Great ride in this morning, bit wet but otherwise a good ride. Woke up to heavy rain pounding on the roof, so decided not to ride. Got out of the shower and the rain had stopped, so I quick geared up and hit the road. It was intermittent drizzle most of the way in (10 mile ride) but otherwise wind and temp were nearly perfect. Gotta love fenders.

beautiful and too short as always.

The post should be labeled as the idiots who do not pay attention in Denver.

Yesterday on the ride home I have this T intersection that I exit the bike lane at the light to hit the walk button. The other side is a park. I am basically riding the lower part of the T. The light turns green and I start to cross. Low and behold some numbnut is not paying attention while piloting one of the largest SUVs I have ever seen (talking to his girlfriend I guess). He flat out runs the light. At least one of us was paying attention. I had noticed him and was stopped in the other directions traffic lane. Gave him the finger and went on with my merry way.

This morning I was distracted by a near rear end collision between 2 SUVs. Then I forgot the stop sign and blew the intersection with a car in the opposing direction getting ready to take a left. Fortunately someone was paying attention (not me). Anyhow, I need someone to flip me off in order to have everything balance out. :p

Ooh! Ooh! Can I do it! :p

That may be a long flight for you. LOL

Good ride last night home. Did about 15 miles around the greenway. All was fine until I started cramping at home. That's OK, I loosened up the legs with this morning's commute. Sunny and 70° here gotta enjoy it while I can!

Nice ride this morning. I averaged 28.7 km/h (including stoppages at lights).I'm getting faster every day ever since the doc cleared me to right my bike "moderately". ;)

And despite the 30' C weather, I'm not even breaking a sweat in hot and humid Toronto. Thank you eBike!

Bananas and hydration. I play a lot of outdoor sports (ultimate frisbee, cycling, running, soccer) and used to cramp A LOT. Then I started eating a banana a day, every day. I can't remember the last time I cramped up, but it's been years.

If you hate bananas, drink OJ. I think there's about as much potassium in a glass of OJ as there is in a banana, and (of course) it'll help you hydrate a little.

Rode to do this supposed BikePool this morning, only one other person showed up and we weren't even on the RSVP list! Heh.

Anyway, we rode together down Queen St and I headed south down Spadina toward work - was great to have a chat and ride with someone, though.

Awesome morning... I slept in an extra hour just cuz i felt like it. Great ride in except the part where a MTB dusted me off at the stoplight. I was in cruise mode or I may have taken up the challenge. I put my challenge on the hill climb to the office instead. Trying to keep near 10mph on the climb is tough.

Figured out that my daily commute climbs 960 feet in a round trip. Hills are good....but they suck when you're feeling lazy :)

The lockring on my fixed gear cog spun loose, and the tinkling sound alerted me to it. Scared the heck out of me when I loooked down. I spun it back on handtight and flipped the wheel to singlespeed and rode in. Time for my 90 day service. I need to check my bike over more carefully, that could have really hurt.

Not much to report today - I gave some driver "the look" this morning. He was being a minor ****** and I ended up boxing him in.

Great ride in this morning, 60F, sunny, very light winds. Rode part way with another commuter I've seen a few times before, we chatted a while before I turned off. That was cool, 'cause this guy has passed me like I was standing still twice on the ride home before.

Today is also the second week I've rode round trip to work for 3 days in one week (66 miles for the week). Hopefully my family/work schedule will let me keep riding 3 days/week.

Good commute in today.

Another full week, managed to bike in every day.

The heat spell broke, had nice cool morning temps.

Taking a nice 30 mile ride out on farm roads after work.

I took the same hairpin turn descent as yesterday - you better believe I took it slow and careful this time!

It was a very late night at the office, after 1am when I got on the road, but what a beautiful time to be out. I quickly got away from downtown and on to the path along the Sacramento River, just me and the moon and the deep black water. Fantastic.

This morning I rode in on the Caldaro. I have a new Centaur seatpost waiting for me at the LBS and I hope I'll be able to take La Specialissima out for an evening spin. Happy Friday, everyone.

Saw a twitching squirrel on the road today which I think got smashed by one of the few cars behind me. Strangest thing was that it was "looking" my way as I went by. Other than that, pretty normal commute but it was a bit on the warm side. Looking forward to the long weekend after my ride home this afternoon.

decided to ride the MTB today....she is sooooo neglected lately since my surgery...so fun hoppin' off curbs and bustin endos at stop lights!! Average is only down like 2mphs over the Full Carbon roadie!

Everyone have a nice ride!!

bummer about that squirrel~~

downtown nashville was cool and calm this morning.. (i almost had to blast (airzound) some geese off of the road. they honk i honk.) best ride all week. but its humid, 85, and sunny now, this afternoon will be a scorcher.

