It's gonna be a hot one today. And the air quality sucks. I can see the brown inversion layer where Mt. Diablo is supposed to be. Yuck.

Low 50's, blue sky, light breeze, no humidity. It doesn't get any better.

Last Thursday I went over 1000 miles bike commuting in 2007! Woohoo! I just started bike commuting last November so this is a huge milestone for me. The ride in today was nice, in the low 70s F.

It's reverse psychology! "The predator THINKS I'm gonna run for the nice open field, but instead I'm gonna zig <CRUNCH>." :(

Another great commute for me today.

It was nice and cool today and I got to try out my new to me Specialized Rock Hopper. Im not sure what year it is, but from its colors Id say early 90's. I like the bike.

The ride in this morning was fine, 10 miles and little wind. It is starting to be too cold in the morning for shorts. The light is fading. I will have to look into a good light set. Any ideas? I will search the forum too. My ride home last night was a little later than I wanted, I will use that a reason not to work 12 hours.

Damn red lights this morning. I caught every traffic light on the way in as a red. Annoying!

Got my new Connondale Bad Boy 8 today (internal Alfine 8 gear hub). Only done 10 miles so far but mighty impressed, especially as the price has now been reduced to £775 at Evans Cycles. Perfect Commuter Bike, and I still have my good quality Mountain Bike for off road. Time will tell more, but it is fast, sturdy, gear changes smoother than smooth and it looks fantastic. Looking forward to starting my regular commute again next week.

Haven't posted in ages in BF due to lack of internet service and time. But have been commuting like a fiend in Manhattan all summer.

I'll be back to Boston in a couple of weeks and hate to admit I will miss the NYC riding. This city rocks for cycling. Definitely a learning curve adjusting to the city but I've lived here on and off over the past 18 years and it has much improved with each successive visit.

Whether it's the rides through Time Square at night, along the Hudson at any time of day, laps around Central Park or just flying uptown or downtown and never having to wait for a subway or pay for a cab- this is the way to go.

First post in months. Accept for about 3 wks of trips, have ridden 3-4 days a week all summer. Today was hot 90f, humid, and about 15mph head wind. Like riding in a sauna. One of the two roads that were closed this summer finally opened, so my ride is almost back to normal.

Yesterday, came about as close to being whacked as ever. North bound on two lane rural road, oncoming car decides to pass another car, swinging out and accelerating like he's actully going to get somewhere at 5 pm on a monday. I don't think he even saw me on the narrow shoulder on my side of road, I was concentrating on the broken pavement ahead, and didn't realize what was happening until I felt the wind from his rear view mirror on my hand. Don't really know what our closure rate was but I was doing about 20mph, speedlimit in the area is 45, traffic was farely light, so I think the car being passed was doing the limit, passing car probably 50-60, I can easily believe the closure rate was around 80, absolutely no time to react and hit the ditch. If he had been over a few more inches, I'd not be writing this.

Be careful out there.

Hit a good series of lights on the way in, got the opposite on the way back. Luckily theres lots of cute girls around for me to smile to while waiting. If only I could ride in backwards circles... then maybe I'd get laid.

Settling in to the new job, I think its gonna work out well. The ride in is enough of a workout that its having an effect but not killing me.
The earlier time is noticeable, Plus, more bike commuters, Minus, this morning , as Pinkrobe said, 2C.
Didn't really clue in to what that meant till I crossed a wooden decked bridge on the MUP.
Hang on, thats white and sparkly, WTF! Its still August!

Calgary!

Nice again this morning. Mid 60sF. Blue sky but a little hazy and humid. Mild headwind. Saw several riders going the other way. Passed a couple going my way.

School must have started. Several students (High School, from the looks of 'em) were milling about the usual bus stop location, along with two(!) Soccer Mom Vans. Why do parents coddle their children like that? It's bizarre. Drive the kids what amounts to less than 1/4 mile (I know where one van "lives"), and sit there until the bus comes? What babies those kids must be. :rolleyes: Oops. Rant off.

Today's commute was uneventful.
Very very humid this morning though. Almost felt like it was about to rain, but it never did.

Warm and humid again. Uneventful commute. I tried a different route this AM which is ~ 1 mile longer but avoids 6 or 8 stoplights and 2 interstate exits. A lot less traffic too, so I think I'm going to use this route more frequently in the future. Despite the added distance, 26 mile RT now vs 27 mile RT using the new route, it seems like a better, safer alternative.

It has warmed up a bit since yesterday. It's also dry, and should remain so for the next few days. Only 1.85 days of work until a few days of vacation in the mountains. I can hardly wait...

Coolish, with lots of very small bugs, and kind of interesting.
First, there's a long downhill into the urban area, with a stoplight at the bottom and an immediate uphill. The light favors cross traffic, so I rarely get to breeze through and hold my momentum for the uphill. Today, seeing the flashing "Don't Walk" signs for the cross traffic, it looked like the timing would be right for me to jam through at speed, but I was concerned that apartment construction to the the left me to lose sight of traffic until I was into the the intersection. I slowed and peeked around the plywood wall,and "zooosh!' - a Toyota blew thru the red light at 30+mph a full 5 seconds after it had changed.

I was glad to make the climb from a dead stop, after that.

Then waiting for the train, my occasional riding buddy's girlfriend showed up - dressed identically to me. Same Dirt Dawgs Racing jersey (designed by me for the local drinking... err... mtb racing team), with baggy shorts, same style ride - old gray road bike with downtube shifters and one pannier. Pretty funny, actually. We debated sitting on different cars, but decided that was excessive ;).

Nice cool, early dawn commute this morning. First ride with the headlight this season
Woke up too early, but I was anxious to commute on my new CrossCheck that I picked up yesterday.
All I can say is wow, what a great ride along my bumpy greenbelt compared to my other bike I was using for commuting, my old KHS Easton Aluminum frame. Steel rocks!
Not too much traffic to deal with or any freaks on the greenbelt telling me I'm going too fast for this city.
However I did just about run into two people walking their dogs in the middle of the street this morning, but they heard me coming

Yay! Summer is on its way!
Last night i rode home with only a t-shirt, and this morning i woke up to sunny blue skies and warm weather, wore only a t-shirt for the ride into work also.
Luckily i did not let the weather distract me too much because this morning a car ran a stop sign directly in front of me, but i was able to stop in time, thankfully. Other than that it was a normal commute.

Only in SF can you get away with that I guess. :)

Al

I had to detour off my regular MUP route. There were yellow police lines securing off a large area and a cruiser guarding a "scene"

I think they may have found a "Stiff" I see if I can get through on the way home.

Pretty typical today. A nice smooth ride in. It will be a little hotter on my way out however...

I cut short my planned long ride this morning to have a nice quiet breakfast with my 3 year old daughter. I can't say no to those big brown eyes.

Wow, it was HOT today! And unfortunately I was listening to fast music as I rode, so I rode fast... in the terrible humid heat and into the wind. Good workout, I suppose. But I actually was forced to take a break by the side of the road before climbing the biggest hill of my commute. I'm grateful for all that anyhow. I want summer to keep going!!!

Calgary? By the fort? Yes, it was a stiff. Murder victim I believe. :(