I spent monday and tuesday off from work. I was camping in extreme heat with my daughter. (our yearly camping trip just the two of us) real feel reached 108.2 . We eventually drove somewhere in the van with air conditioning blasting then ate frozen yogurt. We also spent a lot of time in the lake. It was a good trip but it was SO VERY HOT> I laid in my hammock at night sweating but I eventually got to sleep.

Was supposed to go mountain biking with a friend and two coworkers yesterday evening, so I did not ride. One was sick and the other two bailed, so I went mountain biking by myself! It has been 47 days since I have ridden the mountain bike. (It felt so weird) I realized I have to remember to look farther down the trail I was riding faster and farther than I was looking. It was 93+F. I drank a lot of water!

Working another job today so I am driving the minivan. I never thought I would like owning a van but it is quite useful but no ride today either.

It will be lowest riding mileage in a couple months but it is still 122 more miles than June last year :)

Wow, pleasant and dry this morning but already clouding up. Crews were on the mup cleaning up branches (huge ones) and trees that have fallen because of the storms.

This was the first week since I started commuting about 8 weeks ago that I was able to ride everyday to and from work because of the nice weather! Very pleased :) ...

However, there were a few idiots on my ride home this evening. :notamused:

The first one was a cyclist going the wrong way who was coming for me head-on on a two-way four lane street lined with parked cars. Really dude?? Where do you expect me to go? Where do you expect to go? He wasn't even looking up or straight ahead. He finally looked up when I yelled "hey idiot!" :D

The next was a cabbie who right hooked me. Fine. Whatever. But no, he right hooked me, then changed his mind as I tried to pass on the left and cut me off to enter back in to traffic. No signal. Thanks guy.

The next idiot, believe it or not, was another cyclist coming at me head-on on the same street!! He got a mouthful and I got an eff-u! He got one too.

And finally an impatient motorist in the crawling left lane decided to bust a move into the right lane and then had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting me. Idiot.

On the cooler side this morning but wasn't bad. Looks like they be closing another road on my route.. welcome to KCMO we'll close whatever road we want! In the morning isn't a issue but the evening commute is getting dangerous.. without going 5 mies out of the way no way to avoid it. Starting to hate KCMO with a passion.

It was a damp ride for the last four miles of my ride. The temp was 54f degrees when I left the house and cloudy skies. I took the ride that takes me past the gardens that I love and, the I saw a flock of wild turkeys. So all in all a good ride today!

A bit unusually cool today, but it made for a refreshing ride in.

63F and rain. Of course the weekend was beautiful! I was convinced by a couple friends to do Indy's annual NITE ride - 3,500 people riding in the dark. I did it several years ago and now I remember why I haven't done it since then - riding in the dark isn't the unique experience for me that apparently it is for others. And the real kicker is it doesn't start until 11p - way past my bedtime

66F on the ride in this morning with a slight head wind, but nothing major... Expected to be 97F on the ride home. Central Valley of Cali.

56F this morning on the ride in this morning it was so wonderful at the hot humid temps we have had! I think it will be 85 on the way home. 56 reminded me of some fall rides. I loved it. I just wish i was not running late and could have ridden longer.

Today's commute ended with a bang. Literally. About a third of the way into my 20km commute I hit a piece of debris (never did figure out what) and put a big slice in the side wall of my year old Schwalbe Marathon Plus. Of course when I put the new tube in and started to inflate, it began bulging out the side and clearly would have blown. I ended up cutting off a large chunk of the old tube and used it to wrap the new tube in that spot on the tire so that it did not bulge too badly. Managed to limp home and took the truck to work. $80 later I will be back on the road tomorrow with a new tire. Happy days!

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A nice commute to work today. I took the route that takes me past my favorite gardens and also a very bumpy patched road. My rear blinkie fell off on the bumpy road. The good part is I heard it fall and was able to retrieve all the parts, it is all put back together and working. Lucky me!

How about a picture of those gardens? Or did I already miss it somewhere?

I was off last Friday and yesterday. And this week will be further shortened due to the 4th holiday. My weekly mileage is lower as a result, but it is nice to get a break from the office.

Good ride this morning. I had one barking dog run across his yard toward the street only to be jerked back by one of those leash anchors drilled into the yard. I could see the anchor come up a little, so a couple more yanks and he may just be free and dragging it around.

Roads were wet from last night's rain but no rain and 63F. There is flooding all over the place and the river I cross looks like class 3 rapids. More rain forecast - update at 11

Nice uneventful commute yesterday morning, except for having to hold in #2 for most of the 2nd half of 15 miles. :eek: I made it though.

