How Was Your Commute Today?

[redrhodie]

OUCHIE!!! take aleve or advil, for sure. I often get the most pain -- delayed onset.

I was nervous on my ride in to work this morning because this story aired on the 5pm and 11pm news yesterday...
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/vide...729/index.html

That seemed fair to me. Everybody shown on that clip had room for improvement! Why did it make you nervous? Your state's drivers seem to be extremely aggressive and impatient to me (not like my own state's drivers are perfect or anything!). Do you think that story will just create more hostility? It's good that they mention the new state laws, since most people probably don't know about them.

When the one woman, obviously a car driver said "I don't want them on the road" I said to myself, well I don't want you on the road, either, so we're even. And I'm not speaking of all car drivers. Just her.

I'd like to see my state make info videos that would be shown at the DMV on how to drive safely around cyclists. Right now, when you go to the DMV, they show celebrity trivia on the monitors, and I think, what a waste of a good opportunity to refresh driving laws.

[Crankin]

I didn't see the clip on the news, but that group looked suspiciously like the Wednesday Wheelers, the group from CRW that I ride with. I saw more than one CRW jersey there... however, the leaders have been very aggressive at yelling at riders who don't get in a single file line when someone yells car back. I have been known to use my school teacher voice in these cases.
Sigh, I recognized some of those places on the rural roads.
I have conquered the suburban traffic, but riding in Boston or Cambridge still scares the crap out of me. Generally, I have not had any issues. I obey the law, though. When DH and DS started riding in 1999, they had tons of stuff thrown at them, bottles, soda, oranges. They got called "fags" while sitting on a bench, drinking a gatorade once, right around here, as they were wearing lycra. That has not happened in a very long time. Yes, always guys in trucks doing the throwing.

[azfiddle]

I am trying to commute once a week, on Fridays. Our school has a kind of year round schedule, so we started 3 weeks ago. It's fine in the mornings right now, but it was really, really hot coming home today- 99 the whole way way. Of course there's no shade in the desert and the asphalt radiates the heat back up. My commute is about 10 miles each way, and the last 3, I had to keep talking myself into going. At least it's not uphill.

Still working out the best way to get presentable for teaching after the morning ride in. I have been washing my hair in the sink (science classroom) and cleaning up and changing in the bathroom, but just found out the nurse's office has shower I could use. I think I would need to leave 10 minutes earlier to have a full-fledged shower though..... and I hate getting up early as it is.

[Melalvai]

Still working out the best way to get presentable for teaching after the morning ride in. I have been washing my hair in the sink (science classroom) and cleaning up and changing in the bathroom, but just found out the nurse's office has shower I could use. I think I would need to leave 10 minutes earlier to have a full-fledged shower though..... and I hate getting up early as it is.

Maybe just a quick rinse-off. But yeah, you'll need a few extra minutes. At least for this super hot stuff.

I heard squealing tires behind me this evening. A sports car behind me was going too fast, couldn't get around me because of oncoming traffic. I don't know if the squeals were from here or from one of the two sports cars following her (probably too closely)! That happened maybe 1/10 mile from my home.