Yet another cold morning, about 40 degrees. I threw on the windbreaker pants for this trip. And this morning was the first time I got to try out my skullcap, which made a pretty big difference. Although, it doesn't help that I'm already coming down with something.

Nice, gentle commute though:)

nice weather (mid to high 60's), didn't see anyone else on a bike.
i think i need to switch up my route. this one is getting pretty routine.
the new bike makes it better though. :D

A bit cool this morning...I'm still sporting shorts, but a long sleeve shirt, full gloves, plus a helmet kept me plenty warm. Should be a pleasant 72 on the way home. I only went halfway and carpooled. Tomorrow I'll go all the way. A full week of quitting smoking has improved my time and average speed, and endurance...8.5 miles seems like nothing now. I definitely need a new bike come springtime...I got no more gear. I'm maxing the thing out pretty easily...and its only "giving me" 20-21mph.

No bicycle commute for me today . I sat at NY's Laguardia, in the plane for 4 freakin hours last night waiting for the plane to back out of the gate. Some BS about weather in Atlanta, the Atlanta Radar wen t down, their resurfacing one of the runways in atlanta..etc. I can't even remember all the excuses.
So..I got home last nigt (or really this morning ) at 2:00 am. 7:30 means get up and get the kid ready for school.

I need more sleep.

GT, what part of Decatur were you riding through? It was too cool for my sandals :( and I wore a heavier s/s jersey. Brought the arm warmers just in case.

I hadn't ridden since last Monday :o and my legs and lungs let me know it. :stupid me:

GT -- Mike (Intown Bicycles) caught up with me at Oxford Rd and N. Decatur Rd and told me about the conversation you two had last Friday. No, he didn't hug me. :)

Must have been colder up on the north side of town. I wasn't chilly at all this morning. Maybe I woke up on the warmer side of the bed.

Yea, your name came up in the shop on Friday and I was sympathizing with your rant from the otherday.

About 49 deg F this morning. Dark clouds towards Lake Ontario but otherwise nice. Mynew bike is still without a rack so I rode the anvil. Added a second battery-powered light and that was a good thing as the batteries on my main light died after six miles or so.

I'm loving this! I'll ride through the Fall and Winter for as long as I can, if not through it all.

Green Anvil

Chilly this morning. I layered up, but nothing really very wind-breaking so it was cold going. Not so much as to give in, or feel like I was suffering. I was only on the commute for an hour anyways and it'll be a little warmer on the way back this afternoon. Just gotta remember to wear a jacket next time to cut the blow-through.

i haven't posted in a while, so i thought to come back and let y'all know how i've been doing on my 17mile/day commute through northwest atlanta. i am so much stronger now that i've been doing this for four months. i am maintaining my ride in the upper seven speeds (of the three cogs) and have found that even the top "speed" isn't enough in some places. i bought a used jamis coda this august.

i just came back from a week long cruise in the bahamas, so after all of that food and basically lounging around (actually we did do some work - sea kayaking and shopping really tuckers you out!) so i thought that maybe the ride would be tough - absolutely not my friend! piece of cake! HOWever...

i may need to invest in some long sleeve windbreaker and pants for the cool autumn months.

Gorgeous morning today. Only 4 bikes at the grade school rack this am. 2 were locked, only 1 had training wheels (my son's). Pretty normal trip from there to work. I detoured to the ATM on what I'm told is the worst bike street in town, and it wasn't great, that's for sure, but no incidents.

Friday night's ride home was ick-o-rama... Rain, cold, slushy ice balls falling from the sky, cold, windy and cold. Actually it was only like 35 or so, but the rain, wind, and ugliness falling from the sky made it feel worse. My cow-orkers were trying to talk me out of it, but I told them it will all be over in 17 minutes. It was, but is was a long 17 minutes. :)

On the flip side, this morning was 36f, but calm and clear [and dark] at 5:30am. Roads were pretty barren and that made for a nice commute. It is a tad spooky by the edge of the dark woods though. Something is out there [or im just freakin out over the thought of it]

Two hours (one return bathroom break, three return trips to the garage, one wheel change, one chain link removal, six stops to loosen tight link, one stop to remove too many layers) to do a six mile chain-skipping ride this morning. Mondays suck!

50F Awesome ride in. A little foggy in Bellevue.

Pretty nice except the part where I got to watch some idiot on a brakeless Pista almost get rear ended. It looked like he couldn't stop in time to get behind the rider in front of him in the bike lane so instead he whipped around a car on the left side just as the light was changing. The driver almost accelerated right into him.

Yeah, but I bet he looked cool doing it.

Monday night ride was not too memorable... terrible headwind... my panniers worked like a parachute. :( Other than this it was a comfortable 65 deg F.

great! well, a little hot coming home, but no biggie. rode over some glass before I saw it. waved to two commuters, they actually waved back. nearly got right hooked.

Awesome Commute
 

60 degrees and sunny this afternoon. Rode harder than usual and had my two best times. 35 min for the ride in and 42 for the ride back. Supposed to be sunny and cool for the rest of the week. Fall riding is awesome!

back to longer bike path commute today.

my chain is skipping badly all of a sudden and it even popped off the front chainring once.

I've ordered a new chain, chainring and cassette- should be here in a day or two. The only problem with putting lots of miles on the commuter is it eventually wears out.

Nice rides anyway. Made some good speed on the way home.

Strong cross wind is a increadible good tooll for prefecting your DLLP :)

18"C, mostly cloudy with winds west to 25 kph in London, Ontario. Have gone to a jacket and long leg pants. Gordon Lightfoot playing in cd player.

this can't be right. i can't possibly be home already.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

A cement truck driver decided he did not care that I had the right of way and turned left in front of me. Heavy braking but not a panic. I misjudged his speed, or lack there of, and ended up having to stop in a panic instead of being able to cross behind him. I locked the front brakes and got up on the front wheel. I didn't go over but I lost balance and had to drop the bike and step over the handlebars as the bike fell. Then I tripped over the bike when I stepped back away from the truck and fell.

Broken light $35, busted bell $10, ripped brand new jersey on maiden voyage $65, possibly a bent derailer hanger but it could just be knocked out of alignment $25-$50 depending on the amount of damage. Sure wished I had gotten the company name off the side of the truck since I'm out as much as $150. No injuries though except for a nickel sized road rash on my elbow. Three passing drivers stopped to make sure I was alright. None of them saw the name of the company on the truck either.

The jerk saw me too, he was looking right at me when he started turning and did the sorry wave when he saw me braking hard. I really don't think he realized I could not stop in 10 feet like a pedestrian. I doubt he saw the fall since I was probably in his blind spot at that time. I sure hope he caught my one-finger salute in his mirror though.

In retrospect, I should have planned to stop after he started turning. Cutting behind him was not safe since I could not see around him to make sure no one was following him through the intersection.

Otherwise a nice ride home even after that event. No commute this morning though. That was my last headlight. :( I have one on order that should arrive today.

Commute in today was great because I was riding this...
http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/500...Head_Badge.jpg
Although I was more afraid of being hit and had to avoid any water that was on the road.
I don't plan to commute much on the Witcomb, but every once in a while it will be a nice treat.