nice ride in today. Had to go to Cambridge before work this am then at the end of the day a family emergency required that I be about 30 miles west of town in a major hurry. I biked to the commuter rail station took the bike on the train and got right to where I needed to be in no time. Gotta love that bike/train combo! :)

Wonderful ride in today!

I left my 250 kilo studded winter bike at home and flew over here on my darling Sirrus. The difference is amazing. Now I need to figure out a longer way home, can't let these legs go to waste :D

And yes, it's sunny, warm, and windy from the west... Woopie.

Grrrr...I was so close to work this morning when the bottom dropped out. I was fine in a misty rain for the whole ride until I was one light away from the office -- I could see the driveway -- and I still ended up getting completely soaked.

I was able to sneak between the rain clouds. One hour commute and no rain. Not too sure if I will be that lucky riding back home though.

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I seem to tip over or wreck every two weeks lately.
Rounding a corner I encountered a pile of sand that was not there 2 days ago.
This one is far worse than my slow speed tip overs.
-sore left wrist.
-scrapes on my left hand
-possibly sprained right wrist. Hurts amazingly bad.
-road rash on right knee
-massive bruise where the front of my shoulder hit the ground.
Why the heck did I continue on to work?
I had 20 miles to go when this happened. Anyhow, I have bandaged and sterilized. Took a fair amount of pain killers and am icing. Not feeling that coherent at the moment. Hopefully, I feel good enough to ride. It's supposed to be nice today.
I am still cold after 1 hr. It was in the high 20s but I could not pedal fast enough to heat up.

road in to work last night for graveyard shift and had a tail wind, what a relief. hard to ride home after 12 hour night shift. im now going to bed.

Switched back to the skinny tires today. I was partially cut off by a dork in a stinky minivan, and it later cut off a couple of cars, so at least it wasn't cycling-specific asshatism. I'm happy it's Friday!

Bummer dude, sorry to hear that. I have clobbered both of my shoulders, the 1st 2 yrs ago when I got hit by a car (rear-ended in the bike lane! Hey, at least I didn't get a ticket) the other this past fall when I hit a rubber mat in the road (intended for tracked vehicles to cross w/o pulverizing the pavement) while it was very very wet. Those are the injuries that lingered for me, anyway. I had 2 other high-speed tumbles that didn't really have any after-effects past a month or so, I hope yours is similar.

So uh what can I say, nice ride in for me today! Dark, cool but not cold, damp but not wet.

Sleet in the face from 20mph wind kind of hurts.

Ouch! Hope you recover quickly so you can enjoy the weekend.

My morning commute was nice and uneventful. No wrecks, no flats. Thank heavens.

This week has been a great week for commuting. The weather has been perfect, shorts and t-shirt, and I have been riding my new old Nishiki road bike. I have it setup just right for me now and it is really fun to ride.:)

I got the cold rain blues. Last night the cold front hit early with the rain so I was face with 49F cold rain instead of 75F warm rain in short jersey and shorts. When I discovered I left my camelback with tools at home I bailed.
I ended up working my side job till 12:30am so was worn out looking at a 36F rain commute with the forcast calling for worse. I had my new junker hybrid all set up with full fenders for her maiden voyage.
Oh well - gives me time to swap out the breaks and install the rack.

Awesome ride! 50f, breezy, a bit damp, very fun. Woman is coming to get me now, we're going to the state park to catch some sunshine and cycle around the bike path. Have a good weekend all.

BBUNK Welcome!

Rare commute - wet but NOT raining both ways! So all the racers were out cutting cars off, blasting through intersections. Saw an all time record of 7 near misses on the inbound route.

took off my studded snow tires this week and what do we have now but two days of snow and sleet. :rolleyes:

Hello Fellow Commuters.

I would like to invite you all to see the videos I make about my commutes. I hope you will be able to see them.

MY COMMUTES....The Overpass

If this link don't work, visit my website and click into my You Tube Channel. You can see all my rides there.

Here in the great south, the rides for me have been excellent. The mornings are giving me 70 degrees and 80's in the afternoon.

I am very glad that it is warming up for all of us around this great United States. Now we have the spring showers bring May flowers coming.

Just the other day for me as I was riding home from work and a small downpour happened on me. It wasn't enough to stop and put the rain coat on though, but I was thinking about.

