The last two commutes were great. Yesterday morning I accidentally left late but managed to make it up, and then met up with some friends for a ride. Logged 37 miles that day. Today the ride in was very windy and pushed me around like a bully - I had to be careful not to fall in the ditch. But the ride back was wonderful... hot and sunny. A couple rude drivers and (really) close passes but the week has been good. Before I left town I stopped and had lunch at a Chicago food place, and I cycled 28.6 miles today. Getting to that 1200 mile goal pretty quick!

It was 102 today but I had no idea until I got home and was instantly drenched. What with the shade on the Greenway and the cooling creek breeze it didn't seem warm and I made good time on the trip home.

Met a new bike friend in the area here. Chatted with him for the next 5 miles into work. He ended up working in the building right next to mine.

Dude, very nice! Good friends are worth their weight in gold. Stay with him!

102 degrees and am to shy to wear shorts so i was in blue jeans. got a tad dizzy at the end of ride

Nice 73 degrees with lite winds.

93f, still air makes it feel worse lol. My route is very peacefull, flowing through older resedential areas. Ride home at 11pm was still 92f... no joy for me...

Awful.

Hit a pedestrian about 30 seconds from my house.

It was on a short narrow downhill slope that was wet from rain. No sidewalk/shoulder. The woman was walking in the middle of the road, heard me coming, and moved to the right and into my path at the last second. Brakes locked and I skid into her, hitting her with the left side of my handlebars. We both fell pretty hard and her elbow was bleeding and scraped up - nothing worse I hope. She went to the hospital. I am fine but feel terrible.

riding a new bike this morning. the neighbors had a garage sale Saturday and this shwinn was left on the curb.
i feel very heavy and took the downhill roll mostly flat route along washington to the princeton junction station. saw a falcon regret not stoppng

A nice ride in at 72F (22C). Electricity went off before I made my lunch, so I did that by candlelight, and just as I had finished struggling with everything in the dark. I opened the door to leave and the electricty came back on. I can't complain, as many people are still without electricity from friday's storm.

I feel for ya. I am very lucky to have had my power throughout the weekend.

Steamy ride in, all clothing is tight after vacation.

I had a much nicer ride in this morning than last Friday. Today was uneventful which is the way I like things. Though I now know the mechanics of fixing a flat tire. I am thinking I should try this procedure once before I actually have to use the skill on the road with a real flat. Hopefully I will find some extra time this week for that. Anyway, I am hoping to ride some extra miles on my way home as the weather should be nice.

Sunny and pleasant, 63F/17C. Exchanged "wassup?" head nods with a fellow commuter going the other way.

I am in Maryland, we caught that bad storms. My job was closed on account of the weather. No commute today.. But, I will ride.. ;)

Got scared off commuting today due to forecasts for 100+ heat and severe thunderstorms. With the extreme heat and humidity we've had the past few days, the storms can be really intense. Yesterday we had high winds and golf-ball sized hail. I've actually ridden recreationally the past two days with highs in the 103-105 range, but went out early while temperatures were still in the 70s and 80s. Temps were very pleasant this morning, but are expected to top 100 by my afternoon commute time. I'm ready for this heat spell to end.

Brilliant ride in. The heat's backed off a bit, so it's mid 70's, with a slight tailwind, but the best part was really just how fit, fast and fine I felt.

Friday was the hottest day on record - ever - for Nashville. The morning commute was still pleasant in the low 70s. The short (5 miles) ride home in 109° was hot but bearable with a relatively low humidity.

It's supposed to be hot again this afternoon, (only) near 100° but the humidity is much higher. I think the ride in this morning (low 80s) was more uncomfortable than Friday afternoon was.

50F gray mostly dry.

Hot and muggy for this area, not my cup of tea but I have to get to work :(

I like mondays because there is less traffic along my route :)

A bit muggy today, and warm at 68f (20c). It will still be hot in the afternoon.

a very nice ride in this am the temp was cool at 59f degrees. I am not going home this afternoon . I am going to a party at my sister's so my commute there will be 20miles. My first 20mile ride in years. I did 14miles yesterday on my way home so I think to add 6 more should not be difficult. I will find out though.

60F/16C and sunny. I pulled out onto the main road behind a commuter on a hybrid and hung out behind him for the ride in.

Left later than usual so lots of sun and more traffic and runners out. A warm and very pleasant commute.

Bethesda-DC commuters: Capital Crescent Trail is apparently blocked between Mass Ave and the tunnel due to downed powerlines so I went down MacArthur to the dirt trail behind the water treatment plant (this is Norton, right across from Loughboro).

Several places along the trail were partially blocked by trees/branches and then just south of Fletchers, a huge sycamore tree was blocking both the CCT and the towpath. Fortunately a guy was out with a chain saw and cut a path open on the towpath (you still had to pick up your bike to get through). Then later towards Georgetown, a cyclist had a handsaw cutting through more branches and vines. Hopefully the conditions will be better on the return route. I know the roads are higher priority than a trail, but I suspect the downed powerlines will get taken care of soon.

Sometimes even the worst of times is good times, like yesterday. I got caught in a flash flood storm. I was waiting at a red light and by the time I was able to cross the intersection and pull over in order to throw on my rain gear, I was already soaked. It POURED rain for about 20 minutes and then stopped and cleared up.

Other then getting extremely wet cleats, I came out unscathed. Even the freezing/soaking rain didn't dampen my commute mood. I actually smiled as I biked along after the flood.

The only gross part was that the puddles of what had been freezing cold rain felt like warm piss as I biked through them.