very chilly this morning at 40F compared to the way it has been here (57F+) - actually had to break out my jacket and pants instead of just wearing shorts and t-shirt. Good ride in - no incidents.

I was running 5 minutes ahead of time this morning, so something had to come up. When I got ready to leave home, I realized the rear tire on my commuter bike was flat. I couldn't ride one of my other bikes because I had too much gear to carry today and only my commuter has a large enough seatbag. So, I fixed the flat. Actually, I put a new tube AND tire on my bike because the Panaracer Paselas I've been using had 2,400 miles on them and I figured they might be due for a change. Surprisingly, they still have a lot of tread left, but I didn't have time to search for the cause of the leak, so slapped on the new tire and tube.

I suspect the flat was a slow leak caused by hitting a large piece of gravel dead-on yesterday morning. It was large enough to make the rear of my bike jump. Also, I was experimenting running a slightly lower pressure in my tires to see how they would ride. Bad decision. From experience, the best way to prevent flats is to keep your tires pumped up to full pressure. Now that I recall, my ride home was surprisingly slow and my bike felt a little squirrely, so the air pressure was probably already getting low.

Another gorgeous day in NC. Sunny and relatively cool. The high yesterday was only 60F, which is chilly for the SE this time of year. This morning, the low was about 40F, also very unseasonal.

Nice to see the sun this morning after all the grey and rain we had yesterday. When I rolled out of the driveway it was 40f so I grabbed my lightweight gloves which was just what I needed.

Great ride in although my legs felt a bit tired since I ran at the gym last night.
Feeling lean and energized.

It seems that my chain on my steamroller is loose again, I think I may look into a tensioner so I don't have to fiddle with it as much, from what I have read I don't want to end up throwing a chain.

Love commuting fixed
:p

For small things like my cell phone, I use a neoprene camera cover over a ziploc type bag. for larger things, I sneak out of fedex with a fedex bubble pack envelope.

Still stuck in the cage ... My knee is responding nicely though so I plan to ride Thursday. I can't wait. :love:

Nice ride this morning. Mid 30Fs, sunshine, and a very light wind at my back. I caught up to a girl on an MTB who was riding with a pink tennis racket dangling from her bars. I used her to set an effortless pace for me. :p 12 or 13MPH mostly. I'm running after work so I don't want to blow up my legs commuting.

Ok isn't it almost May? An unseasonably cool ride this morning made my legs feel a bit old.

Got in 11 bike commute days this month. Feeling good about that.

Mid 30s this morning after a few days of rain. Some damp spots on the road, which I think scared the other bike commuters away - didn't see any today.

The morning after two days of rain leaves interesting things in the road. Got to work to find worm guts on the seat stay. Eww.

Moderate headwinds predicted for the ride home. Won't be a record-breaking run, then.

20-30 mph headwind on the way in = :(

30-40 mph tailwind on the way home this afternoon = :) I can't wait!

However, some a** in a truck with the front sticking out in the right lane about 80% of the way just past the intersection came up with an interesting joke. He thought it would be funny to wait for the light to turn green with me 1st in the right lane and motorists in the left before pulling out into the left lane right as I was about to pass across his front bumper. Needless to say we exchanged a few choice words.

Why didn't I wear gloves? OMG my finger tips were absolutely frozen this morning! Live and learn :)

Wore gloves this AM, glad I did! Was a bit chilly for this fair weather commuter. Had a decent headwind for most of the commute, (it was coming out of the NW and I was going north then west!) All the pollen in the air had my eyes watering pretty bad, of course right at the roughest section of road that I encounter on my ride in. Argh! Made it in OK, not a record time or anything, but was nice to get to ride in this week, as the rest of the week will be determined by the morning radar data.

Took out the gloves here in Maine too, I was surprised to see it was only 40 when I left the house, should be about 50-55 when I leave work.

It was 25*F this morning here. I've been wearing full finger gloves in the morning for several days, and sometimes in the evening too (it was 40 yesterday at 4PM). Today it's supposed to be 59 so I'd normally switch gloves, but I can only find one of them so I guess I'm wearing the full gloves this afternoon too.

The commute was beautiful, as it always is.

A couple of weeks ago being on a bike helped a lot; a truck had managed to wedge itself under the stone railway bridge in town, leaving only about 5 feet on either side of it. I asked the cop if I could go through, he said "Sure, you're the only one that can." Everyone else had to detour about 3 miles.

Some strong headwind today but i was rewarded with wonderful temperatures around 59 F. Warming up to the 70s for the ride home. To boot only a few cars on my commute this am and very few red lights.

Nice sunny ride. Must be spring, my wife rode today, 1st time since a bad day MLK week, which itself was the 1st time probably since November or October. So I rode w/ 6 yr old to his school as usual, and she trailered 3 yr old downtown to her daycare, and we wound up meeting, fortuitously, at about my halfway mark. I will trailer 3 yr old back up the hill at the end of the day.

