commo_soulja

First commute of the season. Took me 10 minutes longer than what it took me last year. Got to work on it...

tarwheel 

Great commute this morning, nice weather and kept a fast pace. It was my first commute in probably 2 weeks where I wasn't battling the wind, and that really made a difference. I still caught every red light on my route but I'll take that over headwinds.

Had a close call with a car as I approached downtown, due to a moment's inattention. I was checking my cycle computer and also focusing my attention on a traffic signal 2 blocks ahead, so I didn't notice a car approaching on a side street. The car either ran the stop sign or misjudged my speed and wizzed across the road just in front of me, nearly clipping my front wheel. There is no way the driver didn't see me with my neon yellow jersey and two headlights, but I should have been more attentive. Usually a quick stare with my helmet light will prevent such occurrences.

tarwheel 

I see that bike, and I can't help humming the theme to Miami Vice!

CptjohnC

Everything seemed to be going swimmingly, until I crossed Memorial bridge and felt some steering wobble, which got significantly worse when I tapped the brakes. A flat, of course! I weighed my options, being less than 2 miles/ 10 minutes from work, and decided to see how much air it would hold if I pumped. Sure enough, the leak was pretty small, so I managed to go almost a mile before it flatted too much again. Another round of pumping, and I made it to within sight of work. More or less walked the bike to the bldg door. Spent way too much time changing the tube, because I had a devil of a time getting the thorn/splinter thing out of the tire itself. It was sharp, small and buried. Checked the rest of the tire and the rim for other potential issues, and finding none, finished the change. Hopefully all will be well, because when I went to patch the old tube, I found my patch kit glue empty/dry. 4 more patches, but I doubt they'll hold without the glue (sure, they're self adhesive, but they're designed to work with the glue, right?) I am pretty sure I have one more spare tube in my panniers, so I guess I'm okay if I get another flat on the way home, but I'd rather not find out. And people wonder why I roll with a patch kit and at least one spare tube!

Happy birthday to me!

dcb23

Headwind! And I could have used some light gloves.

CommuteCommando

Shirtsleeves!!! Woohoo!!!

HardyWeinberg

43F and clammy from yesterday's rain. Some mist but I didn't need my raincoat.

Sawtooth

41 degrees and wet from rain overnight. Significantly cooler then all the other days this week. I dressed appropriately warm (unusual for me) and actually enjoyed the cooler overcast ride in. Caught up with a female coworker 1 mile out and rode/chatted with her for the final mile. A great ride in. Took my time showering/dressing and now catching up over french press coffee. Its starting out to be a damn fine Friday.

cehowardGS

That's the name of the paint job on this bike!!

By the way, I am on the bike in the picture brother today. .An 89 Ironman Master!!

Old steel and a commute is like sipping fine wine!!

Rimmer

Nice commute. Calm wind. Rear tube is still slowly leaking. It's very slow. I keep having to patch it. I don't know what's going on. Will have to look at it tomorrow--too dark at the moment. I had one driver that wouldn't pass me. I just looked at him/her in my mirror and he/she just kept following me. Maybe checking me out or my taillight. Well, I got fed up with it and even waved for them to pass me. I was strolling along at 18-20mph or so on a 45 speed limit road. Still following me and wouldn't pass with two lanes available, so I just upshifted a couple cogs and sped off until I got to the next light. They ended up turning right but had ample time to pass me.

enigmaT120

I only rode two days this week, and was bored with the same 9 mile route home that I ride in the morning, so I decided to try a route that I hadn't done in a while. It's the first time I tried the steep hill at about mile 2.5 on my Fargo. The Fargo has 20 gear inches at the bottom, my Rocky Mountain has about 17. I made it up the hill in second gear, which I guess means I could climb a steeper hill. Luckily I don't know where one is, handy anyway.



37 and raining this morning, about 50 and barely misting this evening. Not as nice as I was hoping, but it was still a shorts and t-shirt ride home.

KBentley57

I just started commuting not too long ago, and it's been great in the mornings! There is usually a 5-10 mph headwind that blows me straight where I'm going, plus it's almost down hill all the way from my house. My arrival times started around 30 min, and now they're down to about 23 min, depending on which lights I catch. On the way home, there is usually a stronger headwind, and it's mostly uphill. It usually takes the full 30 min to get home.

