Don' mind thre headwind, can't handle thunder and lightning. I'm such a wuss. Almost went lastnight (I'm working 3rd) but could'nt ride thru a 4" stream running down my street. Forcast for the next 6 days,more of the same.Oh well got Bike forum to keep me company.

Well handled. I just get so mad when I hear about such incidents...

I actually like riding Yonge St. between Davisville and Lawrence or a bit north of Lawrence. For most of its length there has a parking lane there which is wide enough to be occupied by cars but not nearly wide enough to be shared, which all drivers can see plain well. So they just stay in the inside lane and don't bother me. I find riding Yonge around there much less stressful than Duplex which has a surprising amount of traffic which pulses very annoyingly because of the stop signs. But Route 35 has much less traffic than Duplex, so I hope your ride was pleasant and relaxed. :)

Today the ride was slippery!!! My dog had a hard time on 3 legs when I let him out this morning. Thin layer of ice on everything.

I10 was closed and traffic was backed up for a mile I split the lane. Felt good going faster than the traffic for once.

On the way in there was a toxic spill I had to ride in the left lane and hold every one up.

so much for an easy Saturday ride.

Everything was perfect today: sunny, chilly, clear and crisp. If I'd been walking, the grass had been crunching. As it was, I was riding in just enough clothing, wind in my back, sun on my side, smile on my face...

Days like these I really don't like having a short commute. I should've kept going.

It's 7AM and the temperature is 68F (20C). I'll be leaving for work in about an hour and the temperature may creep up another degree or two. Sandals weather baby!! :beer:

Today was WARM, almost 70 at 6:20 as I started my commute; it was the first sweaty ride I've had in my short commuting experience. Also had somebody laugh at me as I was beasting it up a big hill. I think I would have laughed, also, considering I'm a big huge sweaty guy and my bike's lit up like a freaking Christmas tree. *shrug*

Back in the saddle... First commute since The Valentine's Day Blizzard of 2007! :eek: :) It felt great to be back on the bike. Temps were in the low 30s. The MUP is mostly clear, with patches of snow along the northernmost part, and occassional patches of ice where snow melt had re-frozen last night. I'll leave the studded Hakkas on for a couple more days I guess.

Sweeet day. This was the first time I got to ride the roadie outside (The day after I bought it winter set in). I took it easy to learn how it handles and all that and still made it in faster then normal. Plus, it was a beautiful day, 55, light wind, some water out there from thunderstorms, but oooh so nice.

:)

65F is fricking WARM!
I was sweating pretty good by the time I got to the office, and I didn't even push hard this morning (well not real hard).

I just passed the 2000 mile bike commute mark today! I've been riding for about two years and have gradually increased the frequency I ride. In 2005 I was a fair weather commuter, in 2006 I began riding in the dark and winter. This year there were a few setbacks with ice and snow and colds, but I'm back on track with about half my commutes by bike.

Miles: 20
Time to work: 1 1/2 hours
Times I put my foot down: 0
:D

I spent the weekend catboarding in Revelstoke, then didn't get home until after midnight last night. The first hill on the way to work nearly killed me. Every muscle in my legs is sore, even the sartorius. I think I'm going to spend tonight stretching everything out. Owwww.

There's a reason pro cyclists get massages every night after riding. Feel better and drink lots of (non-alcoholic, non-caffeinated) fluids.

The commute today was uneventful. Unlike Friday's, where I felt compelled to give a driver the finger after he passed me on the right and then cut in front of me with about 2 feet to spare. His lane wasn't ending for another several hundred yards, he did it just because he's a d*ck.

He got stopped at the red light further on and I caught up to him. Made eye contact and let him know exactly what I thought of him--he's #1! He's probably just pissed because his team (Duke, by the bumper sticker) was eliminated in the first round. :D

It was 46F around 6:30 this morning. I had just the right amount of layering to make the commute comfortable. The ride, 11 miles, was quite uneventful with a bit of headwind but not much. Found a cell phone on the bike lane but the sucker was ran over a couple of times from the looks of it so no chance to get it back to the owner. I chucked it at the nearest bus stop. Maybe somebody else will have better luck with it.

Back to commuting after a week off. I came in for a bit yesterday afternoon to sort through email and phone messages.

As I was closing my bike box, I noticed some sandwich board barricades leaning up against the wall and I grabbed one to put in front of the bike box to prevent someone from parking their car illegally in front of the box. Happens almost every time I come in on the weekend and I'm guessing it's one of the city employees.

So I put it into place and then I hear "Excuse me, sir! What are you doing with that barricade?!?" It was one of the City Parking employees. So I explained that I've had problems with people parking in front of the box, sometimes totally blocking it. There was a pause and then he said "Oh, you park your bike in the box?!? Well, I never thought of that!" And then he grabbed another barricade and totally blocked off the area in front of the box. "I think I know who it is. I'm going to make sure they don't do it again."

