Today was the maiden voyage of my first build. The fixed gear salsa casserole.

It went well and was also the first all the way from home to work commute since the accident.
I still think 42X16 is a bit low for me.

Beautiful morning and a great ride.
It is good to be wearing my cycling gear again. There was no point when I was riding shorter versions of my commute.

Nice ride in, very slow (ran into coworker who is not a speed demon). Nice and relaxed. 3 yr old bailed and rode in the car w/ mom, so no trailering. The 6 yr old was game as ever though.

Well done, DJ! And welcome all-the-way-back!

Skipped the training ride and rode in easily in Full Fred Mode. Cool and breezy. When is summer ever coming?

No commute today... The wife thinks picking up groceries for the family is more important than my bike ride!!!

Sorry; but I'm not going to tote $200 of groceries, including 40 pounds of milk, 13 miles on my bike!

Nice ride in today. Beginning to get a bit warm here in Atlanta on the rides home, however. My legs were a bit tired from having run 5 miles before heading out the door to work (I was feeling guilty for drinking and eating too much over the long weekend). Looks like I might be in for my first ride in the rain this afternoon. I am new to commuting (6.5 miles each way) and have not invested in any rain gear yet except for fenders and waterproof panniers..

Thanks! Now if physical therapy will ever end....

Good luck w/ that. Hopefully the insurance of the person who hit you is paying for all that.

That sounds like a good excuse to build a trailer. :p

So far so good. Still.... I hate dealing with insurances. I think I will throw a party when this is all said and done. Meaning me healed, everything paid, and the claim closed.

Take some time planning the party, it took 3 yrs for me to close my claim(s; 1 for med, 1 for the bike) but it was worth the wait.

lol

It will be one heck of a party. :)

Drove the wife to work with the bike on the new rack. Biked home. Will bike back to her office and we will go to dinner.

70s and relatively non-humid. Nice. :) Glad to have my MTB back from the shop.

This afternoon will be another scorcher in the 90s, though.

Got rained on this am on the way in and made my best time by 5 minutes. coming home.. well almost all uphill so not so fast lol

a bit chilly this morning, but I refused to revert to wearing the cycling jacket!

11 days straight commuting and it just gets better. My staff thinks I'm just a little too hyper when I get to the office. Even questioned what's in my water bottle.lol I tell them to get over it as I just feel so much better riding my bicycle to work. It just don't seem right somehow to have this much fun riding to WORK. :beer:
Later,
Tony

Had a close one today, this lady pulls away from the curb without checking her mirror and I almost ran into her front fender. Scared the $h#t out of me!:notamused: Then she gives me this look like watch where you going.:mad:

Great commute today.I finally finished my Surly Pacer and took it on its first commute today. What a nice ride!Comfort+++compared to my Cannondale CAAD8.Cant wait til tommorow.

The ride to work felt soooo slow. I ended up doing my regular time, but I just felt like I was dragging the whole way. Conversely, the ride home felt amazing. I was fast and furious, smashed all my previous best times and average speed (total time 52mins, normally about 60, av speed of 17.3mph, which is flying for my clydeness!). I was pumped when I got home.

First post to this thread. (3rd or so to the forum.)
10km = 6miles
Dry. Going down was nice. About 10C and clear. I made good time. I took a detour to Canadian Tire because their website says they open at 9. The store opens at 10 :(
Getting home was not as fun. I felt, um, not as energetic? Not sure. I managed to get a tire into a streetcar track which wasn't good for my ego (but otherwise no biggie.) I stopped off for an energy bar (Mars bar!) but that didn't help.

Great ride in Today (Tuesday).

One glitch.

A Squirrel came shooting across from Right to Left, bisecting the bike and whacking into my left foot/crankarm. No time to react at all. oops.

I looked back and didn't see the little fella lying in the MUP so; I'm hoping he managed to avoid the back wheel.

Ride home was nice enough as well. I did take a slightly different route because of pollen. Yes, pollen.

My usual route is along tree-lined streets for the last Two Miles or so. It's been like riding through a pollen blizzard lately. I'm not particularly allergic or anything, but; when it gets that bad just about anyone will be somewhat affected.

12.5 mile run to work been at it for about 6 weeks and generally loving it

was good yesterday, despite the pouring rain, i felt strong and just put my head down and before i knew it i was was home and ready to begin the half hour clean and tune up required after the wet ride.

this morning - beautiful clear bright day, not too warm, traffic fairly light, didnt have to wear a load of waterproofs but felt like i was riding through treacle,

i`ve either flushed out all the grease on last nights cleanup or not getting a good nights sleep (job interview today so nerves kept me up) REALLy affects performance

It was cold the last two mornings in the Detroit area. I think I like it better when it was dark in the morning. I am riding into the Sun every morning.

The ride home yesterday seemed perfect, very little wind and the temperature was just right. This morning was more of the same, I left my house a little later than I usually do so there was a bit more traffic to deal with including a military truck towing this huge bulldozer.

*My right knee feels a bit sore still from all the miles I did over the weekend, I should probably take it easy on the way home and maybe ice it for a bit. Does anyone have any tips for a sore knee? I know riding a fixed gear is harder on the knees so maybe I need to alternate between my singlespeed and my fixed.*