I'm a wuss, so it's METRO instead of the bike for me tomorrow. I don't mind rain, but the strong thurderstorms they're predicting for tomorrow are something else.

Another nice ride to work in great Fall weather -- 50s in the morning and 70s on the ride home.

A rider about 50 feet in front of me came this close to being doored by an absent-minded motorist. They had a pleasant interaction ("Watch where you're going!" "Jackass!") and then we all carried on to work.

My legs were way too tired from hockey yesterday, so I drove in. I need to stop doing that, as I encounter lots more bad drivers on my car route.

I'll probably have to drive again tomorrow as it's supposed to rain all day and I have no fenders or rain gear. :(

Weather here has been amazing. Not too hot, not too cold, birds singing, sun shining ect.
My only beef is that now my commute is too short.

-2C when I woke up, but it was probably +2 when I left the house. Cool but by no means uncomfortable with just my long sleeve baselayer on my upper body. The afternoon temperature is supposed to be +17.

I managed to stay off my bikes both days this weekend which was probably for the best. My rear tire started leaking, the valve had separated from the tube.

About 6C when I left the house this morning. No frost yet in Edmonton, unlike Regina it seems. Wasn't feeling it this morning. The commute was calm and uneventful, but I didn't have much desire to power through the commute like I usually do. Monday blahs, I guess.

very cool coming in this morning. rode eas an short because i plan on riding the whole thorty miles home for the second time this afternoon. its a lot for me.

Dark but about 54 degrees when I left. The stars were pretty. There was more traffic than usual. I even met a car on the gravel portion, so I had to eat dust for a hundred yards or so. Still better than dealing with the big truck traffic on the main road.

so how do you prepare for rain? My jeans were soaked in the front, and my shoe was wet all day...

first ride in 10 days (after holiday).

coldest ride of the year 12C (53F).

doubled up on the shirts but the boys got cold :(

Doesn't matter what I do I always get here wet... either seat or rain :p I have a pick but it's always wet :p

I just dont feel good, I had a head wind the entire way to work, sometimes it was blowing so hard it was blowing water up out of the puddles and in my face, it was not really raining just drizzling. My head is all stopped up, whaaaaa! Sorry about that...I feel better now. Thanks.

Back to warm mornings at 70f (21C). The trees were dripping and the roads were wet, but I got in before anything big. This afternoon is shaping upto be wild. I'll be hanging out waiting to catch a break in the thunderstorms.

The commute this morning was warmer than yesterday, though I still used a jacket and mittens, 48f is by no means warm. It was a very uneventful commute, just a nice ride to work. Though it does seem that more construction is beginning through a stretch of my ride in the city. I usually ride a different route home than to work, so the construction traffic will not effect me.

Strong and warm crosswinds this morning. One of my two planetbike tailights seems to have run its course.

According to the weather app on my phone, it was 6C (42F, wind chill 2C, 35F) with 28kph wind (gusting to 46kph) and light cold rain, in other words, after 45 minutes on the bike, the warm shower at work was very welcome (especially compared with the cold bath I got when I rode through a 5cm (2") deep puddle that was 10m (30ft) across that I didn't see until it was too late and my shoes were full to the brim and my legs to my thighs were soaked).

Saw no joggers or other cyclists (what does that say about me?).

It says that *they* are not as full of "awesome" as you are.

Pretty good and motivating ride into work. A cool-ish, and slightly overcast morning, that is mostly down-hill. The ride home was, like always, more interesting. It was a good day for traffic threading, lane splitting, and chasing down people on motor scooters.

BTW, the typical Japanese cyclists are some ballsy bastards when it comes to diving into and through fast and heavy traffic from dark sidewalks. Cars just come to a screeching stop for them, and when the bike has crossed in front of them, just drive on like nothing happened. The typical Japanese cyclist would be dead within a day in the US.

Uninteresting ride in. I packed my full rain kit. The ride home looks like heavy rain with a driving headwind. I'll probably just ride the MUP and avoid traffic.

Thought I could beat the rain. Nope. :cry: Pretty strong wind gusts too. Supposed to storm this afternoon, but as my car is in the shop, I have no other options. :( I did invest in a hi-viz vest and blinky lights, so at least the cars have a better chance of seeing me.

Luckily, I put a change of clothes inside of a plastic bag inside my backpack, so I have something nice and dry to change into.

beautiful morning, but fall is definitely here. Temps in the 40's. Sun is now aligned with the road during my east bound route. A cyclist was killed there a few years ago so extra caution needed. Even if traffic is light I hop on the parallel bike path.

I rode in today. Leaving work around 3:30 to get to class. Come to think of it, given the forecast 20 mph headwind I'll be riding into, gusting to 30 or more, I might need to allow a few extra minutes.

The ride in was fine. A couple times the wind picked up, a nice tailwind, allowing me to cruise at 20 mph with little effort. Not looking forward to the flip side of that this afternoon, with the addition of rain, but what doesn't kill you just makes you stronger right?

First day that I was cool for the whole 11 miles. A couple degrees less and I'll be wanting some sleeves. Adios, Summer!

Very peculiar weather for Athens today (Greece)... on my way to work and back, there were thunderstorms in the distance with heavy black clouds everywhere except on my route which was nice and sunny! Weather's hot and humid at around 27c / 60% humidity making my ride moist but bearable.

Back commuting today after taking the long, hot Phoenix summer off (from riding, not work, unfortunately). The bad news is I had to leave home mid-morning rather than early morning, so it was still 100'ish, which is a little hot for me. I just took it nice an easy. Felt great to be back at it, though.

I was going to ride around a bit this morning before going to school, but when I phoned for a dentist appointment this morning they had a spot today. Not so lucky on my optometrist appointment which isn't until October 25th.

I stopped by the LBS on the way to the dentist and got a strong maybe for someone to join me on a 200km ride Saturday, assuming the forecast stays as it is. I'll be using my road bike rest of the week instead of the touring bike. I'll try not to push too hard and not do any extra distance to save my energy for the weekend. The randonneurs I've been riding with are all much stronger riders than I am.

When I left the house around 1:30 for school it was 20C with a strong tailwind. I averaged 29kph despite trying to take it easy. I could have easily beaten my previous best time had I put in the level of effort I did last week.

Beautiful ride home,70F, big tail wind and I felt much better than this morning. Just nice.

Cold ride home, just like this morning, 6C, but unlike the morning, no rain but instead, significant wind and because my route home is somewhat circular, at some point in the ride, I will have a tailwind, a crosswind and a headwind. Today, the headwind was the worst of it.

Tomorrow's morning forecast is dry but 3C so i'll need to find all my cool weather gear tonight.

It's strange how things can happen all at once. I'd gone a good while without an incident with a driver, and during this mornings commute I had three.

It started with someone buzzing me. I didn't get too worked up over it. Then I hit a four way stop. I followed the rules to a T. I stopped at the stop sign... another car had gotten to the intersecting stop first and I let that person go. Then I went, and the lady behind the other person stopped briefly then took off. I wasn't going fast yet and was about to stop, then she saw me and stopped, and looked at me and gestured like I was in the wrong. I pretty much flipped, pointing at both stops signs, screaming "It's a four way stop!"... I suppose I could have reacted worse. Anyway I went on my merry way, on the bike lane a bit later, when a car making a right cut me off. Still wound up over the last incident, I had to pull out the middle finger. Doubt the dude even saw me.

Ah well, hope I go another few months without an incident.

Warm again today! I arrived at work this morning dripping with sweat.