Around here a flat every six week is a bad streak!

I have an appointment at 13h30 with the notary (buying my first house!!!) the down side is that I had to take the cage to work this morning :-(

Another sweet ride in, cooler temps and dry. Last night coming home I was amazed at the volume of bike commuters out, love it.

It was nice other than the fact that I rode on some new tires I just installed that seemed like a deal but felt like riding on two flats.

Rarely do I have cyclist heading same way. Today, I saw two ladies in full kit in front of me... kind of going slow it seems as the speed was less than my endurance zone (today morning is low endurance ride for me). They stop and drink water, what not... I pass them by. About 5 minutes later, I hear... on your left. Okay, the ladies caught up and I yield.
Well, guess what happened... they slow down pretty much as soon as they pass me and I am kind of stuck behind them (yeah... riding 2 abreast, etc). To pass them would mean more power than I am willing to dial for morning to work, and the speed they were going at was on my power output for recovery ride -_-...
I suppose I at least didn't mind the views up front ;)
I thought Cat 6 was all male thing?

28*C, headwind of 50km/h. Avg speed dropped to 20km/h from 25-28 normal. Spent most of the 16km home in the lowest gears. My first time riding 3 consecutive days to work and back. Tomorrow *might* make 4. :)

I'm sure you can make it! :thumb:

Could be they were flirting with you?

I got myself involved in an impromptu game of chicken with a cyclist on the ride back home. He was riding with a partner, in the opposing lane. We saw each other coming a long ways away. I kept my course, being on the right side of the trail. The other cyclist didn't budge. As we got closer all kinds of thoughts crossed my mind, but I just got a sense from this guy, clad in full spandex on a road bike, like his riding partner, that he saw me, wearing knickers and a workout T, eyeglass mirror, on a hybrid with a rack and panniers, as someone who should get out of his way, he being an elite serious cyclist and all. For safety's sake, and normally I always err on the side of safety, I should have yielded. But I suppose I'm as prone to machismo as the other guy, so I held my ground and actually sped up. Finally with a couple of seconds to spare he veered a little closer to the center of the trail and we zipped by each other frankly too close.

I know logically I shouldn't have gotten into this, but something in me just wasn't going to let a guy riding like he's above common etiquette have his way. I know speeding up was stupid and dangerous... but somehow I think if I had to do it over again I might have done the same thing. Yeah something worse might have to happen for me to learn my lesson, but if there's such a thing as karma it'll happen to that other guy first.

A nice cloudy morning at 71f (22c). Flat tire going home yesterday, but I was close enough to finish walking. I ran the tire and found nothing, but the tube had pin hole in it. That kind of stuff drives me a little silly, as I am sure that there is something in the tire or wrong with the tire to get a flat.

No more commutes or other rides until at least July 24 as my wife are heading to California for vacation. Hopefully the weather will be a welcome relief from what we've been having in NC lately. Last week, the temps were topping 100 F every day and this week it's been cooler but with extremely high humidity and storms every day. I've been looking at weather reports for places we're going and their high temps are usually lower than our overnight lows, with much lower humidity as well.

For the first time, I commuted on my 'sporty' bike. I shaved about 10 minutes off my time. I guess I need to get stronger!

Also for the first time, I managed to ride through some vomit on the road, right where the open door of a parked car would have been if there had been a car there. At least, I'm pretty sure that was what it was. I'm guessing someone's hangover got the better of them as they pulled out. Fortunately I had just turned on to that road, and it was slightly uphill, so I wasn't moving all that fast, and I don't ~think~ any got on me. But still, gross! A new reason to take the lane!

Weather was great this morning, but the idiots were out in full force on the road.. i don't think anyone was actually paying attention to their driving this morning

The ride home was tough: 96 degrees and a 10-15MPH headwind. Still, it beats driving home in my 10 year old car with lousy AC and having to do battle with the drivers in our town.

Road about 3.5 miles from home to train station.building up to a 15 mile commute. doesnt sound like much but for me it is. haha. saw a car preyed goose yesterday. thought about the difference between car strike versus bike strike.

