Cooler this morning with a light mist. I stayed out of granny gear more often this time. I can really feel my legs getting stronger. Sadly, my commute time isn't improving. Dang red lights!

A picture may tell the story better:



otherwise, typical ride in.

Yuck! That's probably the same front that I just beat.

On a bike? Either way I'm jealous. Have a great trip.

Muggy this morning, and the clouds overnight trapped in the heat of yesterday, meaning the low temp for the night war when I left home before 7AM... 77°F. Just a couple more days of this crap, though. Looks like tomorrow may be the last day in the nineties for the year... fingers crossed!

Very windy for the last week.

Got another flat today!

jesus christ. at least I had an extra tube this time - did my first "on the road" repair, 20 minutes.

Only 11C when I left the house, so it was longsleeve baselayer and jogging pants. I was quite stiff from yesterday afternoons ride home. I'm convinced that muscles used while riding one bike aren't used when riding another one of my bikes. I'd been riding my road and mountain bikes all summer, but the touring bike hasn't gotten much use since April. I took a detour in the opposite direction from school and this morning's ride ended up being 40km.

I went to town with the proofide on my Brooks saddle Tuesday which made the saddle noticably more flexible while riding yesterday and today. Its also making the saddle darker. I wasn't the biggest fan of the honey coloured saddle, but it was the best choice available. Now it is starting to get very close to the root beer colour of my Trek 520 and is looking great.

I dont know how far you ride nor how many flats you have had. But in case it is far and you have had many I will tell you about my first year or so of commuting. I bought a Raleigh Gran Prix out of the bike shop window. The bike shop, well to say minimal support is an understatement. I ride 13 miles each way and the first year I bet I had dozens of flats. The upside is you get to the point you can change them and be back on the road in a few minutes with not nearly as dirty hands. My bike also popped spokes. It was not unusual to pop a spoke and have two flats the same day. After changing dozens of tires myself, taking it to the bike shop over and over (and yes, they charged the hell out of me) I was jsut about to give up and go back to driving. My last ditch effort I went to a real bike shop, had those same wheels rebuild and bought new tires. Never popped another spoke nor and have one or two flats, I dunno in excess of 3000 miles, I also got a new bike the next year, but no flats on it either. sometimes it is the bike. I have also steered dozens away from that bike shop. It is horrible customer service.

Oh yea, 64F and very very wet, and it wasnt raining, just wet.

1000 miles through heavy rain and gale force winds... took me a whole 24 hours.

This morning was about 56-57F. Just warm enough that I was a bit chilly the first 1/2 mile or so, but rode with my basic gear, no long sleeves or tights. Should be great this afternoon: mid 70s with little or no breeze, and plenty of sunshine. (46 days straight with no rainfall in the Seattle area, we're getting close to the record!) I really want to do a long ride this weekend, but I have a lot of work to do on my motorcycle to get it ready for a track day next week.

friday commute heading in. princeton to west windsor/ princeton junction station. tired tired tired. just cant get my energy on this week. humid as the primordial soup. yuck.
btw I think the street crossing button for washington across route one must only work during certain hours? bah

the ride in this morning was great, I did not have to worry about my light on the front I glued the mount to the bracket holding the light, it does not move now.

A very nice ride in and cooler at 68f (20c). Temps are supposed to go down a bit this weekend, but nothing too bad.

Extremely humid and warm again this morning, like it's been every day here for the past month. Had a nice commute but was soaked when I got to work, just from the humidity. We also got 2-3" of rain yesterday afternoon, which added to the mugginess. I made a good call on the weather yesterday, deciding to drive at the last minute after watching the morning forecast on TV. A cold front move through the area about 4:30 pm, triggering massive thunderstorms with high winds, torrential rain and flooding on many streets. I got totally soaked just walking to my truck after work and it took me almost an hour to drive home, nearly as long as my usual bike commuting time.

Fortunately, our weather is finally expected to break on Sunday, with much cooler and drier weather all of next week. That will be a welcome relief after the high heat and humidity we've had all summer.

Stung by a bee this morning. Fleshy part of the thumb. Sure hurt. Can barely see it now.

Very nice ride in this morning. Traffic was lighter than usual and the traffic lights on my route were timed pretty well. Can't wait for next week when temps are supposed to drop.

Gave my legs a break today. Probably a good idea, since it's supposed to get into the 90s this afternoon.

FAST!

Took the race bike. More fun in hot weather. Traffic was so slow I twice went for the fast lane (left one) on a 4 lane road. Not sure how smart/safe that was, but did it anyway. Adrenaline pumping. All different to slow and easy stroll down bike track with the "mule" bike.

Got honked twice for taking the lane on a 4 lane road. There were holes and debris, had to go a bit to the middle. Once by an angry lorry driver (they get annoyed when they have to switch lanes to overtake a bicycle). Once by a woman driving a caravan Opel. She was about to turn right some 50 meters ahead (just as I was), and was probably not happy I was there, don't know. She had one whole empty lane to the left, just for her.

Slow!

Left home earlier than usual and took the scenic route, pacing myself because of the humidity (70-80%) and keeping the same pace on the way back too. One minor incident outside my house where a woman driver blared her horn because I was "obviously" driving on her private road... first time being beeped at in nearly a year!

Nice Friday morning ride in. I started battling a sore throat yesterday afternoon, and the commutes really help to break up connection, get the blood flowing, and make me feel better. Looking forward to the weekend and the cooler temps that are coming this way. Seems like fall may be getting an unofficial start by Sunday. The ride in to work on Monday is possibly going to be in the 50sF. Don't remember the last time it was that blissfully cool around here. Good stuff...

The last two days of commuting have been on my new fixed gear wheel (disc brake on the front). Still occassionally making noob mistakes (trying to coast at speed) and there is definately some soreness as it a short (7.5miles one way), hard commute. I can tell its going to do wonders for my legs though.

6C, I wore a thin merino balaclava and shoe covers. My legs were very rubbery on the way home yesterday and on the way in today. I was really feeling it during acceleration and at lower cadence. But at 110 RPM my legs felt pretty good.

80º and humid. Listening to Leonard Elmore on my ipod. Five-thirty am, dark. Stopped for air in my back tire. Beautiful!! Can't wait for the sunny ride home this afternoon!

Took it easy this morning, had a tooth extracted yesterday and, due to the soreness and not wanting to disturb the precious blood clot (which, apparently leads to a painful "dry socket"), have been on an all juice diet for a day and a half. I thought it would be a good time to try a 3 day juice diet, take advantage of an otherwise bad situation and lose some weight. Well, the lack of calories really hit me hard so, the diet is out the window as of noon today. I still feel so calorie deprived that I'll probably have a slow ride home this afternnon as well-no need to push it. It looks like a cooling trend is predicted for next week. Nice...