Full gloves this morning for me too. ~43F/6C.

Kinda strange to be wearing shorts and full-fingers, I guess, but my fingertips are extra sensitive to cold (a winter climbing indescretion in my youth).

LOL I was wearing sweat pants/shirt, but no gloves. I certainly am a dumbass :)

Today was almost perfect - cloudy & breezy & 65 degrees. A big relief after the last few days here (80s in the morning, 90s by afternoon). Bit of a headwind but not too bad.

The baby bunnies are out on the MUP in force - they haven't yet figured out how to handle traffic, so tend to freeze when they see me coming, then bolt at the very last minute. Almost always in the right direction. So my ride is a bit repetitive:

"Oh the cuteness! Awwww!"
(+2 sec) "Time to run, little fella!"
(+2 sec) "No, you need to run NOW!!"
(+1 sec) "NO REALLY GET OFF THE ROAD!"
(+.375 sec) "LEFT OR RIGHT - Move it NOW, dumb@ss!"
<bolt>
"Stupid G*ddmn bunnies"

15 seconds later... "Oh the cuteness!"

I suppose if one does get caught in the spokes I am doing my part for natural selection. Ick.

Mid 40s so a little chilly in short sleeves and shorts, but just a light wind. A nice ride. Will be in the low 80s this afternoon with maybe a bit of a tailwind. :)

Yikes! I got a late start this morning, and was in knee warmers in 60 degrees - that felt perfect!

Ride this morning started off pretty well. 12+ MPH winds across my bow, but they didn't bother me because I knew that 6 miles in I would turn and they would blow me the rest of the way to the office. Except... About 6 miles in I started to feel some wobbling in my left pedal - first thought it might be a loose cleat, but it was holding so I kept going. Wobble got more noticeable and I started to get worried, so about 8 miles in I pulled into a driveway and proceeded to check out the cleat (nope); pedal (nope); crank (Damn... loose...) My multi-tool doesn't have that sized wrench, so I used to carry a wrench in my bag that size, but apparently used it for something and didn't put it back. So, 8 miles in, with 7 to go, and less than an hour to my next meeting, I called dw - "Please come pick me up..." Cute girl I've seen at the LBS rode by on a tri bike and offered to help, but had absolutely no tools with her... Nice of her to stop by, though.

Ride last night was into a brutal headwind - seemed like it took forever, but I felt great at the end of it. Very nice...

It's true, temperature really is relative!!!!

My fricken plastic fender spontaneously snapped in half and started dragging on the ground! Fortunately I only had about 200 feet left to go. I taped it back together, but now every time I hit a bump the fender drags on the tire for a moment. Skip, skip, skip... Need to order a new one from Nashbar.

Would have been a perfect commute had I not gotten a late start and then a flat tire 1/3 of the way in to work. Made me slightly late to work, had to play a little catch up. 39*F, no wind, sweats, T-shirt and a light jacket were perfect.

Ride home was sporty - intense traffic, bit of a headwind, 60*F. Otherwise, pretty good.

Got some grease on my Brooks saddle when I changed the tube, darn it.

Not the most stellar of commutes today. Started off a little late, so trying to make it up, when I'm greeted with a 20 mph headwind for the majority of my ride. I then hit a critical part of my commute where I must switch sides of a busy, wide street. I get tot he center, try to quasi-track stand, unclip my right (as always), but fall left. Ruined my favorite pair of plaid shorts, left some flesh on the inside of my favorite bibs, scraped up my seat (a Selle Italia which I acquired at a 70% discount), and now must replace at least the left side of my bar wrap.

And it might rain tonight, which makes a 6:00 a.m. return home a little chilly. Thank God it's my Friday.

Just went to Wal-Mart for groceries. 6 miles round trip. Head wind both ways, gusts of 25mph, steady at around 10mph though. Gotta love Oklahoma. :D

not too shabby! The MTB has a popped spoke already so I took out the SS for the very first time. The last 2 miles into work are all uphill so THAT was interesting...And a whole lot of just spinning down hills for now. Geared pretty low since I didn't know where to start, what with the inclines to work.
Caught a fella from my work site on the way home and kept up and lead after a bit. Guess he has been off the bike for most of the winter. Almost had two head-ons with spring roadies, the first one refusing to not ride two abreast with is partner. Felt jerseys on that one. The second was a fella merging onto the MUP and he drifted towards me as I was coming out of the MUP. I think it scared him more than me even though I was on the last 11/2 inches of path before coming off into bad siding.

Oh well. Its Spring.:rolleyes:

oh yeah, I'm running 53/20 on the Panic. Not too bad but after a couple of weeks I think I'll need to step up the rear to about an 18, maybe a 17/16 if I feel like dry heaving on the way to work.:eek: