chanced the ride in today... 60% chance of rain but I managed to beat it in-- we'll see if I'm so lucky on the way home.

I'm jealous reading all you guys stories of riding to/from work...I just moved to Durham, NC and I am wondering why I haven't started doing this myself since I live about 5 miles from my job...Now that I'm actually motivated to start tomorrow, we're supposed to get snow, rain, ice! I guess I'll have to stay jealous for another day...

It's been rainy for the past two days in Tucson. Today it starting raining 5 seconds after I walked out of work. Luckily I went out and bought rain gear last night. Exchanged a hello with a fellow fg rider at the bike crossing.

Don't let a little weather stop you ;)

Lovely morning for a ride today. Top of about 90 today so it will be warm on the way home. Had a nice chat to a lady I see quite often on my way to work. I have been encouraging her to have a go at one of our club triathlons for quite a while. Well she actually did in early January and said she'll be back for more. Feels good to get a newcomer hooked on the sport.

in the 20's this morning, definitely cold enough for the balaclava. good, relatively fast ride in. had to make a detour to stop by my bike locker and pick up my lock. I hope I can get a new lock mount soon. I counted at least 7 other cyclists this morning... good to know I'm not the only one crazy enough to get my pedal on in this weather.

got out late, so I rode over to campus for some dinner then back from there. only added an extra mile and a half or so to the ride back. fast and fun, although traffic was heavy in some spots.

26F Awesome...great sunrise and sunset. Frosty with black ice

+1! FedEx studded tires ASAP! :) I'll be riding tomorrow. It's supposed to be in the 20s! Shorts and jersey weather! :rolleyes:

Delightful. It was windy and a bit nippy, but very enjoyable in the sun. I had my longer commute where I take the train and my bike to an afternoon meeting. On the way home, there were no hooks available to hang my bike, but that was ok. This very nice guy let me lean my bike all over his, he even shared his dinner with me. That would be my wonderful, little brother! I mean, if you can't lean your bike against your brother's, well, that would be too sad to contemplate. It was so much fun to run into him on our commutes home. We laughed, joked, and generally horrified the quiet folk on the train. :D Then we shared our bike ride from downtown for a good long way before our ways diverged. I'll be coming home that way at the same time as him every Wednesday for the next month, so watch out Washington County MAX commuters! We'll be driving you bonkers at about 5:30 once a week! :p

You people are amazing in my eyes. Your stories are incredible to read everyday. I was reading today and it seemed that some of you are wiping out in the awful weather conditions. Please be careful my fellow riders. I can not afford to crash, so I make it a goal to get to work without injury. This morning on the local weather they were saying the roads are slick out there. As I started out in the wet weather I tried to remember the roads are slick and to take the corners a little bit slower today. It is in the upper 50's and wind about 10mph behind me. I was a crusin' man. The only time I get slowed down is an overpass that drops the gears down to a crawl, but once over it and in high gear and a coast down hill, standing up, it was so peaceful and a great ride.

On the way home from work, I came upon a walker. I said, excuse me, coming by you. and she gladly pulled to the side. A short distance away I had to stop for a red light and she caught up to me. She starting talking to me about her husband that was behind her and she thought it was him when I came by. She said to herself how in the heck did he catch up. I looked back and he was 500 ft back. Crazy.

She told me that my bike was big, and I said yep, I am six six and really like the bike. She then asked if I was a hollander, I thought for a second, What!...., then I just said, Nope I'm a Texan, have a good day.

Home safe and sound again. You guys be careful out there and have fun riding to and from work. I hope for warm weather for all of you that need it. Please try to stay warm if you can, spring well be here soon.

Happy Biking!

thanks for the encouragement Rob.

funny how easily acclimated we become. the temp around here has been between 15-25F the last couple of days and it feels warm to me. I think being outside everyday on the bike allows the body to adjust. It certainly feels warmer than when it hovered near zero with really strong winds.

The Charles River has a nice wind blown coating of ice. I ride home at night and love the stillness. All the geese have gathered at an outflow pipe near Watertown Square.

Colder at work, In January!
 

Unusually warm at 45 F on the way to work and 48 Degrees after dark on the way home. 41 to 42 degrees AT work. I do quality Assurance work in a food processing plant making thing like fire roasted tomato Hummus, Caramel cream dips, and South Western chicken salad. For obvious reasons the process has to be kept cold. My 7 mile ride home in the dark was the only time I was warm.

