Some jerkwads passed extremely close and the passenger yelled, "Boo!" at me today.

I actually thought it quite funny, since that stuff rarely happens to me.
- it was rather an amuzing, yet disturbing thing to witness; kind of like watching monkeys fling poo at the zoo.

At first I wanted to take a short cut to ambush them further up the road and dole out some U-lock justice, but I was on my way home for lunch, and was very hungry. I didn't have time for such retribution.

Weird past 7 days. Normally I'm not busy at all at work (thus BF all day ;) ) but the last week was crazy. Thus, a week's worth in one post.

Late to work 4 out of 5 days last week. Just an hour or two makes a HUGE difference in terms of heat & humidity!

Not much unusual on my commute recently, but last night was, um, exciting. Tremendous, awesome t-storm came through right as I was about to leave work. The other bike commuter got a ride from his wife, and offered to give me one too, but I was determined/stupid. Rode home with lightning all over the sky around me and incredibly loud thunder booming. I'm sure the drivers thought I was nuts.

Nice ride, nothing unusual (which is always nice in and of itself). I am kind of counting down the trailer days before our next schedule change; 6 more mornings trailering the kids to daycare (this Friday is not one of them), then I can go back to zipping straight to/from work.

If you are quick, you can usually tag them with the water bottle toss. Then you just pick up the bottle on you way and don't have to spend the extra effort trying to catch them. No damage, just fun.

I almost launched one from the tandem the other night, but it was full of ice and didn't want to bust out their window. {although that ~would~ have been really funny}

I don't know how but I twisted my ankle at work (not really twisted in the usual sense) and hope I can ride home ok. I rode to a nearby restaurant for lunch (about 0.9 miles from work) and did ok. I've been limping around the office hoping for some sympathy but no one cares. :p

Quite proud of myself today, left rather late, hauled a$$, and got to work with time to spare! It is so nice out in the mornings right now. I can't believe the weather is so cool in August. It was about 65° when I rode in, only about 85° out there right now. YES!

I care :)

How was it for the ride home??? May be some RICE for dinner RonH? ;)

and Spider, I hope your vaca was great

The ride home was great. It doesn't hurt except when I walk on it.
I'll try a little Tiger balm and see how that does.

Here is the tendency: I enjoy my rides to work, I survive my rides back home.

Why? The three T's is what makes all the difference: terrain, traffic and tiredness. :)

forgot to mention i got clipped by someone's side-view mirror last friday on my way home. so unexpected it took me another 1/4 of a block to figure out what that strange blow on the forearm could have been, then another 1/4 before i got indignant about the irresponsibility of it. brain's slow in the afternoons.

nice ride today. cool and rainy but not actually raining. coming home i got the benefit of a pearly, surly sunset from the vantage point of the bridge - also nice. am way out of shape but pretty cheerful about it.

Finally jumped in feet first last Friday with my first ever commute on my new bike- Bianchi Volpe after much deliberation.

Riding 12 mi into downtown Seattle.

Rode in Friday and then today. It's been great fun but harrowing at times- fearing the auto traffic. I think a healthy amount of fear will be a good thing.

Looking forward to more.....

The ride was just a bit faster this morning, for one reason: I finally got around to lubing my chain. Much quieter, much smoother, much faster!

Oh, and the air was cooler too, and therefore less dense. How much of a difference does that make, though?

Had a nice weekend at the beach with my family and took Monday off to recover. Didn't ride yesterday but driving in felt so strange since I haven't driven to work in almost 2 weeks. Back on the bike this morning but had a harsh head wind the whole way in which really slowed me down. Hopefully I will have a tailwind on the way home.

This morning it was nice, quiet...and annoying. My cyclocomputer stopped recording MPH/Distance for some reason, I dropped my water bottle and came within an inch of running it over, and I was running late.
Mutter grumble.

Alright, I'm done with August. Bring on Labor Day. I hate turning into a sweaty mess everytime I step outside for more than one minute. But the ride was ok. I stopped and picked up some bagels and muffins for the office since we have a big public meeting today; then it ends up most people are working from home for the morning and coming in at lunch. That just gives me some quiet, i.e. bikeforums, time to myself.

And my rear wheel is making a very infrequent but disturbing hollow sounding thud. I suspect my bearings are gone, but I'll have to disassemble it to see. Good thing the office is empty for a few hours....

Weather was actually nice this morning so the ride in wasn't the usual sweatfest. Not sure if riding w/o a helmet had anything to do w/ it. I left my helmet in the car last night and didn't realize it until this morning and was too lazy to go get it. Traffic was the usual crap w/ an extra aggressive bus driver changing lanes wildly and a couple of right-hookers. Grabbed the brakes hard a few times, got tired of cager stupidity and decided to just ride more aggressively. I'd been riding more sedately cuz of the missing helmet. Moved into the middle of the avenue and had a much better time of it.