I did run into a rainy day the first of last week and I had to put the rain gear on. It did great to keep the rain off, but them darn car people hit them puddles in the road and............Instant Soak!.

I was a little worried about the brakes that day, and they worked great. Thank Goodness!

Seems that everyday them darn cars seem to get right in my way. WHATs UP WITH THAT ANYWAY!

I thought when I decided to ride instead of car it to work, that maybe the road rage would end. Guess WHAT!

I still love riding my bike to work and don't want to stop. I hope the traffic understands someday.

Lately I have been wanting to visit the Grocery stores and do some shopping. But there is no place to safely secure the bike. I have been asking some of the stores corporate offices to have places to park your bike while visiting there store and no one seems to be working with me on this.

If anyone in this forum could give me ideas and or links to help me get this done, I would truly appreciate it. I am sure we have a forum about that and I will gladly take a look at that forum if one exsists.

So I better close for now and I hope all of you commuters have a great and safe ride to work everyday. Stay alert!

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Tell next time, TAKE CARE!

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Wheee! hack, hack...wheee!

Pollen counts must be getting pretty dang high now, cause I'm having my usual spring hayfever season. Must be time to start taking more drugs again. Other than that, nice ride in.

Ride in was fine. Took up a middle lane down Lex to avoid all the snow that extended out into the middle of the street for some reason. Got to work and had a case of the dropsies. Dropped my chain, helmet, bike (twice) and ID, all while standing in the same spot. I need some coffee.

There was a dusting of snow [or maybe it was thick frost?] this morning, and the city dumped salt on everything. It wasn't too slippery, but I took my time going around corners anyway. The new 50x18 gear on my SS was awesome! Hopefully it won't be too tough on the way home.

Took the train into work today. I need to heal up a bit, my right hand is still swollen.

Last year I sprained my left wrist and did not take care of it. The freaking thing still hurts from time to time. Not again!
Anyhow, my damage toll is something like 2 sprained wrists and 10+ assorted bruises and scrapes. At least my head is fine. Though I am starting to wonder after 3 straight weeks of getting hurt in various ways. :p

Last Friday I had friends waiting to go to dinner with me and my eldest boy so of course...I got a flat on the way home - turns out a previous patch failed. I threw in the spare tube - the previous patches failed. After cursing slime tubes up, down and sideways, I verrrry carefully cleaned the first tube and patched it again. That patch held. Once I got home I dug up a new tube for my backup spare. I was all set to stop using slime tubes, but I went mountain biking this weekend with a friend. His front tire was flat before we headed out, so I patched it up - he had three pinhole leaks caused by three tiny thorns. On the outing, he went flat again (no it wasn't my patches). We just topped it off periodically using my road morph pump and he was fine - but it meant he'd picked up a few more pinhole leaks. Going over the exact same terrain with the same model bike and tires, I didn't get a single leak. So I guess slime tubes are a mixed blessing. From here on out I'll just carry a new tube or two and try to avoid patching slime tubes until I'm somewhere where I can really clean up the tubes before patching them

Today when I was biking in to work I saw an owl on the bike lane. It was around 4am when I was riding next to the indian reservation. Much coolness.

I took the stud's off last week, put the slicks on, had some good rides in. This morning I woke up , looked outside, and we have snow. Besides not having enough time to put the studs back on (if I don't leave the house by a certain time I'm late for work), the cars were sliding all over the place.
Sigh, another car ride today :(

Did my first commute this morning since getting smooshed last Tuesday. My ribs and back are still sore, so I was expecting a bit of an unpleasant ride. Thankfully, I was quite wrong. While sitting on the bike, I was more comfortable than I am sitting in this chair right now. The air was a bit chillier than it's been lately, but not too bad. Bike seems to be holding up well.

I'm thinking I might even test my luck and take a detour on the way home today.

Hi all - first post in this wonderful commuter forum. I used to ride my bike to work when I lived in Illinois and absolutely loved it ... despite the fact that Champaign isn't the most bike friendly town in the world - not the least either, though. I moved to Fort Collins, CO a few months back and have been telecommuting from my home ever since. I start a new job next week here in town and am very excited to once again be a bicycle commuter. This town is truly a phenominal place for riders ... abundant bike paths, a great (and growing) system of MUPs, and an overall culture that is quite friendly to we bikers. Anyway, I just wanted to say hello ... I'll do my best to post ride reports as often as possible.
Take care!