Yesterday was great. I had the day off. Biked w/ my 5 yr old to his K, then home, then biked w/ my wife to her job (~1 mile closer to home than mine). Biked around another 25ish miles for the heck of it, then home, picked up 5 yr old, biked over for ice cream after his 0.5 day of school, then back home and on w/ the rest of the day.

Today had someone yell something from a pickup. Sounded like "HEY! mumble mumble mumble..." I just smiled and waved. Whatever. Then a car of young guys pulled up next to me and I figured more of the same. But instead I got a hello and a compliment for riding. I need to not assume the worst. Most people are good. Today sucked on many levels, but the ride was good. Days like today I NEED the ride.

40F, sunny, very light headwind. Nice ride again. I reeled in and passed a Wilma (female Fred, complete with milk crate on rack) and reeled in a dude on a hybrid, then split off the MUP and onto the streets shortly after.

It's "Way to Go week", where people are encouraged to avoid driving to work.

I had a 15-25 mph tail wind on the way to work today !

Hot damn I was flying on the fixed gear ! HAHAHA

Brrrrr, bloody cold! We are getting some rain this week too. Seems tuesday to friday will be rain. I hope it doesn't put a dampener on riding. This morning was cold but the ride was nice. Calm morning. Annoying old man feeding squirrels was out feeding them in the middle of the path...... So not sure how to handle that one. He has already almost cost me to hit a chipmunk on a previous encounter. Other than that it was smooth sailing and I made good time.

Cold. Again. I wussed out and put on the winter riding pants I swore I wouldn't use until next fall. Damn. The high today is 70 but it was 34 again when I left my house. However, I only got about 7 miles before I had to take the pants off, I was starting to get too warm and I don't want to sweat on my ride in. At about 30mph my knees were feeling a bit crisp but the sun was shining, traffic was light, and there was no wind. Doesn't get much more pleasant than that. I was trying to take it easy today and just enjoy the ride and I mostly succeeded. Caught myself a few times in the aero bars and had to remind myself I wasn't in a race! Averaged 14.8 @1:30 which is pretty good for me. Saw a young deer on the canal trail, still had the little white spots, ran along the trail next to me for a few dozen yards. That was cool.


I'm still slow enough that I don't think it matters yet. My legs don't hurt at all (er.. from the cold) and the only time they get cold is on fast decents (30+), and even then it's mostly just my knees. Keep in mind though this is in ideal yet cold conditions, sun shining, no wind, etc. However, if there is any wind at all in these temps I make sure not to screw around and make sure any exposed skin is covered. I may be dumb but I'm not stupid. :p ;)

First morning back to work after a week of vacation. The 20 mile interval training I did last night meant this morning was a slow ride. Weather was a little chilly, but this afternoon looks promising.

:D 12C! I rode in shorts and a t-shirt! :D

You aren't that slow. :)
Anyhow, I am stupid and have ridden with exposed skin. It always seems windy around here.
I just love my warmers.


Friday's return home commute had a moderate rain the entire time. That is until .5 miles from my house. ARGH! 50-55F and completely soaked. Plus, I took the wrong bike and did not have fenders. My sidis were completely waterlogged. Such fun. If the rain had let up earlier I could have dried out. The end result was very cold feet and I had to keep riding to stay warm. No biggie. I have had worse.

This morning's commute was with a slight headwind and drizzle. I fit in a few intervals and sprints to make it a bit more fun. I also started sprinting up a few hills that have killed me for the last couple of years. They have become much easier lately. A hill sprint or interval is exhausting but I managed one on my steepest hill at 18 mph. ugh That lasted about 20 secs.

Bought an older Fuji road bike on Friday to use as my commuter since my road bike is still going through the warranty process. Put new pedals on it yesterday and had my first ride in on it today. It was a great ride, took me awhile to get used to shifting but was getting it by the end. It rides smooth and fast which is exactly what I was looking for. Cool and windy this morning, temps in the low 40s. Gusts up to 35 for this afternoon, I hope I am riding with it.

It's monsoon and tornado season in Kansas! I had to wring out every piece of clothing I had on today, and I dipped into my emergency stash of dry shorts and socks.

Had a great commute in this morning. Dry, 50 degrees. Only bummer was that I forgot train fare this morning so I had to ride the whole way into work this morning so I didn't get any cool down before starting work.

Got the roadie roadworthy this weekend, so I rode that in today, will be getting a cyclocomputer for it at lunch time, but the ride in was smooth and quick feeling - except for the 5 minute roadside wait while huge droves of traffic passed by (I was trying to get over 3 lanes of it to make a left, ended up going further up to take the left).

I was careful and definitely noticed the difference with a solid frame (MTB has front fork suspension) and thin tyres, but felt really good to ride it - especially as I was the one who made it work :)

Ug...today's ride wasn't the best. Maybe just a Monday thing. Generally heading to work is better than heading home. I hope it's the opposite today.

Gorgeous ride this morning :D Sunny (though I need better sunglasses, I think), birds yelling their heads off all along the river paths, and the perfect temperature. I made it in 58 minutes without undue effort, my best time yet, and as a bonus I passed the bus I normally would have been on!

Oh yeah, shorts here too, though I did wuss out and had sleeves.

but is it our yearly tease before the June monsoon sets in? What an amazing morning. The forecast rules this week, hope it stays this way.

Hot! It felt humid, and it was, is now misting relentlessly, which I would have actually loved to ride in, but oh well. Now off to drive to meeting 60 miles west.

Hot? In WA? ...... I think my idea of Hot has been skewed by too many 3monther's in the Mohave'

Billy

Stripped down the FG commute bike to Summer Mode: removed the fenders, lights, and saddle bag. Mounted new tires and gave her a wash and wax. That bike looks too nice to ride to work!

Nothing particularly interesting this morning, I had to come directly to work (although I brought a jersey and shorts for the hopefully longer ride home), and the drivers were predictable and courteous. I did notice a couple of other bike commuters today, including a woman on a single-speed mountain bike.

my commute today was: bikeless

my commute tomorrow will be: not so bikeless anymore

I am back!

I had an interesting ride into work today. First I left late and so I was riding pretty hard to make up some time. I was chased by a small furry dog. He was pretty fast. I had to sprint to 25 mph to finally lose him. 10 miles into my 15 mile commute I had 2 spokes break. I had to loosen up the rear brakes so the wheel wouldn't drag on the brake pad. Then I limped the rest of the way into work on a wobbly rear wheel with no brakes. Wouldn't you know that the spokes that broke were on the drive side of the wheel. My wife is so wonderfull, she made a trip to work for me with tools and parts so I could repair my wheel to make the ride home in the morning. I repaired my wheel right on my desk. I will give the wheel a perfect true when I get home in the morning. I can get it really close by using the brake pad as a caliper to use as my reference. Even though I had some challenges today. I would rather ride to work then drive.

Awesome weather. 71 on the return ride. Good times riding with spouse.

WOW do you think the chase had anything to do with the spokes breaknig?

I'm not really sure. The spokes look like the heads popped off. Maybe they were bad quality.