How Was Your Commute Today?

[pfunk12]

Congrats, azfiddle! Very cool about the first commute.

[moderncyclista]

Muscles are tightening in colder weather. So commutes in cold weather, usually take longer. Your muscles for the first few miles are warming up and feel stiff.

Congrats on your first commute!

[blackhillsbiker]

"Freezing Fog" all day. Riding in the fog is a surreal experience. I'm glad I didn't have to share a road with motorized vehicles. I'm also glad for studded tires. It was icy but my bike didn't seem to notice.

Deb

[Geonz]

Given the conditions you have to ride in I'm glad you don't have to compete with the cars.

we had traces of freezing fog in the a.m. and half an inch of snow overnight -- roads were *mostly* dry. I took an extra mile to stop by Panera for scones and had one of those "beginning of the season" mishaps. Oh, yea, that parking space had no *snow* - the car had left - but the freezing fog had left a sheen. So, when I aimed for it and put my foot down... splat!
Seems I've learned to fall nicely, though, so I *might* have lost a little skin from the elbow but naught else. By the time I was commuting back, the roads were mostly *dry.* We're due for "wintry mix" tonight but not in any intensity, and then it'll be rain and rain and then rain and wind -- but I don't have to work Christmas Eve.
Lots better than last year, when I had one or two honestly epic commutes.

Oh, and the sweeties at the LBS showed me how to get my hub-generator light on & off on my Gazelle, so I didn't hav eto have that feeble four dollar flashlight. However, it's a great backup.

[blackhillsbiker]

My last fall on my MTB was because my foot slipped when I stopped to survey a pile of snowy rocks in my way. Studded shoes might be the way to go!

The bike path goes past a parking lot where a guy was sitting in his running car smoking a cigarette. He hit his horn and yelled "Bikes are for summer, you dumb *ss!" He continued to hit the horn as I rode away. I wonder if he thought I would stop to talk to him or something. Bikes may be for summer, but apparently being a loud, smartmouthed idiot knows no season. Oh, well. Better him than ninja skateboarders.

Deb

[azfiddle]

I did feel proud of myself!
It only took 37 minutes to get home, with a slight headwind. Guess what? It's downhill coming home

PS- Modern Cyclista- I went to graduate school with Jim Malusa! I see him occasionally around Tucson

[Melalvai]

It was already dark last night when I headed out to get groceries so I dug out the downlow glow, and the blinkie for the trailer. And the battery for the downlow glow. Once I'd found all that, and gotten the trailer hooked up, it was good and truly dark. Very nice ride.

Today's 2 rides to campus and back were nice too. It's been hovering just around freezing. That is just cold enough to keep me from sweating much but not so cold I'm uncomfortable. This is great weather to bike in.

On the ride home, I had all my lights with me, having found them last night, so I didn't have to worry about it being already dark.

Recently I've had 2 honks that I couldn't decide if they were being friendly or not? Every time that I've been able to ascertain the intention of those quasi-honks, it was unfriendly, so I suspect not, but it puzzles me. What is with this half-hearted harassment? Are they feeling intimidated by the new bicycle harassment ordinance?