That sucks man. I suggest you ride a 40 lb cruiser bike and try to ride just as fast. See if the next ped who mindlessly steps in front of you walks away laughing!

Finally back on the bike this week after my long road trip last week up the east coast for job interviews and a buddy's wedding in ME. Temps cooled down here, I actually had to wear long sleeves on Tuesday morning for the ride in. This morning was warmer and a little sticky as well. Overcast so temps should remain in the 70s. Replaced a bulging tire on my commuter last night, reminds me how much I love the foldable tires on newer road bike.

Drizzly and cool weather. I think my Gazelle feels it and thinks fondly of its birthplace. I spun out starting from a stop sign because I'd forgotten that the first rain of the season brings up all the oil out of the asphalt, especially at intersections.

Get out of the Roadway!!!
 

"Get out of the Roadway!"

Got that yelled at me this morning as I was patiently waiting behind a couple of cars in a left turn lane for the light to change.

Today's commute was awesome! I added two extra miles just so I could go and get a nice hearty (hearty, not healthy) breakfast, and read the paper. What a difference it made! I feel a bit better about myself for going farther than I needed to just to be nice to myself. Hooray!

Rode to a doctor's appointment today. With a cold. No, the appointment wasn't about a cold (I don't tend to bother doctors with those).

Because of the cold I was soooo sloooooow. Deliberately, actually. I usually don't feel sick on the bike and tend to go as fast as when I'm healthy... but I didn't want to overstress the system. So today a grandma on a three-speed would've been a speed demon compared to me! :)

It'd be nice to have a cruiser bike for this kind of riding. My current beater is a rigid mtb with a rather sporty geometry, while today I really just wanted to sit back and take it easy. A nice cruiser with a basket... yeah...

What a couple of rat's turds! This might have been one time when you should have been in a car...

I had a few too many last night and was pretty fuzzy on the ride in. Thankfully, the brisk fall air and squealing of my front brake kept me alert.

This is the weather I wait for all year -- lows in the upper 60s, highs in the 70s. Enjoy it while it lasts. Temps are supposed to be back up in the 90s by this weekend.

I've been out of town for two days and couldn't ride, so my legs were fresh this morning. It was cloudy with a chance of light rain, but I didn't hit any on my way to work. Hopefully my luck will hold for the return trip, although we need the rain badly.

I got a late start, so there was a bit more traffic than usual, but not too bad. I'm also going to be heading home late, so I get to test my new light.

A piece in September's "Bicycling" says that researchers found short, high-intensity exercise doesn't increase your chances of catching a cold. I plan to pull this article out every time my wife says I shouldn't ride because I might catch a cold (not that she has ever said that, but it's good to be prepared).

Alas, it doesn't say whether that exercise has any effect (good or bad) if you HAVE a cold.

Feel better chephy.

Bathurst just north of Davenport. Going north (up).

Thanks. :) It shouldn't have any negative effect on me anyhow. I dropped to 1-1 on the slightest upgrades!

Nice cool ride this morning (temps in the 60s). Left a little early, so I got a few extra miles and some quick geocaching in on my way to work.

Nice 'n cool (40's), getting abit dark but the lights do thier job. New 23c tires roll pretty decently.

Well it was actually yesterdays but I blew a flat i mile from home.... what suck the most is I was making the best time ever!

Well, it finally had to happen. Got caught in the rain today on my ride home. I've been bike commuting since April, and this was the first time I've had to ride in the rain. It was cloudy all day but I made it to work with no rain. However, the rain finally started late in the afternoon. There was a steady drizzle by the time I left work and it quickly turned to showers. I was totally soaked but comfortable with temps in the mid-60s. I guess that makes me an official bike commuter now.

late today so had to take the road route in.

Comm Ave is a mess- a slalom course of construction and Ipod wearing BU kids who never learned the "look both ways before crossing" mantra.

I did manage to make amazing time on that route and had time to grab a coffee and a donut before work.

Ride home was wonderfully fast and furious dodging joggers mindlessly plodding down the center of the bike path and into a blazing sunset along the Charles River.

What an odd couple of weeks. I have been working long hours on a project and that has resulted in a few less commutes and strange commuting times for others.
Today I rode in at 5, arrived at work around 7, worked till 7pm, and left just as the sun was going down.
80F and positvely wonderful. Traffic was light and everyone was out walking in Washington park. The only downside was my weak light. At dusk it was impossible to see. I believe it is time for a new one.
That and riding through the interesting areas north of denver was downright freaky.
Now I am the type of person who works 7-3 everyday. Routines are my thing. This project has completely thrown that off and I think it may be a good thing. God that was fun.

Oh now I get to monitor the process until around 3 am.

Its cooling a bit here in Virginia - first time this season for long sleeves. Commute was quicker than normal today for some reason. TGIF!

Fog with sun. Very pretty. Low 50s. No squirrels tried to climb through my wheels today. One walked out into the middle of the MUP and stood up on it hind legs to watch me as I approached. Very cute. I aimed for it. :D It darted back into the trees. Can't let 'em get complacent!

Cagers seemed agitated for some reason this morning. Even on the residential streets, they were cutting corners and making a lot of noise accelerating. Streets where I'm lucky to see one car per commute, I saw 4 or 5. One person started pulling out of a driveway as I was bearing down at 20MPH. She stopped short, bouncing her car. Also holding a cup of some beverage in her hand.

I saw some homeless dude (with a bicycle) camped out on top of a picnic table inside a fenced-in dog park, too.

There was also what looked like a very large mug that had been smashed in the street. It's like there's a full moon or something. Weird stuff going on. Be careful out there. :)

I saw three frogs on the mup today. I like frogs. :)

Really moving on trip home yesterday. Of course a strong tailwind helped.

Another flat on Wed. So I ordered some new kevlar belted tires. My comute is really tough on tires.

Very nice though quite sweaty. I kept my pace up the whole ride with some Slayer and took a different route which took me across a very fast moving bridge. I'm not sure if I'm going to take that way again, it was pretty sketchy crossing with 2 narrow lanes and cars moving at 45mph+. After work I'm going to cruise with a friend and take some pics of our bikes. Yay bike porn.

The ride home last evening was the heaviest rainstorm I've ridden in in a long time. There were a few roads where I was cutting through four inches of rainwater. I think I may to rethink this whole, "I live in New Mexico so I don't need fenders" idea.

This morning's ride deserves mention. It was foggy when I left home for the 7.5 mile commute downtown to work. Looking out across a soccer field from my bike the fog had created a cloud about 2 feet high from the ground, obscuring the feet and lower legs of a woman walking her dog (and all but the head of the dog). They moved like ghosts floating over the field ... Having reached the bike path I passed a homeless couple, each about 40 years old, who I had seen pushing grocery carts with attached bulging trash cans full of cans collected from the roadside, on their way to the recycling plant to turn them in for some cash. This morning they were slightly off the path and into the weeds picking weeds (flowers) and the woman had put together a bouquet ... Once I reached my destination, a parking garage where I leave my bike, I had a nice conversation with the parking lot attentant who was telling me that since he started biking in his blood pressure was down, his joints, especially his knees, no longer hurt, and that he felt great. He said he and he wife started biking around town together and they love it. He recently started locking his bike next to mine in the garage, that's how I happened to meet him.

Very nice morning that I would have missed had I not cycled in.

COOL!