HardyWeinberg

Sunny, brisk (~35F) nice ride w/ 11 yr old (for the 1st 2.5 miles, then 7.5 on my own)

Notso_fastLane

Cold this morning, but felt good to be back on the bike again after almost a month off. I'm still waiting for new idlers, but I decided to just run with the old ones for now. Going to be in the upper 60s (F) the next few days, but cold in the mornings. Lovin' it!

dramiscram

Just like the Oilers.... GO HABS GO !!!

wilfried

Note to self, Ave A and 1st Ave. are kind of a mess at noon; better to take the river route on my late day.

That said, pollyanna-ish though it may sound, I had a perfectly pleasant ride mixing it up with NYC drivers. I ended up in the bus lane (but encountered no buses, otherwise I would have gotten out of the bus lane). Remarkably, despite heavy traffic, no one drove in it, so it was almost clear. I did hit a few obstacles, but with a quick hand signal I merged into traffic, and merged out again. No one missed a beat, and we stayed out of each other's way. The real problem came when I finally made it over to the bike lane on the far left, where I found a garbage truck and an SUV parked in it, so back into traffic I went, though it was harder, since it's a separated bike lane.

I was just struck by how smoothly it went.

making

As I left work it appeared it was about to rain, it started about 100 yards out of the parking lot. By mile one it was raining hard, another half mile it was that ice cold, huge raindrops and blowing rain. I had to pull over under a overhang over a bike rack at NIFS (next door to NCAA) to get out my jacket without flooding my bag and made sure my cell phone was double bagged. The next 10 miles consisted of some combination of wind and rain. Yep, it was a great ride.

GeneO 

More rain today, lake no go away. Boo Hoo.

dcb23

Early ride in dark city streets, front tire seems soft....might be going down.

tarwheel 

Beautiful morning, mild temperatures, not much wind, riding fastest commuter bike. What could go wrong? Red lights. I was a red-light magnet this morning, catching nearly every one -- which added at least 5 minutes to my commute time. At the longest light, the truck in front of me stalled out and I barely made it through after waiting 5 minutes for it to change. The plus side was that I got a heckuva workout with all of the starting and stopping.

jrickards

Another cold wet morning, 1C (34F), rain turned to wet snow by the end of the ride. Milder but still rain in this afternoon's forecast but tomorrow and Friday look much better.

aquateen

Today is my last commute

We're moving to Baltimore and I work just outside of DC so going by bike won't be an option, at least until/if I find a closer job. But on the bright side, we will be living in a fantastic area for road riding. Oh, also I own a house now.

arsprod 

Steady rain, 40F and a pretty good crosswind - a perfect yuck cocktail. But, on the bright side today I crossed the 1,000 mile commuting threshold - the earliest in the year ever. Riding all winter helps rack up the miles!

Mumonkan

57F widh 8 mph wind, legs back to normal and had some new tunes on my ride in, made a good morning

dramiscram

Very nice morning, very sunny, nice tailwind. My new saddle is a pain in the @$$ but it should improve quickly.

groovestew

Felt chilly at -3C with a slight, but cold, breeze.

ugh, don't get me started...

HardyWeinberg

Drastically misjudged the weather; I knew it was due to get to 70F by 3pm-ish but had no idea it would hit 50F before 9 (starting from 35F at 6). Shouldn't have worn the coat in.

jrickards

Go Leafs Go! (Now that they're in the playoffs for the first time in 9yrs).

dramiscram

We should have a nice Habs-Leafs match-up in the first round, the leafs have a very decent team this year. I bet you the proverbial beer that the Habs win!

jrickards

Apparently, the Leafs have the better team going in but the Habs have the experience, should be a good match up! Beer it is then!

whitenhiemer

Clear and beautiful today, lots of riders with me today. Mountains to either side, and blue skys over head. Also not a bad view of the lady riders too.

buzzman

Had an appointment midtown today then back up town to home then back down town and over to Brooklyn. Tail wind down the Hudson on the way in and barely a whisper of wind on the way home.

Almost got nailed by an electric motor scooter that was inches behind me in the bike lane going cross town and when I slowed to make a turn he almost rammed me. Then a delivery guy almost slammed into me from behind at another traffic light because I actually stop at the lights.

It's strange how in Manhattan it almost makes sense to pull to the side at red lights when in the bike lane because some riders literally charge right through them. Every day I watch people fly right into an intersection and then weave through oncoming traffic. Fortunately, they, for the most part, glide right through. But I'm hoping I don't watch one of them get nailed.

xlDooM

Had a great commute this morning. Forecast was for slight headwind but there was very little wind at all. I normally pace myself around 25km/h to avoid getting too sweaty, but on the ascent of one of the bridges I thought **** that, hammered up the incline and found I had super legs today. Hauled all the way to the station from there.

I just noticed the wind is picking up, so tonight I'll have a tailwind. Looks like a good day to break the two-way average record.

dcb23

Headwinds the whole ride in.

jrickards

Cool ride in, -1C (30F), but dry and the sky was clear so I could see the sun the whole ride in. Like xlDooM above, I decided to push harder on the hills all the way in. My legs are a bit shaky still but I enjoyed it. I wouldn't say that I hammered the hills and I didn't do what the Geek Hunter does and push all the way over the top, I back off just before I crest. Next time I feel up to it, I'll hammer up and over and see how that feels (for the next 3 days!!! LOL).

Looks like it's going to be a nice afternoon, 8C and sunny and then double digits tomorrow and the weekend. Woo hoo!!

Mumonkan

48F 26 mph wind, massive gusts on overpasses and painful headwinds on the longest road of my commute. working on flat roads in granny gears just to stay upright sucks.

smontanaro 

I ride regularly from Evanston to the Chicago Loop, about 12 miles one-way. During the winter and early part of the spring/summer riding season I generally ride the Lakefront bike trail. Today I was reminded that my days on the LFT are numbered for this season, as I had to brake to avoid a jogger making a no-look u-turn. In another couple weeks I think it will be warm enough that it will be too congested with joggers, rollerbladers, and dog walkers. I'll just return to Clark Street and deal with the cagers.