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alexaschwanden 03-19-12 03:24 PM

Today i rode to the LBS to pick up some new Michelin city 28c tires and a shorter stem, the weather was 52 degrees and light wind.

Froghunter 03-19-12 06:16 PM

Wife started her commute again this morning, so me, the son and wife commuted this morning. I work as the grounds manager, wife works in the cafe, and son goes to school. All in the some school. Life is good. The son started again last week. It was a nice spring day to commute.

Enjoy!

Froghunter

making 03-19-12 06:17 PM

Very cool.

Originally Posted by Froghunter (Post 13992090)
Wife started her commute again this morning, so me, the son and wife commuted this morning. I work as the grounds manager, wife works in the cafe, and son goes to school. All in the some school. Life is good. The son started again last week. It was a nice spring day to commute.

Enjoy!

Froghunter


Grim 03-19-12 08:34 PM

Nice ride both ways. Did come to the realization my seat post is about 5cm short on the Trek 890 I just built up.

EDIT: The Pollen was BAD. 8100+ and enough to make me notice it.

tonyjaja 03-19-12 08:55 PM

32 Degrees! So cold, you 've got courage !

no1mad 03-19-12 09:50 PM

Wet. A few sprinkles that weren't showing on the radar on the way to work, downpour most of the day during work that created localized flooding, but managed to get home in between two heavy bands of rain.

dygituljunky 03-20-12 12:03 AM

Awesome. First ride in to work on the new Greenspeed Anura.

I don't hurt!

Grim 03-20-12 04:48 AM

I'm so close to driving today. Pollen count yesterday was 8100+, A record and 2000 over the previous standing record.

Today its 9300. I'm usually immune to it but I woke up with a brick on my head after sleeping with the window open.

fletchh 03-20-12 04:50 AM

Scattered storms and warm at 60F (16C). There is nothing that will make me move faster, than a bright flash of lightening and loud clap of thunder. I did scope out building doorways along the way, in case it got too bad, but I made it in without stopping.

essiemyra 03-20-12 05:45 AM

Well this morning commute was fine, a little chilly 34f when I rode throught town. I did not notice to much wind this am, unlike last nights commute home when there was an ene wind. My ride home is east so I was riding mostly right into it. Oh what fun that can be!!

vtjim 03-20-12 06:02 AM

48F/9C, calm wind, sunrisey. Another lovely summer day in...March.
:wtf:

(Not that I'm complaining.)

Tractortom 03-20-12 06:11 AM

I'm really digging on the fact that this is 'spring break' for the school kids here in Okeechobee and the morning traffic is down by about HALF. Makes for some fast rides to and from work these mornings and very few stops for traffic or lights. I guess I'll be really happy when summer break gets here so it's like this every morning!

Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL

dcb23 03-20-12 06:14 AM

Great ride in this morning, some headwind but warm with a few raindrops here and there. I did see some distant lightning but nothing close. Birds still chirping away and cherry blossoms are out early.

I'm convincing myslef I have a slow leak in the rear tire but everytime I check there is no evidence.

gecho 03-20-12 08:07 AM

I was all set to go but found my rear tire flat when I got to my bike. Looks like the rim tape is to blame for that one. The entire rim side of the tube is covered with bumps where it is pushing the rim tape into the spoke holes. The puncture was in the center of one of them.

Once I was on my way I enjoyed a -2C morning with a fairly strong tailwind, though it started to easy up during the ride. I was commuting on slicks for the first time this year and managed a wind assisted average speed of 27kph for a trip time of 33 minutes. There were only a few spots of ice which I was able to go around.

Leebo 03-20-12 08:26 AM

Gecho -, use velox rim tape.

Leebo 03-20-12 08:27 AM

Nice 18 miles in today, 40 F at the start, 48 at the end. "cept for the crazy geese.

HardyWeinberg 03-20-12 09:00 AM

40F and drizzly most of the way, then the skies really OPENED for the last mile.

no motor? 03-20-12 10:13 AM

Today was the first morning where I really had to wonder if I would cool off faster indoors than outside.

JeremyZ 03-20-12 10:54 AM

I drove today, shame on me. But I think you'll excuse me, as the reason I did it is so that I can make it to the bike shop before they close directly from work and pick up my new Schwinn Coffee 3-spd!

http://cdn.schwinnbikes.com/catalog/...COF3_BLK_3.jpg

http://www.schwinnbikes.com/bikes/ur...-3-speed-14287

alexaschwanden 03-20-12 11:14 AM

very nice Schwinn Coffee 3-spd bike.

Telly 03-20-12 12:05 PM

Spring is finally here! Clear skies, light winds and temps around 23° Celsius (74°F) all week long, so commuting to work in the morning was nice and cool, while on the way bike I passed by my LBS to have my front derailleur checked/adjusted and had to cycle in heavy traffic making it hot and uncomfortable (compared to my usual commute by the sea-side).

gecho 03-20-12 02:54 PM

After class I went to the bike cage and had two surprises. A second person parked in the cage for the first time since October. And my back tire was flat again.

I was a little smarter this time and put on the vinyl gloves I keep with my tools. I'm glad I patched my first tube after getting to school in the morning. I better head to the LBS to get some new rim tape. This loaner wheel from the LBS has been a real dud. Now if only Shimano will get off their asses and find me a 36 spoke Deore XT non-disc hub. Its been 8 months since my hub broke.

Rimmer 03-20-12 07:03 PM

It has been warm this week and last week around 60-70 degrees which is nice except for the bugs at night. Some of them are going in my mouth.

fletchh 03-21-12 04:29 AM

A foggy, but warm morning ride at 59F (15C). I needed to keep cleaning my glasses off, as moisture would condense on them. I added another front blinking light facing out to the left, so people making lefts in front of me will see me even better.

dcb23 03-21-12 05:35 AM

Foggy and misty!

I have a problem with my front brake squeaking...I switched out the pads and that solved the problem for most days. But the moment there is a hint of moisture in the air, it's squeaks, loud.


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