Nice ride home. Tailwind. Caught the end of a sunset behind the Adirondacks. :)

finished week off, team building event in philly scheduled tomorrow, 4/5 commute days this week...
getting "easier", feeling stronger! next week, 5/5?
seems like people in cages are increasingly aware of solo commute (seeds being planted).
happy pre-weekend!

it was a gorgeous spring day today... oops, it's December!? great ride in. the ride home was nice but my wife and I met up on the bike path and we were both wiped from long days and toodled home real slow stopping at a pub for dinner.

I am so envious. I can't ride until tomorrow, Doctor's orders. Concussion from mountain bike crash yesterday. Broke my helmet on a rock after losing traction on clay and falling on the back of my helmet. I had my wife take me to the LBS to get a new helmet today. It matches my club's kit.:D

3rd day of 4 this week, 40 degrees, light rain on return ride. Today was not eventful however Friday night rides tend to be the most stressful, forecast is for snow tommorow so I hope the week ends on a happy note. I was told by a customer that I needed my head examined for riding in December but they just have
not seen the light!

"I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw" - hamlet.

"rode madly off in all directions" - stephen leacock.

wind all over the place today, from all directions and at all speeds. my infallible rainmaking ploy of stopping at the grocery store worked yet again. almost ready to start thinking i'm magic.

last sunday i bought another mars taillight and brought it home with packaging to install. tossed the packaging part into a big stockpot that was sitting around on the stove in my dedication to the cause of Brighter Taillights Now, and forgot to dispose of it properly afterwards. yesterday my kid decided to make himself some popcorn while i was at work and i happened to call him to say hi. . . i was baffled about what he meant by 'the plastic thing' until he read out the still-legible word MARS from the charred clump. he bears me and my bike no grudge.

Came in on two wheels to work for the first time today!

I'd been planning and assembling for a while, and finally took the plunge. Took me substantially longer than I had expected (12 miles took over an hour??) but was really satisfying. I can't remember when I last felt this awake at work. It was very strange changing in the restroom here at the office, but in time I guess you get used to it.

It's Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan... I took the west side today, but I think I'm going to try 1st Avenue on Monday.

Bleagh. I'm so happy it's Friday - I won't have to get up at 6:00 to go anywhere. Oh wait - I'm going snowboarding tomorrow. Bah, I'm sleeping in until 6:45...

Beautiful commute!
From my bed to my computer
where work awaits me.

Sweet ride in this morning. Predicted winds of 25MPH turned out to be a tailwind until I got near work. So warm, 45F. Just wish my son had decided to go to sleep earlier than midnight.

Foggiest ride that I have made in years.

Glad that I rode though. I passed another cyclist who was standing in the middle of the road searching for something with his bike light. Turns out he was looking for a lense from his eye glasses. He had a really crappy light and probably never would have found it. I helped him out and it took about 15 minutes but we finally found it. Was thankful again for riding with great lights. So was he.

Going to be a beautiful day in our nation's capital today. Ride in was no big whoop. The telephone temperature guy said it was 42 when I left, but I was sweating in my normal 40s wear. Everyone in my office is planning on leaving early today. I think I will too -- and not tell the wife -- so as to catch an unexpected bonus ride.

30 degrees and no wind this morning -- just about right. On my way home in the dark last night I about hit a skateboarder head-on on the MUP. He was on the wrong side of the MUP -- dark clothing, looking down at his board trying to do some new trick. I was cruising pretty good when my light caught him. I slammed on the brakes, and "educated" him on trail rules. He was embarrassed. He could've been drilled real easy. It was in the high 50s going home last night. The warmer it gets the more idiots are on the MUP :mad:

Everyone have a safe weekend!

Welcome to the brotherhood, superslomo! :beer: You're routine will get smoother after awhile after you see what works and what doesn't.

:eek: Money well spent!

Nice ride for me this morning. I was pushing along well through a light headwind. Temps in the low 40s. Feels like springtime. Very, very strange.

