How Was Your Commute Today?

[kelleil]

Commute was fine. Meh.

[NadiaMac]

I rode home today with my giant brick-like laptop in my chrome backpack (along with clothes and other miscellany), and while the pack did a great job with the load in terms of feeling balanced and comfortable, my neck was stiff this am I assume from the weight of the strap on my left shoulder/neck. Arhgggg. Need to sort this out!

Otherwise, my ride was delightful. Took a new way home which involved three blocks of > 18% climb, but otherwise much calmer traffic than my usual route. May do this in the future

[Crankin]

Not my commute, but just got a Skype from my son. He did his first commute from his new home and he got a ticket in Cambridge for riding through a walk sign in the cross walk on a red. Serves him right! Well, he said the commute was still good.

[Catrin]

I really enjoyed my first commute, and the two rides were so different from each other, both in route and conditions! It was 45 degrees for my ride in, and over 70 for the ride home Drivers were courteous for the most part and while 2 were quite close I didn't feel in danger. Riding around downtown at lunchtime was certainly well outside of my usual cycling frame of reference

[azfiddle]

Nice morning commute, and I brought Madei along for the ride. She must have been tired from her travel to Tucson, because she slept in the backpack on the way in, but enjoyed a good view from the mesh side pocket on the way back.

I never seem to overlap with anyone else doing the bike commute, but today just as I thought about stopping to refill my bottle with ice to cool off a little, a guy passed me on a bike. So I didn't turn into the convenience store, but caught up with him. He actually wasn't commuting, just getting in an afternoon ride, but it was nice to have company for a few miles.

[Antaresia]

SO FRUSTRATED, here, have this tl;dr

Orange bike had the drops measured to fit, since I had them replace the flat bars. Drops on the orange bike are more comfortable than my custom-to-fit soma drops. I ask the soma builder, he confirms the drops he put on were too big to give me "stability" over comfort. Never mind that I didn't ask for that, but whatever. He'll replace them for free.

I get them replaced, and they knocked the front fender so hard it was beyond my ability to bend back into place.
I take the bike back to get the fender fixed, they fix it, I take it home.

Except they did a **** job fixing it, and today as I'm just finishing the first mile of my commute, the fender fails again, big time. So how was my commute today?

Alternatively pedaling as hard as I could, then coasting for as long as I was able with my right foot pushed up against the front fender so it wouldn't rub the tire raw. My commute was angry.

I. Hate. That "bike shop". So friggin much.

[lovelygamer]

I am sorry to hear that your LBS sucks. That is so sad.

I had a tough day. 84 degree heat, super sunny and 20mph winds. I went 12 miles total in three different commutes. Painful.