It was a very nice uneventful commute this morning. A little on the cooler side so I put on a light jacket.

I was able to return the wallet yesterday to its rightful owner. He gave me a twenty for my efforts. Nice!!

At 85F, the temp was the lowest it's been all summer for yesterday's ride home. There were scattered showers about but none on me.

Pretty good ride in this morning. My average speed is usually around 16.5 mph, but when I saw my average for this morning getting over 17, I tried to keep it up there. Therefore I ended up at work early, even though I added a couple of miles. I was doing a cool down mile circling around a shopping center. A gaggle was wondering around the parking area between Kohl's and Lowe's. I decided to stop and take their picture. I tried to get a little closer, but they would waddle away from me.

Instead I opted for the mirror selfie with geese in the background. They seemed to be making their way to Lowe's most likely for some duck tape.

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Pretty good riding. I drove in yesterday but brought a bike, just in case it wasn't storming in the afternoon. Ended up catching a window between two storms and rode from my office to the wife's and carpooled home. First time doing it on my singlespeed (Trek Soho)
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I could hear thunder echoing off of the buildings when riding down Main St from the approaching storm.

This morning I got to see a bunch of knocked down trees and branches. I am liking the new route I found, as it is 80% this
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Holy crap, 57F this morning - that's with a "5." Sorry for you guys having constant heat but I'll take a little. My last commute for a week - heading to Pittsburgh Sunday to ride the GAP/C&O with my son. See you all soon!

Got out the door early, tried catching the early train but my legs didn't have it in them. Car at a crosswalk (I had the walking man signal) tried hitting me. Waved and yelled and the sob honked at me.

Headwind on the work side slowed me down, but it was a good ride. Gf is picking me up tonight from work, so it'll be a short week. Heat plus night time obligations has put a major dent in my riding so far, and next week is supposed to be hotter and I have night time obligations that'll have me caging it Monday through Wednesday. I expect to blast the roads on Thursday after that much rest for my legs.

Had a meeting with my boss this morning, but my boss has two offices in different parts of the city. He didn't specify which office, so I guessed, and guessed wrong. Then it was a 30-block hammer in my work clothes to the other office and I arrived at the meeting 7 minutes late in a sweaty mess. Nice way to start the day.

Nice again. About 54 degrees and clear. It's pretty dark now at 5:00 when I leave the house, but only for about 15 minutes. I'll still probably add my helmet light next week, in addition to my hub dynamo powered head and tail lights. Mostly because I need to see what's not on the road in front of me, yet -- deer, wild turkeys, whatever.

I rode 5 days this week. Monday a 11 mile ride around the house then drove everything in. Lunches and clothes. I rode 4 days to work this week on my road bike. It actually did really well and I think I might mix things up a little bit. It was fast and fun.

I installed my new tires on the commuting bike. I rode them today. That bike is just a touch twitchy -ier and the new tires felt kinda weird. It was a weird adjustment after being off of it for a week.

It was a very nice fast easier commute to work today. What a difference new skinnier tires make! I did not know but now I do. So back to the commute it was 56f degrees when I left the house with mostly clear skies. I love my new tires!!

73F / 23C rains were coming down as I prepared to ride in this morning but they stopped by the time I hit the road. I love those wet street mornings.

Starting to stay darker later.

Bought my wife a brand new Electra yesterday, cannot wait to ride together.

68 degrees and damp, with light winds. Rode in with my only friend in the new neighborhood, a triathlete. The pace was a bit quicker than my normal, but the pleasant conversation made the effort worthwhile. Great guy, and I enjoyed the ride. Life is good.

Muggy, but overcast with chances of rain today. Dry ride in though.

I pass a couple of corn fields and the stalks are maybe 5 feet tall now. This morning I heard a rustling as I was going by and figured it was a bird or squirrel. A few strokes later and the sound was still with me. I glance over and saw the back of a deer about 3 rows of corn into the field. It had been tracking in my direction but turned just as I looked over.

Good ride in overall.

This was my first commute in almost three weeks, since having a collarbone plate installed and a week vacation prior to that. It felt good to be back in the saddle although I was cautious about it avoiding all chance of a fall. The forecast is for 50% chance of thunderstorms this evening. I'm really hoping to find a gap in the rains, although it's going to be wet regardless.