Hot! I overdressed. About 3 miles into the ride, I unzipped my jacket. It was 21F. What's that, 25 degrees warmer than the last time I rode to work? :p The packed MUP snow softened up nicely and was smoother under my wheels. A bit of a southerly headwind, but nothing bad.

It might get above freezing today and/or tomorrow. I'm so acclimated, I'm going to be an overheated wreck if that happens.

Well I left early to beat in the snow and managed to get to work before it started falling. It is coming down pretty good now and looks so pretty. It will probably be all rain by this afternoon so it will be a wet ride home. I just hope there isn't much traffic out that I have to deal with. People around here really have no clue how to drive in the snow/sleet/freezing rain.

As always...not nearly as bad as the TV & radio predicted. It was tough to get out of bed knowing that it was cold and sleety outside, and the rain on the roof almost made me call in sick. But I braved the weather anyway and got a bit damp, though I was surprisingly warm -- good layering I guess. And I'm disappointed in my hydroskins socks which soaked through the toes in about 5 minutes.

Wow, that sounds like the perfect morning. I always fantasize about getting up early to ride and then make it home in time to get my son up, but... I never do. I'm more of a night rider.

Since it's been in the 20s the past couple days in our nation's capital, I dressed the same and then chanced to call Verizon weather. 32 degrees! Am SO glad I checked because there's nothing more I hate than overheating, and it's such a pain in the ass to stop and undress due to my way-overly-complicated packing methodology. So it ended up being a great, cool ride in, with a few flakes starting to fall as I pulled up in front of the gym.

Supposed to snow substantially today, which is a bummer. I'm still having to ride my roadbike in, and those slick tires are gonna let me down one of these days. My new commuter bike should be ready to go by Monday.

We got some snow overnight, and people lost their minds. I'll spare you the mundane details, but suffice to say my wife was ready to pull a guy out of his car and beat him to death with his own arm after he squeezed her out her lane.

The reported temperature was -16C with windchill to -29C, but I think it was more like -20C with windchill. It will be warmer on the way home but ultimately worse riding because of the salt and sand that will go down on the roads this afternoon.

Yesterday, I left an hour early to beat the storm, which was nice because I still had my slicks on. This morning brought 2-3 inches of the white stuff, and a studded front. Fun commute, met up with another commuter about a mile from work, together we were probably more visible, plus I could choose a good line based on his.

As much as I would like to commute by bike, the distance of the commute has made it difficult to do. If I commute it would be 90 miles round trip by bike. By car it is 60 miles.

After seeing several bike commuters on my drive to work in the northern california bay area, I made up my mine to commute by bike as much as possible. So with the support of my co-workers, I can at least ride home part way 3x a week.

I drive to a park n ride area where my co worker picks me up and then I ride back from the office after work. The commute is 30 miles. On Fridays, I have another co worker pick me up at home. Then I can ride home with my commute being 45 miles.

The commutes to the park and ride are roughly 1 hour and 35 minutes and the friday ride home is usually 2 hours and 15 minutes.

The commuting/riding in general has help me tremenously in controling my diabetes and weight. So far the results by biking/commuting are my doctor has reduced my medication for my diabetes in half and I have lost 25 lbs.

rode in the 34F drizzle this am, snowing outside now, 33F. I have no waterproof gear... but can swipe a trash can bag from the cleaning crew and make do.
I'm in for a cold ride home!

Congrats Merckx and welcome to the HHCMF (Happy Healthy Commuting MuthaF*ckers) Club! One benefit of membership is the strong attraction the opposite sex has towards you. Now that you're saving money on medication, you can use it to replace all the clothes the said opposite sex rip from your body as they try to show you how attracted they are to you. Enjoy!

Fast.

I seem to spend more time cleaning my bike these days than riding it... Kind of annoying. But the riding is nice. I am also seeing a lot more bikers than a few winters back. Or am I just noticing them more cause I'm more interested in biking? I dunno. :)

Nice ride both ways. Sprinted from every light for fun.(After checking for cross traffic) I hope my new 925 comes tomorrow, I want to ride fixed for some variety.