does it still count as a commute if i live less than a half mile from work?

yes

4:15am - The rural portion of my morning commute. I was in the left turn lane, slowing to the red stoplight. A white pickup was coming up fast and decided he didn't have room/time to get in front of me, so he slowly approached the light behind me. As I waited for the light to change, the driver opened his window and called to me, "Hey..."
(I winced, expecting to catch some grief about cluttering up the roadways)
He continued, "...your belt ain't working today."
After a moment of confusion, I looked down at my belt of incredible ugliness ( http://www.sciplus.com/recommend.cfm...ry=196&start=1 ) and realized I hadn't turned it on. I did so, and thanked him for letting me know.

Commuting in to work by bike is fun, but that little episode made today's ride even nicer. :)

On the way in, I got passed by a Chicago Parks truck. It only had a couple mph on me so I decided to tuck in behind. It was towing a woodchipper on a trailer. As soon as I get in the draft (aaaahhhh . . .) I hear someone say "Hey, good morning." I look up, and there's this guy hugging the control panel on the woodchipper. He laughs and says he just jumped on for the fun of it. I chuckle all the way to the next light, where the guy bails out. Well, that's one way to get around town without waiting for the bus.

Other than that, fairly normal WINTER commute (curse you, NNW wind).

Ride in was cold (for florida anyways!). Almost had another head on collision with another commuter again with no lights on his bike at all..... Should I just start closelining people when they do this to me? OR just yell "get at light a$$hole"?

Ride home was nice and warm. Went and cashed my little paycheck and had to go renew the insurance on my car that I havent drove in 3 weeks now.

Well. Today was colder that anticipated..... The 9 mile return trip was ICY!!! My back brake froze up and I was un able to shift all the way into my lowest gear in the front!!! IT WAS A BLAST!!! Currently my helmet, back pak, shoes gloves, etc are drying out!

Snow in April!!! Ride home was almost a white out. Good thing I checked the weather report and dug up my cold weather gear this morning. I had a blast and thought maybe I was a little crazy until I heard some people out cutting their grass. It was 80 degrees F on Monday!! Gotta love this crazy Kentucky weather!!

rode in via Comm Ave. today. Came home on the bike path. It's been a little chilly and damp lately.

Once again, -12c temp and a 30km/h headwind. What happened to spring?

Cold this morning! Strong headwind this afternoon.

Cold? You live in FLA. What's cold? 65f?

I would say that it had to be down in the 50's :D

If I have to wear a beenie and long sleeves, then its cold.

rode the girlfriends bike to work instead of my allez. only half her gears worked and the rear brake was shot, spent an hour servicing her bike before i could leave the shop

Good commute yesterday, again apart from the cold niggling away at me.

Good times, but freezing cold in the morning, really have to stop being so tight and get some good winter warmers.

Couple of days off now so time to relax before the next commute and enjoy some pleasure riding
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32F, with a quartering tailwind. Made good time. Only 3 or 4 pedestrians out on the MUP, including one regular with her retriever. No cyclists. I guess people are back in hibernation.

Cold and a little breezy this morning, temp in the mid 30s. I was tired this morning after a fun weekend driving my car at VIR. I was slower than usual but that was fine by me. Almost got drenched by the sprinklers on the golf course.

Love that story!!

Bright sun and -1C on the way in. The forecast calls for a high of +8C, then rain, then snow/rain overnight.

Actually took it easy this morning. It's a beautiful morning: clear, calm, 54F. Beginning to see more commuters again.

Fast. Missed 3 lights that normally catch me. 17 minutes for ~5 miles.

Here are a couple of lake ice photos from Friday's commute.

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The cold weather continues here in WI, with rain/snow mix expected this week.

I'm driving today and tomorrow due to some work-related errands that require a car. We'll see if my "extreme commuting" urge kicks in later this week.

From that craigslist seller last week, I got two useful things for $5 total - a tire pressure gauge and an underseat bag.

Brisk, sunny, but damp (18 hrs of rain but just cleared before I hit the road). Was nice, so I did my 9 mile add-on, and right before I turned around it started pouring again. Builds character I guess.

Oh yes, I didn't turn my headlight on until it started raining past my half-way point. That's a benchmark for the lengthening days, of sorts. Good to see...

52F at 6:30am this morning and it was already light out. I still kept the headlight and rear blinkie on for safety's sake though. Beautiful ride. I saw the sunrise and the birds are chirping all over the place. I might just leave earlier tomorrow just so I can slow down some and enjoy this more.

Nice ride in this morning. No problems with cars or peds. I wish all commutes would work out like this morning.

Well, I have to rant a bit. Been commuting for the last couple months. 15 miles roundtrip. I bought some alert shirts and have been wearing them everyday. I don't know what is up with people today, but coming home I got into two arguments with cagers.

I will usually ride near the shoulder, but take the lane when there isn't a wide enough shoulder. First I was riding in the right lane of a 6 lane road. First honked at me from behind as I was taking the lane and then passed me and then got right back over to turn right at the light, which was red and he had to wait for. I just started smiling at him and he was asking what my problem was. Called me a jerk and that was it. Pretty funny actually.

About 3 miles later, I was riding on the shoulder of a four lane road and came up to a red light. There was a car left of me in the right lane. I am stopped and a car comes up from behind me and lays on the horn. I dont respond and he yells at me to get out of the road. I guess I shouldn't have engaged him, but I told him he could have gone through the parking lot and turned onto his road just as easily. He starts yelling some more about how he is going to kick my ***. This guy has his 3 year old kid in the back seat as he is cussing me out. I tell him that he's a great role model for his son. Anyways, I was pretty heated for the rest of the ride. Thanks for letting me vent.

Also, when there is a wide enough lane for cars to turn, do you pull behind the car that is going forward? I try to do this when there aren't any cars around, but all the cars were pulling up to the red light. T