Buglady, best wishes for the best outcome...and from a former migraine sufferer who's cured for good, if you want a suggestion in that direction I've got that too.

Ride in today again cool and cloudy and breezy, but made much nicer by a pleasant encounter with a fellow commuter about halfway in. We rode a few blocks together before our routes diverged, yakkin' about the weather and what to wear and this and that...it was kinda like meeting someone from this forum in real life! The other pleasant thing is, I'm getting better at this. Successful commuting is a combination of so many things: planning, dressing right, choosing a route, knowing when to merge, knowing when to make a move, agility on the bike, being able to spot the opportunity where you can make that turn without buzzing peds in the crosswalk or getting tangled up with cars. I watch other bike commuters (16 today that I noticed) and see how they handle things, and try to emulate the ones who seem like they're successful. The large majority are successful, which really tells you something given how diverse they are.

In sum: bike commuting is cool.

Ah!

72, slight breeze, to give way to upper 80's and all sun on the way home.

I beat the cicadas this morning, they decided to sleep late. I'm gonna get swarmed on the ride home if I don't keep moving. And yes...they do bounce off your helmet at "high" speed LOL. :D

Oh yeah...seen like 8 other people on bikes. One always gives me "the wave"...which I always return with "the nod". :)

Yet Another Nice Day. :) 60F, clear skies. I was out hashing (running for beer) last night and we were up until after midnight, so this morning I took it slow and kept the Liquid in her "15MPH" gear. Caught a woman on a hybrid, stayed behind her, and later a guy on a road bike passed both of us.

No dead muskrats on the MUP this morning!

WAHHHOOOO!!

Against doctor's orders and a mother shaking her head ... I am back! Not quite three weeks after spending Memorial Day weekend in the hospital with all sorts of broken ribs and punctured lung from hitting a couple trees while mtb --- I'm back to commuting! (actually have been out riding for the last couple nights)

And boy did it feel good to not ride that infernal bus and gain my freedom! And what a lovely morning it is too - low 60's, low humidity and low pollen count ----- nice and clear!

And, hmmmmm, am I ... slightly ... faster?

:D

Ugh, traffic was the big el sucko again today. Must be cuz I'm leaving later than usual. Lots of slow crawling waiting for gaps to develop and looking for lanes that weren't impassable. This was much easier in the winter.

Had a nice long walk of shame last night, firstly I was waiting at Wellington/Strachan in traffic to take a left (lots of traffic, very slow going) and decided to put some real effort in, standing up, jumped on the 'gas' and got an immediate seizure in the drivetrain somewhere, knowing that wasn't good I got off and picked my bike up to take it to the sidewalk. Apparently I'm an idiot and hadn't put my rear wheel in properly and it'd actually come out of the dropouts (didn't tighten the QR enough apparently). Then, not more than half a mile later, I take off from some lights to get onto the lakeshore bikepath and hear a slight 'airy' noise, I couldn't hear it well enough to think it was me, but I figured it was the traffic not feeling much, as soon as I got to the corner the back end slid out and I heard the tell-tale tyre wall rubbing on the floor and yep, I had a flat. So I did the 4 mile walk of shame, one person out of all the cyclists asked me if I needed a kit - I said no thanks, I just didn't have a pump. He didn't stop, but at least he asked as he passed by.

Got home, fixed the tube and let it sit, put a new/spare tube in got it back in (with the wheel secure this time) and rode to the east end. Slow rode over, some guys on fixies (couriers, by the looks) just blew me away - insanely impressive how fast those guys go (acceleration as well as top speed).

Rode into work from the east end this morning, which I've only ever done with my MTB before. Needless to say I blew my MTB time away - great ride in. Had one lady very clearly turn directly in front of me from the opposite side (Church, 4-lane two-way street) and do a 3-point turn, I had to veer HARD left to avoid her (was going about 25mph) and gave her a lot of verbal, stopped pedalling and waited for her to catch up and gave her some more, including some less-than friendly advice to get off the phone. I caught her again later on and shouted (she was still on the phone and had her windows up presumably for the AC) "you're a crazy lady!".

Essay over! :)

Just to be a party pooper, be careful with that stuff. Do what the doc tells you. Internal injuries and busted ribs need to heal properly. You've only given it 2 weeks? :eek:

The ride home yesterday was a bit on the miserable side. Wind, a flat, picking up the kid from daycare, and not eating enough clobbered me. Anyways..... I ate a ton last night and still have completely exhausted legs. Going to eat more today and hope I catch up.
I think I should have picked a better week to try my first all week commute in and back each day goal.
Mon: above 90F temps
Tue: torential downpour in the morning and evening with 60F temps
Wed: wind, picking up the kid, and generally tired

Hopefully things are a bit easier today. Tomorrow I won't be picking up my son and get to take the Tarmac into work! Woohoo!

Got drenched on my way home yesterday, and had a doctor's appointment (with a new doctor) for a checkup after work. Since I was already soaked anyway, I rode over to the doctor. I was literally dripping on the paperwork as I filled it out. :) Got a joking lecture from the receptionist at checkout. Ah, if only I was still single.

