Ran over a squirrel this morning while riding through the parking lot as I got to work. First time that has happened. I was rounding a corner and didn't see the squirrel until I was right near it, and didn't have time to react. Stupid squirrel did the back-and-forth thing a couple times and then went right under my wheel. He kept running, so I guess he was OK.

The weather in NC has been fantastic this week. I've hardly broken a sweat riding to work, wearing arm and leg warmers but no vest.

Pretty sweet ride this morning. Temps in the upper 40sF, no wind, sunny. More people than normal out on the MUP, but not many cyclists. I passed one guy on a bike, and saw a "regular" riding the other way. We said g'morning to each other.

A striped cat leaped straight up out of the long grass/plants next to the MUP. I thought, "That was weird." Then when I got to the cat, I saw another white cat crouched in the grass. I guess the white cat scared the striped cat. :D

Beautiful ride this morning on the new brooks saddle.
I think I rode around the building three times before I wanted to come inside to start my day.
I also took a different route so I could get a climb in and add an extra mile or two.
There is a critical mass happening in Portland tonight and I think my girlfriend and I might join in.

Nah, I hate hearing about fellow cyclists having to bail or crash, especially in the bike lane. I don't experience schadenfreude when it comes to cylists. I forgot my computer at the office, yesterday, was nice to just ride out yesterday and this morning. Broke the wire on my sensor for my hardtail, don't think I'll replace it. :)

I was going to do it today, I really was. But, a couple of blocks from my house I heard a 'hiss' coming from the rear tire. Pulled a small shard of glass from the tire. Guess I'm picking up a patch kit over my lunch break today.

Interesting word usage, do you happen to subscribe to dictionary.com?
That was the word for yesterday, nice work.

Interesting ride this morning - legs felt really tired as I left the house. Seemed to shake it out pretty well over the first 15 minutes, and got to feeling pretty good despite a slight headwind for the first half. Cagers were generally kind, weather was perfect (as usual in the a.m. this time of year), and I started to feel good. At about the 40 minute point, I realized I was a bit ahead of my usual pace and had a chance to set a new PR for the commute (headwind notwithstanding...) So hammer down (for me, anyway), sweat dripping and blowing everywhere, and I managed to cross the finish line 2 minutes ahead of my previous PR - and that was set with a pretty good tailwind for the last half. Feels great to be seeing the progress...

Oh, my! I've always been curious to see if a cop would ticket a cyclist for speeding...
Nice commute this morning. Cool (14C). Cloudy cover. I didn't notice any wind. TheWeatherNetwork says 9km/h with me. I made the 10km in 35 min, though I took a 5 min photo break, so I made my best time to work yet. 20km/h = 12MPH avg.
Today is the fourth day this week I'm biking. 4 days in a row. I never did more than 2 before. I'm getting quite sore.
I also slid my seat forward an inch or so yesterday. I don't think I was sitting right. But now the angle is too high. Gotta fix that.
I'm gonna take my lunch break tightening my rear wheel spokes. The spokes are all lose and rubbing.

I saw two people biking next to each other yesterday and now today. I decided I hate when people do that.

Definitely would have been one for framing, though I imagine a bit bittersweet...

I had a lovely commute today...

Saw my first real life commuter today, very exciting :p . ...except he's riding on the sidewalk, I'm on the right lane in the street--taking my line or whatever it's called (two lanes going each way with a center left turn lane for either direction). The guy all of a sudden, just as I'm about to pass him, comes out onto the street without even looking almost hitting me! Then he yells at me to "watch it" as I'm passing him. Yeah..ok :lol: "Merging" into a street from a sidewalk without looking (or signaling), that's safe :lol:. Then about a half mile later I have this green Impala come up on me, as she's passing me she lays on the horn for a good two seconds scaring the **** out of me...and of course she's passing me about a foot away from me on my left. Using the ENTIRE left lane to pass is overrated, I suppose...:rolleyes:

Good old south FL commute :roflmao2:

Weather kind of sucked, too. 88F, humid, and got rained on for about a minute and a half...well that part felt good.

This morning's conversation went as follows:

"So, you bike to the bus stop eh?"

"Yep."

"That's..." **Thumbs up**

"Thanks. I decided I'm not going to turn on my truck but once a week. So far it has been three weeks since my last fillup."

"That's the way to do it man!"

smiles all around

Nice quick. Cool, 40sF, not windy though.

2 degrees warmer or sunny out and I could have ditched the long sleeves, but alas, 'twas not to be. Regardless, it was a smooth ride in. There was an incident with a minivan - it was going slowly enough that my wife and I were cruising along behind it and having to tap the brakes. After a couple of blocks, it brakes and turns abruptly into an alley [no turn signal]. I'm thinking "What is this guy doing?" No word of a lie, the passenger opens the door and looks back, asking "What are you guys doing?" My wife and I rode by in abject surprise. It was another two blocks before we looked at each other and gave a "What the?!" in unison.

