60F/16C and overcast but no rain. The roads were damp in places from last night's rain. Headwind.

NW wind was great while heading east, not so great heading north.

Bike to work day, and first day back on the bike in a month. I crashed my beach cruiser on memorial day and broke a collar bone and cracked three ribs, so this is the first day back in the saddle.

Feels good to be back in the saddle even for a short distance.

Very strong head wind this morning. Lot of rain. Nice ride anyway, less traffic.

Switch bikes, temps in 70s, life is dam sweet I tell you that!! ;)

It was 50 when I left the house, shorts weather. I think I'll try wearing sandles tomorrow with socks in the morning (this is Oregon, we do that here) and see if my feet freeze. Nice ride. I only got passed by one car in 9 miles. I love the inversion at the top of the ridge I ride over; not only does it feel warmer but the smells are more vivid.

I'm enjoying my brief period of daylight morning rides. I guess the days must be starting to get shorter already.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=258619 I have been working 12-8pm this week. I think I will drive tomorrow.

55º, no wind. Mostly green lights. Hardly any traffic. No close calls. Made it to work in record time.

Nice. Was able to get in a few miles before work. I would have liked to join the Wednesday night group ride tonight but I promised my soccer-mad son we'd watch the Spain-Portugal semi when I get home. No spoilers!

I'm going straight through an intersection. The light is green. I'm going straight. A guy on a scooter coming from the opposite direction starts to make a left directly in front of me. By the way, I'm going straight. I slow down. he stops and starts yelling "YOU GOTTA SIGNAL! YOU GOTTA TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE GOING!"

If any of you guys can tell me how I'm supposed to signal "straight", fill me in.

That guy sounds like an accident waiting to happen. I hope for his sake he was wearing a helmet.

No helmet. He wasn't signaling his turn either. I have no idea what he was trying to do. I yelled back at him and made it pretty clear that I was going straight. It was really weird. I think the heat is getting to people here. It'll be 100+ the rest of the week.

Both on and off the scooter.

Supposedly there was a heat advisory today, but I didn't think it was that bad. Great commuting both ways, and I set a new high speed (31 MPH) on the fixed-gear. :D

Hey Burglar, only one signal you can give them... Got a commute ride in and then took my wife for a bay trail ride. We stopped at the new Rosie the Riveter center and then had dinner at "The Boiler Room". The manager let us park our bikes inside. Pretty cool, we also reserved seats for the July 3rd fireworks.

I fell ill during the weekend so didn't commute on Tuesday (first day of the work week for me). I knew I had to commute today lest I berate myself, so despite another typically slow morning so I got out just in time to make it to work with enough time to wash up and change before I have to start. As soon as I was out on the trail I felt rejuvenated. The morning temps weren't too bad (we've been rocking triple digit temperatures for the past week).

I noticed the trails were more crowded than usual. Lots of people must be thinking it's a nice morning for a ride, I thought. Soon I was hitting bike traffic jams on the trails: a first for me. This is a little odd, I thought. I hope this commuting thing hasn't suddenly become super trendy overnight. I saw large group rides... which I I've never seen on a weekday morning. At this point I am asking myself what the hell was going on. Gaggles of cyclists gathered around stands serving fresh squeezed orange juice. I didn't pay much attention to the absurdity and just kept riding. Finally by the third stand I saw the sign: June 27th, Bike to Work Day. I had no idea. For a minute I kind of proud that I was biking to work totally oblivious to the fact that it was bike to work day. "Ha! For me EVERY day is Bike to Work Day!" Until I realized they were handing out free schwag at the stands. Including free breakfasts. I didn't have time to stop and partake. Ugh.... I hate passing up free schwag.

great! gf rode in with me :D

can't wait for the ride home and for Germany to win!

Decent ride in at 67f (19C). I surprised a young buck on a turn, and he almost fell forward in flight, as those hooves don't offer much traction.

I suspect that Germany will win. My neighbor is from Naples, so I will tone down my yells when Germany scores. The Spain and Portugal game was a good exercise in defense. I usually get home about 15 min before end of the 1st half, so plenty of time to enjoy the game.

It would be nice. Germany has never defeated Italy in international play (Euro/World Cups).

How do they broadcast the game in the states? ESPN or something similar?

just another nice quiet ride to work this am. I hope to add a few miles on my way home.

Fast. :) Endomondo gave me a PB of 2:30 seconds for the mile and an average of 3:45. I also managed to add 20 miles onto the commute back - for fun.

Very warm this morning, and forecast 100's this afternoon. I just took it easy coming in. Traffic very heavy, particularly for summer. School busses were beening "steered" ( I can't say driven) erractically by temps who haven't got the word about the 3' passing law.

First post in awhile.

ESPN. They even have Michael Ballack as one of the color commentators. He almost makes up for Alexi Lalas.

I'm rooting for Germany, too. They're not only very, very good, but they're playing attractive soccer.

PS The ride in was nice and uneventful (that's good!), but the heat is coming. Supposed to reach 100 F (38 C) Friday and Saturday.

ESPN has Ballack? Seriously, that's quite interesting. I've actually never heard him speak English (even if he does, they dub him into German over here :lol: )

I don't know about attractive football, it's really precise and played correctly, and very strategic, but I find it missing the passion/beauty of southern european football.

Italy/Germany will be an interesting match. We watch it with people who work for the DFB (German Football Association) so we get a huge amount of backstory, which is quite interesting.

edit: just saw Ballack on ESPN ... where he's discussing the greek:germany match ... a lot of german english in there :lol:

Yep. 86 and humid when I rolled out this morning at 8. I usually ride home for lunch but may skip it today.

Very very nice morning to ride, A cool and comfortable 20 celcius, a gentle headwind, very sunny. I went earlier and slower to enjoy the ride.

Different bike today. ;) Nice and warm out, almost ducked work to go riding.. But, I didn't. At work now, with bike is the next cube.. Life is sweeettt!! ;)

Amazing!
Not too hot, not too cold, sunshine, no wind and very picturesque.

I've been wearing a GoPro for the commute for some form of safety. Got to work and a security guard confiscated it at the gate. Freaking hell, I have to pick it up on the way out.

Forgot to add, we can all have camera phones on our person is most cases, but a GoPro is a great security breach... lol

was dripping this morning...86 degrees, dew point 70 and humidity was 65%. The 10 miles back this afternoon are gonna kill me.