Man was I whipped this morning. The last 2 days I've left 20-30 minutes later in the morning, just because it's slowing down a little bit ahead of the holidays and it's nice to ride in the daylight at least once in a while. Yesterday was a great ride, today I was beat only a mile or so into my 12 mile trip. No real reason either- no wind, no rain, etc. Maybe the few days off next week will be a good thing- recharge my batteries a bit.

Hot and sunny. When I set off I had a stinking hangover, and I planned to take it easy. But once I got going I felt much better, and was able to make really good time. The light traffic and helpful green lights helped, though.

Fantastic commute home today !
Season best !
Motorcycle people at my job were getting updates
on some rain that was coming north up Rt. 1 and sure
enuff, it was drizzling as I left Riviera Beach.....I pedaled
like krazy to Rt. 1 and everything flowed incredibly !!
The wind that was blowing the storm up helped me along
but the best part was a guy in a white van that passed me/
me him so forth, signaled me over into a looong access lane to a
bourgious Yacht club-develpment and ran blocker for me
Bay city Bomber Roller Derby StyLee !!! IT was great ! :)
Best home ride to date !!! Dry too.....

Guy in White Van....if you happen by chance to be reading this,
you are my fav-o-rite Florida driver of all time !!! Thank you ! :D

Nice ride in this morning - temps around 30F and traffic very light (maybe folks leaving for holiday already). No FWB today.

Last night I cleaned and re-lubed my chain and other drivetrain components; it made a big difference in ride quality. I guess I have been a bit negligent about doing this frequently enough - maybe once every week is a justified as I'm riding about 110 miles a week now.

Drove today as it's my last workday of the year. Need to bring home a bunch of laundry from my office, and brought in some food to share with coworkers. The week before Christmas is non-stop food where I work, with people bringing in goodies everyday. I've felt guilty because it's hard carrying much more than I have to on my bike -- although I did bring pecan pies to our Christmas lunch -- so I decided to bring in some pumpkin pie today. Have a great Christmas and New Year's everyone. I won't be commuting again until Jan. 2, although I do plan to ride my bike as much as possible. Typically Christmas week is one of my higher mileage weeks of the year, but it depends a lot on the weather.

29F and ice. Did the 'slide move' over a speed bump. Ouch. The parking lot was salted with some wimpy little pellets...it looked dicey so I slowed down and crash/slid about 10' Large bruise on my side but OK...I'm gonna catch it from the spouse!

Today's commute was the MOST FUN I've ever had commuting! After several icy days in the last month, I put my new studs on last week, but was then disappointed to not need them... until today! The morning ride was very frosty on the south hills - everyone at work was swapping stories about slipping around on the way up. I had no problems - in fact I couldn't tell how slick it was until I stopped to take off a layer, put my foot down and slipped. The roads thawed soon after sunrise, so no problems on the way home.

The real fun was the ride home, though. I got off early and decided to take the scenic route. I was feeling confident on the studded knobbies, so dove off the pavement and bombed down the lawn (1/3 mile with 250 ft drop; rocks, roots, tall grass...) I've done this before on my MTB, but never on my B-stone commuter. I couldn't believe how well it handled! I hopped off the road several more times on the way home - even rode through a flooded culvert. Now I just need the snow to come down a little lower...

Happy Solstice to all. Us Northern Hemispherians will soon begin to see some more light at the end of the commute to work or home pretty soon. Today was a crystal blue sky day here in southern cal, did a 15 mile commute to work at dawn. On the 14 mile pedal home I left work a bit early and finished just after sunset. The cool dry air today was invigorating, I felt pretty good for a Friday after a busy week. Couple of more commute days next week and that will wrap it up for another year. I'll have to add up this years commute miles. Cheers.

I was out for a little bit today doing some last minute X-mas shopping. I love how they reserve the space next to the door for my bike. Makes parking convienient. The wind was out in force today, out of the west as usual. I didn't mind today because I can take my time. I don't like it on work days cause I have to leave early.
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Hello everyone,
It poured down rain all night and morning just until I stepped outside at 7:45am with my bike to head off to work. 38 degrees with no wind, dead calm. To the west (where I was going) mostly clear blue sky, Yes I said blue sky! It seems like months have past since I'd seen such phenomenon. And wouldn't you know it, not a drop of rain all the way, some ten miles. Also most curiously, the streets were void of most cars. Two of the stop lights I even had to run up on the sidewalk to push the crosswalk button just so I could get across the intersection.

We closed early at 3:30pm. Coming home, mostly blue sky and it warmed up to 42 degrees and again no wind, dead calm. The few cars that were on the road were mostly very courteous giving me six to eight feet when passing.

To the west the heavens were on fire this evening with brilliant orange with some red feathering. To the east a full moon peeking throw the billowing clouds. Absolutely gorgeous! I have to say it was the most enjoyable commute since last summer.

Life is good on a bike!

Ciao,
Timothy

Intense, A 20 mile commute on an open freeway shoulder. If you can handle the wind blast a line of semis can haul you down the road.

Were the streets empty today or what? Went for an hour on the bike and i've never seen streets as empty as this. 25th of December is officially the best day to be out riding ;)

Seriously. I am not even in town today, but I can imagine. We should organize some sort of annual Christmas ride in Toronto. :)

Things are very quiet here in the DC area. I rode my 18 miles with almost NO traffic to speak of. Nice ride with temps in the low 30s here in the DC area. New Specialized Armadillo Infinity tires on the bike add a bit of traction since the ones they replace were essentially slicks.

Office is empty also - LIFE IS GOOD!

GAR!

had to drive into work today... :(

I "fixed" both my bikes on Christmas Eve and now neither is rideable:p

one bike, i changed the chain, but it went too long and the cogs are trashed, chain just skips around.

Put a new set of tires on the other, pumped up to 100pis, and BLAM! blew out the side of a new tire and the tube. i think the tire was faulty from the factory... and no spare tube for this bike (long valve stem rqd). i was careful too - pumped to 20psi first, made sure seated correctly and all, oh well.

Today was a "good" day to drive: cold and rainy. but the first time on 4 wheels in months. Tomorrow will be better.

Cheers

Season's greetings, everyone, and I hope any over-indulgences will soon be ridden off!

Commute today was awesome - hardly anyone around, just flew through the city, green lights all the way. Just goes to show how much cars slow up cyclists...

They've also removed the gazebo thing from the western end of Anzac bridge, meaning you can sustain momentum (and see clearly) when going from the path onto the bridge proper. Hurrah! Much better, especially when climbing. I always hated that you had to lose all your precious momentum going around that thing, then climb up to the apex of the bridge from pretty much a standing start. It was ten times easier this morning being able to just keep going.

Not a bad idea at all. In fact we should just go and ride on weekends or something, like they do in clubs :) By the way today wasn't bad either, traffic was close to what it usually is on weekends.

Today was nearly ideal. There was so little traffic on my way to the office that I actually counted the number of vehicles that passed me. Total count was 46 cars and trucks in 46 minutes (10.2 miles). There was no wind in either morning or evening and the skies were clear enough to count the stars.

With the temperature below 20 degrees at 7:00 AM, it was cool enough to keep from sweating too much. In the evening it had warmed up to near 40, so I had to shed the jacket and outer gloves to be more comfortable. The day after Christmas is good riding.

Had a great ride both ways today. High in the lower 40s and sunny. Everything was peaches and cream, until....... I stopped at the grocery store on the way home, locked my bike up, shopped, came out and couldn't find my key ANYWHERE!!! Retraced my steps, asked the service center if it had been turned in, nothing. Had to call my wife and have her bring my other key. Felt like one cool cat hangin' out beside my bike in front of a grocery store for 20 min.:p I did keep my cool though. I'm the kind that can become a real a** in stressful situations like that, but I found my happy place and had a good laugh about it. Probably the Holiday influence. Good excuse to buy a better lock, too!:D

Amazing ride in the morning. Clear and was visited by wildlife as I rode by. Saw squirrel's, hawk's, and something else fuzzy. Made it to work before the boss and felt really great about it.

On the way home though I had a 25+ mph headwind the whole way home :mad:

Today was pretty nice, I got my new bike jacket and U-lock for Christmas, and rode with the U-lock on its frame mount. It rattles a bit over bumps, but I don't notice the weight of the lock at all, which is not what I expected.

Once my Road Morph G pump shows up I will have a very nice commuting setup, finally.

Roads were pretty clear today, only saw a few cars and the ones I saw were well-behaved. Although around here it is usually the case that they are more afraid of you than you are of them.

Lousy weather on yesterday's ride home, cold, windy, big, heavy drops of rain-the worst of winter. I stopped under the 14 th street bridge for a break, hoping to wait out the rain, but that didn't happen. I was surprised to see another rider so I quickly caught up and let him be my rabbit for a while. He was a fellow Surly rider-cool, I admired his ride and told him as we split. This morning's ride was much better but my right knee was bothering me. I've been concentrating on rehab'ing and strengthening my knees and legs, hopefully this is just a bit of tendonitis. Good news is that my Nashbar order is here and I'll install my new headset, replace brakes and bar tape, and put on my 700x30c Kendas to get the bike up to speed for winter.

Agreed :) I went out for a ride with a buddy for a few miles, lots of fun and plain/clear sailing all the way :) Love that I rode my bike on Christmas Eve, Day and Boxing Day :)

I rode back from the east end last night, mostly plain sailing (got cut off but easily avoided any incident).

Ride in today was fine, fairly warm and despite coming in later, missed any rain/sleet/snow that came down later on in the morning.

I'm convinced now my BB is in need of replacement, but I'm hoping it'll last the bad weather season, I'll have to take it off the road soon anyway due to needing wheel trues, I just need to ride this week for work. Glad I'm able to ride, I love it.

I'm about 30 miles equivalent short of 6000km on my roadbike and I'm keen to break that by the end of the year :)

Today was my first day riding to work since my wreck on October 22nd. I was back on the bike in two weeks, but my recovering wrist could not handle the 12 mile (each way) commute until now. It was icy and I took a spill on a turn. D'oh! Bruised my elbow and hurt a thumb, otherwise ok.

Took my first winter spill this morning.

I'm lucky enough to have plowed bike paths for about 2/3 of my commute, some of which are through some beautiful woods. When I was arriving back to urbania at a 2-way stop- down I went. One driver stopped and stared in shock. I did my best to look graceful. I never lost a hand hold on the bike, so I picked it up and started walking through the intersection, got on and peddled off.

Ice is sure humbling!