Don't feed wildlife. It's bad for them.

I had to work late last night, so rode home a slightly different route (the late work was at an event place, not our office) - which was great. I came outside to head home from the event location and it was raining, nothing like being prepared with my goretex though. Took Mortimer instead of Cosburn again for fun, loved the ride home - fairly quiet roads at 10:30pm where I was riding. 36 mins.

Didn't ride in today, seems my schedule and weather tied in nicely as I had to take my daughter in for a doctors appointment and it's been snowing and damn cold today, -16C with windchill I think I saw. Semi-rest day, I'm joining a few colleagues for after hours skating at a local open air rink.

Haha...I did that at lunch today. Rode my bike to the rink w/ the skates in my backpack. Be careful out there, I hear there's been a rash of peds getting run over lately in T.O.

12F this morning, with 20-30mph winds. Wind chill of -2F. My personal cold record this season. The ride was alright, except I should have had an extra layer for my legs, and maybe feet. Still, if I feel cold getting to work, why am I all sweaty when I take all the gear off?

Goggles are great!

Best commute yet. I just got a road bike last night, so now the broke-down mountain bike i've been riding (and i mean like everything that can be messed up - gears, wheels, size too small for me, etc, is messed) is permanently relegated to the back yard.

commuting is fun again...

And not just for them. Also the humans whom they annoy, scare or even threaten after "human" and "food" get linked in their mind.

Foggy and 39F...nice ride in.

Anyway, the ride today was pretty darn cool. I was afraid there might be some ice on the roads, but encountered none. Fingers were a bit chilly at first but not for long. Strange - usually fingers get colder the longer I ride...

Weird stuff with routes today. I decided on one (I have several favourites) and then had some much fun passing a traffic jam on Davenport that I missed my turn-off. Shoot! Ok, I figured, I'll ride to Yonge, take Yonge to Bloor and just bike straight along Bloor to the Bloor Viaduct and over, and from there take the route I meant to take. So I was riding along Yonge and suddenly see the sign "Wellesley". I missed Bloor! Torontonians will understand. :D

Coming back, I decided to take the Millwood Bridge for variety but as I approached it, I saw a police car blocking the entrance to the bridge. So all the motorists had to curse and take a detour through some other bridge (which, of course, created a bunch of jams in the vicinity) but the cops just waved me through. Awesome! A superwide empty bridge all to myself! Too bad I was riding so slowly 'cause of the headwind. After crossing the bridge I saw more police cruisers (three or four I think!), a bunch of yellow tape at an intersection and two badly mangled autos. The police directed me to a quick parking lot detour to bypass the intersection and I was on my way. Very little traffic for a couple of km after the bridge as well because most of the usual traffic there comes from the bridge. Heh heh, gotta love riding dat bike! :D

Are the rinks open already? Gee, I miss everything. Gotta put those rollerblades away and pull the ice skates out! :D

You missed some great biking weather! :p :p :p The roads were clear and the few die-hard bike commuters very sociable (there is an increased sense of comradeship, I guess). But when your kids gotta go to a doctor, you gotta take 'em to a doctor.

Dangit! I knew I shouldn't of given that mountain lion all those steaks. Now he just keeps following me around licking his lips!

What I'd really like to know is WHO WAS THE FIRST ONE TO INVITE THE MOSQUITOES TO A DROP OF BLOOD!!! :D

It was 6F with a 10-15mph headwind on the way in to work this morning. I had frost between my balaclava and my helmet when I took it off. This is the coldest morning so far, and it looks like I have a couple of adjustments yet to make for weather like this. This is my first winter commuting and I am still trying to figure out how to keep my feet warmer when it's down below 15F and windy, and it looks like I'm going to have to add another layer of underwear. Had to stop and stuff an extra pair of wool socks in my pants about half way to work to keep from freezing with the windchill from the headwind. Once I get that figured out, I think I should be able to commute the whole winter, or at least down to 0F.

The ride home was quite a bit better, 12F with only a 5mph headwind. It switched from north to south during the day. Why is it that the wind rarely ever gives you a tailwind both ways, but seems to frequently give you a headwind? Maybe I just remember the headwinds more...

