How Was Your Commute Today?

[7rider]

So, I decided NOT to attend my Tuesday evening circuit class at the gym. I was just feeling ... blah. Not feeling the love.
While leaving the locker room, heading for my bike, I ran into a friend of mine - my old commuting partner who doesn't ride anymore since his near-fatal accident two and a half years ago. We chatted. He asked me if I was on my new bike. I was. He wanted to see it, so we walked down to the lower parking level to the lockers, where my bike is parked. (Terry doesn't ride anymore, but he'll talk non-stop about getting this bike or that bike.)
While down there, 4 biking friends showed up to get their bikes. It was a regular biker party at the lockers! They were all groovin' on my bike's fish stickers and the team sticker.
Twenty minutes of test rides, catching up, different ways to utterly geek out the bike and the body. It was pretty funny. I left feeling much better for blowing off my circuit class!

[Melalvai]

I've got early morning rats every day this week, so I get to ride with the downlow glow. It's like a warm orange glow of pride. There was a streak of pink across the sky, and the crescent moon was really bright, I could see the entire moon in fact. It's rough to get up so early again, but it's awfully pretty.

[Tri Girl]

FINALLY dragged my butt outta bed this morning to commute. Don't know why, but I've really been needing that extra hour of sleep the last couple weeks. Today was International Bike and Walk to School Day in the USA so we had a big thing at our school with the kids. Over 200 walked or rode their bikes to school (FAR more than the 20 or so that do it daily). Was exciting and gave away some gift cards, reflective backpacks and blinky lights in a raffle.

[Melalvai]

Today was International Bike and Walk to School Day in the USA so we had a big thing at our school with the kids.

I didn't realize that was today. I'm glad my daughter happened to bike to school today! It was beautiful weather for it. Maybe next year I'll suggest that the school observe the day.

My new basket came today. It is ENORMOUS. I gave my old one to my daughter (her backpack is so heavy, it was uncomfortable to wear it on the bike). My old one, when I got the packing slip, was labeled "basket, huge". If it was huge, the new one is IMMENSE! It's actually designed to hang from the front handlebar, but I took a chance that I'd be able to attach it to my rear rack when I ordered it. I had no problems attaching it.

It is pretty heavy, but I've got it attached with bungies, so I can swap it out for the little trunk when I want a lightweight ride on the weekend.

I'll have no trouble getting my swim bag, work clothes, and lunch to work. If I want to bring an extra book, or run as well as swim, I can do that too, no problem! I think there's room for a small family in there. Anyone want a ride to work?

[HillSlugger]

I dropped my car at U-Haul to get a hitch installed and then biked it from there to work. Didn't bother with a bike computer or anything but it was only around 2 miles round trip.

[Tri Girl]

I didn't realize that was today. I'm glad my daughter happened to bike to school today! It was beautiful weather for it. Maybe next year I'll suggest that the school observe the day.

I had to beg and barter and practically get on my knees to get my principal to let me do it with the kids. Sadly, we are such a litigious society, she was terribly afraid that someone would get hit or hurt and sue the school. 97% of our kids are dropped off by parents (we are a Parochial so no buses for the kids). Most kids don't live close enough to walk or bike, but we had a TON whose parents dropped them off at the end of the block and they walked the block to school. I was thrilled. One kiddo rode his bike 5 miles by himself (a 3rd grader). I was SOOOO pleased with him! Yippee!!

Good job to your daughter (she bikes most days, doesn't she?).

[redrhodie]

The weathermen were so wrong today. They said sun, and it rained the whole way to work. It was also really windy, and I should have had on a visor to keep the rain off my glasses, but since I was dressed for sun...I still did my long route.

Met up with Indigoiis and Maidei this evening. Maidei's with me now. She seems a little tired from her commute to Prov this morning. Good thing we have tomorrow off.

[girlsubobscura]

Today was a gorgoeus Indian Summer day, so I invented errands to do on the other side of town so I could add an extra 5 miles to the commute home. Unfortunately, the drivers on the other side of town seem to be bigger jerks, and for the first time ever, someone tried to run me off the road, pulling up right next to me and then laying on the horn as they drove further to the right into my space. I honestly would have reported them to the police if the sun hadn't prevented me from noting their full license plate before they sped off. The rest of the drive was unevetful, but I was glad of teh newly striped bike lanes on the route home with a gallon of milk and various other sundries.