Coming back from the doctor I saw some kind of raptor (falcon? hawk?) sitting on the top of a utility pole, being harassed by a smaller bird. The raptor was probably too close to the other bird's nest. The raptor was doing his best to ignore this annoying little bird, sitting on the pole and looking absolutely regal.

This morning I saw the mother duck and her ducklings on the golf course again. The ducklings are adorable.

All in all, a pleasant change from the way I usually see wildlife on my commutes (flat).

I almost got run over by a bus this morning, but other than that, the ride in was fine. :rolleyes:

Last rib that had more than one break in it finally knitted and quit moving last weekend. Still hurts, but not badly - trying to build up the lungs (being able to breathe good and deep - need it for the hills!) as the nurse's were amazed from the damage that I had no outward signs of bruising - internal. But I feel good.

I'm not doing anything nuts - took a few curbs with no problems and am commuting on my tank of a mtb which takes the bumps/curbs etc quite nicely.

And I'm not <sniff> going out mtb with my wild guys for a couple more weeks, going to stay on the roadbike this weekend and get some miles in. I am taking it easy. Thanks though :)

The stretch of road that I thought was going to get new asphalt turned out to be chip seal. ugh. It is not a long stretch though.

The idiots in my city are doing an entire 6-8 lane street with chip seal. Great. :( Going to find a new street to ride on. I hate chipseal. What an idiotic idea.
After riding on chip sealed streets I almost need my fillings replaced.

Best commute ever... got passed around the 2 mile mark by a woman doing about 3-4mph more than me, and I was mashing along in top at a steady 16-17mph. She had a perfect body, much of it on display, sheened lightly with sweat, pretty face and short dark hair in a pixie-cut. 10 out of 10 on my scale...

Naturally I had to speed up to keep her perfect behind in view. :D Sadly she took a different route to me after about eight miles, by which time I was well knackered, and I arrived at work a sweaty mess, but hey. Fastest time ever. :)

A great ride in. Very fast, very smooth, very warm: according to NOAA, it was 76F when I left the house before 7, 79F when I rolled in, and currently it's 83F with a predicted high of 100F. And, around here the hottest part of the day is always about 5:30, just in time for the ride home.

I love it. The same folks who a couple of months ago were telling me it was too cold and wet to ride a bike are now going to say it's too sunny and hot....

Thanks, I'd be interested to hear it - I'm actually on a daily med that helps a lot, but I realised I actually forgot to take it night before last :rolleyes: That is not very useful!

Talked with a couple of people at work and feel a bit better about the situation here. I'm not the only one getting nervous so we are kind of supporting each other. If all else fails, there's a couple of people who will be good references for me and can network me into another position.

Agreed :D My ride in today was kind of chilly, but I beat the rain by a few minutes. I felt sort of slow and tired, but not in too unpleasant a way, if that makes sense. I took it easy, noodled along in low gear, and didn't worry about the time.

Today sucked. No energy to get out of bed. Then I forgot to eat. With about 2 miles to go, I got honked at while some old dude tried to turn right on red while I was waiting at the light. Being grumpy, I dropped an F-bomb on the guy. After it dropped, I knew it was completely uncalled for. He was just trying to scoot around me. The honk was just a little meep. I either should have taken more of the lane so that he'd have to wait, or get over to the curb and not so far forward so people could turn. It wasn't a dedicated turn lane btw, but most people turn right at that intersection.

Who here among us can say they wouldn't have done the same thing? 8 miles of beautiful view is a great way to start the day.

commute was rough...still no energy...i got dropped last night on the way home by a group of dudes...i love that about bikes...you can't judge a book by it's cover...the guys that dropped me didn't look like anything special...but they were trucking into a 14mph headwind at about 22-24mph....so i hung for about 5 miles and bonked...

again...no energy today...pretty sure this diet is wuppin me...just waiting for it to turn around and give me my energy back.

Is it time to go home yet?

I swear I'm calling in tomorrow for a mental health day and going for a good long ride. Like maybe to Banff. Augh.

Ah-ha... no such luck here in the 100 degree weather. Hmm. But the sunsets and sunrises are quite a view... I guess that makes up some?

Oh my goodness. I decided to change out a tube with a slow leak and then the replacement tube exploded. Gave my coworkers a heart attack. Then went through all my patches trying to fix the tube I was going to replace that for some reason would no longer hold air at all. So much for reaching my goal of 5 days commuting. :rolleyes:
Going to leave the bike locked in our data center and take the rail home. Tomorrow I will take in 2 new tubes and a patch kit. Crud.... I really wanted to ride my other bike to work. Now I will have to ride this one home tomorrow. Oh well.

I had a great ride in, they just re-opened a stretch of road and it's all smooth asphalt, such a nice change from the regular potholes.

job or migraine? This is one of the worst cities in the continent for people who get migraines. The weather patterns here near the mountains are horrible for that. And i feel your pain on the frustrating job part as well. Hang in there!

Ok...it was rough this morning. First commute in over a week because of various work stuff. Just couldn't get into it this morning, despite the perfect weather. 90F+ going home in a bit. I hope it's better!