I worked from home this morning until about noon. When it occurred to me that I should dig the carrots out of the garden before they freeze. Pulling, removing the tops and cleaning took a few hours.

By the time I left for class it was still only 3C. I wore my lighter pair of tights and my jersey under my jacket and was warm enough. The low for tonight is -11C, so I'll have to wear my thermal tights in the morning and bring something lighter for the ride home.

Great ride in, I was strong the whole way despite the cold (39F when I left at 5:40am). The ride home was long, windy, and felt colder because of the summer clothing I was wearing. Dang that sucked, but I'm now 1000 miles past yearly goal!

On the way in, the first snowflakes of the season.

Here's what I felt like:

Here's what I probably looked like:

Wow, that's quite the ride.

No snow for me yet but apparently, Saturday night/Sunday morning.

A cool 10C ride in. My legs had no energy, they were still under the sheets just pretending to pedal as if in a dream. Some leaves on the 1km dirt road portion of the commute which actually was pretty good because that section is unlit and the leaves reflected back the light from my 2 lights nicely, outlining the dirt road quite well. It is just 1 lane wide with 5-10m trees on either side preventing most of the minimal light from the dawn sky from reaching the road: the illumination of the leaves was welcome.

Next week's forecast is predominantly 0C-2C mornings with 7C-10C afternoons so I'll need to bundle up. Other than the one day on the weekend, no other forecast for snow.

Glad I didn't run this over. Probably would have gotten a flat...

Great ride this morning with cooler temps and much lower humidity than we've had all week. I stretched out the ride an extra mile since it felt so nice out. Next week is looking like we'll get our first real cold snap of the fall with forecasted lows in the 40s. Can't wait. I love the cooler temps.

Beautiful weather this morning. I think I startled a jogger even though I moved to the opposite side of the road to pass her. The squirrels are getting more suicidal.

Added 10 miles to my trip on the way home last night, making it 36 miles for the day. This morning was really cold --56 degrees. Well, it was cold for Cali.

An amazing synchronicity: a cyclist I see almost every morning for the last couple of years, any weather - he's just riding around at the same time as my usual commute - just got hired at the company I work for! Out of all the companies and businesses in this area (22,000 in just Alpharetta GA), what are the odds of that?

There must be some hidden strand of correlation. Maybe my employers like engineers who tend to think out of the box, just a guess but what a coincidence!

awesome!, iv been sick all week but still made really good time, other than a tree down on the Path it was all good.

A chilly start to the day at -3C/27F, kinda foggy. It's been a while since I've ridden in these temps and I'm not used to it. Fingers and toes were a little cold by the time I got downtown. Next week is forecast to be a bit warmer.

Checking the current conditions after class yesterday, I saw that what I wore in would be inadequate for the ride home. So I added a merino sweater I keep in my locker to wear around campus and was comfortable.

It didn't get as cold as forecast last night, and it was -4C for the ride in, my water bottle didn't even start to freeze. I used my thermal tights, shoe covers, wool gloves and balaclava and was sufficiently warm. With all the water main breaks lately, I need to start watching for water that turns to ice overnight. Yesterday someone was asking me about the bike cage since they also want to bike through the winter.

I'm cheating, because I didn't really commute today. Instead I took the day off to visit my daughter at college for the weekend. So I started my day off on a ride in Williamsburg, taking the colonial parkway from Williamsburg to Yorktown and back. I think I have a small sense of what it must be like to ride the cobbles of Roubaix. The best moment of the ride was when I turned back on to the asphalt paved road, and stopped vibrating.

Beautiful day, if blustery. I made it a long day by riding all the way home from Salem, 44 miles total on my beloved back roads.

My legs were kind of heavy on my way home today so I made a wrong decision and tried to cross one of the intersections like a pedestrian, from the lower left corner to the upper left corner on the pedestrian crossing lines. There was a car approaching toward me from the opposite direction trying to make a right turn (for him) toward me while I started crossing but the car stopped at his stop sign so I resumed crossing this one-way street. Wrong decision. I tried to abandon the bike to escape - I was going too slow to pedal away - but my feet got stuck in the clipless pedals so I fell with the bike. Luckily the driver finally noticed and came to a stop about 3 feet from me. I wasn't angry when this happened because mistakes happen and I was unhurt, plus I wasn't crossing the street properly. By the way my front flasher light was on even thought it was still plenty bright. I didn't get angry but the driver apparently got pissed (at what?!) and threw both hands in disgust accompanied by an enraged facial expression. And as soon as I got up and crossed to the other side, he floored it and sped off. Should I start carrying a few raw eggs?

Beautiful warm day here in NYC. I was able to make pretty good time going in on the bridge, not that riding fast actually gets me to the office any quicker. It was dark on the way home and my bright disco strobe keeps everyone out of the way, particularly in the east Village on the 2nd Ave bike lane. I was really cruising once I hit Brooklyn too. I'd have done an extra lap or two of Prospect Park (3.4 miles per lap) but I was also carrying my heavy laptop in my backpack. At least I don't carry my lock, that gets left on the street by my office. Overall a really nice day and commute.

Foggy morning, maybe 300-400 feet of visibility. By the time I got home I was covered in a light layer of dew. Was pretty fun to ride in, just had to keep my eyes peeled on the road more then usual.

46° with a steady, light rain.
Otherwise it was pleasantly uneventful.

First really cold morning. 40 degrees when I left around 8. I'm glad I got that UnderArmour mock turtleneck at the discount store.

Overslept about 45 minutes...overcame the urge to drive in and bundled up for my first sub 40 degree ride in...plenty warm with my plastic bagged wool socks, lined sweat pants, mittens and stocking cap...Nearly got creamed at a T intersection...I was trying to beat a long line of cars coming from the East and had to brake at the last minute to avoid a stealthy car coming from the West. My bad! Be careful out there!

No commute today, due to holiday. Most of this week is looking fairly unpleasant, but getting up to double digits Friday.

The Big Apples I ordered a few months back finally arrived this week. I went for a 69km test ride yesterday and really like them. That ride put me over 6,000km for the year. I also moved the Brooks B17 from my road bike to the mountain bike.

53F, clear, calm, and bright blue skies. This is the golden time for bike commuting.

Great temp. today with 61 Deg.F at the start here is SoCal, a bit less motor traffic due to the Columbus day holiday.

Fewer folks on the Metro too; I didn't really need to have folded the bike but it's such a habit with me . . . I folded it anyway.

Rick / OCRR

Are you pulling our leg or was the facemask to guard against sunburn?

the morning commute was the coldest yet here in north texas. My garmin was reading 34-38 on my route. I had all the gear I need except shoe covers! damn it! everything else was fine! but just too cold for wool socks only. The ride home was better arroud 64-66 and I made really really good time with out putting a ton of effort. Just a good day I guess, Oh an I did good on my layering so my go home clothes weren't too warm for 66ish