Nice ride. Humid but bearable. Saw several commuters today. :)
Passed one in the bike lane. He caught up with me at the next light. We chatted while the line of cars slowly moved forward, then he turned off. Nice change from the usual riding all alone and talking to myself and the #$&* cagers.

Did a 68k ride on Saturday, so took Tuesday off to ease the thighs as they were still sore (Monday was a holiday here in Canada).

Ride in today was fine, heading into the wind which sucked, but I made it to the gym to shower in 29 mins (7.4miles) which is on par so far.

Edit: weather was more friendly today, had a fair breeze to help cool me off (with a backpack on, I sweat like crazy in anything above 75F after a while of riding) barring the into-wind deal.

I was coming up to a cab on Dundas St. (just west of Broadview, he was turning onto the highway) that I didn't see the turn signal of until he was turning in front of me, with just about 6" clearance from my front wheel - I locked the back, which felt as though it was wandering out a bit but no contact - I put the blame either fully or half on myself for that one - I should've just been more aware and clued in to the particular situation.

Saw a few cyclists this morning, didn't speak to any though today - I was late and concentrating on trying to get downtown - used one guy (looked like a courier, on a road bike) for pacing myself, but he soon lost me after a light changed between us.

Can't wait for the ride back, legs are still a bit sore but no pain, no gain ;)

'Twas a storm brewing as I rode in this morning. It started to rain as I was about 3 blocks from my office, so I didn't get very wet. Perhaps a little damp, but that's all. It's supposed to rain for the next few days, but I've got fenders for protection.

Quick trip home last night... hit every light green. Man that tires me out as the way home is usually a sprint fest the whole way. A stop or 2 along the way is usually a welcomed event. A car that left the office lot at the same time as me, finally caught up to me on the hill 4 blocks from the house.

This morning was another beatiful CO sunrise. Some scattered sprinkles along the way, but nothing more than the lawn sprinklers usually dish out. I believe the temp was 65f when I left the house with 47% humidity.

After ChipCom labeled me as an @sshole C.O.B. {cager on bike} in another thread, I took a closer look at my ride. Instead of rolling 1 stop sign, I discovered that I actually roll 3. The first is in a rural neighborhood that in a year of riding I have never seen a car on the road. Today I properly signaled and stopped. I'm sure the bunnies in the field had a good laugh at that one.

The second is on an uphill in front of the Police Station. It's a 4 way, and there are never cars there at 6am. Today I signaled and stopped.

The third is on the next block, and is usually a rolling right turn. Today I signaled my stop, stopped, then signaled my right turn, then continued. The luster on Chip's VC halo has now been fully restored. I briefly felt bad for tarnishing the image of cyclists around the world with my renegade riding style, but I'm over that now. :)

Did you just say I have a VC Halo? OMFG now I gotta go slit my belly! :eek:
You can have the VC, halo and wings, I just want pie.

I actually had to break out the jacket and put on some socks this morning. It was like 56 degrees! Which brings up a definite OCP no-no - socks with your sandals!

FYI, there ain't nothing wrong with rolling a stop sign, as long as you slow enough to be able to both see the traffic situation and stop if needed. It's the lights that are a bit more tricky...I never roll through a light without coming to a complete stop first, even if there is no traffic. I've found that Murphy's law dictates that a car will appear out of nowhere and mow you down like a dawg when you think there is no traffic at all and blow a light.

Finally got my bike back from its "break-in" tuneup (after 6 weeks and 350 miles) last night, so the ride in today was much needed and all kinds of efficient with tightened cables, accurate shifting, etc. Nice and cool at the start of ride as well.

What commute? I was running a little late and went out all ready to ride, only to find a flat rear tire. Had it just been the front, I might've attempted fixing it this morning. I was already late, so I drove in. I'm going home at lunch to fix it. What a bummer that was.

Rain! In the summer??? You'd think this was San Francisco instead of Greater Seattle, what the heck.

Got to re-experiment on my braking distance w/ wet rims and pulling the trailer full of kids, glad there are a couple blocks of sidestreet before hitting the main traffic flow.

Once I dropped the trailer, not sure if I was still going slow from the rain, or what, but I hit all kinds of red lights I usually don't.

Either way, it's only just enough rain to be the next step up from heavy dew, and was nice and cooling after a muggy warm (for here) night.

I went to do maintenance on my boat after work so I took the lakefront path home right about sunset. Wow, quite a difference from Clark St. Tried not to be too distracted by the swimmers, the tourists, the beach volleyball, the sailboats catching the last glimpses of the sun for the day, the yellow moon rising over the water, and just concentrate on not plowing into a rollerblader. Quite a treat. Maybe I should do the path more often, it only adds a few miles.