Ron, in case you check BF during the day today, Happy Holidays to you and yours! I hope the shoulder heals well. Maybe in the new year I'll be over on your part of campus and can say hello sometime. (There's a rumor in my department that we're going to be moved to Bldg 5; shorter commute for me but nicer facilities)

A rather pleasant ride in this morning with my wife. I had a great night's sleep and roared in fueled by chili con carne. When I got to work, one of the contractors came around with bags of Bernard Callebault chocolates for breakfast. Yummy! Get in my belly!

Nice ride. I stopped to try and budge the segment of tree trunk that somebody had cut out of the downed tree I posted a pic of yesterday, but no use and I got coated w/ resin. Grrr...

While stopped at a red light a kid in a passing bus yelled out "Nice Bike" to me Made my morning. Temps are starting to return back to normal after the near record 76 yesterday.

Nice weather - very fast ride in....16.9 MPH rolling average, which is my fastest so far for the 21.5 mile ride in. With about 1 mile to go, my front derailleur stopped working. Cable slipped out, and couldn't shift the front. Also, when I got to the intersection before work, I noticed the front QR was open, and that scared me a bit. Locking it up in the garage, I tried to tighten the QR, and attempting to latch it, I heard a "crack.". Somehow, the thread for the cap nut got stripped, and wouldn't hook up.

I took the bike to Revolution Cycles in Clarendon (Arlington, VA) at lunch (Walking it onto the Metro), and they replaced the stripped cap nut and adjusted the QR. Also, they reseated the FR Der. cable, and adjusted it so that it shifted properly. 15 minutes, no charge. I was a happy guy!

Great commute today, upper 30's on the way in, 40's on the way home. Took the long way doing a couple Central Park loops.

Nice ride in. No fog. Not too many weirdos. The temps were nice: 47 - 50 degrees and I started breaking a good sweat without wearing a ton of clothes.

Holy crap! Once again HOLY bejeezers!
I had a motorist stop to criticize my rear blinkie and it was actually helpful and nicely done.
Usually my LD1000 is hanging off my saddlebag when I pick up my son from daycare in the trailer. This time I had the rack trunk with the blinkie hanging off of it. The motorist pulled next to me, got my attention, and prefaced his statement with a "I just wanted you to be aware and I am not trying to be an ahole. I can not see your blinkie with the trailer behind it". I thanked him and pulled over to relocate it to the attachment point on the back of my jacket. I think I will use this as an excuse to purchase a few more blinkies for the back of the trailer and as backups.
Mistakes happen. My son paying for one of mine is not something I would like to think about. Thank you nice motorist. Finally some holiday spirit!

Another great commute with full use of my lungs. Probably won't be commuting tomorrow and I have Thur/Fri off. They are calling for a huge storm with 10-20'' of the white stuff. At least will have a white Christmas.

Any of you Colorado commuters going to brave it tomorrow?

Not I. I do not see the point of working out and crashing. Then I would loose more time recovering.
I do not have a decent snow bike. Plus, the bus line that come right by my house and takes me to the new light rail line kind of spoils it for me. Going to hit the gym after work.

street ride in on Comm Ave and just as I pass BU I'm riding side by side with a hard riding, red light running Boston bike cop. I'm a stop at the lights on Comm Ave and go only when it seems clear kind of guy and I wasn't sure if he was running them because he was on a call or just pushing down the road for the exercise so I didn't exactly follow his example. I chatted him up at one of the lights he did stop at complimenting him on his speedy style and remarking that if he rides at that rate all day he'll definitely be in shape from being a bike cop. Like most bike cops I've met he seemed only too happy to be acknowledged for the extra effort that goes into being a cop on a bicycle.


the ride home I did solo on the bike path. my back tire needs air.

nothing exciting to report. i didn't get rained on.

A bit brisk this morning, 22 degrees F when I left the house. I was dressed just about right though, so I wasn't cold.

Did resolve one of the problems I was having with my water bottle this summer. I was having trouble keeping the water cold all summer, but I seem to have found a solution, as it was nice and cold all the way in this morning (including having to bite loose the frozen valve at one point).

Funny how that works.

Mid-20Fs for me. Nice clear sky. Some ice on the MUP but nothing hazardous. Almost no one out there this morning, pedestrian or otherwise.

14F with 10MPH headwind today. My wife bought me a set of ear bags last night, which are polartec fleece things that cover the ears. They worked great under the skull cap, and I could hear too. Dorky but effective.

Nice commute in except for the B***ch in the white corolla that tried to run me over. I gave chase long enough for her to see me in her rearview giving her a 2 handed 1 finger salute. Not really proud of my reaction, but damn...I don't feel like spending Christmas in the ICU. I did manage to maintain 34+ mph on the MTB while chasing the little car. I am kind of proud of that though.

Yesterday, I did an abbreviated commute. I had to go to a department meeting that was held at my bosses boss's house. So, yesterday I only got in 10 miles round trip. I was completely amazed at the stupidity of drivers yesterday. None of them came close to me or anything, but just how they blocked all the intersections, ran red lights, honked at people that obviously could not move, etc. I guess there's not much Christmas spirit this year for some reason.

It's starting to cool down a bit again. For a few days there I was enjoying not needing to wear my face mask, but if it gets any cooler I'm going to have to bring it along again. Other than that, another great ride. I'm really glad I replaced my chain, the other one was probably robbing 4 or 5 km/h from me!

I tried a shortcut today that didn't really end up being a shortcut. Holy crap - there was so much traffic this morning. I'll be happy when half of downtown has Friday off.

I've seen a lot of that lately. Humbug!!

Personal best for the ride in today, still pathetic time wise, but for an upright commuter not as pathetic as it used to be!!!

Another nice ride in this morning. We're having our "holiday" luncheon today (it's called "holiday" because none of my co-workers celebrates Christmas) so I'm sitting here in slacks, sweater, etc. My usual attire (when it's as warm as it has been ) is shorts and t-shirt.

I hit a milestone today on my ride in: 1,000 miles of bike commuting for 2006!!!

Very nice ride with temps in the upper 30s/low 40s and very little traffic--it makes a noticeable difference when Congress is out of session.

Pretty uneventful for me. Back to rainlike activity, heavy mist at least.

Since my wife has taken over kid duty w/ a temporary change in her schedule, I've been commuting at more typical rush hour times, and finding the drivers to be a lot more annoyed/annoying than at off hours. What else is new...

Congrats man! I just hit 2600 miles for the year this week.

Had a typical ride in this morning. Temps finally feeling like winter this morning, low 30s. Today is my last day of riding in this week but I am hoping to get at least another ride in next week for the last of the year. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everybody

I've made 2 of 3 so far this week but the forecast is for snow tonight so I might be out of luck for the
rest of the week. Temps in the teens in the morning, mid 30s in the evening. I can handle that. Good luck to those who are riding for the rest of the week and Happy Holidays to all!