You haven't lived 'till you looked down and seen Benjamin smiling up at you. (That was over twenty years ago. The only "treasure" I came across lately was some ladies underwear and a bit of latex-I passed)

Finished the week strong. I rode through some heavy fog Friday morning but as I got closer to downtown it started clearing up. I was using 2 lights in the front and 2 in the back. One solid and one blinking. I was thinking it was pretty crazy to ride in this fog but Friday ended the bike commuting challenge May 1- Aug 31 at work. My final tally was 78 trips and 901 miles. :)

My wife and I were talking and pretty amazed that I was able to get that many miles in considering the amount of rain we have had in NC this year. :thumb:

Yesterday, on ride home, I left as a Tstorm was just beginning to roll in. There is an underpass about 8 miles in on the 13 mile commute that I thought I could make. But at 5 miles the wind and rain started, much stronger than I expected. A passerby with a pickup pulled over and asked if I could use a ride. For the first time in 12 years I took a ride. Glad I did, he was a cyclist and we had a nice conversation. The rain was coming down in buckets and the wind took out the power in quite a few areas (including my office). Never learned his name but if you picked up an old guy on Gilmer road yesterday, Thanks!

a nice ride in this morning, with high humidity and a temp of 63 f degrees and overcast but the clouds are breaking up. It was an uneventful peaceful ride to work.

Back in the office. Humid this morning but a nice ride in. Definitely darker out there.

70, high humidity - fog. I agree with dcb23, it was noticeably darker.

I ran through a full on circular spider web, straight in the face, on the MUP this morning. I felt imaginary creepy-crawlys for the next three miles. There seemed to be a lot more cars this morning, intersections I usually slow through, I was having to stop for three of four cars to pass. Otherwise nice ride.

I felt like no matter which direction I was going I had a headwind :-( blargh, so the 63° felt like 50° to me. Good thing I got my arm warmers this weekend.

http://i.imgur.com/1iCbPZUl.jpg

Also, this was my first commute in my new clipless pedals. It was surprisingly (and actually a little bit disappointingly) uneventful. Not that I want to fall over or cause myself harm as a result of using them, but I never forgot to clip out when I came to a stop, I always exaggerated which way I lean when coming to a stop to make sure I don't clip out the right foot and then accidentally lean left, and every time I started off I couldn't believe how quickly I could get clipped in. I start with my left foot already in and before I've even I've finished one revolution my right foot was already in. Plus, I never once looked down at them, like I'd been using them for years! Obviously it's a good thing and I'm happy about it, but I was kind of looking forward to having some crazy story to tell my co-workers this morning. :bike2:

That little emoticon tells the story of what might be on the way :) Hopefully not though - enjoy!

Commute today was a short bike ride to the bus stop in 78 degree temps. Too groggy (and too muggy out) for a full ride in this morning.

After loading the bike on the bus bike rack I put the securing arm over the front wheel and was careful to not snug it up to the fork because I am worried that the rubber/foam on the end will be gone and dig into the fork. Well today the rubber was worn off and during the trip the metal underneath did rest on the fork. Thankfully it must have happened just before my final stop because there was only a tiny nick on the fork.

Looking forward to the full ride home this afternoon.

Cool start this morning, 12C (54F) with a moderate breeze, decided to wear a long-sleeved jersey and was quite comfortable although a few more days like this, I'll become acclimated to this temperature and won't need the long sleeves.

I was a bit under the weather. The weather was decent temp, near 100% humidity. Air was THICK!

No speed record that's for sure, but it did cure what ailed me...

Warm and extremely humid after all of the rain we had over the weekend. My rain gauge showed 4.5" from the huge thunderstorm we had on Sunday night. Streets were flooded all over the city. This is one of the reasons why I am cautious about riding in thunderstorms around here. I drove through the storm for more than 2 hours, and it was pouring the entire way. I can't imagine riding in the sort of weather. Passed a lot of motorcycles trying to wait out the storm under bridges on the interstate, and they must have had a long wait. Lots of cars spun out on the roadsides as well.

