Beautiful riding weather here today, with a high close to 60 predicted. Tomorrow it's supposed to get crappy for a couple days though - 30s and rain (yeah, I know, that's nice weather if you live north of the Mason-Dixon). Oh well, fenders and the rainsuit to the rescue.

After months off, this was my second ride in 3 work days! Scared up a great blue heron in the same place both days. Trying to become a regular at this, and it looks like various car troubles are going to help me get my way. So, Mr. Heron, looks like we'll be seeing a lot more of each other now.

Great! My fastest ride in in months, today.

Friday, coming in, was the first time in months there was so much car traffic I couldn't shift left from the bike lane across 2 car lanes to the turn lane (to cross 2 more car lanes to go into the parking lot at work), so I had to go past work, take a x-walk at a light, and bike back down again. I think it was just a timing thing, I'm usually a little bit ahead of or behind peak car flow.

12 miles of frozen MUP
 

Commute in this morning was fun. Temp was 32F and light misting freezing rain this morning. Spent lots of time over the last 3 weeks riding in snow, but today was the first time on ice with water on top. I am amazed at how well studded tires work. One sideways slip going up the hill under an overpass, but the studs kicked in and stopped the slide. Other than that, just a few minor slips on sections with curves or up hills, but overall felt pretty secure although I did keep the speed down to where I felt comfortable. They're calling for more snow tonight, but that shouldn't be a problem as it should just start falling about the time I leave to go home.

45F and raining. normal 6 mile commute extended to 13 miles, went to the doctor for a checkup (lasik) on the way. Wet but fun ride!
this has been the wettest, coldest winter in recent Dallas history.

Well the snow is melting. I didn't have to dismount my bike where the MUP crosses some major streets. For the past two months I have been trudging through some piles of snow and ice but now it is gone. Excellent! Spring is near

20F out, sunny, a lil windy out and cold. getting ready to ride to work. i think i might take my brother MTB instead of my single speed..

Got right hooked on my way home Friday night. I was riding through downtown, which is always backed up during rush hour, and passing stopped/waiting cars on the right. Cars were backed up to the light and across the intersection for a green light. I always proceed up the right side passing cars since I don't feel like waiting in line. So I am approaching the green light and the stopped cars had left a small space for opposing traffic to turn left. A car and then a police car turned left and then I proceeded to enter the intersection to go straight across and just as I entered the intersection a woman in a mid size SUV decided she was sick of waiting to go straight and turns to the right and I go right into the front corner of her car. I sort of just glided along the side of her car and then came to a stop, not falling over or anything. I was not hurt and my bike was fine other than a small scratch on the brake handle. My rear light was also knocked off but only the clip broke and not the light. The woman stopped and got out to make sure I was alright and a few other people in cars asked if I was alright as well. I didn't see her turn signal though she said she put it on at the last moment. She said she was sorry and asked if I was ok and then went on her way. I checked over myself and bike when I got home and everything is in good order. I thought my front wheel might be out of true but it is not. First time I have been hit by a car since I started riding two years ago.

Back on the bike this morning though :) My gf took the news surprisingly well since I know she is always worried about me getting hit.

First commute for me in 9 months - 40 degrees, light rain, dark, uphill 12 mi one way. At least the ride home will be quicker :)

Good to be back in the saddle.

N8
Portland, OR.

Late post.
My commute was warm - 31F. And I put way too much on.

Today I left the house later than usual - 6:50 a.m. rather than the normal 6:30 a.m. - because of not feeling too well (at some point I thought I'd stay at home, but felt much better pretty quickly). Surprisingly, though, there was less traffic on the roads than normally! (Even less, I should say, given how little of it I encounter that time of day). I wonder if there is a little spike around 6:30-6:40 a.m. in traffic volumes due to folks who start work at 7.

The ride was very pleasant. I was fast, I was smooth, I was turning those pedals. Had fun with the lights. The city is gradually phasing out the old pedestrian light signals which have a flashing hand warning peds that the light is going to turn red soon. Instead they now have a countdown, so as you're approaching the intersection on bike, you know exactly how many seconds you have left to try to beat the light. Makes for some very short but very exciting sprints. :)

My blinkie fell off when I hopped off the curb. I hope this isn't gonna happen again. Other than that, the ride home was the usual.

2 days of cold misty weather. I took some pictures of the bike way I ride and put them on my web site home page yesterday. I hope you can visit it and see what it looks like. I enjoy riding to and from work everyday as I am sure most of you all do.

