Great. First ride since Wednesday, out sick from then to basically now. Missed record rainfall pretty much every day, darn the luck. Today, cloudy but dry (from above anyway).

Uneventful good ride. We had a huge thunderstorm last night. Dodging puddles seemed a small price to pay for not melting.

Thanks for the replies guys :), my phone is insured, and I got my replacement today, which was pretty good.

A guy in a Merc pulled over to help me out, which was nice of him - said the other driver was "a bit of a d**k", I was really surprised to see a car driver help me out!

Didn't manage to get his reg no, but hopefully I won't have another accident for a while!

Cheers,

Adam.

Going in for the MRI this afternoon...hope'n and Praying the knee is just sprained! :(

Good luck!

Don't bring the bike into the MRI room (unless it's CF or Al I guess)

Nice weather going in, and I saw 3 deer, 2 of which were babies! :)

Rode in this morning at 3:45AM! First time I truly used the Dinotte Headlight. It is AWESOME! Had to position it correctly, but it is so worth the money.

Took a different route on the way home yesterday to avoid road construction. A little longer, but not a bad route to use as an alternate. Weather is still nice, but the humidity and temps are creeping back up.
Hope to ride in tomorrow too, but Friday I'll probably have to drive.

Best commute yet (I've only been commuting for a month now). I finally got a rack bag and ditched the backpack which was great to get rid of. Unfortunately I will have to put on the backpack some days to take a laptop with me.

Drove wife's car to dealership for maintenance today. :( Yesterday's commute home was nice though. I'm still trying to find a ticking sound when I pedal. Not the drivetrain. Possibly rear suspension, but I can't figure out which point. I'm dripping some lube into the parts that pivot to see if it stops.

Good ride in, found out last night at the LBS that my road bike looks it has been in a fairly heavy impact front accident - some tell-tale signs in the frame, apparently. Not to worry, no cracks yet and well, it was free - it's still very much safe to ride. Good ride in, keep forgetting to top up the pressures. I think I'm a gnats pube shy of 2000km now on that bike standing at 1236mi. I have to lock up outside unseen for a couple hours tonight, I'm a little apprehensive but glad the rack is QR so I can just take that whole thing with me.

a great ride in.
my first one in some time after getting some knee troubles - i think i'm on the mend!

I've been doing a mixed mode commute (bike to MARTA train station) since last Friday. I began doing it when I got my Raleigh Twenty because I didn't want to be on Memorial Drive or MLK until I was familiar with the handling characteristics of the bike. But this original purpose morphed into trying out and mapping various alternative routes to the two train stations near East Atlanta.

Today I went to the Inman Park/Reynoldstown station via a route crossing I-20 at Bill Kennedy Drive. Aside from the fact that I did part of it on a gravel road by the CSX yard it was a nice little ride. I've posted the route on (minus the detour down the gravel road) at
http://bikely.com

at
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...-MARTA-station

Nice and cool this morning. My knees were really stiff though, had to concentrate on staying in lower gears and spinning.

Great! My best ride since my ankle hassles started in May.

I finally got a decent night's sleep, so I was pretty fresh for the ride in. Traffic was bearable, so that was nice too.

Traffic & temp were perfect. My knee - not so much. :( I hurt it in indoor soccer in March & thought it was better. Last night on the way home & this morning again I've been getting these sharp, shooting pains. Not good says I, not good.

Best downhill speed last night - 43mph. Increased my morning commute from 2.5mi to around 13-17mi (depending on route) with two challenging hills. Have seen my avg speed slowly climb up from around 7mi (fresh from NY not used to the altitude) to around 15mph.

This morning a wasp hit me on the forehead and fell inside my glasses; the wasp had plans to sting me before I quickly removed my glassed and squashed it. Got dropped by young cyclist on a MTB after I had just climbed a long and steep hill (guy came via a different route); about 200 mtrs ahead I noticed that he had trouble climbing so I decided to reel him in... :) Felt good to be able to summon energy on demand; the look on the guy's face was worth it.

I need to work on my speed, but with panniers and the whole rig weighting in at over 30-40lbs it's not coming easy. Might get a roadie for quick 20-milers before work and then ride the commuter to work. Have been riding (almost) every day for the past 3 months or so, including long rides during the weekend.

GreenAnvil

Last night I was truckin' on up J Street (three lane, one way arterial) and in the center of the right lane. No problem, keeping up with traffic and staying out of the door zone. And I notice some movement in a Volvo station wagon on the curb just up ahead of me. No problem, as I said, I was clear of the door zone. But it pops open just as I reached it, so that had I been riding timidly on the far right, I would have been doored.

As I pass the open-doored Volvo I say in my best Daddy voice: "Door!"

There is the slightest pause and then I heard a shriek from the driver. An honest-to-god shriek. I think I scared her but good. And I don't regret it at all. I hope she'll apply the lesson to the next time she's about to pop open her door on a busy street without first checking her mirror.

What an odd commute. Something strange is in the air today.

I stopped at a 4 way stop after making it to the stop shortly before a large pickup. Maybe a sec before.
Anyways I performed my usual split second trackstand and accelerated away from the stop. The pickup driver proceeded to yell that I should stop and flipped me the bird. The issue was not that I performed a short trackstand while coming to a stop but the fact that it forced him to stop. Smiled and continued on my way. No point in arguing with a redneck.

Later on a MUP I slowed down and yelled on your left to a rider on a bmx bike. He had been swerving side to side like a drunk or someone on drugs. As I passed him I looked to my right and he glanced over once and then again. After I passed I heard him run off the trail down a small drop into a bunch of weeds alongside the trail. He looked none too friendly while pushing his bike back on to the trail. That is the single oddest reaction I have had to an "on your left".

The summer is just kicking in in Tokyo, and it was about 75C at 7:00am. The problem is the humidity - it was around 80% and I felt pretty dehydrated when I arrived. Wouldn't go back to commuting by train though. I take quiet back roads almost all the way and it really is a pleasure. I've only been dong this a week and I wish I'd started 10 years ago.

I live in Bend, Oregon and just started commuting this week. My route to work is only 3.05 miles, according to my computer, but right now, as a newbie, it is a good workout. Tonight's ride home felt really good. And, another fringe benefit, my wife thinks I look HOT in my bicycle pants and shirt:D

On the way in Yesterday: Saw a guy (on a bike) almost get slammed by a car. The driver pulled a U turn across Four lanes and they almost converged. It was the driver's fault, but in terms of defensive cycling it was pretty obvious that she was planning a huey and the guy on the bike should have taken steps IMO.

On the way home Yesterday: Saw a young lady on what looked like a vintage high end folder hold a track stand for at least a minute at Broadway Dyckmann: no muss no fuss/rock solid. Nice skills. Pretty lady. I was smitten. :)

On the way home tonight: Almost got taken out by a pedicab coming over into me from the left. I let the guy know I was there. He looked right at me and just kept on drifting into me. Those guys aren't much better than the cagers.

Another fine ride in. 4 out of 4 so far this week. I think I'm going to have to put the headlight back on though, so i can leave before 6:00. Yesterday or today I cracked the 1000 mile commuting mark for the year. No biggy as I typically ride 3-4,000 per year, but a nice milestone to make note of.
Humidity is getting back up to more typical Summertime levels

Hot and sticky (for Vermont.) 70F. 80% humidity. I think someone was trying to reel me in but I denied it. :o I reeled in a couple of other cyclists in the process. I also saw a trail uber hottie out for a run on the MUP. Like, jaw-dropping, almost ride into the ditch hottie.