25F when I left at 6:00AM. Aside from a cold right thumb it was great.

Yes 22F at 5:15 and loved it even tho I lost my nose pc to my glasses. 10 hour days at work means dark in and getting dark fast home. Pike Peak at 14,110 elevation takes that precious sun away early.

rain. lots of rain. not much of a big deal that I rode in today but the big event today was that my wife rode in today! she's so hooked on her bike commute.

Weather was clear and beautiful. We need rain but I will enjoy the clear weather while it is here. The motorists were especially polite today. No sarcasm, they really were. Pleasant ride.

Hey! A fellow Sacramento commuter! Well, I'm more of a Citrus Heights and surrounding area rider. Yes, the weather has been very comfy in the morning. I left wearing sweat pants, a light long sleeve shirt, and a light shell. I sweated through it in about 2 miles. The shell went into the pannier and I was comfortable after that.

Lived in Citrus Heights/Sacto area my whole life and I have yet to ride on the American River Bike Trail. A while back, all I heard about was muggers and ******* hanging out there. Probably just the usual media exaggeration.

BTW, I noticed my ride was much warmer this week, which I think is due to the time change. I am riding an hour later than before, even though it's at the same time.

Coldish on the way to work, rain on the way home...but felt great to ride!

I did the right thing and placed my order over the phone, so I didn't drive over to Performance even though I had my truck yesterday. I drove because my truck needed a new battery, and that took up much of my lunch hour. BTW, Performance has 10% off everything in the store every Tuesday between noon and 2 p.m. They've been doing that for a while, but you have to buy in an actual store -- not online or over the phone.

I'll probably drop by the Cary store for their "huge" sale this weekend if I am on that side of town. One thing about Performance, if you miss a sale, don't worry because they'll have another one in a few days. I needed a new wheelset, and was actually able to buy it cheaper on-line because their Ultegra/Open Pros were on sale and they had a 10% off coupon for web orders. Plus, I am having the wheels delivered to the Cary store, so there will be no shipping charges. Sweet.

Oh yeah ... today's commute. Coldest of the year so far and our first freeze in Raleigh. My gear did great and I was "warm" as I wanted to be -- any warmer and I would have been sweating, which I don't want.

the first real cold, wet, snowy, dark morning commute for me. So happy that I got my planetbike superflash blinkie in the mail yesterday. I felt visible, and didn't get any harrassment. The cold and wet were getting to me but as I was getting to the breaking point I was rolling up to the front door of my office building. As I was bringing my bike up the elevator to my floor, a nice older woman from a different floor commented that she admired anyone who could ride in this weather. I just smiled and said, "I'm not going to stop riding for some silly weather."

Not a bad commute - 35F and not raining on me - just had a nice headwind though - has up to 30 mph gusts - getting a little tired of the cold wet stuff for the commute home. Headcold is just sapping my strength though. Still haven't broken out the winter jacket yet - just added long sleeve jersey over the wick and using my wind/rain resis. jacket - seems to be working out fine. Did bring the rainpants/booties though for the ride home...

Warmer than yesterday, that's for sure. I had somebody rev their engine behind me at a light, which was funny, because there were three cyclists waiting in that lane. If a car was sitting in front of them, they wouldn't rev...

Cold today, low 30's, but no wind. First ride this week. Mounted my DIY headlights over the weekend, which adds a bit a weight, so I'm ready for tonights commute.

Last Fri. was passed at a light by another commuter. I think it's only the second cyclist I've seen on the road part of my ride this year.

Forgot to mention a guy started and decided to complete his left turn in front of me yesterday, causing a bunch of "HEY"s from me, then realising he wasn't stopping a big loud "HEY WTF MAN" - he opened his door (perhaps his windows were broken) and shouted "Sorry man!"... *sigh*

Weird I forgot about this 2 minutes after I got into work, heh. Thicker street-skin I guess.

Perma-packing my goretex now, so very glad I had that last night as I had some errands to do in midtown (Yonge/Eg) and it was throwing it down/sideways with the wind when I got back outside to the bike.

Grocery bags over saddles outdoors FTW.

Ride in today was simple, little cool but I was dressed nicely for it. I had the usual race-past-me-then-slam-on-and-right-turn-in-front-of-me antics but other than that, plain sailing.

Hit 3111 miles which is 4 miles over my 5000km mark I think (3107mi.=5000km I think) - the time is nearing for me to consider a chain renewal and I wore through my rear brake pads last night onto the plastic so a lunchtime run for them is needed.

Hugely overblown. The biggest potential hazards on the ARBT are four-legged. Particularly the kamikaze squirrels.

Chilly this morning but not terrible. Switched from some older tires to a set of the specialized fatboys. Smooth rolling and flak jacket technology, no complaints here.

