Tons of frost in Seattle today... I was coming down 15th Ave from Capitol Hill and skidded out just past Galer. Thankfully, I had my helmet - it suffered a dent.

Yeah bikes!
Boo frost!

Temp 10c easy riding in Blighty.Great to pass queues of cars on my commute to and from work today. On my journey home I had the longest ever wait at a red light at a busy junction. I still made record time to get home to take my son out to athletics training. Dig deep!

cold this morning but not nearly as cold as yesterday. left my parents' house (where I stayed the night before) a little later than I wanted to so I did the first part of the commute as expeditiously as possible given the road conditions. stopped by my bike locker to pick up my lock and then proceeded the rest of the way into work. a lady I passed on the path after saying "on your left" said thanks then something else under her breath. I guess it wasn't well wishes. other than that, it was a good, and invigorating ride in.

got out a little early. put my bike lock in the locker again on the way back and also took a detour up and down the Paint Branch before heading home through some tough crosswinds. passed a homeless-looking person sitting off to the side of the path who positively stunk of the wacky tabacky. snow flurries started coming down as I was getting off the path but they went away after a few minutes. good ride back.

Congrats on the lasik. I'm always a little envious to hear about people brave enough to do the surgery and get great eyesight back. Glasses are such an annoyance! *sigh*

Well today was another excellent commuting day!

On the way in I encountred some city workers put gravel and salt on the bike trail. They warned me that the underpass was a 'glacier'. I was already aware of this but thought it was great they warned me. I actually didn't dismount and was able to stay up over the glacier due to all the stuff they put down.

On the way home approaching the underpass from the opposite direction an approaching jogger warned me of the 'glacier' ahead. Again thought this was very kind. Then as I was about to go from the MUP to road some guy on a road bike yelled something at me ... it was friendly... just not sure what it was. Maybe 'it is really cold' or 'keep on going'. I just waved.

The reason I write all this is that for the past month I have had little to no interaction with anyone besides cars (and a couple racoons) due to the cold and snow. While I certainly enjoyed everyone's friendliness today I somewhat dread when more bikes and pedestrians come out in the spring. I like being one of only a few out there...

rode in and home via Beacon St and the urban road route- no bike path.

I'm crawling along these days at what feels like a snails pace even on the road.

Temp this am about 12F. This evening about 18F.

Unlike the path most of what I can report of the road/street ride is of interactions with motorists. I actually had two positive ones. One a big black pick up truck that gave me plenty of room passing after having had to wait for a while to get by me on Beacon and the other a cabbie that saw me signal to cross over Beacon on the way home and slowed way down and indicated to me that he'd wait as I diagonaled my way across the road.

I got buzzed a couple of times too but I've long since forgotten why or how.

Cr**********p!
I had a stinginess-related accident today. Well, not exactly accident. More like an incident. My rear tire blew up on me, as i was going up a hill, about a mile from work.
And why did it blow up, you ask? Because i was too cheap and didn't follow my mechanic's suggestion to replace the tire as it's worn out.

AGH!
Moral - take care of your tires! And don't stinge out!

Couldn't bike in today, because I have two meetings away from the office that need driving to. On the bright side, I am super tired today, but only b/c I was up til after midnight putting together my 2nd bike, a singlespeed (dinglespeed, really) MTB. Should be done tonight/tomorrow in time to burn off some calories ahead of the Super Bowl!

Another cold and windy ride to work this morning. All was well until the last 1/4 mile when I almost got hit head on by some idiot who couldn't stay in his lane around a turn. He had his car practically the whole way in my lane. I yelled and pointed at him and he jerked his car out of my way. I guess the southerners here really can't deal with the cold weather...which brings me to tomorrow's forecast of snow/sleet/freezing rain. I can't wait to see what is in store for tomorrow's ride :D

yesterday afterwork i thru my bike in a co-workers truck bed, and we went to a rink to play shinny with other workmates. it's roughly the same distance from home as our workplace. so i'm calling that a round commute. besides, i didn't wanna be late for the game.

it was windy as all hell though, 50km/hr gusting to 80!

<sigh> I've already pretty much decided not to ride tomorrow. Since I can't stand the thought of coming to work without riding, I'm just gonna work from home.

