Nice ride in this morning, 25 minutes for the 7.5 mile (12 km) trip for 18 mph average. Been pushing it a bit the last week or so, since I checked the scales - looks like I've found about 10 of the 15 pounds I lost last year! Last year was biking + sensible eating, this year has been biking + eat like a pig.

The river was like a millpond. No wind, great ride in.

Perfect weather this morning here in the Seattle area. Must be 60 right about now going up to mid 70s later in the day, the forecast called for "Abundant Sunshine" which just sounds fantastic to me :D . It's supposed to be like this all week, with highs getting up into the 80s later. Just beautiful.

Warm but strong head wind this morning. The wind has picked up significantly, but it will be a tail wind, so looking for a very quick ride home. Temps are hovering around 70 F.

Lets see, I pushed really hard, saw another bike commuter all decked out and thought I would pass him easily, iImagine my surprise when he sped up! Well, I was determined to stay at the same speed, I may not catch him but I wouldn't let him get further ahead! I matched speed with him at around 28 mph. We held that for a mile and he made a right turn (which I was glad he did as 28 was a tad for me but made for a good interval). So I rested, but then came across a police closure of the street I normally use as there was a dead person lying on the side of the road (glad I didn't get up an hour earlier! That would stink to be first person on the scene). So I backtracked and rode an extra mile. All in all it was a pretty wierd commute, I never see commuters, and thankfully never see the other oddity either.

Great morning today, not a cloud in the sky. Wind blowing all around again, but mostly from behind and the side. Lots of bikers out, may need to mix up my time a bit. Last night riding home was out of control. Must. get. off. trail.

Cool this morning in just shorts & a Coolmax Tee, but sunny, such a pleasant change. Roads were finally dry so I could take my road bike, only the third time this spring. It had clouded some this evening, but it was still nice. A great day to appreciate my low stress, low traffic route.

That's right, Ed, yesterday's ride ended with a bummer.

But I forgot to mention that half way on my ride home yesterday, I was passed by two young ladies in a white VW Golf convertible. The young lady in the driver's seat turned, smiling and waving and the young lady in the passenger seat leaning a bit out over the door was waving and yelling...HI DAD. Yes, my oldest daughter. Can you imagine her saying, as they approached from behind and finally notice that the cyclist up ahead was her dad, in those spandex shorts...Oh my God, its my Dad. Have'nt seen her in two days and she still lives at home. Hmmm.

Anyways, another great ride today. Feel real good afterwards. Sunny and warm in the morning, headwind on the way home. Nice workout.

:D :D

I had a great ride in this morning. This eve had very strong headwinds. It was quite a bit of work, but I was looking forward to the second half of the ride where I should have had tailwinds. Noooo.... The mountains blocked the wind, and had it scoop around, so I had a slight headwind the rest of the way home.

The weather couldn't be beat today!

Totally uneventful ride, though pleasant weather.

A nice enough ride in this morning. Still in short sleeves despite the onset of "winter". Had a crap day at work, so I rode home like a demon. I needed a sticker for my helmet that said "Caution: Rider doesn't give a s**t anymore". Cranked up one hell of a pace though. Didn't even slow down for the usual rednecks careering out of control down the wrong side of the road in Surfers Paradise. I felt better after that! :)

I started early, rained all the way to work, the air was warm so I just took my time, my LL bean gore-tex kept me dry. the forcast is rain for the day so I'll be doing it again on the way home. Come on summer, where are you.

with apologies to the late Patrick Kavanagh

"O stony grey skies of Washington,

you burgled my bank of Spring"

yet another atrocious day here in DC - with steady rain as I biked in - hard to believe its June 4

Hi Folks,
Good ride in today, despite feeling really tired and sluggish at the start. Unfortunately my bike computer locked up and was reading zero mph all the way. Luckily this was fixed without needing to take out the battery and reset everything... odd though.

Can't wait for the ride home,

Cheers,

Ed

I'm doing only 3 roundtrips this week -- Tues. PM, Wed., Thurs., Fri. AM). My legs were shot on Monday after 56 miles on Saturday and 111 miles for the Sequoia Century on Sunday (riding to the start added an extra 10 miles).

