Tough commute this morning despite unseasonably mild weather. First, my legs were tired from lots of riding over the long weekend. Then, I dressed on the lighter side because the temperatures are supposed to reach the mid-60s here this afternoon. So, I had to pedal harder to keep warm on my morning commute, but I suffered because my legs were so tired.

We had incredible weather here over the weekend, and I rode 180+ miles between Friday and Monday. My birthday was yesterday (61), and I got my birthday ride on Saturday -- riding 67 miles over a very hilly route. Usually the weather makes it difficult to complete my birthday ride, and this was the nicest weather I can remember for my birthday.

Happy Birthday! Glad nature gave you a nice gift!

My wife's birthday was Saturday; she felt the same way, best birthday weather she can remember. We took the Pugsleys out and found some new trails to explore. Birthday + Bikes = Awesome

34F this morning, I was going to ride my road bike (that's clean and shiny) but forecast was for rain and snow. Of course it's sunny and beautiful outside and rain and snow are tomorrow, oh well. Good news is my alternate route trail seems to finally be clear of snow so looking forward to riding it for the first time in over a month for the ride home

Awesome ride home yesterday, upper 50's, wearing just bike shorts and short-sleeve jersey with arm warmers, and my half-finger gloves (SO much easier to deal with!). Had a nice tail wind. Made it home well before 6 PM which has been rare these days.

I wanted to ride again today, but have to take my son to the dentist this afternoon which necessitated taking the car. They would frown upon me using the company vehicle for that.

Temps will be a little cooler tomorrow and Thursday but I hope to ride both those days anyway.

Not super cold this morning. Commuted in with my girlfriend. Some light wind, and it was clear.

Put the better tire on the front. Safer if the old tire gives out and it is on the rear.

After fighting illnesses with the family I got back on the bike.

My breathing is still affected by the cold remnants but my legs felt good. I caught some lights and my moving average speed was maybe the highest ever at 26.7 km/h.

There were a lot of people out enjoying the gorgeous weather we are having which was nice to see. It is amazing that I can cycle the same routes almost every day and I still see people whom I don't recognize. It makes me glad to know so many cyclists are giving it a try.

I had shifty winds today. It felt like a headwind occasionally but only for very brief periods. I suspect it was mostly a crosswind and often a tailwind. My speedometer said 14 mph for much of the time, and that made me feel strong. Now that I'm settling into this commute, it's feeling like less of a chore.

I figured out how to secure one ear of my headphones on me and let the other ear hang off. This is legal in New York State, and it's a pretty decent compromise. I listened to Freakonomics podcasts the whole way. Maybe that's why it was less of a chore. It's good stuff.

It was good to be back on the bike. Sunday we had major ice storms in the area. I drove my car, and that was pretty scary. I would have been terrified to be on a bike.

First ride to my new office today. Went from 6.8 miles each way to about 3.1 miles. I'm going to try to get in more miles on the weekend.

You could go home for lunch with that distance. Double commute each day would make for almost the same mileage you used to get.

I just remembered that a kid waiting for the school bus this morning yelled, "B!tch," at me as I rode by. It will probably scar me for the rest of my life, if I remember that it happened.

I was at said game :)

Rode Monday, but while I don't remember injuring myself, I instantly felt pain in my left achilles with every rotation of the cranks. Took the Skytrain partway to and from work, but drove today and got an appointment with my chiropractor. Told him about the achilles thing and I could have sworn he let a bit of his evil laugh slip out. Pulls out this set of Graston Technique instruments and went to work:

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It was PAINFUL. But man did it feel better afterwards.

A bit inflamed and tender tonight; think I'm stuck driving again tomorrow. Here's to riding again just in time for the rain to start on Thursday!

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Great! Ice has melted away and I can commute by bike again!

Funny the reactions we get sometimes.

Just at freezing. Dry now but some light snow expected...and salt, salt, salt everywhere.

Nice commute this morning after suffering yesterday. My legs felt much better as I'm recovering from long weekend rides. I also was able to dress warmer because it's not supposed to warm up nearly as much this afternoon as it did yesterday. The high reached 67 F yesterday afternoon, which made it hard to pick the right clothes for both commutes, so I under-dressed in the morning.

Encountered several overly polite drivers who reached 4-way stops well before me and then refused to budge until I went. I guess they are waving me and thinking they're being nice, but I can't see through their windows in the dark/dusk. I wish drivers would just treat cyclists like other cars. I would rather they be predictable than "nice."

We're continuing with our warmer days. It was about 60F for my ride home yesterday. Very nice.
About 40F for this morning. Not bad at all.

Nobody yelled at me this morning. I did make a pit stop in some trees. I really had to go and am not sure why I didn't have the urge before leaving home.