I snapped a bolt on my seatpost while I was riding home last night, so I did half my commute standing. I pulled a seat and seatpost off of another bike and used that today. Unfortunately it's set 1/2" too high, so I have to take care of that before I head home.

Oh, and because I broke the seatpost, I have to get a new bike. It's a rule or something.

Lots of frost, 20sF, but no ice, no freezing fog like Monday. I got my smartwool long johns yesterday, wore them in today (as tights, w/ jogging shorts over them), I have to say they were amazingly comfortable. Next step, see how they do when it's wetter.

:roflmao: and heading over to fiddle with my seatbolts. ;)

Been riding all week and it's been mostly good. Today I had to dodge some cup cake who was in a heaving rush to catch-up to the rest of the traffic.

Ouch! Sorry to hear that gendasza. Hope today was better.

26F More frost and ice today. No bunny hops over the speed bumps...took it nice and easy on the turns. Saw other bikers on the route. Still pretty good for January (usually there are none for Jan)

Had a very impressive wipe out on the way in today. For one quarter miles section I decided to take a little 'sidewalk shortcut' due to the snowy weather this morning and wanting to avoid a particually busy stretch. The sidewalk look nice and clear all the way up to my interesection. No peds out so I was travelling at a good clip. Ofcouse a there was a little bridge covered in ice. Didn't see the ice due to the fresh dusting on snow. My bike left me behind and I fould myself sliding across the ice. Amazingly no damage to me or bike. However - a marked fireman car saw the whole thing and turned on his light and stopped in the middle of the road to make sure I was okay. Also a guy in a big truck stopped to ask if I'd like a ride. It was very nice but I declined. As I was pedaling later I realized I left my glasses where I wrecked. Didn't go back- they are 2 dollar hardware glasses. Maybe I'll look on the way home.

So I think the moral of my morning is - when conditions are questionable stay on the course you know is safe. I've done my commute enough over the last few weeks to know where the ice is and to avoid it. It was stupid of my to try to 'shortcut' and I could of hurt myself.

Anyway the ride home will be fun with some fresh poweder. Maybe one day it will get above freezing and this mess will finally just go away.

I didn't ride today because it was too warm. +2F. :rolleyes: Spring must be right around the corner. I walked to the bus instead. Needed a break from riding the unplowed MUP.

But last night I had a funny experience when I got home. It was around 0F. I took off my helmet, goggles, and balaclava, and walked down my driveway to get the mail. When I got back inside and took off my nylon jacket, I noticed the inside was covered with ice. :D It was so cold that my fleece top was wicking sweat, which was then condensing on my jacket and freezing. :eek: Hard. Core.

Was 22 degrees in our nation's capital as I left the house this morning. As I rode in, there were (naturally) not that many commuters out. But then in a grand moment of synergy, four of us all pulled up to a red light at almost exactly the same time. We all gave each other stoic greetings, and then pedalled on. Any of you guys a BFer? (I'm the one who drapes his dress shirts over his pack)

Last night the cold weather caused a solder joint on my headlight to get brittle and break :mad: so I had to use the (totally inadequate) emergency backup I always have with me. A quick solder job fixed the light when I got home, and hopefully the electrical tape applied will provide some necessary strain relief.

This morning was fairly brutal -- it wasn't so much the cold, but the headwinds gusting to 24 mph and maintaining around 17 that tested my will. I even had some sweat freeze on my beard during one prolonged blast ... that was an odd sensation. Looking forward to tonight's commute -- the wind is supposed to be quite a bit more subdued.

So much wind, I lost about 1/4 of my normal speed. Nothing like pedaling hard to keep up 14mph on a downhill where I'm normally coasting at 18+. Good exercise though :)

Temp as I rolled out of bed was -2 F. Nice headwind. Got more than the usual amount of staring as I walked past the smoker-penguin-huddle. Today is one of those days when I question why I do this.

January: 23 work days, 23 commutes by bicycle.

Today I didn't even wear my jacket - just a T-shirt and shorts with knee warmers.

Oh I hate you, I missed 1 day due to repairs from a crash caused by a near miss the day before.

I mean congrats!