29 degrees going in, to tie last year's coldest commute. Undoubtably will set a new record low commute this year. No comparison to some other commuters, but it is cold to me. Felt like I was flying both ways today. Maybe I was, I passed more cars than usual.:D

ain't nobody out there on the bike path but me. My wife rode in earlier today so I know someone else was out there but the little touch of winter we've had so far has scared all the fair weather bike commuters away. Where do they go? The bus? In their cars? It's kind of strange. It doesn't even feel like the weather's gotten that bad yet this year.

Snow due tomorrow, though.

rode home late. and rode real slow into a moderate headwind. I was tired.

not much to report. i got there and got back and ate some peanut butter sandwiches in between. seems like ever since the big snow i've been fighting some covert illness that won't go away, but can't break all the way through and make me officially sick either. result: i feel tired enough to lean on spare walls all the time, but can't figure out what my problem is since i don't feel 'sick'. i just put it down to the winter tires and wonder why i'm not used to them yet. i will be happy when it goes away.

two other bikes in the bike cage today. nice in a way, and in a way disappointing since it means i'm not all uber and special and hard-core anymore

Awesome! Snow ride! :) First of the season. First tracks last night going home from work, then someone came through after me. Saw his/her tracks this morning. Little bit of ice here and there which concerned me because I don't have studded tires yet, but the knobby tires never flinched.

Last night it was snowing like mad, and dark. Winter riders will know how beautiful this is with a nice headlight in the woods. I felt like all was right with the world. No noise save for my tires on the ground and a whispering wind in the trees. (I feel poetic.)

2F (-17C) on the cyclocomputer this morning, with a tailwind.

Funnily enough, I was the first one in my area to show up, on time, and I'm riding a bicycle. :rolleyes:

It's freaking freezing!
Good thing I'm working from home
Because it's Friday!

19 degrees when I left the house this morning. I got psyched out by the weather man and threw on an extra layer -- then I was burning up by the time I got to work. I might switch to Power Grip pedals this time of year so that I can manage some bigger shoes.

25F and slight headwind this morning. My knees and left hip have been bothering me, so I moved the seat back a bit and upped my cadence. Much better. Also getting better at picking the right clothes for the weather. Mid-weight liner and shell were perfect.

24 degrees in our nation's capital this morning, but nice and sunny so it was an enjoyable ride. Dressed perfectly, and I kept being pleased about that. Wind was heavy so I was putt-putting a bit, but that's okay.

First commute report (3rd day for this cycling n00b) :-)

Left to work last night with 22 degrees out and a 30mph headwind. Went past a local grocery store on Coney Island Ave that looked like it had just gotten robbed, with about 8 cop cars flying in from all directions.

Realized rather quickly that I overdressed and decided to pull over by prospect park to take off a layer. Got the most insane looks from people sitting in a car looking at me like I'm batshiat crazy. Rest of the ride was much better although I felt like I was wearing a parachute.

Ride home in the morning was awesome (23 degrees, sunny, windy); probably my favorite so far. Went past a bunch of really, really cold looking people with a big grin on my face and caught a tailwind over the Brooklyn bridge and almost all the way home to Midwood.

I'm already beginning to really despise pedestrians that walk out a quarter of the way into the road while waiting for a walk light. Cars on the other hand seemed quite courtious today, except for the lady that drove into the blocked off bike path on the Brooklyn side of the Brookyln bridge just as i was pulling into it.

I'm kind of wishing the weather would stay like this instead of climbing back into the 50's as it's supposed to within a day or two. I really need to get a proper jacket; Kenneth Cole just doesn't quite cut it.

I wish I could have ridden, but have a nasty head cold. I ended up taking Metro in today (crowded!) and timed it to compare with my bike commute. I hit every connection perfectly--walked from my house to an arriving train, made the transfer without waiting, didn't have to wait to cross the street.

Total Metro time: 35 minutes (normally 40+ minutes, sometimes up to an hour when there are problems)

Average bike commute time this week (my garage to parking parking garage): 41 minutes (14 ~ 15 mph pace)

Most days my bike commute is faster, not to mention infinitely more enjoyable than being jammed in a rail car with hundreds of my closest friends.

Yeah, but dang I bet you look good. :)

Welcome to the Happy Healthy Commuting MuthaF*ckers (HHCMF) club Mazaev! Treat yourself to a slice at DiFara's and take comfort in the fact that you are now a superior specimen of human being and thus more sought after by the opposite sex simply because you are hardy and brave enough to ride your bike and in better shape than those who drive around like zombies.