Super quiet.

I'm finally in a groove with a nice easy 3 mile commute, with the most exertion coming at the beginning of the commute. The ride home is harder and I usually take a little longer route, which is also good. All in all, I'm pretty satisfied.

I met my first angry motorist today. He buzzed near me, told me to ride on the sidewalk and flipped me off. I saw him later in a traffic jam. I didn't say anything as I whizzed by.

I honestly cant remember anything about the morning commute....but as soon as I left work it started to come down hard w/ lightning. I stood under a tree for a few mintues thinking about if I should just get on the bus/cab...but said F it and rode out. Stopped about a quarter of the way home to pick up some food, and the rain stopped.

I feel so free now that I know its no big deal to ride in the rain. I used to not ride when it rained, and hated it...but now I know everyday is a bike day.

and my new San Jose great

Good move on your part. You'll always lose if you stir it up with some nutcase in a car. I haven't had but a couple cases of this in many years of commuting but each time I just ignore them.

Let me guess ... the driver kept an eye on you in the rear view mirror as you got closer? I always get a kick out of how people underestimate how quickly a bike can gain on them once they pass.

Andy

13 miles in 45 minutes on Sunday (yes, I commute on weekends; they are my busiest workdays). Woo-hoo! That's fast by my standards. Of course, there was no traffic and the lights were mostly green... but there were hills!

Today - beastly hot!!

Windy. slapped on a little blinky on the front to"be seen" as opposed to my big "see by" light. I needed something to improve my visibility from the front without taking the big light. Nice ride both ways.

Great ride in tonight. Left the house @ 8pm and made 17 miles by 9:05. I know it's not really fast, but faster than last week. Man, my legs feel good on Mondays!! Got to see the sun set over Dallas, and traffic was fairly light. Hoping the ride home in the morning is as nice.

Steve

Sweaty, dripping, humid mess of a ride in...but pleasant just the same. Scared up a deer, and no problems with any drivers. Drafted a delivery truck for ~ 100 yards which got me up to ~ 35mph. Normally I'd be riding ~ 20 there, so that was a nice speed boost. Going to be hot, and sticky on the way home.

Ride home yesterday was hot, luckily without much humidity although-that will come today. After being passed by a roadie (I was riding at a moderate/easy pace), I decided to catch a draft and maybe get home (and out of the 98 deg heat) a little sooner and easier too. Near the airport he dropped off his pace and slowed drastically, I was expecting a turn, stop for mechanical, or maybe he just didn't want someone behind him. I slowly pulled around and in front then thought I'd better see if he was ok. I gave him the thumbs up and he replied likewise so I kept going thinking that the heat must have gotten to him but that I was doing surprisingly well. Well, that only lasted for another few minutes, all of a sudden I lost all steam and my legs felt week. I wasn't in danger of dehydrating or passing out but maintaining a moderate (probably) 15-16 mph speed was tough, the few small hills that I encounter were tough too. I got home ok and promptly drank my Endurox and got in a cool shower. I was a little nervous about the heat and, I guess, with good reason, it really takes a lot out of you. Today should be even worse so I'm going to be extra careful.

Awesome ride. I was free (different thread). No helmet, no clip in pedals, no gloves. Just man and machine (and a well tuned silent one at that) :D :D


100% humidity made for a sweaty but very enjoyable ride in this morning. And we all know morning sweat doesn't stink. It better not, because I'm here for the next nine hours today and we don't have showers at work :)

I felt like I was about a mile from the beach this morning it was that humid. I think it was actually a little worse this morning than yesterday morning. Had a nice ride, but found out that my rear tire has a bulge in it so I'm gonna stop by the LBS on the way home to get a new tire.

My bike is WAY out of tune.... It keeps shifting on its own, and is making some horible noises..... Time to take it in for a tuneup....

Billy

70F and 90% humidity. Not exactly the heinous stuff some of you folks are getting, but it's still pretty uncomfortable for Vermont. :) Got to work and had to go run a wet towel over my face and arms just to cool down. Drinking a lot of water.

I passed two guys on bikes, 3 people going the other way, and I guess I was reeling in another guy but I didn't see him until I was about to leave the MUP for the street.

