this morning was my first real taste of winter weather. it was 31 degrees when i left so it wasn't that cold, but the obnoxious 25 mph headwind that i had to ride into for 15 miles was pretty brutal.

It's been crazy-warm here of late. The last three mornings though, the temp has dropped from 66F, to 55F to today's 44F. Rides home consistently in the upper 60's. Makes me crazy trying to dress for it, but it beats 10's-20's and snow.

I felt really sluggish this morning. Places where I'm generally going 18-20 mph, I was doing 15-16 for the same effort. Still, it was a beautiful sunrise along the river path and drivers behaved.

I guess I knew the unseasonably warm weather wouldn't last, but I'm still disappointed! 35F this morning, MUP still wet from heavy rains but no ice. Sun's out now, expecting nice ride home in the mid 40's

Rain showers, 48degF, very mild and unusual for Dec. 5th. Temps are slated to drop tonight and a dusting of snow expected. Looking forward to tomorrows commute. Hard to dress for this strange weather.

0C/32F light dusting of snow (2.5cm/1in) that should be melted by the end of the day.

can't wait for the ride home ... meeting an old friend that I haven't seen for 5 or so years

The temperature here has finally started to drop, but not by much.

Today's commute was wet with a slight drizzle, with the morning temperature hovering around 14C/52F and a very strong tailwind (6-7 Beaufort which is 40-60 kph or 25-45 mph) which gave me the feeling of riding an electrically assisted bike! Unfortunately the same wind is going to became a headwind on the way back!

cool to cold this morning bit of shock since the week began so warm. I've been mostly off the bike since hurricane Sandy so getting back out there has been both harder than I expected and more exciting.

back to winter temps! I just love these 24-hour shifts. Just above freezing, light winds. Stayed up way to late to see Trampled By Turtles in Baltimore....so being at this desk right now is kinda painful.

28degF, clear skies, and a strong North headwind, took a little longer but not a drop of sweat. Perfect ride.

Great ride this morning with a nice tailwind and cool temps. That means I'll be fighting a headwind this afternoon, but you can't have it all. The weather has been very dry here for the past couple of months, making commuting much easier. I should be able to top 5,000 miles commuting and 9,000 miles total riding for the first time in a year by the end of December, if the favorable weather continues. Unfortunately I probably won't be able to ride much the last week in the month due to holiday traveling.

I thought I might catch you when you said earlier that you might stop for the year but you've racked up a lot of miles! I have an easier goal, to finish up December without driving to work since I have a streak going at 45 work days.

Yesterday had both a good and bad moment on my ride. Bad part; was almost run over while going through an intersection. Duffus was looking a woman crossing the street, to his right, and turning left through the intersection. Nearly tooke me out. ^#%#@
But later on the ride, I decided to see if I could find an alternate route through a redisential area, rather than use the bike lane along a major Blvd. I indeed did find a nice route, along quite, wide streets. Cut out about 2 miles of busy, rush hour traffic on a 4 lane road, for some safe, quite, pretty neighborhood streets.

Haven't been commuting much to my high school teaching job this school year-- back at grad school several towns away.

Classes have been over for a few weeks, and I'm back at it! I've only driven once this week, and even skipped the train ride segment on my way home on Tuesday.

Boy did I miss riding!

Studying from home again today, probably tomorrow too. Reading books on my ipad can be annoying at school due to the overhead fluorescent lighting and less than comfortable chairs. A few days off riding will probably do me good.

Heavy mist and mid 50's. Explored a new roundabout route to work. Too much traffic, unfortunately.

Sunny and mid 20s this morning. I haven't been wearing a face mask at all so my glasses aren't fogging, which is nice. Only issue I'm having are keeping my toes warm. I'm concerned about this because the temps are going to keep dropping, with the average lows in Jan and Feb around 15. That could be a problem for me.

-2C / 29F

went over 1000 miles for the year today

Congrats! Good job!!

2013 will be my year!

Great ride this morning with another tailwind commute. I had planned to ride my "fast" commuter bike but the weather guys changed the forecast overnight from sunny to cloudy with 30% chance of rain, so I took one of my bikes with fenders. Despite the heavier weight, I still had a fast commute because I was motivated. Topped 5,000 miles commuting YTD this week, my highest annual mileage ever with 3 weeks to go in 2012.

45F, rain and fog. Looks like my old Columbia Storm Dry jacket is now barely a Drizzle Dry jacket. As I was lamenting the failure of my jacket I passed a big wreck, then heard the traffic report on the radio. I'd rather be wet and serene then dry and frustrated!

Dry and 45 degrees, just right for blue jeans and taking it easy - I averaged about 16 mph (according to my new toy, a Blackberry with the "Fitness Tracker" Strava app.)

By pure coincidence I noticed a sort of milestone in my log: 1000 bicycle commutes (one way) logged at my current job, since June 2010! That's just over 10,000 miles.

21degF, calm, red sky, red in the morning sailors warning. Nice Ride. Expecting some snow for tonights commute.

-4C (25F) with heavy snow. I put the marathon winters on yesterday, which helps on the ice, but they're not so great on loose-packed and rutted snow.

I hear you, I use the Nokian W106's now which are more aggressive but still provide low rolling resistance.