Summer weather with a bit of a cool northerly wind has made my commuting to and from work pleasant!

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joeyduck, I am glad you got to enjoy the lilac scent, it is unfortunate that it was from a hospital bed. That being said, I did not realize that Vancouver BC, has an earlier lilac season than the Southern NH/Northern MA area. I was fortunate enough that last Sunday was mothers day/my b'day and my daughter took me to the Arnold Arboreteum for Lilac sunday when the lilacs were in full bloom. I did my best to enjoy every moment!!

Wife & baby are sharing a cold. She wants me to ride so long as I take him with and she can nap. Therefore, I've gotten about four hours of slow towing riding this weekend but not sure if I'll be bike commuting in the week.

Back when I was still trying to get faster, the number I watched on my computer was the average speed, as it changed only slowly, and took a lot of substantial and not superficial short effort to improve.

At least the bike commute makes Monday not quite so dreadful.

Warmer temps coming through this week: 70F this morning with a high of 89.

I saw 5 or 6 commuters this morning. That may be a record... and certainly more than the official ride-to-work day last week.

I made it! After a rough start of having zero motivation to do the simplest tasks this morning (didn't want to wake up, didn't want to get out of bed, didn't want to get up off of the sofa after breakfast...) I convinced myself that I would be having an equally hard time getting motivated if I decided to drive....and that all I would gain by doing so is an extra 30 min in front of the television watching Matt Lauer ride a bike from Boston to NYC. I may as well do what ML was doing and hop on my bike!

It is humid down here....and as I was pumping up my tires in the garage (door already open) I was starting to dread it a bit....but as soon as I got out I felt a cool refreshing breeze that ended up being a tail wind! Needless to say I was pretty happy from there out. Traffic was a bit heavy, but that's what happens when a dillydally around. I like the route I experimented with last week getting from where the bike lane ends to my office, so I did it again. Got caught at a RR crossing....oh well. At least going that way I had a bunch of shade to wait under. Other than that, it ended up being a very pleasant ride!

Chance of storms this afternoon, but totally worth it for feeling better about Monday already.

Ride safe!

70F cloudy and headwind, likely storms sometime today. I fixed a flat last night, came out this morning and it was flat again. Lessons learned (again) - 1) check the tire and wheel (I know there's a thorn or something stuck in the tire), 2) have multiple bikes :)

Typical Monday morning, didn't want to get out of bed, moved slower than usual, just in general very tired. My kid woke me up a quarter after 7, screaming "I'm gonna be late! I'm gonna be late!," I felt like telling her to go back to bed that I'd write her an excuse for today but since I'm only working two days this week I decided I better not call into work. Legs still sore from the metric I rode yesterday, so I just took the "express" route (17 vs 20 miles) this morning. Traffic was backed up, and everyone seemed to be impatient today, I had 4 drivers honk at me as I rode by their idling vehicles, I waved back.

Today's bike commute from my house to home office was a long route the co-op to bring home lunch. I'm recovering from the Almanzo 100 on Saturday, and the legs are still tight. So I took the city bike for a mellow-paced 10-mile route.

But the weather... 40F and 25 mph winds!?!? It's the middle of MAY!!! C'MON! Frost warning tonight means I'm going to be putting sheets all over the wife's gardens and moving the pots into the house. Minnesota weather.

I love doing that.

I would rather deal with the heat and humidity down here than deal with 40 F and frost warnings halfway through May! Brrrrr

I hear you, but to each his own... My brother is in Williamsburg, VA and we nearly relocated to Charlotte, NC. Based on a good number of June/July trips, I'm not a fan of the heat and the melting humidity. It does boil down to what you get used to, I find biking at sub-zero temps to be enjoyable - but many people think biking below freezing it too cold.

All that said, I'm still gonna whine about frost warnings in mid-May.

I don't think biking at sub zero temps is any more miserable than just having sub zero temps to begin with!!! :roflmao2:

It also does literally boil....down to what you get used to. I wish it melted the fat off my midsection.

I'm just hilarious today! :deadhorse2:


At least you got out there. Those 10 miles probably did a lot to help loosen your legs up and they will thank you for it vs just sitting around.

So true!

Have you ever tried it? I rode a little when it was under 20ºF this past winter. With the wind chill, it was probably 0ºF or below. It was definitely more miserable pedaling than walking, because my feet were moving at twice the speed of the bike, and it's very windy along the Hudson River.

I've been mountain biking when it was in the 20s. That was miserable enough for me...as was just being outside in that weather. I moved south for the warmth!

The commute was very nice uneventful ride this morning. Temp is at 52f degrees with overcast skies that will rain soon. It had started spitting as I left the house. T

The ride home yesterday was nice. I had a bird fly in front of me and come closer than I've ever seen before. He swooped down from my left and looked like he was going to land on the road right in front of me. His wings were spread out as though he was stopping, but then seemed to freak out because of a bike about to hit him and shot back up. He was easily less than 8 inches from my front tire.

The first part of my ride this morning had more than usual traffic. Not sure what's up with that. 68 degrees and 94% humidity. It looked like fog. It needs to just rain, but we only have a 20% chance.

First commute of the year for me (after some much needed upgrades to the bike via birthday presents).

50f degrees with 72% humidity. A little crisp, but enjoyable nonetheless. Really looking forward to the hot sunny commute on the way home.

Terrific ride in this morning. I found a way around my least favorite road to be on....it's all chip seal and is falling apart. It adds less than a mile and a couple of hills - and it really put me out in the middle of nowhere. No traffic, just a lot of trees and a two way road. Traffic was pretty light in general. I felt like I was going super slow today but ended up with my normal average. Predicting storms on the way home, so I hope I can dodge them

I avoided riding yesterday and today because of the threat of rain. I think both times were mistakes. To make up for it, I think I ought to ride tomorrow through Friday (three days). But at least I did have a short ride on Citibike (the big bike share) in the morning, running to the post office before I got on the subway to work.

Heat and humidity replaced by dry, cold air - 48F and windy. I wonder if other people focus as much on weather as cyclists?

After several days in Atlanta (including riding my own bike) I'm back at it this week. Had a super nice ride this morning, felt faster and stronger for some reason. ;) No help from wind, so it was a little surprising. I took some uphill grades 1-2 gears higher than usual in some places.

oh yes waiting on some purples one not sure of name plus I hope our Cana lillies come up and bloom this year. our pink dogwood has already flowered too. The lilacs sure smell good though