Wet this morning, started off luke warm and nice - ended up being pretty well soaked - I chose today as my first day to ride in shorts for the year too. That wasn't so much a problem, though my calves tightened up with the cold - my shoes/socks were soaked, and I wore only thin wool gloves which got soaked. I'm glad I made the call to stop and put my jacket on when I did :)

Despite the poor clothing/lack of waterproofing choice, wasn't a bad ride at all - the last 5 miles I sagged a fair bit, but got here in 2:10 of riding time (33 miles over relatively flat land) so only around 10 mins slower than last weeks full ride in.

Might not complete the full commute today, if it's still really wet out I don't think I'll bother due to not having a good waterproofing solution for my gloves - I can always put budget booties aka grocery bags over my shoes (which I regret not packing now :)) - just wasn't all too enjoyable after mile 25, and I might go straight home and rest up for the night.

eek - watch yourself out there, make sure your elbow doesn't get unattended if it feels worse. Glad you're OK, though.

Oh, man, DCvision! Glad to hear it wasn't worse.

I nearly got the right hook myself this morning from a white Toyota Rav 4. I was just getting a hinky feeling about him so I backed off at the last minute and he passed right in front of my wheel. I noticed he put on his blinker after completing the turn. Hey, thanks for letting me know what you already did. Sheesh.

Anyway, other than that, it was a very pleasant ride in. Rode the Caldaro and it is just a pleasure to feel the lushness of Italian steel glide over the asphalt.

Yesterday was great! Great weather, about 5C, calm and sunny. Even made patching a tube on the way enjoyable. Switched to slicks (from studs) over the weekend and enjoyed less rolling resistance and higher speeds.
This morning I look out the window and everything is covered in snow. No conditions for slicks. I briefly considered taking the mountain bike, with its oversize knobbies and no fenders, but quickly settled for the truck. Riding in wet snow without fenders really sucks. I even considered getting out and engaging 4wd on the truck. Now in the afternoon all the snow has pretty much melted and I have high hopes for tomorrow. Spring in Iceland is really samples of every possible weather.
We're a one car family, the car is a modified SUV that we use for mountain/off road tours into the interior, as well as occasional trips in-city. Not the ideal car for commuting, but I'm a year round bicycle commuter and my wife walks to work.

First commute of the week for me (worked @ home the last two days). Uneventful. My back and hip appreciated the exercise and not sitting on the love seat at home with the laptop. :(

Pedestrians with deathwishes were out today. 6 near misses.. lots of deer-in-the-headlights looks. Was heading down Wall St and going around one of the security abutments when some guy stopped dead in his tracks and stared at me right in the 3' space I was trying to go. Thinking he didn't know what I was trying to do, I just track-stood (??) thinking he'd shift to one side. He just stands there till I'm like "could you move, please?"

And the nice weather means increased foot traffic on the bridge.. which means clusters of those double-wide strollers being pushed by women ignoring the directional arrows on the path and not paying attention. It's a little annoying when they walk side-by-side on the narrow part of the path and they don't move out of the way for anyone (bikers, walkers, runners, whatever).

It's getting warmer! I still have to wear cool-weather gear on the way in, but we're almost to the point of shorts and a light jacket on the ride in and heading home. Woot!

On yesterday's evening commute i incurred the wrath of the motoring public. I had no fewer than 3 incidents with motorists. Something was yelled at me, but i couldn't make it out at all and hence no entry in the yelling thread.

Oh well, nice ride in this morning. I discovered that a road i had thought was gravel was in fact paved (albeit poorly). So now i have no high volume roads to traverse.

my commute this AM went through today's torch route in SF. Early enough that the craziness had not yet started up but there were plenty of Tibetan flags. The return will go through not only the post Tibet/China torch craziness but also a Giants baseball game. Should be amusing.

Nice ride home yesterday - the rain has stopped! Hurrah! I rode home about 8pm, so the traffic was much lighter and I was able to zip through the city in double-quick time.

Sorry to hear about all the right-hook action going on out there. Take care of yourselves!

much better, thanks for asking!

wind had subsided on the trip in, compaired to yesterday, though still misty, was warmer.
traffic seemed more participatory, muscles complained less!

home trip even better with breese push, sun peeping out, temp even warmer!

i saw 0.0, o, no other commuters again. was in local paper front page promoting bicycle use last week. this may have exited some of the honks/waves from people in cages that i noticed.

a good day!

Spooky ride in this morning. ~51F/11C with the densest fog I've seen around here in quite a while. Actually pretty interesting. Normally my springtime thoughts turn to...well, you know. But this morning I'm afraid my thoughts turned to...

blinkies!

They must be doing the job, since I'm still here and not flat as a pancake somewhere.

good, uneventful ride. Air is still thick with pine pollen.

amazing ride this morning
49f and no wind and the sun was shining

this afternoon should be wonderful

i ran 3 miles last night and i thought my legs would be tired but i felt strong...good energy

now i have to keep myself busy at work...tortue i tell you, torture

peace

yup, blinkies were necessary this morning. foggy in central CT. looking forward to a ride after work, should be well into the 60s

Commute was cancelled this morning owing to a snowstorm of the "surprise buttsecks" variety... forecast last night was for cool and clear, revised at midnight to "light snow"... and I am looking out at over a FOOT of snow that has fallen in the last hour! :eek: (there's no snow anywhere else in the province!)

So yeah, I'm not making it to campus today. Luckily my group project is supposed to be emailed in, so we're all going to stay home and work on it over instant messenger.

the only thing I'm bummed about is that I forgot my goggles today. It wasn't snowing when I left home at about 6:30. 3/4 of the way in, I had to take off my glasses as they were caked in wet snow. It'll all be gone by the time I get home I'm sure.

there are days i wish i could just stay home and work by email...that way i could take a break and go ride and then come back and check the email again

Jeez, I walked the block back from the bus stop (I stood there for half an hour before giving up), heading into the wind, and pretty much immediately lost all visibility through my glasses!

It would be nice, wouldn't it? That's why I'm studying to become a psychologist. I want to be able to set my own schedule and to have the content of my work count for more than the precise time I do it. I especially want to get away from jobs where people are constantly looking over my shoulder and criticising how many bathroom breaks I take. (That tells me that those people did not have enough real work of their own to do!)

Absolutely gorgeous weather this AM, sunny and low 50s with a little breeze! I had the fastest commute of the year and really enjoyed the ride. Looking forward to temps flirting with 70 this afternoon. I may extend my ride home due to the great weather.

my partner and i want to start a business together in the future, we are hoping to open an arts studio for kids where we can teach about ceramics and i can teach drawing and painting
this would be really rewarding, doing something that matters more and doing something i feel more connected to

the cube thing is killing me

Cool and foggy but also great. I made one of my best times for a morning commute (which is always slower than the afternoon commute). We were supposed to get 5-10cm of snow last night so i was pretty pleased when we didn't.

Started out in the fog, and it was kind of cold. When I hit Reston, all of a sudden the sun came out, and I started getting too warm and had to peel off a layer or two. For the ride home, I expect to be in shorts :D.

Even though the sun was up and it was bright out, I still turned on my lights on account of the fog.

Other than that, I feel surprisingly refreshed after having ridden 18.5 miles (first actual commute in months). A good omen for the season.

Cool and fast. My favorite long cut has been made difficult to access by construction, so yesterday and today I gave up on the tortuous detouring and just took the shortest route from that point onward. A little nastier and louder but apparently a lot faster, based on change in final avg mph when I get to work! Also, spring break and the grandparents are out visiting with the kids so no kiddie errands in am or pm. Those are also murder on avg mph.