Further away than I thought.

I have heard that the finger lakes (?) are beautiful to cycle around, love to try it sometime. Have a great day!

-4C with a light dusting of powdery snow. I'm getting to the limit of my lightweight tights and summer shoes with covers. Spots where cars repeatedly drove had a glazed look, so I was careful when cornering since I didn't have my winter tires on. It was starting to cler near the end of my ride, so the sun should melt that snow quickly.

It was just about perfect on the way in today.

About -7C/19F, no appreciable wind. A light dusting of snow overnight was enough to collect on the roads and trails. There were times I wished for studded tires, as I had a bit of rear-tire slippage when mashing up hills or braking down hills. Next week might warm up a bit with highs above freezing, so I'm not sure if I should put the studded tires on yet or not. Slow ride today - I'm blaming the snow for increased rolling resistance.

Hey, I've been to Short Hills!

Today's commute was quite nice. about 5 Celsius but once I warmed up it felt good, except for the runny nose.

Here is a picture of Kilometer 24 going over the Waal river. I get to go over the Rhine and the Waal on my daily commute.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...874E545A10.jpg

Beautiful photo pepox369! My commute is way ugly compared to that . . . warmer though. 63 Deg.F (17-C) this morning, no wind (though Santa Anas are on the way!), no worries from motorists, so a very good commute!

Rick / OCRR

no riding this week due to a cold that hit me full swing monday night. was home sick tuesday and wednesday and drove the rest of the week still not feeling 100%. i'm bummed because this week the colors in the leaves are definitely their most beautiful. starting next week they will all turn brown and fall :(

80 degrees on the way home...Hammered all the way new personal best time 12.5 miles @ 40:05 It was windy as ever though. A couple of places it was at my back, and it was on.

Still no prize only 18.4mph avg.

two for one ..well three for one
 

i was able to ride Wednesday through Friday this week. Wed was quite perfect commute. warmer or less humid maybe and therefore warmer around 53F. I hit green lights all the way down 4th street downtown. about 6-7 lights all green. It was weird there were no cars really out wednesday morning. Plus Coworkers had Krispy Kreme doughnuts that she did not want to take home so I helped her with two of them :lol:

Thursday it was chilly 50 some degrees but higher humidity and felt pretty cold. Wind made my eyes water at first but decided to carry a coffee flask and that made the morning even better. A panera bagel from another coworker was very generous and delicious with my coffee. It was a tough ride home! :twitchy: I have decided that I would rather ride a longer route home than ride the reverse of my to work commute. Too much traffic and Dumb Drivers in the evenings. To work is more downhill so maybe I am just going faster so the cars are less frustrated. average around 15.8-16 miles an hour to work and less coming home. I got home grumpy and the Mrs. did not like my attitude. She said "but you rode your bike!" Almost to say you are not supposed to be grumpy.

Friday warm morning but still pretty humid. Wind made the eyes water but coffee in my cubicle set me up to power through the day. I rode home a different route and it was one of my fastest times yet. It was a good ride minus one stupid Mercedes SUV driver. :mad: Passing me in a construction zone with other cars coming the other direction.

PS my legs are kinda tired I also went mountain biking the Saturday before this week. Highs in the low 50s next week. Might have to find alternative transportation. I don't have the equipment for rides in that cold of weather.

Today was my first ride ever in a merino wool base layer. OMG, that stuff is made of magic pixie dust. I love it!! Perfect comfort, great temperature and sweat management, and zero stink, just like I had read (but doubted was truly possible). They must get merino wool from magical flying unicorns, that stuff is truly unbelievable.

On a more serious note, I'm wishing good luck for my east coast bicycling friends next week... that Frankenstorm looks serious. Don't be afraid to take a day or two off - that storm sounds like a freak occurrence and possible danger. Be safe out there!

I wore mine yesterday. I wear it under my Mavic leg warmers. I agree very lightweight and warm.

Thanks! I will see if I can get a good shot of the Rhine. the bridge that I cross it on, is not particularly pretty.

I've found the same thing. I love how I can wear it and sweat in it all week and there is none of that B.O. that synthetic material gets. It's also perfect in the rain no matter how wet you get.

