WET!!! But the rain stopped early in the ride.

I'm off work for a few days so the bike is still sitting in the garage, caked in snow. After my frustration yesterday morning and having to shovel my huge driveway I don't even want to look at it. we ended up getting around 12 inches of snow and the main roads were finally ok today. The side streets still haven't been touched yet. I'm gonna let the bike sit a day or two then thaw it out and re-lube. Hopefully things will be better for the ride in Wednesday night. I've learned some things from all this so I suppose it's worth it.

Even the jackass long honking thumbhead ina a jeep at my first lite couldnt
wreck the ride today in starry S. FLa !! :) The first day of the year I had to
use my winter gear...A T-Shirt. :lol: A brisk 50 degrees at 6:00am. Gorgeous !!
The ride back was all wind :cry:
Oh well....one out of two isnt bad.

Enjoyed shoveling out my wife's car yesterday and just piling it around my car, knowing I wouldn't need it despite the 5-6" of snow we got over the weekend. My first commute on Nokian studs and I am sold on these things! I was downright giddy on the way to work, even though it was only about 15F. The way home included a headwind but I'm still distracted by the novelty of controlled riding with these tires so I barely noticed the wind. :D

Glad to hear you loved your Nokians Ouabacher- I love mine!

Nice ride home tonight. 28 F. Light wind. Traffic was really bad downtown due to Monday night football. I blew by everyone at 20 mph. It was great!

P.S. beware of being overconfident on those tires. I crashed in a plow furow my first day :D. Ice is fine though. Have to see how you like the "mad bumblebees" on dry pavement.

My coldest commute of the year this morning, and probably my coldest bike ride ever. The official low was 22, and occurred during my morning commute. Temps dropped down into the teens at some stations in the area, so it may have been that cold on parts of my commute. My winter gear did well, but my extremities were at the limit with my current gear. Both my toes and fingers were feeling the chill -- not so bad that it was unbearable, but enough to tell me that I'll need something warmer if it gets much colder.

The good news was that my head, chest, arms and legs were warm, and I didn't get all sweaty. Wore my Pearl Izumi Gavia jacket with just a Craft ProZero long-sleeve shirt, with PI Amfib tights over my bib shorts. Wore my Craft balacava for the first time, with HeadSweats cap over that. On my feet, I had DeFeet Wooly Booly socks and PI toe covers over my shoes. I've got some PI Cyclone/Amfib shoe covers, and will put them on next time it gets this cold. Would have worn them this morning, but they wouldn't stretch over my shoes with the toe covers on, which I didn't want to hassle with removing. For gloves, I'm using PI Pittards long-fingers with some thin wicking gloves underneath. This was also my first time using the PI Amfib tights, and my legs felt great, although I may have to lower my saddle if I keep wearing them, as they are thicker than my other tights.

My coldest commute so far - 6 degrees F. Luckily, navigating the snowy/gunky roads resulting from Sunday's foot of snow keeps your mind off the temperature.

My bike is now all decked out with lights for Christmas.

24 F when I left. A single layer long-sleeved T-shirt, insulated windbreaker, wool skullcap over my ears, leather gloves, jeans, and casual shoes. Did not unzip the windbreaker for most of the trip.

I had a very cold face for the first mile and a half. Later in the trip I felt the cold as an ache in my wrists, even though they were fairly well protected - whassupwidat?

Similar results here. I wore REI mid-weight tights and an Under Armour Cold Gear jersey under my lightweight high-viz top. For my head I had a Mountain Gear fleece hat and a fleece neck gater. My gloves were some no-name ski gloves with chemical heat packs inside, and neoprene socks to finish it off.

The fingertips were cold to the bone when I arrived (the commute is ~5 miles), but I don't think I can expect much better from this setup. I think I'll make my annual pilgrimage to REI to see if I can find better gloves that don't cost an arm and a leg.

I bought pearlizumi lobster gloves, and they work great down to about 15°F, then I put a pair of lightweight wicking gloves on. That gets me to upper single digits at which point I add chemical hand warmers.

I think I paid $75 for the gloves, but have no regrets.

Hope this helps.

Forecast was for -10C this morning, but I don't thnk it could have been colder than -6. Traffic was moderate, and moved quickly. Being off for a few days meant my legs were fresh, and running 100+ psi in the tires made a big difference. What astounded me was how I could move through the cages - it was like an axe splitting wood. If a car jammed on its brakes right in front of me, there was always a spot to sneak into. Nice.

Great ride
 

Coldest commute of the year (so far). Minus 5 F when I left the house and about 2 above F when I got to work (7 miles one way). We don't have much snow up here so far, so no problems like you fellas in the Lower48.

Nokian Extreme's rule!

Cold and wet. Very wet. Not soooo very cold, 30sF. But wet. Not wet enough to soak through my gloves (that would be >1" rain /hr) but wet enough that I don't know if my wool tights will dry before go-home time. Flat on daily driver last night, walked it home, haven't fixed it yet, rode mtn bike (no fenders) in today. I have cut out some coroplast fenders for it (my own pattern) but haven't mounted them yet. More zip ties, need more zip ties!! xmas shopping on way home, and today is last formal commute of '07, taking rest of Dec off to match 6 yr old's school break. We will be biking around town for errands and social engagements though.

