kinda spooky at that time. Also the sprinklers were still on in the panhandle (small park attached to golden gate with bike path). I got sprayed! Luckily I had a change of clothes and a towel at work cause I read the Noob threads.

Tired this morning from my late night last night and didn't sleep all that well. Left late and took it easy since it was already in the low 80s before 8am. Should be a HOT ride home this afternoon. Got a wave from another commuter this morning that I usually don't see since I leave earlier. Yesterday on my way home I saw a bunch of guys on bike on the sidewalks around town despite the upper 90 temps and I also saw a guy still on his bike using a payphone (yes, they do still exist!)

Been getting a break on the weather here. Cool and cloudy last night on the way home. This morning I almost put on a windbreaker. Knowing that I would overheat on the hill to the office, I just left it off. The cool breeze was refreshing.

A bunny decided to race me this morning. He was running along next to me on the grassy strip. In the end, I won. I think his legs were too short....

My wife had a 2 minute head start on me this morning. I tried to reel her in, and was doing okay until I got stuck behind a bus and missed a light. She's pretty [and] fast!

Yesterday was my biggest day for distance since I was a kid. 63km (not much for many of you). This morning was my fastest commute to work since I've been keeping track of time. 26.1km/hr avg.

a bit of blah this morning, riding w/ the cars on the main drag just not so much fun today. Pedalling is always good, at least.

Oh yes, I got tailgated by a log truck when I was going 20 in a 25, he passed me, pulled ahead, cut me off to make his right turn in the space of a couple blocks. I think he was going really fast. His apparent speed may have been exaggerated by his lack of mufflers of course. I was annoyed that I couldn't get up to 25, but no need to play chicken w/ 18 wheelers either.

Wonderful commute this morning. I was able to convince my wife to ride in with me as I pulled the kids in the trailer to daycare. We took a mellow route through Midtown, down Capitol to drop off my wife at her building, then 4 or 5 blocks more to daycare. I had to take a fairly circuitous route to avoid the main commute routes but that gave us a chance to go over the light rail tracks (Train! Train!) and some street work (Tractor! Steam roller! Crane!).

That was the most fun commute of the year.

Gee, now that it's time to go home, I have time to post something.

Different ride this morning. Left home about 10:00 (had to wait for the exterminator who showed up at 9:15). Very different traffic. Gee, I wonder why? :o
Hot as ****. Got to work and was dripping wet.
Went out at lunch but only rode three blocks to an eatery.

It's now 5:20 and the temperature is 94F (heat index is 99F). I hope I don't melt. ;)

Commute good went to the hardware to replace the wire that is holding my rack to the dropouts. Got screws did my blinkie right on the rack now when I get money for pannier I will be all set. It was so hot on the ride without bike shorts even for the short ride

great both ways! it was about 96 going home, but a relief after 110 the last couple weeks. rode my new $29 70s-era ten speed I bought at Goodwill. it did great! feels way faster than my mtn bike with slicks. I love this bike. no rack yet, so I had to use my pseudo messenger bag. also wore my new poly workout shirt and can't believe the difference it made! much cooler than a cotton T-shirt. niiiice. I may have to get the shorts now.

been a long time, feels like. summer baseball season has had our lives in a sling, and that's just rec baseball. they lost every game :D

but the last game was on monday and i rode to work again today. yeehah! if i stop for even a week or two, it gets to feeling like i never did any such thing and couldn't possibly do any such thing again. was expecting anguish but this morning went better than i'd expected. nice weather, nice ride, not too hard to do, considering my recent car-driving life. the only snag was that i got there and discovered i hadn't brought my lock. i took it off my bag because people at the ballparks kept looking at it funny. 'why is she walking around with a u-lock?' um, well.

Hot even at 8:00 this morning. I walked into work this morning in shorts and a raggedy t-shirt. I'm going to sit here as long as it takes to cool down before changing into regular work clothes. Blah

Another hot and humid morning ride to work. Saw a roadie on the way in and waved but don't think I got a return wave. I have to take it easy this afternoon on my way home since I have a soccer game tonight. I will be cooling down at the beach all weekend though :)

Nice ride this morning. Back to reasonable temperatures (mid 60Fs) and I had a tailwind. Didn't see any bicycle commuters but I saw 3 or 4 cyclists heading the other way.

It was raining just a little bit. Not enough to get me wet.

I noticed I need new brake pads. One of my rear pads is almost down to the metal. :eek:

Last night: Hot, again, and very very windy. The heat's annoying, but the wind is getting on my nerves like nothing else. Pretty uneventful (Thankfully).

This morning: Nice and cool, we had some storms come in that cooled things down. I got a lil damp (humidity and sprinklers), but it was nice. I really hope they fix that sidewalk/pathway that I need to use, diving out into a 4 lane 55 mph highway isn't my idea of fun at 7:30 am :)

Last night had a couple of punks buzz me on the way home in their big ol 4 wheel dirve. The passenger yelled something, but who knows what they said. I pitched the waterbottle at them but it fell a couple feet short as they sped away. Freakin sissy boys. They needed to come back to I could spank them properly.
Took the GF out for a spin on the Tandem after I got home and we got buzzed again. The road was 4 lane but narrow. I'll take the balme on that one... should have taken more of the lane. But alas it was another punk kid. I am coming to the conclusion that the whole "time out" mentality of the last 20 years was a total failure. We need to start kick'n their a$$es again :)

This morning was almost cool enough to need a jacket again. But remembering the hot mornings of past, I opted to embrace the coldness. Met another commuter going the same way at one of my many red lights. That doesn't happen often.

A bit cooler than it has been, due to last night's rainstorm. I left about ten minutes later than normal, and so had to deal with quite a bit more traffic. Oh well.

I came in ~45 minutes earlier than usual this morning. Traffic changes so much depending on what stage of rush hour I'm in. It's kinda cool...