I left this morning it was 20f. I wore my regular Winter outfit and I didn't overheat. Felt comfortable. After watching last nights weather news. They were talking 1" with slick roads starting around noon. So I decided to switch to the Snow studs just to be on the safe side. Good thing. The snow started falling about 10:30am and progressively got worse. It didn't take long for the roads to get slick and icy. When I got off of work at 2pm traffic was backed up on 161. So I rode alongside of it on the berm. The Nokian 294's gripped the road real good. While on some side streets I was doing some zig-zagging, trying to get the tires to slip out from under me. They just kept maintaining their grip. Outstanding. Last year I put a Mount&Ground 160 on the front and I thought that they did well. The 294's have still yet to be tested on ice. We have plenty of time for that. So I rode down the path from Antrim to Bethel Rd and turned around and rode across the Broadmeadows bridge and made my way up to High St. I saw another set of bike tracks on the path. By now the snow was coming down pretty good. It felt good riding in the snowfall. A few people were amazed to see me riding a bike in it. After getting used to riding on the 294's, I didn't even worry about slowing down to corner or anything like that. As far as rolling resistance. They were about what I expected coming from a snow stud. They only add about an extra 5 min to my normal commute

When I left this morning it was 19 degrees F. It was cold and dry, I was warm but my lungs hurt...they aren't used to the cold yet. My body on the other hand is becoming more and more used to it...so I am really enjoying cold weather riding. It is very peaceful.

On the ride home it was 22 and snowing, plus there was a chrismas parade finishing up, so traffic was horrible. Wore a pair of thermal pants under my jeans and a wool sweater over my base layer with a windbreaker on over that. Sitting in the cold and not moving was completely warm. Felt nice, especially when a lady stopped to ask me what I was doing, when I told her I was riding home she replied "well that is good honey, at least someone in this town cares about their health and the well being of others, all year round." Advocacy anyone?

The ride home this morning:
By mile 5, the windchill started cutting through me. By mile 6, I could no longer feel some of my toes. By mile 8, I could no longer tell that I couldn't feel my toes. The post-ride hot tea was quite nice, indeed. The sunrise was nice, too.

The ride back to work this evening:
I pushed myself because I was runnning about 15 minutes late (compared to my performance earlier in the week). I made up 10 minutes by mile 6 and was ahead of schedule by mile 9 where I arrived almost exactly 50 minutes after leaving my house.

I was passed twice by the same guy who was no poser. Dude eased past me the first time; I think he had about 3-4 mph on me. I coasted down a long fast hill and was spinning my way up the other side at maybe 2-3 mph when dude passes me again, this time with 8-10 mph on me; fast enough to make me jump, anyway. After he passed he was shaking his head as if he was thinking, "those slow Freds..." Of course, I was moving between 100-130 lb more than he was up a pretty decent hill... I may be a Fred but at least I'm not (usually) a cager. :D

If they ever get you on a speed trap you'd better have that ticket mounted and framed ;-)

Commuted for the first time to my 2nd job. Had to be there at 5am, woke up at 4am and left the house by 4:35am, got there at 5am on the dot. It's about 6.5 miles or so, never really checked.

Way there was nice, saw maybe 3 cars, the roads were dead. On the way back about 1.5 miles from home I got a flat, was taking a turn, and there was loose gravel I was sure I was about to go down, but somehow I managed to keep myself up. Felt the front slide out and wobble, corrected it and was still up, and surprised. Then, 4 seconds later heard a big hiss, from the front tire, changing it wasnt too bad.

Weather was crisp and perfect.

Forgot to mention, saw an Orange Porsche GT3 RS on the way home, the driver noticed I ***** his car with my eyes, so he opened it up..music to my ears.:love: Such a sexy car, the only Porsche I'd ever buy.

Not a bad commute at all.

Friday was my first time riding home after 5:00PM...never again. The traffic was insane, all I did was try not to get run off the road.

When I got to the turn that leads to the short MUPS I can take I hopped the curd and rode MYB style through the park until I hit the MUPS.

My ride with fully loaded panniers, MTB with studded tires and wearing my winter gear usually takes 40 -45 minutes, I did it in 35, just because I was hammering it to keep up with traffic or get nailed.

First time biking to a new church today. I commute all week by myself, and today I pulled my 2 year old in his trailer the 7 miles to church. A couple hills were tall enough I was standing up in my smallest gear, but coming back home was a blast.

Definitely getting colder.

The ride home this morning was most certainly chilly. Almost nobody was on the road. I had a one-block ride-along with another commuter before we went different ways.

I've run out of steam for the week, though so I got a lift on the sag wagon into work tonight.

I think I broke a tooth or two off of my center chainring during the last 36 miles because my chain is now skipping.

Had to leave the bike at work last night. I still have my hard case tires on, and it snowed a couple of inches. I rode it home this afternoon, and suffered with a freezing face and head. I need a balacalava.

