Absolutely the best way to handle that. Kudos on keeping your head and not getting in a shouting match.:D

A great day for calgary's first annual bike to work day! </sarcasm>

Bike to Work Day Link

Cool, but dry ride in. The downtown core of Seattle has significantly less traffic on Fridays so I had a quick ride in. Recorded the ride on my Edge 305 just for kicks.

Great! Didn't go to work, took vacation and went on 49 mile 3 hr ride w/ new LHT. Back in time to retrieve 5 yr old from his half day of school.

Hi there G/A ....Another Colorado Springs commuter! Where do you commute?

I go from Rockrimmon & Delmonico to past Research & Chappel Hills Drive.

That hill by Flying W is awesome. I'ts on my weekend training route.... both directions. I've seen close to 50 hoofing it down the steep side :)

Today's commute..... WTF was up with the JAM's this morning. It was a beatiful morning except for the 3 or 4 idiots that buzzed me. One mini van was really close. I wonder if she saw my blazing neon lime windbreaker, or was just blinded by her cell phone. Oh well, I lived to tell and look forward to an awesome ride home. I'll get my revenge when I whiz by them in the 5pm gridlock.

Didn't ride in today. My rear derailleur cable snapped going home yesterday. Rode the last ~4 miles (the hilliest part) in high gear....Except for the steeper hills which I had to walk up. First time I've had to surrender to a hill since the mid 1990's. The bike needed some other repairs/maint. anyhow, so I took it in to the shop after i got home. Supposed to be ready on Monday.

14.5 mi commute, one way, all rural. 10.5 mi on the Natchez Trace Parkway. 2.5 on secondary country road. 1 mile on semi-rural road to work. .5 from my house to the NTP. Had 5 cars pass me until I reached the main road. After that it was like a jailbreak...I lost count @ 23.

For those who may not be familiar the Natchez Trace Parkway is a controlled access Federal nature reserve roadway on which there is no commercial traffic, no billboards, and a speed limit of 40 mph for 442 miles. It runs from just outside Nashville, Tn to Natchez, Ms through 3 states. It's arguably one of the most beautiful highways in the world.

This morning I was greeted w/3 flocks of turkeys and 2 small herd of deer. Several rabbits, scolding crows and umpteen buzzards who had swarmed a dead opposum.

I'm posting this from the local library on my way home. We live so far out that we only have dial-up available and I hate posting on bf because it's soooooo sloooowwww. Needless to say after many years of urban commuting this is a major blessing.

LOL! I saw that as well. I took the bus in as I put my slicks on the other day and wasn't in the mood to change tires. 15km on slicks and the snow. No thanks. Who's the genius at city hall who came up with April as a date? They must be the same ones who plan the overpasses here. What a joke.

Good ride today, its back to T-shirt weather in the mornings again.

I also got in a couple of "mid-day" rides today. MY company has a construction job going about a 1/4 mile down the road from the one I am on, and the boss sent me down to the other job 3 times for tools/paper work today since my bike is faster then him driving down there. It wasnt far of a ride but it was way better then "working"

Rode home in my shirt today. Got in, and said "Are you ready? Let's go!" My wife came around the corner, putting her shoes on. "Oh, I have to have a shower first..."

Went for a 10km ride down to the lake in shorts. Beautiful weather. Came back and shaved my winter beard down to a goatee. Feels really strange not having 3 inches of hair on my face.

great weather for the first time in ages. did my usual 20 mile round trip commute, got home around 5pm and threw on the lycra (shorts!), hopped on the road bike did a fantastic 41 mile road ride. Out in Sudbury I had to ford a flooded road with about a foot of water across it. I plowed the 50 yards or so through the water forgetting that it would be icy cold- wow!. It kept me rolling at a good pace to stay warm on the ride home. Got home, took a shower, hopped back on the commuter and rode to the supermarket for a couple of bags of groceries and an ice cold 6 pack. Love my bikes. :D

Well there is really only 1 way to go, as NJ is mostly developments and long roads. If you go in a development, you won't wind up anywhere but out of it as that is the only road, in and out...thats it.

Gotcha, the typical suburbia. Sometimes there do exist some neat shortcuts even around those places though, often - not.

The commute today was breezy. It was breezy yesterday. The day before yesterday was windy as heck. Not the weather forcast <smirk> had me down for a tailwind on the way home. I should have remembered there's no such thing as a tailwind.

Yea. I'm most likely moving back to Brooklyn New York in the Summer though.

i had an unplanned commute today. my friend and i are building racks for our bikes so i was running an errand before i headed to his house to finish welding it and paint it. so i'm stopped at a light and my car decides not to cooperate with me today. i knew what was wrong with it, knew i had nothing with me to fix it. so i thought well i've got my bike, and i'm about 8 or 9 miles from the apartment so I could ride to the apartment, get what i need and drive the wifes car back to mine and take care of it. It would have been a nice ride except i had my (big and heavy) camera bag with my laptop inside that i didin't want to leave in the car. not to mention that, since i hadent planned on riding, i had not been drinking plenty of water before hand like i usually do. i also decided that exploring new routes/shortcuts isnt the right thing to do in this situation. of course this is hindsight talking. i added 4 or 5 miles to the trip cuz my new-found shortcut turned into a loop that put me back where i started from. so like 6 miles from the apartment i stopped at a cvs and got a 24 ounce gatorade and it was half gone before i started pedaling again. finally made it back to the apartment and continued on with life. it felt REALLY nice to take off that camera bag. and because i had to pick up my wife from work, get dinner and fix my car i had no time to go to my friends house and finish the rack. :rolleyes:

i woke up early because there was a chance of rain, normally i leave my place at 630. i noticed it was starting to drizzle so i decided to leave at 6 and get within a mile or so from work and stop for coffee. I go out grab my bike and the rain is picking up so i decide to throw on the rain gear, i get all geared up..hop on the bike. 100 ft down my rode....FLAT TIRE?!! Second flat in a month...Pissed off at 6 in the morning I quickly throw on a new tube (luckily i stocked up last time), by now it's downpouring of course. My wife offered to drive me in, but 'no, i decided to not have a car, so i'm doing this'. All of that for a little saturday overtime :)

good for you for sticking with the plan as best you could. Hopefully, you feel all the better for it now. :beer:

Really good ride this morning. I took my $40 craigslist schwinn for a test commute this morning. Road bikes are so nice for commuting. I was able get under the headwind for the most part. It's supposed to rain this afternoon, so we'll see what happens.

Had an easy ride in today in the warm weather, mid 50s and a little breeze. Gonna be mid 80s and breezy this afternoon. I am on my MTB now since my road bike is back to the factory for warranty checking since the frame cracked 2 weeks ago. I am hoping to get it back or a new one soon since I can't stand commuting on my MTB. I have actually been checking craigslist everyday for a cheap road bike to get until I get my bike back.

High 50Fs and a 10-15MPH headwind. Still, it's nice to finally have some proper spring weather. I put my Transworlds back on yesterday so I was smooth and relatively quick. Reeled in a couple other people.

I did a lot of non-commute riding over the weekend. Rode up to The Ethan Allen Tower on Saturday. On Sunday I dragged my wife out for a ride and we helped a woman on the MUP find her lost dog. :o Go us. (We found the dog...)

To borrow some words from a favorite group of mine...."I'm back. I'm back in the saddle again....I'm back, I'm back in the saddle again"

Took most of last week off the bike. Had too many errands to run and too little time. Friday I was up on Brasstown Bald watching Levi pass by me, just 300 m or so short of the finish line. Dude was flying.
Anyway, today's commute was uneventful. Traffic seemed lighter than normal and I made really good time. Averaged 18.02 mph without really trying to ride hard. I think the lower pollen counts are helping my breathing quite a bit. Can't wait for the ride this afternoon. Supposed to be 79F and sunny. That's my kind of weather :)

Great ride in today, set a new PB for average speed, 15.3. Not all that fast but it sure beats my 13mph average when I started riding this year. Felt pretty good, weather was great, low 50s, only a small headwind, sun shining, etc. Had to stop and remove some clothes because I was getting a little too warm. It seemed like it warmed up really quick once the sun came up. I was riding through various cool and warm air zones, felt weird with the temps swinging up and down like that but whatever. This afternoon should still be nice unless I leave work a little late, then I'll have to dodge the occasional rain shower or t-storm.

Midsixties this morning, but a chance of rain, so I had to bring the ol' commuter in (a converted mountain bike). After having ridden my road bike for the past two weeks, this was a huge difference. Nice for a change of pace though:)
Love this weather.

At long last, the day has arrived!

Today was the first day of the year when it was warm enough to commute in a t-shirt and shorts. Hooray!