My bike had some problems with the basket I have, to carry my stuff with me. It has been a little tough to get my stuff to work and back until I made the repairs.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...bike/bike3.jpg

As most of you know, traveling on the hard roads can take a toll on the bike. My bike has a shock absorber seat and front forks. But nothin' on the back, Yet!

I made some serious changes and so far the basket ain't broke yet.

I will be talking about it in my blog later, so take a look at that when you can.

I am also showing a few more pics of the problem and the repair job.

Take it easy you guys and gals, and have fun biking to work and around town.

first commute in a week for various reasons. the ride in in the morning was from my parents house and pretty fast. in the high 20's in the morning... compared to last week that felt downright balmy.

the wintry mix started falling right as I was leaving work. damn! no extra miles or stopping at the university for dinner like I had planned on today... just trying to get home as fast as possible before the road turned slick. and I did the last mile or so of it through a raging headwind. fun!

good commute overall despite the conditions on the homeward trip.

I was riding over by the LBS, they forgot to write down my serial number on the new 925. Cadillac Escalade crosses through the intersection in front of me, then I start into the intersection and he friggin' gets on the gas and pulls a u turn and almost hits me:eek: . Good thing I was paying attention and quickturned. I waved the dumazz through the intersection the first time, so he forgot in 5 seconds I was there? Palm slapped the hood hard enough to make him drop his phone. Phone connects, brain disconnects;). Made a point of looking at his front plate like I was memorizing it to scare him into hopefully paying attention down the road:rolleyes: . The law against driving on the phone can't start soon enough for me.

I love those countdown lights. Some drivers can't figure how I can time the lights to make the green.:D

Weather man predicted rain. Sun instead. That's pretty rare for Seattle. Great commute!

lovely ride in this morning. The temp was about 31F, which felt like a summer day. I was definitely not overdressed though.

barely remember the ride home tonight I had so much on my mind. The ice on the bike path and the Charles is slowly disappearing.

Looks like I jinxed it good by mentioning the lack of snow. We're due for some tomorrow night. :o

A beautiful ride this morning in DC, where tempatures hit a balmy 35 farenheit. I rode along the Potomac, were a fresh glaze of overnight ice took a small victory over the clash of liquid current and frozen entombnence. The varied ice formations, large floes, long cracks, pressure ridges, were the scars of this battle. The sky was clear and blue, and the Washington Monument stood out as a stark white needle in a sea of azure. A great morning for the silky smoothness of of a 42x16 SS road bike and crisp, clean air in the lungs. The weather and a hefty workload will keep me off the bike for the rest of the week, so today was a day to embrace the experience of being a DC winter bike commuter, and the evening wanderings through the city and past the White House were a nice cap to it all.

First ride on my new (to me) bike, got a flat on the way home. Was happy I'd picked up that spare tube at the bike shop, and that I now have some panniers to lug it around in. Did my first ever on-the-road tube change.

Memo to self: next time, remember to re-engage the brake cable after putting the wheel back on. Yipe! (Glad there's _two_ brakes on this thing.)

-13F / -25C on the cyclocomputer. That's a new personal record. Clear blue sky. Sunrise was lighting up the Adirondacks in pink hues, and Whiteface Mountain was a giant hulking snow-covered mass west of Lake Champlain. :) There was a single other person on 5 miles of MUP, walking a dog. He's a "trail regular."

Might not be able to ride for a few days if this nor'easter they're forecasting does some damage.

Had to skip the bike today b/c I've got a dentist appt midafternoon (the upside, though, is that I am not going back to the office afterwards, which is a very good thing given the messy weather we're having in DC.)

glad you were not hurt dude. Be careful filtering as though you need a reminder now. ;)

I walked/jogged to work. Did not bike in today because the combination of snow lately has made it too hard for me. I want to keep logging days on our local commute challenge, so I decided to go by foot. I was wishing I had cross country skis this morn.

-21C, no wind, light snow

33 degrees and snowing in our nation's capitol today. The wife was very being very passive-aggressive in urging me not to bike, but I explained that a fixie is much safer in inclement weather (I have a front brake). Only challenge is I needed to bring in a full suit and shirt, so wrapped it up in a dry cleaner plastic bag and a garbage bag. Rode through the rainy snow and rush-hour flying mud with nary a speckle, so I was pleased with that. Hope it doesn't dump too much today or getting home could be a pickle.

25F when I left this morning. Ride was slower today due to heavy traffic and tight squeezes. Had one cab honk at me cuz I took the lane in the bus lane. Not the cab lane, the bus lane. He wasn't supposed to be in that lane so I stayed where I was and ignored him.

They're predicting snow/freezing rain/wintry mix the next couple days starting tonight so I may put the fenders on the mtb so I have the option of taking the fixie or the mtb.