And the cool thing is that when I returned this morning, the barricades were still up.

In the 60s yesterday, cool (39F when I left the house) and foggy coming in this am. Bright and sunny now, maybe warm later, hopefully. I did an extra 9 miles-w/-big-hill this am on top of the 7 mile commute, certainly good weather for it.

Spent part of the morning trying to convince my 5 yr old to take his training wheels off, but he doesn't want to. He is going fast enough that he can lift both training wheels off the ground (they are jacked up as high as they can go) but he doesn't want to let them go yet, even though most of his friends have. It will come I guess. His was the 1st bike at school this morning, no surprise.

Today was the inaugural commute of 2007 for me. I quit commuting in October of 2006 as I didn't have any 'cold weather' kit. Turned out I probably didn't need it until February. :( I've been wanting to start riding again for the last couple of weeks, but I kept saying, "Well, once the weather cooperates, I'll get back on the road." But, last night I realized I could be saying that until June, and so, with rain and high wind forecasted for today, I went through the pre-commute/night before ritual.

I had forgotten how much time it takes to iron my work clothes the night before, get everything laid out and ready to go, and the commute bag semi-packed. I also discovered that all of my nifty additions (elbow and knee warmers, helmet liner, rain jacket and pants, polyfleece gloves, etc.) push me to the limits of my Epic trunk bag. :( :( I'm going to have to get a bar bag to keep the non-optional items like spare tubes, CO2 inflater, patch kit, tool kit, etc. in so I actually have room to carry my necessities...like work clothes. ;)

But, to the ride...7a start with 60.2 degrees and 70%+ humidity, a stiff wind out of the west as I headed, you guessed it, west. A couple of blocks into my commute, I discovered the battery in my bike computer has died, so I have no idea how fast I'm going (or not) or what time it was. So, in true Dick Seacup fashion, I decided, "Well, I'll just take it easy and enjoy the ride. I'll get there when I get there and too bad if anyone complains...after all, it's only work!" Imagine my surprise when I made it there fifteen minutes later, which is about on par with my 'fast' times last fall (but not my PB...heh). So, either I'm in incredibly good shape for not having done *any* exercising for four and a half months, or...I'm going to pay for this tomorrow morning. Heh. I should note here that my cow-orker, Mr. "People Who Wear Helmets and Ride in the Road Deserve to Die" was displeased to see my bike in the data center once again. Bonus!

The ride home was unremarkable except to note that, as usual, the wind had shifted to east-southeast and was still blowing pretty steadily. Traffic was light and I only had one JAM crowd me, which is also per usual. Although the ride back is uphill, I made it home in just a little over 15 minutes as well. I'm really going to be hurting tomorrow.

All in all, the commute today was...most excellent! It's good to be back in the saddle and I'm glad I didn't let inertia keep me off the bike. Oh, and no problem remembering how to use clipless pedals...heh, my wife was worried about that. :D

Yet another perfect morning: 6:45, sunny, +3C, some wind but not too disturbing.

Did not meet a single soul along the way, that was odd.

Where's this wind going to come from Chewa?

BBC Forecast is as still as a millpond for central Scotland today, usual commute into Edinburgh from Penicuik with not even so much as a breeze in the hair this morning :D

Very pleasant ride in. I'm just back from 2 weeks in Germany, so felt all the Spaetzle, beer and inactivity slowing me down...hopefully a few weeks of commuting will take care of that problem.

Foggy and damp in Vermont this morning. Low 40Fs. I reeled in someone on an MTB but didn't overtake. Saw some loons in the lake. Heard a woodpecker in the woods. Saw some geese flying overhead. Smelled a skunk. :)

Yesterday I ordered a pair of Michelin Transworld MTB tires. Hopefully I like them. I don't want to put the OEM knobbies back on the Trek, for obvious commuting reasons.

Great ride in this morning. There was a low fog, temperatures were slightly more chilly than warm, sunrise over some trees, and I bumped into Map Tester. Several new commuters coming out with the warm weather. Great day.

Last Night: 75 and 23 mph winds. That was somewhat of a pain. I kept feeling like I was going to get blown into the middle of the street.

This morning: Nice ride in, 49, calm to light winds. I had a close call at an intersection where someone didn't see me and cut in front (though I was riding awefully close to the SUV in front of me, the other car probably never saw me til it was too late. Gotta watch that).

I had an feel good encounter. I came up to an intersection and a fellow in a van pulled up next to me, rolled down the window and shouted out, "You're smart, with those lights and bright colored clothes, you're doing it right." I said 'Thank you' as the light turned green. Nice to know I could be seen ,wearing my new nashbar crossroads, plenty bright :D

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Pleasant.