We had some beautiful t-storms rage through here yesterday. Fortunately I didn't have to ride in them. Scattered t-storms again today.

Another misty/foggy morning ride. Made good time. Opted not to ride home yesterday in the huge thunderstorms, so hoping for better weather for the ride home today.

Have to write a note to a couple of bus companies - a 3-foot passing rule is about to become law here, and I'd like to see some drivers get a jump on compliance :)

I usually commute on the Massachusetts (the 650 am boat) from Hingham to Boston and then bike over to Cambridge.

This morning, the kids slept in a bit and I ended up on the 715 boat. I'll have to thank them profusely this evening when I make it home.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news...85/detail.html

Misty, hazy, foggy morning in Boston. A bit tired this AM, up late last night watching the Tour and then some stupid kickboxing crap, and I didn't get my chocolate soy milk grr rawr. But I got to bike and that's worth a lot. Here's hoping for no after-work t-storms!

cool and drizzly... I'll take it over triple digits any day of the week.

Wow, lucky sleep in and escape, law4jba...

Was off work yesterday but took my daughter home in the trailer and returned home with trailer, etc. Was humid and horrible, but fun - I was actually wanting a headwind because it was so nasty out there.

I managed to get my seatpost rack decently secured to my roadie, so brought that this morning with my pannier on - felt fine. It's been humid and nasty the past few days, today was no different, but I wasn't as back-sweaty as usual from the backpack.

Bike sure doesn't feel as springy/fast with that loaded pannier on :)

law4jba-I think my uncle rides that boat, I just read the story. I'm glad nobody was hurt. I spent summers up there in Hingham and Plymouth, beautiful part of the country-great way to get to/from work.

Overcast and Windy 63°F (17°C) Humidity: 70 %
Wind Speed: NW 26 G 38 MPH

Of course it was a head wind. Blowing hard enough to carry bits of sand for that sand blasting effect too. Owwwweeeewoweeee. My legs are still burning and I've been off the bike for a half hour. I guess that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger [or stupider] :)

Stampede hangovers kept the streets pretty darn clear this morning, so it was a quick ride in with reduced traffic.

I think I had a target painted on me on the way home last night - either that or my purple jersey isn't as visible as I thought. Cars kept pulling out in front of me! Time to put the little blinky back on my handlebars, I think (it's a little turtle light from MEC, looks a lot like a camera flash in blink mode). That should make me more obvious in shady bits - I think drivers are wearing sunglasses that are too dark.

At least I had a tail wind on the way home! After the morning battle I needed that. Made the 9 miles in 45 minutes which is actually a personal record in that direction.

Today was very different - I rode my new/old "road" bike. It's more a sport-touring style really, with 26" rims and semi-slick tires on it right now, but it has drop bars and that makes it a "road bike" to me :) Wow, is that ever a different ride. I am having trouble with the shifting (new chain/old cogs issue, plus downtube shifters that I'm not used to yet) so today I just ran it in the 46 X 13 gear and called it good. I was concentrating on not killing myself with the toe clips or the twitchy steering just to start with :p I can feel that it will be a great bike for longer distances, although right at the moment a few parts of me would disagree! (Apparently I need a new saddle...)

Hazy, Hot and Humid. Went through all three water bottles. It was spooky to see the mist rising off the reservoir.

Also decided...people in oversized SUV and cell phones are a bad combination.

first commute today with a Carradice Super C saddlebag instead of my standard rack and panniers and I felt like I was flying! or at least felt like I normally do when I ride on weekends without my commuting gear on the bike.

then, some guy with a modified Specialized Allex with flat bars + bar ends passed me just as we entered Lexington on the Minuteman Bikeway and just kicked my ass. he was do a high cadence 22 mph cruise and I was almost sprinting trying to stay on his wheel. Eventually, as we approached Bedford and 128, I took a turn at pulling him and brought things up to 27mph. Then he said, "one of the straps on your bag is coming loose" and as I raised up to check it out, he just blew past me again.

Felt like someone pulled the cyclists' version of "your shoelace is untied" on me. :)

Hey! Pull my finger! Go on...

I am still sweating a half hour after I got into a/c, and it felt relatively cool this am. Maybe relative is the key, it was probably in the 70s...