Follow Up on Commute

[CycleChic06]

Yay, I'm glad you rode to work Robyn. 14 miles is a nice ride, I hope it's not into town so it's a pleasant ride.

I rode into work again yesterday and want to tomorrow, but I think I heard it might rain. It all depends.

Love this bike commuting thing, esp. since gas is $3/gallon!

[Crankin]

No, my commute is not into town. It's from Concord to Hudson, right on the Stow/Bolton border. I am not enthralled with city riding. I did one ride in Newton last summer and I was in a cold sweat the whole time.That's not even the real city, but the drivers are so much worse than around here. The only cool thing was riding in my old neighborhood, past my elementary school where I grew up. But, I never thought I'd be riding up the Hammond Pond Parkway .
I am planning on riding in tomorrow, but there is a heavy fog warning out for the morning. I think it may just be for the south shore, so I guess I have to wait until I get up to see. If I do ride in, my husband is going to work at home and ride out to meet me for my commute home.

[CycleChic06]

Yeah, I'm not really a big fan of city riding either. Cambridge streets are scary and full of potholes big enough to swallow a car. I rode in today and managed to find a good route home that's either on bike path or on a road with a big huge bike lane.

I just love riding on the bike path down fresh pond parkway looking at the line of cars stretching for 2 miles that is completely stopped in both directions that I'd normally be sitting in in my car. I just fly past them...suckers!

I rode in again today, thought it was gonna rain on the way home, but the storms went West. I love this commute!

[Crankin]

I've seen people zooming by on that path on Fresh Pond. I'm not a fan of bike paths, but if I lived in an area like Arlington or Cambridge, I would most certainly use one to commute. My son's car died yesterday and while he is in the process of getting a new one, his boss gave him a bike to use. I am scared to death; he lives in JP and works in Cleveland Circle. He is not a cyclist, although my husband did give him a lesson on the rules of the road for riding a couple of years ago when he commuted to a summer job during college. I reminded him to buy a helmet.
I did commute yesterday. My times are getting faster, even though it was so hot and humid yesterday. On my ride in, I had a shrug over my sleeveless jersey and a wind jacket. I had to stop half way and take the shrug off. It was like I was in a sauna. My husband did come and meet me in the afternoon (it sent some of my students off the deep edge to see a man in spandex). I lead him back for the first half of the ride, but I got tired of pulling and let him lead before we started going up Pope Rd. in Acton.
AM commute: 14.3 miles, average 15.01 (it's a false flat the whole way, with one climb)
PM commute: 14.7 miles, average 15.8 , small downhills, with 2 big climbs at the end