Brought my clothing to the office on Tues. and biked home. Weather was nice with the usual breezes off the bay which make the first 1/3 of the ride harder than I'd like. Once I make the turn southward I get a tailwind but I still have to zig-zag from northeast to southwest to get home.

The ride in this morning was great. Overcast and cool at the start with the clouds dissipating as I approached the office.

SteveE

Same type of day today as yesterday -warm and windy. Wind more to the back today though, which was nice. Did a bit extra, and felt pretty good for the whole ride. Temps are supposed to keep climbing all week with mid 80's or higher by Friday. Pretty unprecedented for WA in June.

50s, windy and cold rain...but somehow I still enjoyed it, think there is something wrong with me?

The weather here in NY has been tough since the Winter, enough already!

It IS June, isn't it?

No commute today. I had to take my wife to the airport before work. I'll just have to ride harder tomorrow.

Still "winter". Still in short sleeves.

Do you have a bike yet? What's your story with that?

You mean you've not been keeping up? ;) Yes, I bought my new bike about two days after the old one went missing. My LBS did an excellent job to come up with the replacement straight away (or maybe I was just lucky?). If anything it rides better than the other one did. I could almost thank the thief of the otherone! :eek:

OK, well maybe not thank them as such...

Yesterday, it was warm (maybe a little too warm) with slight winds. Honeysuckle is blooming on the side of the road now. :)

Today I can't really commute--a staff meeting in the morning, then an 8-hour day a little after that....just isn't convenient. Anyway, my knees hurt from pushing on the hills instead of downshifting, and my feet hurt for God-knows-what reason....

Yesterday's ride in was cold and damp with a 20 kph northeast wind off Lake Ontario. Temp of about +9 C (48 F). I was at an offsite meeting all day so I left my bike in the back of my truck - It got a good rinsing with heavy rain all afternoon. I played ball hockey for 2 hours after work, by the time I came out, it had stopped raining and was just cold and damp. Had a tailwind on the way home, it started raining again as soon as I turned into the driveway!
This morning was cold and damp again some fog, but a great ride anyways!

Nice ride in this morning. Along the route I saw what appeared to be a reflector in the center of my half of the road. I figured someone had lost a reflector or something like that. It turned out to be a pair of eyes from a cat that was staring at me as I approached. :) He ran off as I got a bit closer.

Zack

Another good ride this morning...upper 70's, slight headwind. I set a new PR... I saw 55 cyclists on the way to work. One group of 15 that was probably a club ride.

Hi Folks,

I felt kind of sluggish this morning - there was a bit of headwind on the first section too, so no records today. The new commute has such a different, continuous pace to it that I am still adjusting from the stop-start routine of the old route.
Weather has been very kind for the last few days.

Cheers,

Ed

Still back and forth between sunny days (too few) and rainy days (too many). On the bright side, tomorrow is my last day commuting via mountain bike. I take delivery of a Vision R40 bent. I will ride this until August when the Mango (velomobile) shows up. Happy Days!

All days are alike this week. However it keeps getting warmer and warmer. Over 70 when a left home today, with a projected high of 86. Unseasonable warm as they say. Anyway the ride was nice, with a bit of a tailwind here and there, though much gentler wind than the last few days. Guess the region has adapted to the heat somewhat. The steeplechase through the fair weather trail users continue. Felt really good riding in for a Thursday --usually start to feel a bit sagged toward the end of the week. So all in all a nice commute.

On my commute home, I was deliberately run off the road today by a taxi driver. Needless to say, I managed to get his license number and reported him to both the police and to the taxi company!

Other than some bumps and bruises and a bruised ego, I am fine. I just hope the jerk who did this has to account for his actions.

:mad:

Well, I guess that makes my flat tire seem pretty OK. I find it very upsetting when people do things deliberately that can hurt you. That kind of stuff is really hard to deal with, I tend to fume about that sort of stuff for weeks. That is the worst part of it. Try not to let it get you down.