That reminded me of the jackass last night that cut from the right lane across two lanes of traffic, cutting me off, just to park in the BIKE LANE. As I passed him, he looked at me and said, "Sorry!" Well I guess cutting me off and making the bike lane unusable for that part of the street is OK as long as he's sorry. All this happened with my HID blazing forward. I don't think it was a problem of him not seeing me, it was a problem of him not caring.

Cold, clear and very nice this morning. It was about 33 F at the low point. Waiting for my new NiteRider TriNewt battery to finish charging so I can head home. Tap. tap. tap.

Good riding weather today. 42f most of the day. Had my Snow Sneakers from LL Bean. They kept my feet nice and warm. Looking forward to using them in the really cold stuff. I'll keep you posted.

The DCR is doing work on the bike path (Boston side) along the Charles.

the other night I decided to ride past the signs and get a look at what they're doing- looks like a repaving of a 1/4 mile section between Western Ave and the BU railbridge.

rode in in the morning with my wife. met her up later for the late night ride home from Cambridge. It's pretty chilly.

...and oh yeah, slipped on a slice of pumpkin that was squashed in the middle of the road and almost went down- it was as if I had hit sheer ice.

Nice ride in. 39 degrees. Annoying headwind, but that seems to be the norm. First ride this year under 40. Decided to try wearing the new ShowersPass shell over a thin fleece jersey and found myself too hot. Rode unzipped the whole way, with rather sweaty forearms. Wish I had brought a short sleeve jersey for the ride home.

Watched a car accident happen right in front of me as I slowed down before an intersection (5th Ave in Park Slope, few blocks before Union). New BMW M3 with a couple kids in it that must've been doing 50 or so down a small residential street, trying to make the light, took the front bumper off of a car service Town Car that started moving just before the light turned green and was already in the intersection. While no one was hurt, the unnerving thing about all this was that the BMW, swerving from the impact, ended up flying through and "parked" right on the sidewalk. Damn good thing there was no one walking there at the time.

Cold cold cold cold. My gloves + lliners are no longer warm enough, my fingertips were cold-burned for the last 2 miles. I'm thinking that lobster-claw style mittens might help.

On the plus side, I'm getting better about base layers on my bike-to-the-vanpool-in-work-clothes routine. Light undershirt and arm warmers under my work shirt, and warm cackys did the job very well.

I'm liking this cold weather. So far. This has been the first week when the lows have dropped to the freezing mark in Raleigh, NC. My cold weather gear has been performing greatly -- keeping me warm enough without sweating. The end of daylight savings time also has been nice from a commuting standpoint. The sun is coming up now when I leave home, while last week it was dark all the way to work on my morning commute. The afternoon commute is also better. Even though it's darker, I feel more visible because my lights show up more and there is less glare from the sun.

I'm probably going to need some additional cold-weather gear and clothes, however, for days when the lows drop down into the 20s and teens. Probably will need a baclava and shoe covers, and perhaps a warmer jacket. Right now I doing fine with heavy jerseys, base layer and vest.

After three days of appointments after work, thus driving... I rode in this morning. 43F, sunny & clear. My feet got really cold today, time for thicker socks. I need full gloves too. Tonight will be my first post-DST commute in the dark. I am getting a better headlight this weekend, I hope I do okay.

I took a different route to work today to avoid two huge bridges I have to cross in favor of crossing one little one. The downside: I have to ride about a mile down a main road with a crater in the right lane the ENTIRE length that looks like it was MADE to eat bike tires. I might as well be taking the lane I have to ride so far out from the curb. There's a left lane too going in that direction so people can go around (and traffic is fairly light) but I still got 3 honks. It was quicker though and so worth it not having to cross those bridges. I'll have to see how it is on the way home, traffic can get snarly there during rush hour. We shall see.

Actually today was rather nice. 30F commute - but it was dry - and no wind - great commute. Plus I'm finally getting over my headcold (which has been sapping my strength) so the bike felt pretty good today!

Awesome! Got a new drivetrain so of course it feels like a new bike. And soooo quiet. After having to take it easy for a while until I got carried away somewhat and pushed it above around 30mph a few times, which tends to be a bit faster than I usually go on the commute. Then again, it was around freezing when I rode and I was more than warm enough for the ride.

I gotta stop leaving for work so late. Traffic just gets uglier and uglier so I was zigzagging way more than usual because drivers tend to hug the far left or far right of the lane rather than drive right down the middle. Turned up the street to work and after squeezing through a tight spot created by a livery driver, I took the lane in front of him and followed behind a cab. Of course the livery driver honks at me so I just give him a mean look and leave him stuck behind the cab since the light was red. Guess he couldn't wait to make up the 10' it cost him to have me in front of him. Jackass.