Not commute exactly....but the post feels better/more approriate here than in "car free"....Orded chinese food for take out.....got my car keys....stopped....jumped on my recently finished utilty/commuter, had shorts so didn't even need to put the rubber band around the pants cuff. Hit the take out place as the food is up...don't even need to lock bike. Put the Wald folding baskets down, put the take out in. Home and eat.
2 miles round trip, 16 mph avg, One less car trip, little bit if exercise for me, and all in all faster......

it's time for mass! looks like the weather's holding.

Full Week , feels great!
 

Five days of good riding, with a little sauce to end the week. Checked out the Orlando CM .. not nearly as bad as some would lead to believe. Had a few friends join me, and watched as only a few rambunctious souls made errors in roadiness, and the majority made impact on awareness. Very pleasant ride with few unwelcome comments from the cagies, then a good ride home afterwards.
Bring on the weekend!

"cm" ?

cm=Critical Mass.
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My commute home:
On my ride home about a quarter til midnight I came across a man riding a childrens bmx bicycle with no lights (but at least he had the stock reflectors) in the 55mph narrow 2-lane road section of my commute. He was riding less than a foot from the edge of the pavement, begging to get squeezed off the road. As I approached from behind he pulled off onto the dirt shoulder when he saw the light from my 15W halogen light. I consider the shoulder too dangerous to ride on, so I always remain on the road in that area.

I slowed down to his speed (about 10-12mph) and pulled into the left tire track from center lane position. I encouraged him to take the right tire track and ride with me so people coming from behind could see a bicyclist was in the road and so he could see where he was riding by sharing my headlights. His English was obviously limited but he understood, said thanks, and started riding alongside.

An 18 wheeler started coming up behind us, and he instantly went back to the shoulder. He looked at me like I was crazy as I held my line. The guy in the truck laid on his horn as he slowed down for me. I've always loved the sound of large trucks' horns, so I gave the driver a friendly wave then motioned for him to pass, which he did.

As my newfound friend and I entered the lit section of the road I had to turn left while he headed straight. I suggested he get some lights...he said yes but I'm not really sure if he understood.

Personal best distance this week for me, four out of five days for 128 miles. Usually I'm at two days a week. But the weather was nice and the cicadas haven't fully emerged yet, so I heaped on the miles. Also, I rode fixed gear to work for the first time on Friday. I'm not ready to give up my 1x8 geared bike yet, especially on windy days, but I am going to get a rack for the FG bike and take it more often.

Here’s the breakdown of my commute using Wednesday’s ride as an example…

Lately I have more things going on than Ringling Brothers and my schedule has been bouncing around all over the place. On Tuesday I was pulling regular dayshift hours. On Wednesday I rode into work at 5PM and would be back on the road at 130AM.

The most direct route is a high usage road/hwy with traffic hitting speeds of up to 70mph. The posted is 55 but are going well beyond that. This route has frequent high winds coming out of a canyon, which kicks up lots of debris. Gravel pits on both sides of the road are a wonderful addition. :rolleyes: It’s not unusual to find yourself weaving around a piece of furniture along the side of the road here. If that’s not enough, there’s also a good sustained climb. This commute is actually uphill both ways. ;) Have a look around 41° 7'44.57"N 111°54'30.46"W at Google Earth. My home is in South Ogden and I work at that nearby runway. Hwy 89 is far from being an ideal commuter route but there aren’t better choices in the area. Its lower intersection count and wider shoulders draw favor among riders.

I bought my commuter bike with the last two minutes of my commute in mind. This 40ish minute ride to work is punctuated by 8 flights of stairs. The lighter bike weight and flat underside of the toptube works out well. Wednesday night my counterpart surprised me with one of the shop cameras. I was looking down as I climbed and heard him say, "You need to learn how to run with that thing." (a cyclocross joke) As I looked up...snap....

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130AM temps had me suited up with the rain gear. A nice big moon was out but its light was blocked by mostly cloudy skies making for very dark roads. Traffic was light, down to about 2 cars every few minutes. A couple of older trucks slowed way down beside me and I wasn't sure what they had on their minds. Next time I'm riding home this late I'll probably tack on about five more miles to go around the long way where there's more visibility and alternate paths to dodge into along the route. During the day that option would be asking for trouble since it’s in the heart of big box store shopping. The wind was coming through Weber Canyon at about 15mph, which had me leaning over pretty far to keep going straight.

I’m set to retire and find a retirement kinda job (whatever that is) in just shy of 365 days. I’ll be strongly considering anything that has me riding in the opposite direction. ;)


Cheers,