Missed the morning ride in yesterday after leaving the bike at work for drinkage on Friday.

Went down last night (got the front wheel caught in a lip between track concrete and regular road surface) in front of a streetcar, wasn't close and I made sure to get myself to the side damn quick.

Otherwise not too bad, still a bunch of snow and slush on some roads, but the skinny tyres cut right through (weird feeling, I tense up ready to fight through the snow but it just cuts right through).
Need to get fenders, booties/covers and my MTB rear wheel fixed in case this stuff gets icey. Coming down with a cold/flu thing which doesn't help, so right home and bed tonight methinks.

My parents sent over an IKEA safety vest from the UK (named 'Puttrall' for those curious) which is pretty neat, it doesn't expand/adjust like my other vest, so I can only wear it around me and not my bags, but I've been using the pannier recently so it all works out.

Timed my short commute today on my new fixed-gear Redline 925, and it's about 10 minutes door to door, which gives me a nice 40 minutes at home for lunch! It's a little less than 2 miles each way, so a nice easy 7-8 miles each day before I even hit the gym at night certainly doesn't hurt things, and I love it!

Only my second week of commuting. Fenders, headlight, more blinkies coming for Xmas.

Wet, wet, wet. Had everyone at work worrying about me riding to and from home. With a 10 minute commute, it's a nice little wet course. Of course now it's time for a hot shower and dry clothes!

Today was my last ride to work until 2008, unless something unfortunate happens. I'll probably still ride to the gym, which is beside work, so that still counts I suppose.

Briefly thought about driving today because I forgot to set my alarm and overslept by 30 minutes. Instead I skipped breakfast and rode to work. Usually someone brings in food to the office every day around the holidays, but no such luck today. So, I guess that I'll go eat a big lunch.

Our pitiful weather forecasters are at it again. Yesterday they said it would be much warmer today, with highs in mid-50s and no chance of rain. Well, some showers moved through this morning, and now they're saying the highs will be in the mid-40s. I need to start ignoring the forecasts.

good rides both to and from work. chilly, but i warmed up quiet nicely after the first 5-10 minutes. only a couple of mildly annoying drivers to deal with. one dog came crashing out of the bushes. i'm not sure what, but something big and black with enormous teeth. i yelled "get back!" twice and he received a swift kick to the jowls with a size 8 work boot. he didn't give chase anymore after that.
tonight the spouse and i are doing the tour de lights downtown, so the raleigh and the KHS are decked out in lights, bells, garland and ribbons. should be fun.

It warmed up Today.

Was that a good thing?

Headed up the Greenway after work. pretty uneventful until hitting the Metro North overpass under the George. Seems they (NYRP?) decided to stop clearing the path right there. They have cleared up to the 181 ramp in years past. Not this time, so everyone's favorite hill up to the HHP is basically unpassable on a bike. The rest of the path up to Dyckman is not cleared, but that's par for the course. They never clear that section. It was a long hard slog even with studs. Gonna be sore in the AM.

The Dyckman section is essentially closed for the season unless it warms up and rains for a Week IMO.

Chilly this morning in the DC/Northern Virginia area - 21F when I left home. The good news is NO WIND. The commute was invigorating as usual after the first 10 minutes of warm up. Did a bit of "ice skating" on a couple of frozen puddles but luckily kept the bike upright.

Another FWB commute day here in the Nation's capitol.

electric bikes
 

Rather than hijacking this thread, why don't you go to the Electric Bikes forum at this site? That's what it's there for, to discuss electric bikes.

http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=258

I debated bike vs. bus this morning as the roads looked a bit messy, but promises of it "tapering off towards afternoon" made the bike win out. At least schools were closed so there was less traffic.

This was definitely my most challenging ride, but the worst thing that happened were some close-call skids in a few sections.

I did get a couple of honks from people behind me who didn't want to take the opportunity to take their SUVs out of the tire tracks/change lanes for 10 seconds to pass me. And someone yelled something - could have been good or bad. Who can tell? :) Nothing to do but hold your line and keep going.

cold. tired of riding this cheap wal-mart mtn bike as a commuter. just can't decide on a road bike or flat bar fitness bike. just dream of 700c wheels

Good commute this morning, temps in the low 30's. Had plenty of energy and reeled in another rider, from whom I then follow and bummed his really bright lights for most of the rest of the ride. Just placed an order for new tires, tape, and headset. I'd been on slicks since blowing out my back Ritchey Speedmax cross tire and holding my breath on icy/wet patches. I'd been looking for the best deal in a 700x30 and finally settled on the Kenda Kwick, they should be good enough in the snow. I've also noticed a notchiness in the headset, most likely bearings, so I'll replace those soon...brakes and tape too. Commuting miles put a lot of wear and tear on the bike, I recently replaced my entire drive train and brake pads. Oh well, it's much cheaper than car expenses and definitely more fun.