I drove in today to stage stuff for tomorrow's commute; I haven't done that in years but I have been out of the office for over a week and have a backlog of cargo, and I really want to take the roadbike tomorrow (no rack, so no panniers, so cargo must fit in 11L shoulder bag). And after a week out of the office not biking more than a mile at a stretch I *really* need to bring my lunch tomorrow rather than eat out so I need all the cargo space I can free up.

It is darker in the morning again, but no rain and good temps at 74f (23c). The next couple days are supposed to be hot, but it is supposed to cool off again towards the end of the week.

this is awesome! great shots!

added a wee bit of mileage this morning. felt bad when I woke. pretty good right now. while catching up on spne tour de france podcasts i started by the princeton public library down wiggins to vandeventer as it turned it washington past the cjl and all the way down to junction station parking lot. from there i added my miles by continuing through rhe lot to alexander and then around the rotary to the north bound side for 5.4 miles. with a mile run from rahway station. to hart street i will have done about 6 miles this morning. 11 miles left for this afternoon fo reach my daily goa of 17 miles a day. saw a busted skunk and once again thanked G that I CAN do a partial cycle commute.

Warm ride in, but very nice.

Well, there was a detour for the vehicles going along rt 110 in Merrimac this morning as there was a power line down and cracked in half. They let me through so no issues for me. The ride was warm at 67f. I added just a little extra this morning to my ride, but plan on doing a longer ride home. Though I will take it easy as it is supposed to be humid and hot. The good part is a lot of the ride is along shady roads.

Must be getting hotter or my building's AC is not up and running yet because I am really beginning to perspire here at my desk.

Nice warm ride in....took a look at one of those travel trailers at my LBS yesterday. Still deciding whether or not to go for it.

70F/21C and humid. Light traffic. Saw a couple of bicyclists going the other way. I got spooked by a large stuffed teddy bear next the the road but obscured from view by a tree trunk until I was almost next to it. For a second, I thought it was a dog. :o

Commute was excellent!!! Finally got to do my normal commute after a sprained knee and several months of (short) commutes in Mankato. Didn't care about the wind and heat, just felt great to be on the bike in home territory.

Took my commuter on vacation.

Montauk.

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It was really pleasant, though I'm unhappy to see that sunrise is getting later, so that soon I'll need to wear my little Blackburn Flea on my helmet. I'll get a half way long ride (18 miles) going home. I guess I'll be riding my bike to the Falls City transportation plan commitee meeting.

Great! 60F, grayish, took a 10 mile detour after riding my 7 yr old 1.6 miles to her camp.

I felt sore arriving at work, the first time that's happened in years. Maybe it is just a holdover from being slightly dehydrated from the ride on Sunday - I didn't feel it riding but ran low on energy after only about 30 miles, and drank three bottles of water at home which is a sure sign. I also adjusted my saddle, which I don't adapt to quickly. Whatever it is I hope I'm over it for the ride home.

Was nearly right-hooked by a city truck pulling a trailer. I caught up to the driver and for the most part maintained my cool while asking her to please not do that again.

Other than that, it was a really pleasant ride to work.

Saw the clouds thought I could out ride them. Didn't.
Arrived completely soaked.
Forgive my lack of terminology but Florida has these "out of nowhere" rains.
Sun was shining but the clouds were far away (or so I thought). As I was thinking--it poured!
The painful drops too. Not hail but the fat drops that sting. :(
Had stopped and purchased a BLT Cobb salad from Wendy's and a strawberry tea. Thought it was packed pretty well. Wasn't. Lost the tea.
My fault: I don't like panniers, bags and such.

Price you pay for minimalism.

:/

Boy, we could use an out of anywhere rain. It is bone dry here. Ride home was hot, about 96F. No problem at all till I got about a mile from home and stopped at a long light. The sweat started pouring in my eyes from my helmet and it was so bad I really could not see, burned big time. Wiped off the sweat and I was fine. Tomorrow will be 100, so far I have been off or on vacation every time it got to 100, hope I dont melt.