Just got back from a physical exam. HHCMF! :D "Normal weight", elevated BP (white coat hypertension). She told me to eat more vegetables. :o

Part of the adjustment for me is that my regular ride is a triple, and I am a massive weakling :)

The commuter is my old steel Schwinn which has a regular road double. The big cog on the back is (I think) a 25 or 28, where the road/touring bike has a 34. If nothing else I'm definitely going to get a bit stronger over the commute, which should show some dividends on the road bike... hopefully.

It was a really good feeling, but I'm a bit sore at the moment.

The first fog I've seen in quite a while here in SoCal - and I enjoyed every minute of it. Stopped by the farmer's market to load up on the weekend's veggies, put them in my backpack and came to work. Already looking forward to my commute back home!
Awesome!

I was running a little late this morning. I had to swap pedals from my roadie to the commutie. The super-bargain Ritchey mtb pedals I've been using have finally given out. I think I got them for less than $25 on a Nashbar closeout and they've survived several rainy winters. I knew that they were giving out and I've got an order for Shimano 520 pedals coming from probikekit.com but I thought they'd survive the week. Then last night the left one made a really scary crunchy/squeaky noise every turn. I rode home gingerly but didn't get a chance to swap them out until this morning.

Still, I rode in very mellowly today. It's my last commute of the year.

A happy Chanukkah, merry Christmas, a kwazy Kwaanza, a super Solstice, and a prosperous and safe New Year to you all!

Welcome to the Happy Healthy Commuting MuthaF*ckers (HHCMF) club superslomo! You join an elite club of people that are envied and lusted after by the non-cyclocommuting masses. We are highly prized for our incredible physiques, our robust health, our unlimited sexiness and our magical ability to convert pizza and donuts into muscular legs and well toned butts. Congratulations!

Also, our profoundly excessive lighting :)

My commuter is an old steel Schwinn as well. At first I felt the need to upgrade, but now it's starting to grow on me for commuting.
I still secretly lust for a Bianchi :love:

I'm just out of the habit of pushing a double. I ride a triple the rest of the time, so it's an adjustment... It's heavier than my cannondale touring bike, but somehow I think the Schwinn fits me a bit better. I'm more comfortable in the drops.

The main thing was keeping it from looking at all appealing to the talented NYC bike thieves... a 26 year old Schwinn is not eye candy for those guys. Add on a nine pound lock and I'm good to go (I hope).

Just about got side swiped this morning while leaving my apartment complex. A woman in a car turned onto the road and I guess didn't see me until she almost put the front corner of her car into me :rolleyes: I turned my head and glared at her, I think she was a little freaked out :D Had a nice ride in, slower than usual since I had to carry my laptop in my backpack after working at home yesterday. I saw a dead cat on the side of the road :( Temps in the mid 60s already so the ride home should be very nice. TGIF!

Well the wife and kiddies all have strep throat so took the car to get prescription... some other errands. Also don't want to make myself any more vulnerable to getting sick... sucks ... only 2/5 this week. I only actaully have six more days of work left for the year but if I ride all of them I will make my goal of 1000 miles since August.

Really hoping everything is normal next week. I'm sure with the 3 munckins in won't be!

Went back to basics a little this morning. I never used much in the way of cycling specific clothing before the advent of the Internet because I either didn't know it existed, or couldn't justify the expense. Last year was the first time I ever used tights in the winter, and they were OK, as are the J&G Patrol Pants I've been using this year - but it's still a pain in the neck to have to change when I get to work and change again after. Well this morning I said screw it, put on my jeans, secured up the cuff, and off to work I went - and I am going to continue to do so! I'll still use the patrol pants for bad/real cold weather, but over the jeans, rather than over tights! Ya know, sometimes when you get to making more money and being able to buy so much neat stuff, you just end up making your life more complicated that it has to be. I'm done with that noise...blue jeans have worked for me for many decades - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. ;)