Not bad going home yesterday, though I had less of a headwind and more of a crosswind than I was expecting, so I wasn't quite as fast. Had one of the very rare occurrences of a guy honking as he approached behind me, but then changed lanes fully to pass. I turned and motioned my arm out like "What??" as he passed. We both stopped at the red light but neither of us engaged the other, and we went on our way (him left before me, then me straight).

Going to be a hot one today... :cry: 72F this morning as compared to the 66F yesterday. Expected to hit 104+ today...

Nice and calm weather for the ride in today, I could have fallen asleep while I was cooling off outside.

Cooling off outside? Haha that's not even possible around here with the morning humidity levels.

Nice ride this morning. About 56 degrees F and dry. And I'm catching a ride to Salem this afternoon for a co-worker's retirement party, so won't need to catch the bus here in Stayton and hope it gets downtown in time to get on my other bus out to Dallas! Last week they didn't make it. I watched my other bus pull out as we pulled into the the transit mall. That sucks. There's another bus a half hour later, but it takes a longer route so ends up getting me back to my bicycle an hour later than I'm supposed to. Oh well, it was a cooler ride home that way, and this time of year it's still light the whole way.

As I'll be on an earlier bus I think I'll ride home a longer route, including one of the steepest paved climbs I know of around here:

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I did go that route. At first, I was wondering why I thought that first hill was so steep, but then I finished climbing it in first gear, still standing up, and remembered. It's a pretty ride though, with very little motor traffic.

I forgot to mention that no cars passed me on the whole 9 miles in this morning. That hasn't happened for several months. Nice and peaceful. I hope to try it again Thursday.

Wet streets, but no active precipitation. Got off to a late start and had to hammer my way into work this morning so I could make a meeting.

Yelled at the driver of a Land Rover to use the turn signal. I could read the car body language that it was going to turn and backed off before I got hooked, but I think a gentle reminder for the future was in orders.

I rode extra miles to work this morning. 17 total then we had a volunteer opportunity near work and I rode to it. I have 23miles so far today and I have not ridden home yet.
finishing up June strong.

70F / 21C An apocalyptic storm blew through overnight...lt's of trees debris on the streets and sidewalks this morning.

Beautiful ride in this morning, 69F and raining. :D Got to test out my new rear blinkie in the rain and it did just fine.

Made my last trip to my Eden Prairie office and this was the view:

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I will miss the daily commute, but I'm enjoying the home office and take my bike where I want to go every day.

Nice tailwind ride home last night. My average speed 18.7mph was a good 2 mph faster than normal. That was kind of fun.

Muggy but not too hot for the ride in this morning: 69F.

I ended June with about 490 miles. Not too bad then.

Saw a riding buddy on Monday and gave him a hard time for wearing his shoe covers when it wasn't raining. He said with the way storms have been popping up it was better safe than sorry. Guess who rode in wet shoes this morning! When I left work yesterday it was cloudy but dry. Within 15 minutes it was raining so hard I couldn't see. Today it's sunny and clear. Schizo weather

It started out as a nice summer day, rather cool for the season (27*C/80*F), and it's 1 hour before I have to leave work for home and there's a massive thunderstorm which seems to be hovering in the area!

Rain isn't a problem for my commute, but since I take the coastal road home, I'm a bit worried of lightning which has been known to hit the street lights on my route.

It was sprinkling when I left work yesterday and by the time I got less than a mile from work the wide was blowing 15mph and raining hard. The rain felt like needles riding at 14mph + the wind blowing it another 15mph. I took shelter under a bridge and figured I would wait it out. I finally have a smartphone and was able to see that the radar showing moving away and being clear behind the storm. It did and eventually do that. I was cold (it was 70 or so degrees plus wind plus being wet) in the shade of the bridge when the sun came and the rain let up I pushed on. I think I enjoyed the faces of people driving who would look at my headlight look away and then look back with a confused look on their face..."that guy is riding in the rain and the sun is out." it felt good to be wet after a bit when the sun had returned.

My bike was so dirty though and that is with fenders. I cleaned it and relubed the chain last night. Rode wonderfully this morning in.

570 miles this month the most I have ridden in a month.

mgw4jc, I have not posted pictures of the gardens, so you did not miss them. I am not sure that it would be the right thing to do as the gardens belong to the homeowner and I am not sure that they want their gardens posted online without their permission. I would also have to stop in front of their house and snap those pics(my phone and picture taking skills are both lacking.).

Understood. I'll just imagine lots of green with many blooms. :)