How Was Your Commute Today?

[hoffsquared]

I took the cats to the vet today. It's warmed up a lot, it's right at freezing. I put blankets in the cat carriers with them, a blanket over each cat carrier, and a larger blanket over both of them, and strapped them to the trailer. The blankets were open at the bottoms so they'd get some air, while hopefully not subjecting them to a cold breeze.

They also have fur, and are warm blooded. And it was only 20 minutes each way. I was certainly warm, but they weren't pedaling, lazy things.

They weren't shivering, and appeared only as disturbed as they normally are about visiting the vet.

They both need their teeth cleaned, so we'll go back next week.

It's neat you trailered your cats to the vet.

[Tri Girl]

It's neat you trailered your cats to the vet.

ditto!

[Ambikes]

This morning was a balmy 0F when I left the house. It was actually quite a nice ride in. By the time I left the university, the temperature had dropped to about -15F with a -31F wind chill. Burrrrr. Wind chills are supposed to drop into the minus 40s this weekend, so I don't think I'll be venturing out on the bike (or probably much at all!).

I totally agree that temperature tolerance is a function of what you are used to. I'm much more acclimated to cold weather living in Saskatoon than I ever was when I lived in Michigan. I find that the dryness here also makes it feel less cold at the same temperature. The lack of humidity also makes summer heat much more bearable.

[Chicken Little]

Did a quick 30 mile commute today. It was 34 when I left. It counts as a commute because I stopped on the way back and grabbed red food coloring for Christmas candy cane cookies. I was miserable. The whole ride seemed uphill. I am now soothing myself with cookie dough.
Tomorrow is another day.

[Shara]

I commuted yesterday. Twice! Short trips. Maybe 10km total but the second time I had my daughter on her weeride and a load of groceries in my basket. Felt like work! ha ha

[7rider]

Whew!!!
First bike commute since December 1st! Sheesh.
Foggy but warm(ish) this morning, so no worries about black ice. Strong headwind riding home this evening but I donated blood today, so I used that as my reason/excuse for riding sloooooowly.
Tomorrow, I'll be wishing I had DivingBiker's Xtra-cycle, as I'm bringing a crock pot filled with meatballs to the office for our holiday luncheon. Since I don't have anything to carry it on with the bike, I'll be on Metro (the subway) instead. Bummer.

[pfunk12]

Good for you, 7! Glad to hear you got back out there. I had a weird morning commute. I forgot to recharge my headlight last night. My dog was sick so I left a message for the vet, talked to the vet, helped my daughter with French homework, etc. Was too busy so I completely forgot about the light. So this morning, after riding only 15 minutes, the light went out. I stopped to put a back-up light on but it was so dark and a little foggy so the back-up light didn't help much. There were times when I honestly could not see the trail and I had no idea if I was still riding on it. The ride home was interesting. I almost got knocked off the bike when a gust of wind coming off the Potomac River almost blew me over. I lost control for a few seconds! Another There was a fierce headwind for most of the ride. No fun at all. But I ended up riding with a young guy who commented that he needed an electric assist bike. The two of us commented about how we got passed last evening by a guy riding one of those. I was doing 19 going uphill and when he blew by, I felt like I was standing still. Very demoralizing.