I unfortunately didn't bike in to work today.. 2 inches of snow on the ground and I'm definitely not snow equipped on day 3 of riding, lol... tomorrow should be better, I'm looking forward to the ride. Strangely, I've been kinda down all day, might be related to the lack of riding. It's weird, but I think it definitely has an affect on my mood, even after this short amount of time.

nice ride in this am great ride home. Not a soul on the bike path. sweet ride.

now that I have my studs off-it's going to snow! ahhhhh!:eek:

My Aksiums have held up well. I generally destroy wheels in a few months, not these.

I don't ride in Brooklyn so I'm not sure how it compares to riding in NJ.

another day that just keeps getting more interesting more of a relaxed flow it Thursday you know.

Okay, who took their studs off in Calgary? That was one nasty snow squall. (Wasn't me, I don't own anything better than knobbies...)

Luckily I looked at the forecast and decided not to ride today. Couldn't risk the migraine (it hit while I was in Costco... joy).

I don't think the mid-Atlantic is going to get anymore snow this season (he said while knocking on head :D ).

Been a nice week of riding--as always for me, the early morning ride in is stellar (in more ways than one). Mid to upper 40sF with no wind to speak of. Nicely warming afternoons, too. But it's kind of in-between weather. Not quite warm enough for shorts. Oh well. Some problems are nice to have...

absolutely beautiful morning! just a bit of a headwind on one section of my commute.

about halfway through my commute, I saw a faint red tailight up ahead of me. was not sure if it was a bike or not since it did not have that typical 'up and down' movement, but I kicked it up a notch to try and catch up (I was excited - I NEVER see commuters while I'm commuting!) after a few light delays and what not, I finally catch up to him and find that it is a slow moped! It could ot be doing more than 15 as I caught up rather quickly and with a steep hill too. I think I surprise him at the end of the street because my Fenix was in blink mode and reflecting off the stop sign pretty good - newly charged batteries :D

This was the first day all week I've been able to commute. Stupid freezing rain and snow :(
It felt great coming in this morning, but there was a strong headwind. At least it'll be at my back tonight :D

Not so bad. Just a hint of lake-effect flurries to let you know its springtime. In Chicago.

On the first part of my commute, I managed to catch the green on a series of traffic lights through Evanston. I never catch these on a roll, and was wondering when my luck was going to change. I started muttering things like, "Dang, another green light, come on, change, change" in a futile attempt to deceive the fates. My luck with the lights turned when I got to Chicago.

Tuesday it was 32F degrees on my morning commute, today it was near 60F. I'm gonna have to learn what clothes to wear all over again with the change in seasons. I was overdressed this morning, probably moreso from fighting a headwind all the way to work. I've got lots of layers I can peel off for the afternoon commute, however, when it's supposed to be near 80F.

The sun is coming up earlier every day, so my morning commute should be all daylight again by early April. When daylight savings time started, my morning commute was thrust back into darkness the whole route. But now it's daylight for about half the ride. The sun was just coming up over the horizon when I got to work, and it was a beautiful sunrise.

Drove today, but on the ride home yesterday, I was buzzed on the MUP by the rider of a pocket bike
http://www.minipocketrockets.com/images/rider_tall.jpg
heading the opposite way... doing 20+ mph, I'm sure, with a second person riding on the back!

So these pocket bikes cost about the same thing as bicycles or even a little less, but they burn gas (-1) and require no effort on the part of the rider (again, -1). These can be real menaces when used in the wrong contexts - that is, almost any context. (They shouldn't mix it up with traffic of any kind, motorized or otherwise.)

Traffic was light and slow, which meant that I could easily draft off of cars and slingshot around them. Such fun!

Today is my first day back on my bike since early November. Feels great! It was -3C with a -9C windchill this morning, but I was toasty warm. Of course, now there's a winter storm watch on for the weekend with 25 cm of snow coming, so it may be another week before I'm on for good. Oh well, spring is here, if only theoretically.

cold and drizzly. Looking like on the way home it will be cold and rainy. Actually had respectable average speed for am commute despite 6 yr old going s-l-o-w-e-r t-h-a-n u-s-u-a-l for the first leg.

Seems like I managed to miss every stop light on the way in today. Some days you sail in, some days you spend half the time waiting for the light.

most of the snow we got has vanished already. No work today, but I took a little trip to the store. Uneventful trip other than having to do the "land mine slalom" because someone didn't stop for their dog to go and must have made him poop at a trot. One more reason I love my fenders. I didn't hit any that time, but I have before.

After much angst, having replaced my crankset and finding shifting impossible to dial in, last night I lowered the FD (ahem, duh), got it all tuned, cleaned the chain all nice, put on fancy dry lube, victory! I did my own bike upgrade! I'm gonna ride the hell out of this thing!

This morning, after seeing weather reports of a small chance of scattered showers: big, fluffy snow. In Vancouver, in late March. WTF? I have no safety excuse, I was just ground down at the thought of another cold, windy ride.

Feh. Took tranist. Rides to work this week: 2. *sob* :cry:

Woke up this morning to a steady rain. "Great", I said. By the time I got ready to leave it had died down to nothing. I got all bundled up in my rain gear for nothing. Even tho it was just a light 'spittin' type of stuff. I'm gettin' used to riding in at 4:30am. It's so nice and peaceful. Gives me time to contemplate. I've got the news on my radio. The roads all to myself. I enjoy that. A friend at work tells me that her husband is "considering biking" to work to save gas money. I gave her a few links to pass onto him to give him some info. Including this one. For all you newcomers, or folks getting ready for the warm temps. The important part is TO BE SEEN. At least get a tail-light or two. I have three. PerformanceBike has them on sale. And as much as it sounds corny. DO follow the rules of the road, as if you were driving a car. Stop at Red lights, I go thru Worthington everyday. And I stop at the light at 161/High St. if its red. Even if no one is around. I just mosey on up to the crosswalk button and push it and the light changes for me. You don't know how many times the cops have seen me do this. When it comes to Stop signs. I do rolling stops as much as anyone else, but use caution. Give the right of way if you have to. We're talking about waiting for 15 sec. or so. Try to set a good example for other bikers. We know that the cagers are impatient. But one good thing about riding a bike is that it slows the world down. Be safe and practice good habits. Peace out.....Oh yeah, the ride home this aftn was great. A little chilly, 42f. But once again, I had the bikepath all to myself.
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wind was almost with me, Both ways!! went in with bike shorts/goretex rain top and home with shorts/t-shirt!
again, i did not see another bicyclist during todays total of 82 minutes/21.7 miles....traffic seemed better, and i rode 2/5 days this week.
feels good to be starting back up~~!
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Cold front came back in with 13+ mph headwinds. Although it hit 59F earlier the temps dropped. I ended up putting the glove liners, arm warmers, leg warmers, and silk balaclava back on.

hey it did snow but it turned to rain by the time I rode in it was rain and no ice. Got a flat about 1/2 mile from work. raced in before it went dead flat.

nice ride home on the bike path and then Comm Ave. in a light rain.

Windy....very windy! ' took me maybe an extra 15min to get home. I enjoyed it nonetheless. :)

Road was wet this morning. I thought my time would be slower, but I actually averaged 18.14 over 10 miles in to work. One of my best times so far this year. Funny how you don't really know until you check the clock.

Just got my whole family moved down here to Georgia from northern Maine. Now I can ride all year. I'm not missing the snow...yet.

Today WAS my 4th consecutive commuter cycling day this week. I made it to work with my bike every day this week. It was my 14th "Commuter Cycling" round trip this year, the 13TH CCC DAYfor the bikejournal.com forum for the year. But it was not a typical commuter day...

read my journal:
http://www.bikejournal.com/profiles....rjohn&public=1

I had 2 flats today and was "rescued" twice!

Doing a "work day commute", on the way in to Hilton everything was going O.K. except for the Northerly head winds keeping my speed slow. Then the back tire went flat. On the C-P Town Line Road there is no protection from the elements. The 18-24" shoulder is crushed stone with a 3 feet deep drainage ditch drop-off (filled with snow melt run-off). There was only 20 minutes before I was to be on my way to a School with a bus. I can't fix a flat, pedal 4 miles, inspect a bus and be on my way to school in that time frame. So I called Hilton Transportation (where I work) for a rescue pick-up.

So after a routine start to the commute my bike and I had a 6-7 minute walk before finishing our ride to work in a rescue vehicle. At work I parked the bike in the mechanics store room. I would affect my repair after the bus run. Later after the bus run, taking my time, I cleaned off the rear wheel and inspected (carefully?) the tire. Removing the punctured tube, I installed a spare tube which is always in the bike bag ready for use.

Repairs effected, I was on my way home. I got 1/4 mile down the the road. FLAT AGAIN?!! The thought was, walk back to the office, call home and leave a message for Ginny to come pick me up. Just then, along came Betty and right behind her was Pam, each in their motor vehicles. Do you need help John? Can I give you a lift home? Do you want to use my phone? Betty offered and I gratefully accepted a ride for me and the bike. Betty took me and the Globe home home in comfort and grace (she traveled about 20 miles out of her way). I am so grateful for friendly co-workers! (CCC forum post #663 on bikejournal.com )

its the weekend so only took a short ride, weather was amazing as it often tends to be. Although we did have a bit of rain earlier. We shall see what tomorrow brings.