Bonus commute today. I had planned to drive due to forecasts for a cold, rainy day but the cold front moved through much faster than expected with no rain. So I had a nice ride this morning with a tailwind most of the way on dry streets and it's supposed to clear off by mid-morning. It's a weird day where the temperatures are supposed to fall from morning to afternoon. Temps were in the low 60s F on my morning ride and could drop to 40s by afternoon.

Headwind and a bit cooler than yesterday but overall a good ride in. Fog long gone. Waiting for my new balaclava to arrive so I'll be ready when Winter temps hit.

33 degF, roads were plowed well, icy in spots, 1 in. snow to contend with for 1/4 mile through the golf course but a nice ride this morning.

36 F this morning. My first under 40 since last winter. Woo Hoo!

-25C (-15F) this morning. Blessed with minimal wind that was in my favor. Light dusting of snow, maybe 2cm, took the edge off the glare ice on the side roads and made for a pleasant ride. The snow pack is solid and easy to cycle on now. Saw only three other tracks this morning.

For the first time, in maybe ever, I wore contacts instead of glasses. What a treat that was, not having to peer through and over frosted-up glasses. I keep thinking about goggles, but I've not looked into them. I often wonder how they would work with glasses under a full-face balaclava.

wait a minute... I don't live in Vermont and this was exactly my morning commute! I hate wind

it was properly cold this morning thanks in part to a fairly stiff cross wind. 24 degrees actual/14 degrees windchill. i think this morning was colder than any ride i had last year (the year that winter forgot).

Lots of rain last night, freezing cold this morning (-8 celcius) so I figured the roads would be very icy. WRONG!!! I took the van for nothing, I saw maybe 5-6 icy spot on my 27.15 kms ride. I burned gaz for nothing... I feel dirty...

Not for nothing - the oil companies and the terrorists certaily appreciate you keeping the demand high.

(full disclosure - I drove to work today too)

44ºF, clear, no wind, light traffic (for a large city). Certainly can't complain. Though some folks at work think I'm crazy for commuting both in the dark, and in the cold...but we just got a new bike rack installed in our gated, secured parking garage, and I need to break it in.

I might have my first ever sub 40º commute on Thursday. Not necessarily looking forward to it, though.

I have found the best temps to be in the 20 to 30 degF range. Easy to determine dress and no sweating at all. Arrive at the office, change up quickly, no shower needed and it's that simple until next spring for me. Then you have colder teens and single numbers that are similar but require paying attention to face, fingers, toes. Then you have the below 0 stuff where you need additional layers all over. Lots of fun.

scant snow flurries @ 4am, 32f. Aftn was 35f @ 3:30pm •

As I pulled up to the stop line at a red light, a woman carrying a bag of nickels hustled toward me from the side shouting "You'd better not go through that light." Huh? I was already putting my foot down. She went around behind me, about 10' from the crosswalk. I thanked her for her concern (well, not exactly) and we went on our way.

That put me in a good mood as an e-bike pulled up from behind beeping his very annoying horn. He stopped behind a car and blocked me from filtering up. Geesh!

An otherwise nice day, about -5deg c (28f) but dry and windless.

Merry Xmas to all...

Rain in both directions today... didn't bother me too much but my bike is starting to get awful squeaky.

17F/-8C on the bike computer this morning. No wind. The sunrise was painting the clouds and Adirondack Mountains a nice shade of purple. I had to dodge some larger patches of ice. Don't have studded tires on the Soho.

14F this morning, sun rising, calm conditions and a few coyotes yelping in the background. Icy patches here and there from yesterdays snow melt. Nice Ride!

Two days in a row in the 20s in the morning! An odd occurance for El Paso, but riding through the dark in the early morning with these temperatures feels great. Like a morning slap in the face - "Thanks I needed that!"

My knee was bothering me this morning on the way in. I was planning on doing my first 4 day commute this week but I think I might drive in tomorrow and give it a rest

Another commuter going the same direction as me - unusual in the morning - passed me early so I rode with him for a while, until he slowed down later. He had good road style gear which looked incongruous with his backpack, not that there's anything wrong with that but I don't normally see it and even less so when it's cold.

Coldest commute so far at -11 celcius but the sun is beautiful this morning.

I had a skunk stop me in my tracks this morning (on a freeway overpass of all places). I saw him crossing just seconds before I was upon him. He saw me and froze in his tracks right in the bike lane. I stopped and waited. It was a stare down! Finally, he scurried back across the road, so I moved on. That could have really ruined my day.

bike to work day here, or as I refer to it, free breakfast burrito on the way to work day.

Bike got stolen. 27th st between 6th and 7th. Sucks.

O no! Sorry to hear it