Actually a bit chilly this morning for sleeveless, but lovely weather. I'm enjoying it until the last drop runs out...oh, in a couple of days or so ;)

Awesome! My new workplace has a shower! Yay! I really love the feeling of having a shower *at work*, stepping out all refreshed and clean and stuff :)

Steve

No ride today - I'm home with a sick kid, plus leaving on a business trip this evening.
Bought a mirror last night and have to wait till Monday to try it out.
Can't believe I'm looking forward to going to work on Monday AM!

Couldn't seem to make any stoplight this morning. Just not my day.

First commute to school. Just had to go get books. About 12.5 miles one way. Mostly flat, slight roll to the terrain I suppose. Only one section I would call a hill, but only relative to the surroundings. Wind at my back on the way there and wind in my face (15+ mph) on the way back. Not so bad. Definitely doable.

It's a two lane highway between Guymon and Goodwell, OK. The shoulder both ways is as large as the lanes themselves and there is a rumble strip between me and the lane. Yet, people still feel they need to go in the other lane to pass me. I'm glad that they are being nice and getting over. But, I actually enjoy it when the semis ride in the lane next to me. Especially when the wind is in my face. :D

Actually, I use dictionary.com periodically, but didn't realize that was yesterday's word of the day. Sometimes english doesn't quite have the flavor of the concept you're trying to get across.

Nice and relaxing. As a bonus, my favorite song came on my ipod when I shuffled. Low 50's sunny, little wind. Took it easy. I'm hammering home.

My commute today was great; I got a new cycling computer in early to mid-March and it turned over 500 miles on the way in today.

D

Whew scooted out of work a bit early at 3:30 and the gridlock had already begun, about an hour early. Nice to ride past them all. Although w/ one 7 min agonizing light sequence (2 lights a half mile apart) a motorcycle person I had passed a long time ago did eventually get a large lead on me.

Rather scary commute this morning, entirely my own fault. :lol: I decided to ride my Bertoni today, which is by far my fastest bike and one that always tempts me to go faster than I should. I turned out of my apartment complex and began riding (quite fast) to the entrance of the MUP parking lot which is about a quarter mile away. I always like to turn into the entrance at a pretty good speed because it's fun, and on this bike I can really let loose! So I got up to about 20-22-ish and as I'm approaching the turn I start checking for loose gravel, debris, etc. Nothing there so I go for it. That's when I notice that the gate is locked and approaching fast as it's no farther than 15 feet away from the main road! I laid on the brakes hard, the rear wheel locked up as I slid sideways, then it lifted off the ground. My right foot came off the pedal and touched the ground, and I was stopped. About 8 inches from the gate. Whew! If I had been on any of my other road bikes without modern brakes, I doubt I'd be at home typing this right now! Of course, on my other bikes I wouldn't have been going as fast...

Needless to say, I'll be looking at the gate from now on. :lol:

Foggy.
And fog is very rare in southern Saskatchewan.
I was soaked when I got to work yet I wasn't riding in the rain.
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For some reason that picture makes me want to go flying. :)

I had a nice ride home today. Another beautiful sunny afternoon. I stopped over the Winooski River and was admiring the Adirondacks and one of my neighbors rode past but didn't recognize me. I chased him down and said hi. He was commuting home too. He said if he's really lucky, maybe someday he'll be as fast as me. :p

End of good 600+ mile month yesteday, and extra bonus to finally have a warm, humid, evening (85F) to ride home. Rotten grinding rear bearing noise the last 5 miles, but it'll give me something to do today now that the storm is passed.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...008_05_May.jpg

I have to work today. I missed my favorite group ride and today was probably an epic day. Lots of big horses and a strong crosswind means great suffering in the midpack. But here I am at my desk. So I stopped at Peet's for a large Major and a bar of Scharffen Berger. The girl at the counter said "Now that's a great breakfast!"

Yeah, the Dutch diet. I think I'm going to have mayonnaise-slathered fries for lunch.

^that sounds damn good.
my commute yesturday was very nice, i took the shorter non PCH route and used the mountain bike instead of the road bike. i like doing a little offroading on the dirt paths and off the curbs here and there too

My commute is awesome!

I head out the door around 5:15 AM go down to the U of A masters swim practice at 6 AM until 7 AM which is 10 miles. Take a shower and then ride another 10 miles to work. Work then ride another 10 miles home for a total of 30 miles and 1 hour of swimming.

This is a good site on gas prices and why commuting on a bike is the way to go.

www.gasbuddy.com

My commute on Sat morn. started out as usual at 4:10am. I checked the weather radar to see where the storms were. I saw what looked to be an open window in the storm front that stretched back to the other side of Union county. Cool, I said. Looks like I'm going to avoid getting dumped on. No such luck. I got about halfway thru my commute and ran into a wall of water. I ducked into a Hotel overhang and put my rain gear on, then continued on. That storm front was moving fast. Later I found out that it was moving at about 60mph. Anyway, the rain got worse, coming down in buckets. My feet got soaked even with the shoe covers on. So much for being water-proof. Had to dodge a few lightning bolts. Boy, those will get your attention. Made it to the BP in Linworth to get a paper, and by the time I came back out it stopped. Only to start up again as I was at work. Tis the season. The aftn ride was the usual great ride in the sun with a nice tailwind. More storms to come later.
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