What brand of merino base layers are you wearing?

I have a longsleeve 1/4 zip in midweight merino wool from Minus 33 that I am in love with. Even better, I got it for $35 as a discontinued style/color. Even at regular price, I would buy again:
http://www.minus33.com/catalog/men-s...t-1-4-zip/714G

I have merino wool socks from Smartwool that I have been using for a while, and they are 5 stars too:
http://www.smartwool.com/mens/hike-light-crew-1200.html

Very nice bike commute today, making 8 miles with a nice weather and a beautiful day. I couldn't ask for more.

I feel awesome!!! :commute:

Hah, I can't believe I'm the first poster in this discussion today. Normally, a couple of others have beaten me in to work and posted here before me, I guess they've been hit by Frankenstorm.

First day of snow today but my initial trepidation of riding on the thin layer of snow was gone when I realized that the snow only stayed as snow on the grass and cars, the roads were still at or above 0C so there was just a bit of wetness on the roads. It was 0C today and I decided to get out my fat gloves and wear them: my hands were nice and toasty. As usual, the rest of my body was warm and a bit sweaty by the time I arrived at work but not too bad. My toes were fine until the last 1km when I was riding into the cold, snowy wind: the wind chill must have gotten through my toe covers, shoes and wool socks.

We're not expected to get any effects of Frankenstorm but Toronto, 4hr drive south, will be getting 50-100mm rain (2-4") and winds up to 90kph (55mph). The wind today for me was 30kph from the North and between some buildings and hills along the way, it must have gusted up to 50kph.

Have a good day everyone and safe ride for those on the east coast.

Even though it's supposed to be partly cloudy today, the wind is gusting at 25-30 mph here. They say that some gusts could be as high as 40 mph. I saw a tree in the neighborhood go down, and I figured I would wait until tomorrow. I don't want to be fighting wind that strong in traffic.

Hope everyone is okay in the storm path.

Tarheel, how's things up your way?

Quiet ride in. Temps in the upper 40sF. Slight headwind, I guess it's the beginning of Sandy. We're supposed to have a good blow this afternoon and tonight. I hope it pushes me all the way home.

Not nearly as cold as forecast, so I left off half the layers I had prepared last night. It was a bit gusty, with a lot of debris so it must have really blown last night. Other than that it was a far more pleasant commute than I had expected.

You folks up north with Sandy, take care!

Drove in today because of Sandy. My co-workers all thought I'd ride in. Mission accomplished?

Cold*, strava says average temp was 73'F

edit: I read that wrong, it was not 73F it was more like 30-33F what the hell how did I mess that up





*for texas

Office was closed today and tomorrow for Sandy. If the rain holds off, and so far it has, I'll take a brief ride later just to say I did it.

Wet, windy and high 50's this morning.

Frankenstorm ??? pffff!!! I got to work with a strong headwind but no problem.

:D
:rolleyes:

-1C with a bit of a headwind and a tiny bit of snow on the ground. I put the studded tires on last night because there was a chance of freezing rain forecast. I saw a lot of migrating geese taking a break in the park.

i got the front fender for my Pugsley built and fitted. I'm working on getting the rear one fitted, but the horizontal dropouts are an issue for wheel removal.

The roads were very wet this morning. According to the weather, we had about 1/2 inch of rain here last night.

The driveway out of my apt complex is very steep: about 15 yards of 11-12% grade, a sharp left, 9-1% grade for 30 yards, sharp right, and the exit to the street. Well, wet roads, lots of leaves...I'm pretty sure the coefficient of friction on wet leaves isn't much better than ice. I had one foot unclipped as I was going down hill, both front and rear tires slid more than once.

It was surprisingly warm, though. About 60F. Very gusty winds, but it was a tailwind, so I'm not complaining too much. :) Winds should die down for the ride home tonight.

Yeah you know I usually watch the weather channel, and they were saying it was going to be bad windy today. Looking outside, I see it's just a little windy, but sunny and warmer that I thought as well. We had a big tree down in the neighborhood. There was a crew there to cut it up as I was leaving this morning.