the temp was pretty low today around 10F as I left the house. Amazing tail wind on the way in. There were stretches where I was hitting 26 or 27 mph with my heavy duty bike with the 1.9 studded snow tires with 40 lbs of pressure in them.

It warmed to the high teens maybe even 20 and then dropped as I rode home. And when it dropped it plummeted to about 7F with unbelievably strong winds right in my face. I don't know what the wind chill was but I had to stop and take shelter from the wind for a minute or two to pull my balaclava down a bit so it covered my forehead because it felt like it was getting a little too frozen up there. My forehead still feels a little "burned" from the cold. It was a real workout riding home in that wind. But then I had to ride back downtown one more time to meet my wife to see a show together. So I totaled out at 31 miles on a pretty challenging day.

Almost had to do the ride home when our car didn't start after the show. somehow it was so cold it did some wierd thing to the alarm system. Eventually I got it going but totalling 42 miles in this cold windy weather would have been like doing the Iditarod.

i have a downhill with lights at the bottom, and the road makes a sweeping 45 degree bend to the right. as i'm coming thru the intersection, i hear a bicycle bell from my left. it's an unknown bicycle commuter waiting at the red light just sayin' hi i guess. i throw a wave as i make the corner and never look back.

then when i'm within 300m of work, i hear meowing and instinctively slow down waiting for more clues, perhaps a kitty is in distress and i can take him home cause i love kitties. but it turns out it's just the pedestrian meowing like a cat. as i pass him he says something in french, mais mon francais es tres malade, je ne comprende pas. either he's nuts or he's looking for his cat. i spent the next 300m gawking around for it but to no avail. also, it's in an industrial park with no residence for blocks, which is an odd spot to look for a lost kitty.

Oh Happy Day! First time I've been able to commute in almost two months!
(Friggin deep snow).

Oh how I missed it...about 20 degrees, with a slight wind that chilled me when it picked up. Light traffic, no idiots out there, and it was bright enough that I didnt have to use the headlight. This was soooo much better then having to drive in, I got to enjoy the trip. I definitly need to swap out the studded tires now for slicks, as it was a bit more effort then I needed, and the worst of the ice has melted.

Tonight it's supposed to be 39 or so, this'll be a nice ride home. :D

I brought the groceries for next week in to the office today on the rack. Got a big laugh out of two guys at a stop light. Guess the combo of the my 20-inched wheeled folding bike, overflowing rack trunk and panniers and the blinking lights on my helmet just pushed them over the edge. I waved. They waved back and guffawed even louder. I love bringing a moment of laughter into someone's life. :D

19F when I left and I sweated up a storm, huffing and puffing all the way to work. I have about 3 blocks of hills at the beginning of my commute that I usually take slowly as I'm still warming up, but for some reason I didn't slow down and cranked up them instead, then spun down the hill to midtown, tears in my eyes due to the cold wind obstructing my vision and making all the pothole avoidance even more interesting. Kept up a higher than normal pace all the way to work hence, the huffing and puffing.

YEAH!! 60F, drizzly, breezy, awesome spring weather!!

too bad it's gonna get hot and nasty soon....

Marathon tires are great, over 600 miles so far and still look new, no punctures.

35F on the way in. Now it's hitting the upper 60s!! Guess I should have brought shorts with me!!! Rode the Witcomb for the first time this year. Can't wait for the ride home.

Last night I had a pleasant encounter with a couple of drivers. We spend a lot of electrons on this forum complaining about drivers so I think it's nice to be able to write something positive once in a while. It was no big deal really: It was a typical poorly designed bike lane that tranformed into a right-turn-only lane at the intersection. I was stopped waiting for the light and a heard a friendly toot-toot behind me. The driver waved and smiled and pointed to the right. I scooted over and waved her through. She smiled and waved again as she turned right. Then the guy in the pickup following behind her said, "Thank you, sir!" I waved and said, "Thank you" back. Again, no big deal but that's what was nice about it.

Last night's weather forecast said it would be clear and warm this morning and I went to bed looking forward to riding the Caldaro to work. Instead it was dark, with gray black clouds that looked like they could be full of rain. So I rode the fixed gear again. Still, a very pleasant ride on a new route that gave me an easy 15 miles.

First ride after my "door prize" accident - feels good to be back in the saddle, even if I can't go full speed yet. A nice sunny day (even if it was -5C/23F) with no new snow so the busier roads are dry.

