pinkrobe

I was pretty fast on the way in, due to the fact I was back on skinny tires today. It was supposed to snow, but didn't, so I cruised at a high rate of speed. I may have to bump up my gearing, as I spun out a little too often...

luckysnafu

Overdressed for the ride home last night and was sweating my butt off by the time I got home (didn't feel like stopping to take a layer off). This morning I had a very nice ride to work. Temps in the mid 40s with a breeze and very overcast. Rain is forecast for today but I made it in without seeing a single drop. It should roll through by early afternoon and be long gone by the time I head home.

Relaxer

The rain made everyone all screwy, so I felt like I was avoiding death every 10 feet on the ride in. It got me really rattled, and I usually don't feel stress about traffic. I stupidly wore all black, and it's so grey out, that noone could see me and I narrowly missed 3-4 collisions at the last minute, with several more close calls. Probably the first commute ride where I was physically relieved to be getting off the bike.

caloso

Mid-fifties (F) and a heavy mist. I was overdressed and sweaty upon arrival again.

HardyWeinberg

one rain/headwind squall, very short, and then a fantastic tailwind my last mile or so. Blinding sun right now.

DataJunkie

My commute passes through 3 counties and a few cities. Imagine my surprise when an Adams County Sheriff deputy intercepted me on the Platte Trail in Commerce City. Apparently, it is illegal to ride on a trail in my crappy assed county. Yet another reason why I want to move to Denver. Interrogating the officer did no good and I left the trail. Cycled for 1 mile into Denver county and rejoined it. Being that I enter the trail up north next to a Thornton Police station and say hello to officers from time to time..... you draw your own conclusions. Moronic rules. Anyhow, I have been planning to find a street route due to bad weather and horrible paths. I guess tomorrow I try route 1. What an idiotic rule. Maybe I will object to it if I can ever find the time.

Pippin

Strong, gusty winds in Seattle this AM. Headwind all the way into downtown where everything swirled at twice the speed. 3x the work than a normal ride in so I hope to have the tailwind tonight.

bikedaddy

The Platte Trail goes from 120th to somewhere near downtown Denver right? Isn't one of it's primary purposes for bike use? How much of is in the Adams country jurisdiction?

This seem ridiculous to me. I can't imagine being stopped on one of the trails up here and told it is illegal.

DataJunkie

It is the major north south trail in the metro area. It starts from 104th and goes to bear lake (i think) in the SW metro area. At least Denver does not have their heads shoved up their proverbial rear ends. Maybe I will PM cyccommute for ideas on what I can do.

From 104th ave to around 50 something avenue is adams county.
What a load of crap.

bikedaddy

Well no commuting today. My wife is sick so I'm staying home to help with the 3 little kids. Had to miss Thur, Fri, and Mon to help my wife because she had surgery foir carpal tunnel recently and is limited to the use of one hand right now. If I don't miss any commutes the rest of the year then I'll just barely hit my goal of riding 1000 miles between mid Aug and the end of the year. Might have to go on a couple 20 mile rec rides just for good measure.

Very sick of not being on my bike as much as I would like. Also sick of all the infectious crap my kids bring home from preschool!

FormerBMX'er

Welcome to my world

jedde

50º + sunny in Cleveland???

Muchos gracias El Nino!

Mazaev

Had a weird and unpleasant one last night / today. The way in was pretty quick actually although I overdressed a bit for the 50 degree weather.

The way home this morning was just weird. Was trying to leave early to make it home before the rain started and ended up leaving an hour late (indeed JUST as the rain started). For some reason, the pedestrians just kept stepping off the curbs right into my path the whole ride. Then, in Brooklyn, I ran into some accident that had happened earlier to find the street I usually take from the bridge (Henry) blocked off by cop cars and fire engines, one garbage truck and what looked to be someone's covered up corpse in 2 pieces across the street from each other. Didn't have my camera on me, and didn't take long to not mind that factoid.

Then some lady almost hit me as she was pulling out rather briskly out of a gas station in a minivan on Coney Island Ave. It was raining and I have slicks on my bike. Happened in slow motion when I noticed her. Somehow, my back wheel locking up and slipping all over the place as I hit the brakes, I managed to stay on the bike and she managed to stop the car with her bumper 4 inches from me with a scared, startled look on her face. I managed to scream out something like "#@$%#$%ing" as I prepared for impact that never happened. Grumpily made a "watch where you're going" gesture and went on my merry way, glad that the ride was almost over.

[edit] Found out what had happened earlier.

jyossarian

So pedestrians and bicyclists can be killed w/o the driver facing charges. Amazing. And by amazing, I mean stupid.