Only my third commute of the year, the weather is not on my side so far, too much snow mainly. When there's too much snow it makes my commute too long to be realistic. this morning I needed 1h27 min. with almost clear roads.

It's a cold morning, -20°c, but very sunny and no Wind.

Last year I managed 5 commute in january, I'm at 3 so far so I may be able to match last year total until the end of the month.

It would scar me if I didn't think fast enough to yell "little *******" or even better "go f@#$ yourself ya little brat" back at him. Perfectly uneventful, pleasant ride, 31F, no wind, ahhhh

I know there's a derailleur under that glacier, I swear it's there somewhere

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snowy commute this morning (like I needed to say that).

Also, riding home last night, I took a 'shortcut' across a frozen lake, 'cause Pugsley does that kinda stuff. :) I did go out of my way to get to this 'shortcut'.

Planned to ride this morning, didn't happen. I got after replacing all the cables on my Felt road bike commuter last night (first time replacing cables and housing on a road bike), after washing the bike, and that all took over 3 hours such that it was after midnight when I went to bed. No way was I getting up at 5 AM.

So I drove the car with the bike and plan to split my commute between today and tomorrow, and might also ride tomorrow afternoon and Friday morning.

I had a great ride to work- people in cars were cool, and the weather was really nice. A few miles into my ride, I came up on bobcat that got hit; such a beautiful animal, and sad to see it on the side of the road.
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When I came up on the spot that got tagged by gang bangers last week, most was painted over, but it would appear that there is now a turf war going on as there was a ton of new tagging with names, and some not so friendly language. While I certainly wouldn't consider the area "ghetto", I do tend to haul a little ass through that stretch...lol. If I'm in a picture taking kind of mood, I'll snap some photos on the way home. I particularly liked the colors the taggers selected; neon orange, and gold. snazzy. It'll make for an interesting backdrop for photos of my bike.

I had a nice ride home last night. There were so many commuters out. I passed at least 18 cyclists going one way or another. The were two or three more I didn't catch or turned off before I did. This was one of the busiest days on this route I have ever seen.

I met my first BF member yesterday; we did a joint order from CRC and he ever so kindly dropped it off at my work on his way home. Thanks!

The ride was nice this morning I again saw lots of commuters, but I was on the busier route today. The weather was perfect and the views excellent.

I have a wholly irrational fear that I won't recognize people I know, ie picking my wife from the airport I fear I won't recognize her, it is ridiculous. Again this morning I disproved it. Cycling up a hill I saw someone from my teaches college group. We were in classes together for at least a semester. The most recent time I saw him was probably summer 2012 and I recognized him and knew his name instantly. He was on his was to teach and said he would have ridden this morning but he was getting another bike off CL after class.

First cycle-commute of 2015, but only the second time I actually had to go to the office, so 1 out of 2 isn't too bad.

-8C/18F this morning, noticeably colder in the valley. My fingers got quite cold, even under heavy gloves. This afternoon should be just above freezing, which will be nice.

Awesome. My kid almost knocked my teeth out at the end, he was so excited. He loves lynch & wilson--watched every game this year and really learned a lot--everything from basic math to "keep your legs moving".

I had Graston done once. I think it feels better when it's done because they stopped scraping you. I'm not sold on it.

Commutes were good yesterday. Today was freezing but dry and no ice. I like this weather. It's starting to not be completely dark for the commutes, as well!

Since my goal is to ride to work two days a week for now and to increase later, I rode in yesterday but not today. As I rode the subway and couldn't concentrate well enough to read, I felt bored, and I asked myself why I didn't ride to work. Maybe I should start increasing to three or four days a week now.

Go for it. I have had that feeling before and just end up wondering what I was doing the whole time.

I was on vacation yesterday but between sunday and tuesday I had rode almost 70 miles. my commute this morning was supposedly around 38degrees. My legs were sore but I am glad I rode.

Today's subway ride home was hellish. The train was astonishingly crowded. The conductor was yelling at people to let people off the train before getting on and to stay clear of the closing doors. Then suddenly, he yelled, "Last stop, no passengers" and hundreds of us had to exit the train at 42nd St. Well, as luck has it, that's in the Citibike service area, so I got outside and rode home, so I did get to ride a bike a little. It was dark out, and traffic was crazy, and all I had on my head was a cowboy hat, but hey, I got to ride my bike.

Stopped and gave blood on the way home. More fun to drink a pint & ride, rather than give a pint and ride. Oh well, for a good cause. 20 miles after donating - and I am super tired. The ride went OK considering. This warm weather makes it too easy - temps right around freezing.

They tell us not to do vigorous exercise after donating, but I never heed that advice, and I've never had a problem. It doesn't even make me tired.