Tailwind :D

kind of errie

I literally saw no walkers, joggers, or other cyclists the whole way in. I was all by my lonesome on the mup. That has never happened before. sort of cool and sort of freaky

Running a little late I took the direct route, pushing myself on the hills it was a good hard ride.

I spent a couple of hours yesterday fashioning DIY fenders some plastic strips, thin steel rods and zip ties, skinflint that I am. I heat-gunned it to a curve, right over the rear caliper brakes and back down to the seat tube and painted black - it looks OK but has some slight twists and dents. No rattling or rubbing, seems solid. I blasted through every puddle and mud slick I could find yesterday wearing a white t-shirt for a splatter test - success! Though of course now it's clear and dry, all week probably.

Windy and a bit cool, but a nice ride anyway.

Finally decided to order clear lenses for my Flak Jackets. I almost ran over a 96 gal garbage tote this morning. The sun doesn't rise until I'm almost at work at 6:40 AM, arriving at 6:47ish.

As I pedaled toward the country road heading out of my village, about 500 yards ahead of me, a rider pulled out of one of the side streets. A few seconds later, another came out of a different side street. As I began gaining on them, a third rider popped out of the final intersection, the last crossroad before cornfields take over. For a minute there we looked like a parade of blinking red lights and yellow jackets.

Within a mile, all four of us caught up to each other, taking the lane, riding two by two. As we began to chat I noticed that one of the guys was a neighbor who I've seen riding before--he's usually pretty fast. His destination was pretty close to mine. The other two, I never saw before, but they also live in town. They rode pretty slow. Their destination was only a few more miles ahead. I had to go, so I gunned it. The neighbor hung back with them as I began to accelerate. Within seconds, they were gone.

About 1/2 hour later, while I was riding the MUP, the neighbor guy caught up to me. I had a feeling he would. Like I said, he's fast. We rode the rest of the way together.

They're back! School buses that is. Today is the start of public schools in WI...that means I have to contend with a particularly obnoxious school bus driver on part of my commute. :notamused: Weather was great...mid 50s, cool, no wind.

a chilly 57F, guess our little taste of warm summer mornings was just a tease

Still warm here in NYC. ~low 70s on the way out. Rode my fixed gear to work for the first time in a while. Traffic was unusually mellow, which is a nice change!

Low humidity rolled in yesterday and is parked in DC. Temps are definitely down as compared to the past few days. Headwind on the way in...dark.

I haven't commuted to work in three years. It's the only thing I miss about work since retirement. I still ride every day but just not to work. I do love those entitlement checks though.

When I got to my bike yesterday afternoon, the rear tire was flat, which wasn't good because I was on the hook for BBQing the beef tenderloin that we and our friends were getting together to have so I had to call my son for a ride home. I fixed the tube last night but it was late by the time I got to it so I rushed it.

This morning, the winds were howling around our house and there was a bit of horizontal rain so I donned my raincoat, helmet cover and off I went. About 2km from work, my rear tire felt sloppy so I stopped and, ANOTHER FLAT!!! It wasn't fully flat, just very soft so I stood on the pedals and leaned forward to reduce the load on the rear tire, rode about 1/2 the remaining distance and walked the rest. Guess what I'm doing during morning break!

I've come to the conclusion that I'd rather have heavy, puncture-resistant tires and tubes than worry about weight. I'm going to start looking for some 40-50mm wide puncture-resistant knobby 29er/700c tires. I have some 35mm Schwalbe Marathons that I'm pleased with, I need the wider, knobbier tires for riding to the cottage on the dirt road. Suggestions would be appreciated.

Scouted out a different route this morning into the city center using a walking path and bridge to cross over some busy traffic ways. There was a worn out and small sign showing no bicycles allowed but I ignored it as no one was around not even one pedestrian. If I get stopped by authorites I will beg for forgiveness and assure them I will walk it across from now on. For now, happy trails and this new route makes it much easier to get to my new office although it increased the mileage by .5 miles so now its 15.7 miles one way. Oh well, its a more comfortable trip.

I have no energy these days, I'm thinking about taking multi-vitamins or something like that to see if it help. Even the morning bike ride is not appealing. Once I'm on the bike I feel okay but it's a fight just to get out of bed since I'm back from the vacations.

by the way the morning commute was nice.