First time poster here but I have been commuting for the past 4 years and I always warn when passing. They may turn their head when you warn but you need to compesate for that and give them room to the side anyways. Also warn them far enough back that it gives them time to turn around see you before you pass. I would much rather have people know that I am passing then getting up close and getting sideswiped. Always play it safe. You should always warn early and still ride cautiously while passing.

Low and slow.

Beautiful ride this morning: cool, but sunny (13C), no measurable wind, low fog rolling through, burning off with the sun. I took the short route past the university. The one thing that really caught my attention this morning was the dew on the spider webs on the grass.

I'm always impressed with the distances some people say they are riding. I've GISed and road-tested my route to death to minimize the distance traveled (7 kilometres one way). While I enjoy cycling and all the bonuses that come with it, cycling is a selfish activity that I must manage properly with the dependents in my life.

I certainly understand your concerns about people jumping inn front of you if you call passes, though I only understand it to the point that it has to do with inexperienced pedestrians, especially tourists not accustomed to that sort of thing. When commuting on my touring bike at 15 mph or so, I hardly fall into this category. I'm not gonna hug the right side of the MUP so that someone can turn the Mount Vernon Trail into their own personal time trial course, especially when doing so would mean running over the bumpier parts of the trail right over tree roots. I can see not calling your pass when traffic is light, and I often will move to the side to make a little extra room when I see someone coming up from behind quickly. The bit that really gets my goat is the heavy traffic squeeze throughs with no warning between me oncoming traffic be it on foot or on two wheels. It's just stupid, dangerous, and rude IMHO. Haines Point is right across the river if you need...

This is what I do as well. I may get annoyed that they don't move out of the way (on the Mall , for instance) or if they almost turn into my path when I call my power our ring my bell, and I do, but I feel it's my responsibility to give a heads up, and I plan my call/bell ringing accordingly.

Anyway, pretty nice ride in this morning. Running a little late for work, so I had to push it a bit, which made for a sweaty ride on this humid morning. Running a couple errand on the way home from work today, and excited about the extra few miles I'll get out of it, even if it's a bit on the warm side with temps in the low to mid 90s. That's the norm in DC these days , though, so just gotta deal with it.

Had a pretty fast run in today. Was cycling at almost 18-20mph continuously, which is a big jump up from my regular 15mph. I guess the increased pressure in the tires, and the stiffer shoes (I normally wore thin canvas shoes) had something to do with this, though I hadn't anticipated such a big change.

Sweet fast commute this morning, and I learned a BIG LESSON TOO!!

Weather was a nice 80 degrees a 7am. This morning, I take a real long way to work to get in some riding. I am on this street that has a long, long downhill. All I ride is road bikes too. I am reaching 30mph the speed limit is 30mph.. However, the street was smooth for a while, but then it got rough and bumpy. Oh boy, I got speed on, and I am on this bumpy road.. That raised my learning curve a couple notches right there. I survived, but never again, will I speed on a bumpy road, or an unknown road..I almost went down on a couple hard bumps, and I am praying I don't have any dings in my wheels too. But, I considered this a EASY learning curve. A HARD learning curve would have been if I went down. ;)

Either way I learned, but it is much better learning the EASY WAY.. ;)

A doe leapt across the path in front of me.

Saw 5 turtles on the same log.

Saw 2 bunnies.

People smiled back at me.

Good ride.

Not "good" ride - Fantastic ride! Rides like this are why I ride my bike, even though I'm almost 60 I always have the widest eyes.

Headwinds in all directions :p

It's been a windy week.

Rainy weather and yet I got up on the bike, so good. I just hope that it either stops this evening or that I can find some roof for the bike when I bike to town for gaming.

A nice ride in, and the weather is fine at 73f (23c). I lacked energy today, but did fine coming in. The legs always seem to know what to do.

Overtook one of my team members on the way in...she let out a laugh as I rang my bell inecessantly like an idiot and zipped by her.

Sometimes this bike commuting is the best part of the day (work day that is)

on my ride home last night my right shifter cable snapped right at the brifter and i hobbled my way home. my cassette has been skipping all week and i've keep adjusting it and it would get worse. i guess 6-7 years is a little too long to rely on the same cables lol

Had a good ride in this morning, nice 5.2 mile ride. Nice and cool this morning and it made for a great ride.

I learned this lesson riding on an unfamiliar road in the mountains. It was a very steep road and I got going too fast on the descent. Came to a sharp corner and couldn't make it while staying in my lane. I had to drift into the opposing lane to make the corner and would have hit a car head on if there had been one. Fortunately there was not, but I learned a valuable lesson. A little bit faster, and I would have gone off the pavement.

Cool, cloudy, breezy. Legs felt pretty good this morning.

I had to come down to Santa Clara at pretty short notice today, so I had to drive :( Would have really preferred to do the bike-Caltrain-bike bit.

Very humid! It was like riding in a dog's breath the whole way, but I am absolutely loving it. I am now able to bike commute most days, and it has been fantastic.

I remembered why I like riding in the winter so much this morning when I tried to shorten my commute by going through old town.

No construction!

Once again the Olympics have messed with my plan to get a long detour ride into work. Was watching the USA-NZ women's soccer game with my son. Hopefully, I'll be able to get in some intervals at lunchtime.

Well ouch, going back from work I fell due to the roadworks and cars parken on the bike/pedestrian crossing. I first had to to left, right to pass a car then a small ramp and sharp left in a narrow section for both pedestrians and hikes (its really stupid they did it like that), it was stoney so my hands and elbow got a lot of grazes(? Not sure about the word) and lots of blood, but I went in to the close by gasstation and got things to clean it up. A bit of pain in my thigh too (still there) but got going again.

Humid?! In Louisiana?! ;-)

Nice ride in here in the DC area. Dropped off rent check this morning, which earns me wan extra couple miles in the saddle as well as riding on parts of the trail where I don't ride nearly as often. Add in a bit of a tailwind and the fact it's Friday, and I was in heaven!

First week of bike commuting to the train station. 13 miles each way. My car died last week and I really enjoyed the riding. Got a chance to dust off the fixie as it was sitting in my garage for the last year.

nice ride this morning. first morning commute with my new-to-me Haro. also bought hand grip mounted mirror. it is a schwinn product that slips on the end of you bar and lashed on with a velcro strap which makes it easy for me to remove and rempunt it as needed.
looking back at the week I see a steady loss of mileage as my overtime and lack of sleep started taking their toll. sooo tired. was glad to read that i wasnt the only mammal noter and that the humidty wasnt killing jist me. deer love em. humidity hated it!

Sorry to hear about your crash, but glad you got back on the bike!