It rained last night, so I was on double duty with all the grates I encounter along the way. Saw one helmetless and lightless cyclist in the opposite direction. Temperature in San Juan at 6 this morning: 72F.

The cleaning lady at the lobby sort of gave me a dirty look as I rolled my bike toward the elevators. It wasn't *that* wet!! Still, I made a note to carry more of those microfiber cloths to dry up the bike before coming in, next time. Gotta keep the "opinion makers" content!

Speeding tix
 

There was just such a discussion in another thread a few weeks ago, centering on whether a ticket issues to a cyclist for speeding. In Virginia, it does, and it may be so in your state.

If I got one, I'd frame it too. I may even make a t-shirt out of it.

20F/-6 or so C with a 6 or 7 mph headwind (for me anyway). The usual cold fingers.

The downhill residential run that starts my ride had a radar thing set up which tells you how fast you're going. I was surprised to see it hit 40mph--must've had something to do with the a-hole zooming by me in a car. I was only doing 20. :D

20C or so, sunny with a light tail wind. Left work late and so managed to avoid the traffic, got a decent run of green lights, and wound up doing my 12km ride 10 mins quicker than usual. :D

Supposed to rain tomorrow. :(

Crisp! My bicycle computer said -9F / -23C. The airport says 0F / -18C. First snow-ride of the season. Only an inch or so, and it was nice and fluffy. Lots of ice, too. Glad I left my studs on.

I went with my usual cold-weather outfit, and I overheated just a little bit due to a tailwind. Balaclava, ski goggles, thermal long johns under fleece on the legs, fleece under nylon jacket up top. fleece socks, and gloves, of course.

My co-worker just offered to pay for a psychiatric evaluation. :D

AWFUL!!!

It wasn't the temp (15), it was this F***ING city I have to commute through that won't plow a GDamn street if it's life depended on it.

So I have no space to ride, I'm hugging the little tire track on the right I can find and some Ahole in a pick-up and plow runs me off the road while laying on his horn. Then I get brushed, not by one but two mirrors.

Screw this, I love the ride in the cold, but it isn't going to do me any good dead!

So unless I can find another route in (which I doubt, thanks Buffalo Streets Dept), I'll stick to errands and week-end rides this winter...and I'm PO'd about it....I want to ride!

I rode all weekend, so my legs were somewhat tired, but I rode at a slower pace and the commute went fine.

Effortless. Strong winds out of the south; I could have almost just stood up and acted as a sail. Going home might be tough though. I got a lot of friendly waves after installing LED Christmas lights on my bike and attaching a Santa hat to my helmet.

Today was my first day back to commuting in more than 2 months. It was cold - 17*. I switched to my winter studded tires over the weekend. Boy what a difference in resistance. Between riding into a breeze, not commuting for 2 months and the tires - it made a big difference in the ride workout.

My fingers and toes were cool - but not frozen. Wool socks + Illuminite booties on the feet, some sort of wind-block gloves. Need to find a way to keep the toes a bit warmer. I may find some sort of really thin liner to wear inside my gloves on days when it's going to be this far below freezing.

A 5-degree day oughta be a whole lot of fun.

48 with 10-15 mph headwinds. Nice ride though.

22F. Wore a silk baselayer, wool tee and a wool sweater under a windproof shell and was sweating when I got to work. I'll have to open the pit zips for the ride home.

pretty darn cold this morning...i feel like i wore the right amount of clothing though, i put some plastic bags on my feet to block the wind but my toes were still very cold, i was hoping to have some beardsicles this morning but nothing

Hellishly warm this morning @ 43-48F.

Had a nice tailwind also. I love Colorado weather. Today is the inverse of a normal commute due to a storm front set to arrive at noon. I rode in with warmers on and panniers stuffed with winter clothing for the ride home.

42F and drizzle. More Belgian than Californian. I just have to remind myself that if it was good enough for Eddy, it's good enough for me.

Beard froze for the first time today.

Supposed to be a little snow in Denver this afternoon but I took the skinny-wheel gamble and took the road bike. The legs were too sore to pedal the mtn bike after two days of skiing.

still no ice. sluggish ride after weekend of eating though,

It was under 20' this morning. With the wind it was a BIG difference compared to the past couple of weeks in the 20's & 30's!

I wore the 1/2 balaclava and it kept fogging up my glasses! WTFog!

Bizarre commute home. It got warm- 70 degrees warm- but I had to ride directly into a 23 mph wind, gusting to 37 (according to intellicast) and I wouldn't be shocked to find out it was even higher than that. My 35-40 min commute took over 50 minutes.

Coldest morning of the fall so far, 23 F during my commute. It got colder than that only twice last winter on days I commuted. We've had the coldest autumn that I can remember. However, I do remember one year it was very cold from Thanksgiving through Christmas, and then January and February were very mild that winter.