No rain for me this morning - though it obviously had rained all night and there were puddles and standing water everywhere. WARM this morning, in the 60s! This may have been my shortest ride ever (as far as time) - only 28 minutes and change for what sometimes takes me 35-40.

There's a forecast for thunderstorms this PM. Let's see how bad it is; I might have to take a bus.

Road was wet, but at least it wasn't raining. Ducked and dodged a bunch of side view mirrors while lane splitting and hoped no one changed lanes unexpectedly. Luckily, no one did.

Cold for me as well - probably around 45F with a breeze from 15-25mph. That was fine riding against for a while. I had to dodge puddles like crazy especially since i am fenderless :)

no commuting yesterday or today - have had appointments both days that I could not bike to expecially with it raining. Going through withdrawals - I will be biking rain or shine the rest of the week!

Cool and clear, another wonderful commute.

-12C on the thermometer! :eek: I haven't been this cold since yesterday. :( I think some of the cagers on my route thought they would play April Fool's jokes on me by driving like *******s. Ha ha. Very funny ****ers!

35F and misty. 6 yr old left his bike at school yesterday so he went in w/ his mom today, and I just went straight from home to work. Took the mtn bike as change of pace, and to try out those topeak (de)fenders. Certainly a lot of stuff on them that could have otherwise been on me or the chain.

Cool and drizzling. Great ride! Almost no wind until the city, then mild along the river. I loved that there was almost no one on in the area as I came through the cherry blossoms. Peaceful and pretty, not to mention the great smell in the air.

Drizzly here, pretty warm though.. 62 out right now. A lot of pedestrians with deathwishes today, though. Came within like 2" of creaming a jaywalker.

I'm wimping out this week. I am too scared of icy patches, since I don't have the right tires for ice and I can't afford to wipe out and hurt my hands (I suppose I could dictate my term papers but that doesn't help me with the craft business that's my only income right now!).

Didn't think I'd have much spring in the old legs this morning after a windy solo 50 miler yesterday afternoon. But I surprised myself. I think the heavy miles in March are paying off with a "bounce-back" fitness. We'll see tomorrow, though.

Deathwish pedestrians. Yep, Sydney specialises in them too, gharding!

Bootiful ride in again this morning. A pedestrian called out to me when I was stopped at a crossing: 'That must be the only gear-less bike not on a track! You must be a masochist!'.

I just kind of laughed, but was thinking, 'not exactly gear less; that wouldn't really work. And there's plenty of other singlespeeds in Sydney.'

Still, it was nice to get some friendly banter, rather than abuse in the morning!

The morning was great upper 70's and a nice tailwind. It was my first commute after adding the rack, fenders, frame pump and wald collapseable grocery getter panniers. I could definitely tell there was more weight, but that added mass was great for maintaining speed once I got going.

Coming home I caught some rain, so I got soaked, but at least it was warm.

It was in the low 50's this morning. Roads were wet, but no rain. Almost no wind. Made good time. By this afternoon the temp had dropped into the mid 40's and the wind was 10-20 mph. Not so good time this evening, but traffic was light. Supposed to be in the 30's in the morning.
Bruce

Beautiful weather today, the ride went smooth, figured out something I should of done along time ago. Being aware of a left turn over three lanes instead of waiting for the last moment I ended up getting in the correct lane earlier. What a difference that made, All smooth and no need to speed up to much as I usually would do when I take that same turn because I had waited to long before. To act like a vehicle makes things much easier. As far as the weather, clear and nice but hit some headwind on the way back, thats alright though it's a nice addition to the workout.

Fine ride this AM. Very warm at ~60F, with a stiff headwind out of the North. Had a fox cross the road right in front of me, but nothing else notable. Hoping the stiff North wind makes for a fast ride home!

Turned on my headlight as I leaving for work this morning, and it looked like raindrops in the light beam. I just about screamed. We've had 4 straight days of rain, and today was supposed to be sunny and clear. Then I looked at the sky, and there were no clouds. Looked again at my light -- and it POLLEN, not rain, in the beam. Ugh. I guess that's the next seasonal challenge to contend with. There's a thick coating of yellow pollen on the streets, even though it rained until midday yesterday.

quite windy this morning. but i toughed it out for my 1.8 mile downhill "commute" ;-)

Nice day today, clear, a little cold (28f) and no wind. Haven't ridden for a few days due to the heavy rain, wind, and tstorms. Finally took off the studsded tires last Sunday. Average speed outside of town jumped from 12 to 15.

The bike path west of Mndelein is a mine field of broken glass, gravel, and construction debris. Looks like it might be easier just to stay on the rode.

besides the pollen that trawheel was mentioning, it was a great ride this morning after a couple of days off. although I started having a little pain in my knee, but then it went away - have to keep an eye on that

Nice, but windy and long; 2h20m for 22.4 miles.

I was trying out a new bit that bypasses a mile of nastiness; it adds a mile, but it's a lot safer and more relaxing. TOo many stop signs, though.

This morning on the elevator, a couple of my neighbors asked me if I was getting my morning exercise or going to work. I said, "Both, and I buy breakfast w/ the money I saved not using the subway." Today's commute was filled w/ sprints, mostly sprints to gaps closing in traffic, gaps opening in traffic and sprints to escape speeding street cleaners.

No thunderstorms last night, so I had a remarkably pleasant ride home.

Same this morning. Warm enough for a T-shirt; mostly sunny with fluffy white clouds; a little windy at first, but later on in the ride that became a nice cooling breeze.

tarwheel and others: do you find our spring "gold dust" to pose problems for commuting? does the dusty air make things more uncomfortable?

Stellar commute. I dunno why i was just "feeling it" this morning. I detoured to the bank and then just kept on detouring adding 7km to the commute. First time this year i've gone out of my way just for the heck of it. Pretty fast for my morning commute at 26kph avg.

When the pollen hits here, I have to dose up on Chlor-Tripolon before I ride out. I've never had to put a mask on but I have seen other people do that, and I've had to stop to clean my glasses... luckily we don't have a long pollen blast, usually just a few days. It's the smoke/dust in late summer that nearly killed me one year. Stupid lungs.