I just checked the weather page and we've got a barometric pressure reading of 102.4 kPa; that's set to crash out in the near future, I would guess. That's probably why everyone's feeling so oppressed (everyone here at work is dragging around too).

Stupid high altitude cities... wonder how Denver's doing.

Today is my 13th straight work day commuting, my longest streak yet! Too bad I can't ride tomorrow since I have an appointment to get my broken finger looked at. Had a pretty normal commute this morning, nothing out of the ordinary.

Sucked! Had to abort my commute. It was raining about half way into the commute and I had my change of clothes in my grocery pannier. Wouldn't have made it to work with dry clothes if I had kept going. My first instinct was to put them in my weather proof messenger bag and put that in the pannier as it looked like rain was coming. No, I didn't do that. Always trust your first instinct!!

Thank you for that touching sympathy,


It will be remembered.........



:)

Nice 75 min ride home, 1st a 9 mile detour the wrong way, then to Thing 2's daycare, for her and trailer, then to Thing 1's kindergarten, and finally home.

Freaking rain! I did not dress properly (not that I own any rain gear. Need to rethink that one). Rode to the nearest rail station and took a ride with my bike. Had to pick up my son. Riding a bus sopping wet is not fun. Did 4 miles instead of 28. Tomorrow looks much nicer.

Hey, it's not snowing in all of the Great White North! In Ottawa, it was 84F today and it's going to be much hotter tomorrow. There's even a smog warning! :D

Took Roscomare home today. That is one tough road. Theres one section about 2/3's the way up that is a very steep grade. A bit hotter than yesterday bit still very nice. Better enjoy it because the triple digits r not far off.

Did my first 'walk of shame' today - luckily it was only about 0.5mi away from my destination. Started noticing a bit more resistance than normal, very slight (headwind + slight incline I figured) - then after starting off from a light, I felt a LOT more bumps than I thought, took my left turn off Danforth (major arterial) and felt it squirm all over the place - thankfully the turn I took was very gentle, it was already down to about 30psi I'd guess. I felt it, carried on for another metre or so, decided it was way too low to ride on and walked. I just got back in so now's my time to figure out what happened.

Other than that, great ride - lots of bikes to chase/pass and also chase/try to pace with :) One guy on an old Peugoet was keeping a really great pace across the bloor viaduct (Prince Edward viaduct?) and then we were both caught at a light by a guy on a Specialized Allez - I almost caught the Allez up but just as I was within a few hundred yards I hit the wall and then experienced the mechanical.

Overall a good ride though, thankfully it was lovely and warm out, made the walk not so shameful :)

Well today was my 2nd day commuting, first full day (to and from work), about ~7mi each way.

It was relaxing, refreshing and down right nostalgic.

The only gripe I have is that there was a mid-20's kid in a Siemens van that couldn't stomach me being in the road with cars, despite that I was going downhill and keeping up w/ traffic. He jumped into the oncoming lane, over a blind hill and redlined it, only to have to stop 30 feet away at a stop light. As I rolled past him I just glanced over and he shouted "WHAT?!" ... I just waved.

Yay.

Another awesome ride with spouse. I go his speed working on cadence...today his boss rode in. All met at local brewery after work...great end of work day experience

Rode home in 38 degree rain... in shorts and a light windbreaker. I kinda sucked. No, it really sucked. Same mucky storm that pushed DataJunkie off his ride.

On the plus side I lit up the new Edge computer on the way home:
Summary Data
Total Time (h:m:s) 0:21:32 4:08 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s) 0:18:43 3:49 pace
Distance (mi ) 4.90
Moving Speed (mph) 15.7 avg. 33.8 max.
Elevation Gain (ft) +268 / -618
Avg. Heart Rate 121 bpm Zone 2.6
Temperature (°F) 38°F avg. 41°F high
Wind Speed ( mph) WSW 11.5 avg. WSW 14.9 max.

And for something really cool, check out the MotionBased.com map GPS overlay.
For best effect...
set map to Hybrid [on top right of map]
zoom in to 3rd tick from the top [on top left of map]
next to play button , set the dropdown to .5x
press play
GPS MAP OVERLAY

If the weather breaks in the am, I'll log another ride on the way in.

I lokked down to see my lockring for my fixed cog circling the hub.. I'll tighten that later. My alter ego Singlespeed man will just have to do the commute. The ride home was uneventful, exept for skitching a passing car. I liked what was playing on the radio.

Fine ride home yesterday, good ride in this AM. Pleasant weather and no JAM's to report. This will be my last post for a while. Heading to Germany for work next week, and won't be able to ride in again until June 5 at the earliest.

Ride home was the best ever! I had the wind at my back and the weather was nice. It doesn't get any better than this.

Great ride in this morning, legs felt strong and I had plenty of energy (probably due to last night's pasta dinner-something I rarely eat). I ran into more riders than usual, in fact, there was a small traffic jam of bikes at 15 th Street near the Tidal Basin (4 bikes in total), a rare sight for me. In fact, I out sprinted everyone up the hill and rode a wave of greens all the way to Constitution. I'm hoping for a quiet day and plan on sneeking out early to go for an evening ride at Wakefield (gotta take advantage of this great weather).