I'm glad I started! I haven't filled up in over a month! Plus, I'm slowly gaining towards this last **** 10 lbs that I haven't been able to shed since winter.

Spatchka

My Saturday commute in to work is always a welcomed break due to less traffic.
This morning the last third of the trip in was interesting because of the street closures due to the Music City Marathon.
Barricaded streets I had to myself with few cars.
Even went outside on my first break and cheered them on as they made the turn by my building.
Slow, easy pace on the way home.
Sunday's commute is when I do a full circuit around the 'Parthenon' across from Vandy for inspiration...

madman68

Friday's commute was probably the worst dealing with headwind. I checked the weather sites after i got home and said gusts up to 30 miles an hour. There we're a few times where I wanted to jump off and just walk -

kookaburra1701

I live on the coast and have done just that sometimes when the headwind was such that I was in a tuck, spinning madly and only going 4 mph. I can walk faster than that, so that's what I did.

making

Very, very nice ride in. Kinda windy but warm. Storms overnight but gone before I started out, nice fresh air ride some deep puddles and some completely dry areas. Two weird things this AM. First as I passed a second story condo the curtains were blowing out side and attracted my attention, it appeared someone was climbing in or out, but by the time I got focused on the window instead of missing the water puddles i did not see anyone, and the curtains were still blowing around, so maybe I imagined the person. A few miles later I was coming up to a bar on the right side. A car was sitting about 20 ft off the bike lane in the parking lot with the door open and the dome light on, with some woman was peeing. There was no other traffic and when she seen me she kinda waved. Guess she slept in her car and woke up and had to pee.

fletchh

A nice ride in at 48f (9C). This time of year I am rediscovering things in the light along my ride. Not that they change from year to year, but just the revelation of riding in the light after spending most of the year in the dark.

dcb23

lol...I really noticed the light today too and was going to post a similar thought.

Lots and lots of runners out in this light.

essiemyra

It was a very chilly 32f this morning. My fleece gloves did not keep my hands warm enough. Though the sun was rising in the sky and blue skies, so a good ride in!!!

tarwheel 

Warm, cloudy morning with temps in the low 60s, so I decided to ride with no vest for a change. Made it a block down the street and realized it was misting rather heavy, so I turned around and went back to put on my lightweight rain jacket. Of course, the mist quit as soon as I left my neighborhood and then I was dressed too warm, so I ended up getting all wet from sweating. Other than that, it was a nice commute although my legs were very tired from riding a metric century in very windy weather yesterday.

vtjim

32F/0C under a clear blue sky. About halfway into my ride I reeled in a "Bobcat", a slow moving construction vehicle, and drafted it for kicks. Flicked the Soho's IGH up to top gear and loped along behind the thing. A very easy ride.

I cleaned the layer of winter dust off of the Soho yesterday. She looks brand new again. The worst part on the bike was under the bottom bracket, and that only required a little extra washing to remove some caked-on dirt. I love not having a greasy chain drive.

bluegoatwoods

I'm a few days late with this post...but anyway..... All last week was pretty decent weather here in mid-Illinois. There was some chance of rain, but it didn't amount to anything. Fought headwinds on most mornings. But it held steady and gave nice tailwinds in the evening. Thursday evening there was more auto traffic than I'd figured on. But the drivers were a bit more polite than usual. All in all, a good commuting week.

TheTreauth

I did not commute by bicycle today, I ran the 4.5 miles to work with my backpack on instead. It was rainy but it was a good run. I may start alternating running/biking to work.

vdot

First time commuting to work today - door to door is 6 km(3.7 miles) in downtown Toronto and it took me 30 minutes! Wasn't trying to set a new world record, but rode at a leisurely pace and enjoyed the fresh air and scenery. It was refreshing and I'll tell ya what - Never taking transit again...good bye TTC!

cehowardGS

In the wee dark hours of the morning, I come streaking down the road like a bat out of hell. With lights ablazing. Needless to say, the first leg of my commute was dam good!!