Tired legs this morning after riding a lot of miles over the weekend. I probably would have taken a rest day, but we are supposed to have a bunch of thunderstorms tomorrow, so I decided to gut it out today and drive tomorrow.

I was up in the mountains over the weekend, riding 43 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway on Saturday and another 44 miles on the New River Trail on Sunday. I had initially planned to ride on the parkway both days but it was so difficult that I needed an easier ride the next day, and the New River Trail is flat. Both rides were very scenic in their own ways. The parkway has incredible vistas with lots of wildflowers and wildlife (mostly deer) on the roadsides. You are either grinding up long climbs or screaming down steep descents the entire time. The New River Trail is one of my favorite places to ride, alongside one of the most beautiful rivers in the country, as well as many bluffs, bridges and overlooks.

Wow, was it humid this morning. Clothes were completely soaked with sweat by the time I arrived at the office, and certainly won't be dry when I have to put them back on this afternoon. (Why don't I remember to bring a second set up riding clothes on days like this???) It rained last night, so the streets were wet again... but that's been fairly par for the course this spring/summer. Weather front is supposed to push through sometime today and start to reduce the humidity, which sounds good to me.

Rained out this morning again. The rest of the week looks good though.

Starting my second week of full-on commuting. My car was totaled in a hail storm so we are down to one car. I like having the excuse that I have to ride to work. I can take a company car if I have to go to a client site. May be a bit rainy today and tomorrow.

Skunk stripe. Wet road but no rain and no puddles either, just wet road.

Had to negotiate deer on bike trail. Fawn in the trail so I knew Mom would either be in front or behind. Turns out one was in front and another behind.

Scraped the same elbow on the same dead bush as last week... maybe tomorrow I'll ride out with a folding saw! I think I have one somewhere.

Still loving the single-track commute.

Nowhere to hang dry?

Even in high humidity, high performance fabrics with airflow dry quickly.

Weather forecast last night said "slight" chance of showers and storms around 7 AM this morning. Got up at 5, saw lightning in the distance, radar showed a line of storms still ~80-100 miles away, heading south/southeast. So I set off heading south at 6 AM, but the clouds moved in much quicker than anticipated. The rain managed to hold off until exactly when I got under the cover at the office front door. Made it in near record time thanks to a 15 MPH north wind. :thumb:

Had a great commute home Friday. Cloudy all day with some light drizzle from time to time. As I left work the skies slowly cleared. Went from cloudy to mostly sunny on my 2 hour commute home. Felt great with below the average temps.

Today is a good day. I got in a ride before work (working from home today), then after lunch, I had to run a couple errands which I did by bike.

My city recently decided to scrub out a few bike lanes, and my errands took me along one road where the lanes are already gone. On the one hand, I don't mind that they're going - they were poorly planned and underused - but on the other hand, it ticks me off that the city is removing these lanes with no plans to replace them with something better. The whining drivers won this round.

Pretty warm today, at least to this northerner. No way to ride without getting drenched in sweat.

Commute was uneventful yet nice. switched bikes for the day.

Gorgeous, 510AM departure, 58 degrees, great sunrise with Air Force 1 silhouetted on the ramp, NE dry wind. Days you live for the ride.

Were the bike lanes removed from multi-lane roads? I would see that as a nice opportunity to control the right lane without harassment from motorists to "get in the bike lane".

Unfortunately not. I have a locker, but they don't dry much in there.

High humidity and high dew point at 71F. Overcast skies with chances of afternoon thunderstorms.
In general, a good day to ride.

Dangit. Once again I had everything packed and ready to go for this morning, then slept right past 5 until almost 6 AM. So I drove the car. Hoping to ride both tomorrow and Thursday.

Took a rest from commuting but rode around the neighborhood in the predawn light. I like the way my lights work during dusk/ dawn. SO BRIGHT :) My knee felt better this morning a physical therapist friend believes I must have bruised the bone on my kneecap. I felt good riding for 11miles the last three were harder to push down on the uphills. It was damp but glasses did not fog up except at one light which was kinda nice. 60% chance of rain but I am working some overtime at normal quitting time so hopefully it will move on by the time I go home.