Terrific commute this morning. Perfect temperature around 60F. Blue skies. A little bit of a headwind, but nothing bad. I forced myself to not exceed 15MPH and have a nice relaxed ride. That went well until I spotted a roadie reeling me in about a mile from work, so I started playing cat & mouse with him, briefly dialing it up to 400 watts and 30MPH once. :p He followed me off the MUP and onto the street so I pushed it up again. He never did get very close. I was going to wait for him at a red light and say hi but he went another way before I got there. Oh well.

I rode to work for the first time yesterday. I've test ridden the path a few times, but never made the trip with a purpose. Some guy in a blue truck yelled something at me... all I heard was 'bicycle', so who knows? 7.2 miles to work. On the way back, something happened to my knee about 1.5 miles from home. I called my wife to come pick me up because I was NOT going to injure myself to the point of not riding for a week or so. I'm going to give it a rest today, and do the ride again on Friday. What's it with people making fun of a big (fat) guy on a bike?

Nice ride, but legs feel tired from yesterday and this morning's workout. Need to do about 15 miles tonight to get ready for September!

Didn't get a chance to re-cable rear brakes, then got a dump of snow. And my wife is out of town so the car's at home. I'm a cager today, for the second time in a year and a half.

I will admit that I exclaimed "OH ****!!!!" When I saw 3-4" of snow on the front lawn this morning. However, with zero accumulation on the roads, it was merely chilly today. On the plus side, I won't have to mow the lawn when I get home. I think that I'll get a pizza instead. :D

Perfect Conditions
 

Great round trip commute yesterday!

Cut my morning commute by 5 minutes using a new route adding more trails to the mix

No head wind on the ride home made great time cutting 5 min off ride home too using a completely different route home to avoid any type of repetitive loop. I even encountered a man riding a horse while on the trails in the Pine Bush Preserve.

GREAT COMMUTE!
weather continues awesome, new tubeless setup doing awesome, life is awesome. Cheers!

Gave myself a good scare on the ride in today. New route with a steep hairpin turn descent that I took too fast.

At the turn I applied both brakes ... needed to modulate rear braking because rear wheel started to skid out twice ... judged it was better to go straight toward the opposite wall 'cause I could stop before hitting it, rather than try and make the turn which would have taken me out ... worked out OK.

Aside from that, I switched from the Bontrager saddle I was trying out, back to my usual Bianchi saddle - heavier but much more comfortable, a keeper.

Also tweaked my FD in a way that seems to have worked - yesterday it was resisting upshifting to the big ring, then throwing the chain off.

Exciting moment riding home yesterday. I approached a couple of women bikers from behind. I got close enough to pass after the curve. Coming out of the curve, one of them lost control of her bike when she paniced about getting close to the mup edge. She was suddenly all over the MUP with very sharp handlebar turns. I backed way off and got left to give her room to fall without worrying about hitting her. I was sure she was going down but she recovered without falling.

Otherwise nothing noteworthy ...

Last night was my first "twilight" ride. Yay blinkies! No problems a-tall, except the shades. I wear Smith sliders, and I use the yellow lens for low-light conditions. I did the same (the sun had just set when I started out), and they were...okay, but it seemed like headlights were a lot brighter, and by the end of the ride things were getting pretty dim. Of course, when I took the shades off, they were pretty dim, but I'm wondering if I shouldn't pick up something with a clear lens. I also have an orange lens for the sliders, but I haven't tried them yet. What's better for twilight, yellow or orange?

Ride in this morning was great! At the first intersection I got held up from making my usual quick left by traffic, so I just...kept going straight. Result: a longer (about 15 minutes) but much more interesting and diverse commute: busy streets, quiet neighborhood streets, parks, and two different MUPs. What fun! I can't wait to invent another new route on the way home!

Good weather for the ride in. I've started actual training for some rides within the next month so I was pretty tired this morning. I took the ride easy. I'm looking forward to the weekend when I can ride without being loaded down with work stuff.

38 miles before 7:30!!!! Nice ride...the last 12 were with about 8kts of wind....so they hurt...

I looked at the snow and went "oh fer cryin out loud" - then put on my fleece tights and rode anyway :D Actually it was great, roads were wet but nothing worse, and I was just the right temperature in my layered clothes (some of which still smell like campfire smoke from the weekend, heh). My only complaint was cold wet feet. I may do the baggies-over-socks thing on the way home.

Had to do one detour because of downed branches on the MUP, so I rode in traffic. Drivers were very courteous about giving me room (I think they probably thought I was dangerously insane; my co-workers agree).

Saw about 15 other commuters - about a tenth of the usual!

This morning may have been one of the most beautiful mornings i've seen. Weather was cool and clear, everything crisp and clean after yesterday's storm.

Light snow on PikesPeak as well as the foothills.

Finally got enough rain to clean the streets. I believe that they have stopped sweeping the streets here unless you make a request.

Great day to be on the bike :)