How Was Your Commute Today?

[ginny]

I totally ate it around an icy corner this morning. I stopped traffic and everything. How is it that I made it all winter without really wiping out, and here I was going SUPER slowly and just going straight over this ice and I ate it hard. I also managed to wipe out hard off my skateboard last night. I'm not sure my right hip will ever be the same. Poor me!

[pfunk12]

I totally ate it around an icy corner this morning. I stopped traffic and everything. How is it that I made it all winter without really wiping out, and here I was going SUPER slowly and just going straight over this ice and I ate it hard. I also managed to wipe out hard off my skateboard last night. I'm not sure my right hip will ever be the same. Poor me!

Hope you're okay, ginny!

[7rider]

Bummer. Feel better, Ginny.

This a.m., with the change of the clocks - it's back to full-on headlights for the ride in. Heading down the Parkway this a.m., i saw something HUGELY bright coming towards me (and this was after sun-up, so I turned down my own light to "low"). It was a guy on a bike (never saw him before) with an incredibly bright light on his handlebars and a second, almost equally bright light on his helmet! He gave a wave as he went by. I dinged my bell. It was like watching a flying saucer pass by me....very surreal.

But, other than that....normal ride in (thankfully). Snow on my cursed sidewalk is completely gone, leaving behind enough sand to qualify the sidewalk as "a dirt road" and the bamboo has been completely cleaned up from the MUT. Yay.

[Fredwina]

Did my first ride back in the semi -dark I used the rail trail which wasn't bad.

[DebW]

Just started back at the part-time bike shop job, and with gorgeous 55 degree weather I enjoyed the ride. But after our 3 days of rain (10 inches total), I had to modify my route from 13 miles to 16 miles to avoid the roads that were closed by floods.

[tulip]

It's beautiful out there! I had to run errands for work, so I did it all by bike. I consider that my commute. 7.5 miles.

[7rider]

So last night...I go out to the garage to top off the air in the tires on the commuter. It's about 10 at night, I'm exhausted, and I really just wanted to go to bed. My front tire was flat.
No problem...I'll just ignore it and take DH's bike in the a.m. It's not like he'll be using that bike tomorrow. I'll fix the flat tomorrow.
So, I go into the laundry room, where his bike is. Pump up the tires. Easy peasy. Done in a flash and I'm ready to go.
Oh, wait. It doesn't have a saddle bag. Need a saddle bag. I'll transfer the one over from my bike.
Oh, wait. It has a clip for it's own quick release bag on the saddle rails. Look for the bag. Can't find it. I'll remove the bracket.
(sound of clock ticking.....)
Finally! My saddle bag is on!
Oh, wait. I need a light. It's still dark in the a.m. I know. I'll just transfer the lights over from my bike onto this bike. Take the lights off. Arrrrgghh!!! Too tight on the handlebars. The cables from the brakes, the shifters, and who knows what else means I can't set this light up on this bike. It just beams up into space.
Grrrrr.... Well, I'll use DH's lights. He won't be using 'em tomorrow and they should have a charge.
Find lights. Put lights on. Sound of clock ticking.
There. Ready to go.
Arrrrrgghh!!!! DH has Crank Bros. pedals on this bike!!! I use SPD's!
Ferget it. I am NOT swapping pedals. I could have changed the stupid tire on my own bike 3 times in the amount of time I just spent futzing around with his bike.
Fortunately, DH heard my meltdown in the basement and came and changed my flat front tire for me. I put my own lights, and my own saddle bag back on MY bike, and that's what I rode this a.m.

e.t.a.: This is why people don't like bike commuting. Sometimes, it can be such a p.i.a. to get ready. Sigh.