If that was the goal, it worked. I want roads like that!

It looks like I have a nice 10 day forecast. In TX I am convinced there are 2 seasons; summer and everything else in between...

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenda...ink_undeclared

Witnessed a near-collision this morning. A sedan on a sidestreet blew a stop sign and rolled across a busy two-lane one-way arterial. Could have been ugly but lucky for the sign-blower everybody else was paying attention.

Otherwise quiet as you would expect on Sunday morning.

I had a lot of headwind on the way back home today. Almost no one was outdoors except I met two smug cyclists who had the wind in their backs! ;) I stopped to walk up one of the two hills on my way but decided that walking was even more boring than dog-paddling on the bike so I got back on and conquered the hill. Slowly. The ride home took me 50 minutes.


Apparantly the wind is not getting any better tomorrow. Still, it's more enjoyable than driving.

Didn't ride today, but rode yesterday. Left at 5am to get there at 6, only took me 34 min( 8.2 mi ) . Back was a different story, ran into my first terminally ignorant person. She was hanging around off my back tire, I waved her around, she pulls up next to me and tells me to "get the hell off the road". the next ligh turned red so I pulled up next to her and told her that by law I have to be on the road. she retorted with "I don't give a f**k." I responded with an " I don't give a f**k either and you can kiss my ass" gave her a one-finger salute and turned down the street. Immature I know but at that point I had had enough. Other than that, it went great.

If I get pissed enough I just take a full lane and force the driver to wait behind me.

I just got a new apt thats twice as far of a commute. Now I have to ride a whole mile to work every day. luckily the bike shop I work at is located right on the tow path so some mornings I'll ride a couple extra miles on it before or after work. I guess the toughest part of my commute is deciding what bike to ride. I'm glad to see so many people out there riding more. I think its making drivers more aware that we need to share the roads.

Have allergies – pollen sucks here right now. Ride in was good. 35 minutes door to door on my SS and rolled onto the ferry just as the ramp was going up. Sun was shinning and there was a cool breeze coming down The Elbe. I have had worse commutes… Am taking tomorrow off and am just going to spin around town, drink some coffee, and maybe haul my kayak to the house on the trailer for some needed tlc.

Always nice to hear from parts of the world not North American. :D

Absolutely delightful conditions this morning here--62F/16.5-ishC clear and calm. This time of year I have early sunrise colors in my rear-view for much of the way.

I finally got my cross-style bike put together (Redline Conquest Sport) and rode it in today. Different drivetrain, pedals, and particularly posture; I've been riding a hybrid with flat bars with their more upright posture--now it's drop bars. Can't make a judgement yet because I have to get used to leaning forward a bit more and different hand positions again (not to mentions the brifters). Feels pretty good, though--the aluminum frame vs the clunky old steel is awfully zippy in comparison...

Yup, very pleasant this AM! 62F, humidity relatively low, beautiful sunrise, etc....Its going to get hot and steamy later this week, and probably will stay that way until mid Sept.

Had a wonderful ride this morning. There was slight spray initially but it cleared up almost before I started and I spent most of the ride simply enjoying to be out on my bike. :)

It's however obvious that the Bike to Work competition is finished. The bike shed was stashed with bikes during the competition, this morning I counted three bikes other than mine when arriving at 10. One or two may have been there when I was working yesterday as well.

very nice this morning - although for some reason 3 or 4 cars/drivers felt the need to pass me a close as they possibly could - i guess they had a case fo the Mondays

As Big Ron says, the weather is great here in NC right now. However, we've had some tremendous thunderstorms lately, but fortunately I haven't been caught in one yet.

I saw another bike commuter on my route this morning, a very rare occurrence. He was riding on a busy street at 6:45 am with no tail-lights, no helmet, and a shirt roughly the color of pavement. I caught up to him but didn't pass, and I don't think he ever saw me. Then he ran a red light and turned, and that was the last I saw of him. I hope he survives long enough to make it habit-forming.

Nice this morning. Overcast but dry. Mid 50sF. Light-to-no wind.

First commute on the new Continental Traffic tires. :thumb: They sure are quiet and smooth. Definitely faster than tires with big knobs. The bright yellow "Continental" stickers on the sidewalls keep distracting me by flashing in my vision but I'll get used to that.

Great ride this morning, the legs felt really refreshed. I ran on Saturday morning and then I helped some friends move into their new house but other than that I just took it easy.
The brooks gets better everyday, I had to tighten the seat post bolt because I could hear something creaking which was getting annoying, it did the trick.
Short sleeves this morning and the air felt real nice.

Bike ninja sighting?

Me too... saw a guy heading west on Millbrook, crossing Falls as I was approaching from the north.

Saw a couple sidewalk riders/commuters as well, but for whatever reason my brain doesn't count those.

Whee. broke two spokes on my last commute.
Rode 22 miles at my slowest speed ever today (1:55) thinking it was windy and I was tired (3 hours of sleep)
Nope.
My rear wheel wouldn't spin more then half a revolution by hand because my disc brakes were rubbing so hard. Fixed it when I noticed it when parking my bike at work. So here is hoping the trip home is a little quicker.

I have been seeing more people on bikes in the morning than I ever have latley, it is catching on for sure.

I must live in a parallel universe - I never see anyone bike commuting! maybe I leave too early in the morning, because when I leave for the day, I see at least 6 other bikes in the rack where there were none in the morning - I am the first

This morning I saw a guy bringing his three wheeled recumbent into the building but other than that I am the only other person who is a self propeller. It would make me happy to see more bikes on the bike racks outside or see at least one or two more bikes in the building.

Slightly altered my route this morning due to maintenance on the MUP. They are restriping the lines, adding more signage, and apparently setting up speed cameras to enforce the 15mph speed limit (and handing out $50 fines for speeders. Even though I rarely exceed 15mph (downhill & short bursts on the flats), I'm a bit miffed over this. I don't think speed on the MUP is a big problem -- it is congestion, wayward dogs, mommies & doublewide strollers walking side by side, and occasional boneheads riding 3 abreast. To read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...053102022.html
Otherwise, a very nice day to ride and hopefully I won't get too upset over this (nor get fined!)

Pretty lame commute this morning. Cold and foggy. I'm glad it's only 3 miles right now- but I was still sticky and gross for work!

Do you have a showering facility when you arrive?

Fisrt morning commute with shorts!!! I'll most likely be riding in a thunderstorm on the way home though:(