Trip home was slow cuz traffic was slow. That's about it.

gizem310

Last night my husband got jumped while commuting back home, at 6 pm in the middle of downtown LA!!! One of the two man walking next to the bike path stretched out his arm and hit him in the face. My husband fell off his bike and the guys took off in a car waiting for them. They did not steal anything, so probably it was a gang dare.
Husband's fine, other than a very swollen face and a shut eye.
I'm writing this to remind everyone that all of us commuters must be on guard at all times. It's not only the cagers that we need to watch out for.

tomg

better..But,
first flat (rear) of new distance. extended repair due to first patch failed, had to re-seat tire/tube 2x (was too dark). reset # 3 at home garage. if seals hold = i'll go again tomorrow! see what unfolds!
flats are not cool!

buzzman

sorry to hear this story. it can be really disturbing to be mugged. especially when the pathetic creeps run off like that- no place to put your rage . I hope your husband recovers well. Violence SUCKS!

my ride was, fortunately, uneventful. a lovely roundtrip on the bike path. it rained after I left home this morning and before I left work tonight but not during my rides.

tokolosh

morning headwind, but nice and steady, not dramatic at all. i set out under yer average cloud cover, and slowly got more and more light as i went south. i parked my bike in full sunlight, but when i turned round the mountains to the north had just disappeared behind all the dark purple-grey clouds. pretty cool for a place where winter is usually so unvarying.

i worked way-way-way late because i had something i just wanted to get finished with, so rode home on the short slope towards midnight. kind of nice and very quiet, although a little surreal and i'm gonna be tired tomorrow. all but one northbound lane of the bridge was closed, and there were people with jackhammers and safety vests doing something civil-works-like in the middle of it.

gbcb

Traffic lights on one of the city's main streets were all out this morning, and it loused up traffic everywhere. Cars were taking up the bike lanes, forcing me to ride down the yellow line in the middle for short sections . The pollution is also terrible today. Yuck. About to leave for home now.

Edit: ride home was pretty standard.

substructure

Dense fog. Absolutely horrible. Several cars nearly clipped me. One guy pulled out in front of me while I was going down hill. My brakes were wet so I had to Conan the things to slow as much as possible. He sped off and then flew up the hill and swerved around another car in a no passing zone. Jackass. Cagers really hated me today. I guess my lights weren't cutting through the stuff that well. Plus my front light started cutting off because of all the moisture getting in it. But I'm here safe and sound. Heck, I was praying the whole way for protection.

Mr_H

Pleasant morning, about 35 or so, light wind. This evening we're supposed to be 50 but with heavy wind gusts. Always gotta have something to screw up my day

Mazaev

As is becoming standard, the way in was much more pleasant last night. Only thing of note was the pile of glass bits covering the full width of the blocked off bike path approaching the Brooklyn bridge. Had to pull over on the bridge and pull a nice shard of glass out of the rear tire, although thankfully the damn thing held together and didn't go flat.

Got my Descente wind layer yesterday and wore it for the first time. The thing feels great but I think I'll save it for 35 - 45 degrees or so.

The way home was foggy and very humid. While uneventfull, I was pushing it pretty hard towards the end and came home absolutely drenched. No dead bodies on the way home, so that's an improvement over yesterday. After a shower and a bowl of borscht, I'm eager to go ride again (and ride I will, to get me a spare tube and a new reflective ankle band since I unfortunately lost mine)

47 degrees today with a high of 60 and 65 tomorrow. I'm hoping it'll get cold again soon. I really enjoyed the 30 degree trips much more.

kokomo61

FOGGY. I thought it would lighten up by leaving a bit later, but no go. It was foggy the whole way in, too. Because the roads were a bit damp, I took the Trek 7300, full light kit blazing. The headlight didn't help much, but hopefully the LED flashers let people know I was there.

Temp was nice for the trip in. Around the East Falls Church Metro, I ran into a nest of bike commuters. Usually I see 1 bike at a time, with most moving in the opposite direction, a solo bike passing (or being passed), and that's it. Today, there were 4 of us in a relatively tight bunch, all headed the same direction, and all wearing yellow jerseys/jackets. As the pack stretched out, I passed a 5th commuter, and spied a 6th commuter, and I almost caught him, but he went straight at my turn-off.

This afternoon, it'll be almost 60F, so I'll be losing my base layer for the trip home.

luckysnafu

Cool and very foggy this morning. Made it in without incident though. I will be leaving early this afternoon to go home to give our new dog his medicine and to wait for the cable guy to turn our internet back on.

jyossarian

Pulled my back muscles
So I stoop when I'm walking
and move really slow