Nice. 5 yr old is trying to become a morning person so I biked to school w/ him (0.3 miles west) before turning around for my (then) 6.6 mile commute east. This whole school year (he's in K) he's been focused on staying in bed until 8. Suddenly he wants to get there at 7. I can work with that.

Nice ride once I dropped him off, too. Sunglasses!

The ride into Boston this am it was still quite cold- I have no idea of the temp. But the ride home!- a gloriously warm 28F with not much wind. Oh, I was in a sweat by the time I got home. It may hit 40F tomorrow! :D

Today there were little hints, very little hints of spring but soon the smell of 3 months of frozen dog crap will permeate the air along the bike path. :o

Have a great friday afternoon commute home everyone!
See you back here on Monday!
If you are in North America (but not Saskatchewan), turn your clocks forward 1 hour!

Warmer. About 39 degrees F. It's raining though. I'm just glad it's in double digits for once. I hope it keeps getting warmer.

As I was unlocking to go home, another cyclist locked at the same street sign slapped my saddle and said, "Fresh!", or at least I think that's what he said. Then another guy came up to me and asked me if I had bullhorns before (I swapped them out for narrow drops for better traffic squeezing). Then we got into a discussion about where to buy them, etc. After that, I rode home nice and easy and just enjoyed the ride after a long day at work.

I didn't think this was worthy of a new thread, but maybe it will get some bemused glances here.

I found about about these by clicking an ad for chainless bikes. I must admit it peaked my interest.

http://www.dynamicbicycles.com/commu...FSmkhgodH1vvkQ

I'm hazarding a guess that you can't build up very high speeds with that "Dynamic street shaft drive."

Nevertheless, has anyone actually ridden one of these? I'm honestly curious.

EDIT: And I got a flat today and realized too late I'd brough an extra tube for a different bike. Silly me. So my commute was irritating.

A very good week @96miles in spite of weather. Arrived to work filthy every day due to wet roads. No worries with good rain gear and a change of clothes.

41F going in, 72F at 7PM going home. I could get used to this. Averaged 19 mph going home on the fixed gear. I'm commuting tomorrow on the geared bike to see how much commuting fixed has made a difference. I know I climb a lot better now. No problems with any motorists. I think everyone is in a good mood because of the weather. Here's hoping the good mood lasts a while.

Same here across the board. Pretty much the same the whole week. No fixed gear for me, though. :)

warmer temperatures on Friday morning. the commute in was good but kind of slow since I had a headwind going in for once.

I got out in the afternoon and rode to the bike shop to see if my new tires were in yet. on the path I got stuck in a high gear going up a small hill by a ped who didn't know where he was going and I hear "get rid of those gears!" behind me and a fixie guy passes me on the left. I yelled back "too many hills!" my tires weren't in but I got some extra miles in so that was good. I thought I was unusually fast going home and couldn't put my finger on it until I remembered I had a tailwind going home for once. had to dodge a van full of college kids going the wrong way down a one way street on campus, pretty much right in front of a do not enter sign. college kids, they're can solve complex math equations and recite the great philosophies of our time but they can't read a do not enter sign. stopped by the student union to eat then headed home. great ride back!

oh, and the last leg home after leaving campus was my last night ride of the winter season, since daylight savings time started early this year.

Nice change riding home in the daylight. Fast both ways, with light traffic. Where was everyone?

Woke up 20 minutes late, still managed to get in (almost) on time. 35, light drizzle...which I take. The snow has annoyed me enough this year:) Daylight savings time keeps the first half of my trip in the dark, but the new light I bought for my helmet/head helped out.

Last night I switched out the studded tires for my skinny slicks and that made a huge difference. I could actually feel the speed coming from my bike this time. Of course, with them being harder (more PSI), I felt the bumps a bit more....
/wander

I'm sure feeling the time shift this morning. can't wait to go home and take a nap.

Nice and brisk this morning. I was tired due to the time change but also very happy that from here on out, I'll be riding home in the light (assuming my usual knock-off time of 6:30pm), since the evening commute is hairier than in the morning.
Legs a little sore from 15mi of singlespeed MTB'ing on Saturday, and a fast-ish road ride yesterday- can't help myself in this good weather!

I was not commuting last week [on vacation], but got a couple of half-decent road rides in. There were peds everywhere this morning, and now some cars are starting to take the same side-streets as I do. Boo-urns! I had bad dreams about zombies last night and couldn't sleep, so I'm punchy.

Left late this morning and had to deal w/ increased traffic and more peds crossing at the slightest break in traffic. Bombed past a couple groups of peds and zig-zagged around traffic going every which way. All that excitement and I'm still sleepy.