How Was Your Commute Today?

[colorisnt]

Absolutely awful allergies here for the BF. He has a terrible tree pollen allergy. I am starting to get them no that everything is on the move. My worst one is ragweed and the other is grass pollen. Way less on tree pollen.

Just fought 25 mph winds going to/from the grocery. Did about 7 miles and got stuff for dinner. Even strapped a lunch thing of chinese food on the back of my rack to go! Motivation.

[Crankin]

My ride home was uneventful. But... I did again see the azzhole rider who made a left from the right lane, last week. He did this in front of me, right in front of cars approaching in both directions on the cross street. For what? As I was about to clip in, I saw the guy coming out of the medical building that my building is attached to, with his bike. He blew by me, and then I caught up to him at the light where the street crosses Rt. 2, a major highway. He was *in the right turn lane,* like he was going to turn onto the highway. Of course, he was going straight, but couldn't be bothered to get in the center lane. There weren't even any cars, as it was already about 6:20. I stayed behind him for awhile, but then he started going about 25 mph. I saw him do the same thing in another right turn lane and I was quite glad I wasn't near him.

[colorisnt]

That is bizarre. He sounds like he has a death wish!

No commute today. Trying to find a reason to go by bike this afternoon to get out despite the rain. May just take a spin just because. The winds and cold were awful this AM and the BF BEGGED me not to ride because of the construction projects all around our house. He doesn't want me to slip. I told him it'd be okay but he was worried about me doing it in rush hour. There's a lot of random holes and grates everywhere and I've been having to take precious care to avoid it. In the rain, things are just harder. He's probably right. There's no reason to do it during rush hour. I can get my mileage in leisurely later.

[colorisnt]

No commute recently? Has the bad weather kept most in?

I had a beautiful commute this AM (finally!) apart from some old man screaming "put some clothes on, ya hussy!" at me. I was wearing running shorts under a skirt and OVER tights. Hahahaha. Some people are nuts.

[Crankin]

Ha ha, that made me laugh.
I did commute last Friday, but it was uneventful. We are getting our house painted and when I rode up the driveway and got home, the painters looked at me like I was nuts.
Commuting tomorrow, but the weather Friday looks rainy. If it's light rain I might do it, but I am a little afraid of what it might do to my hair... I might have to drag out the helmet cover.

[colorisnt]

See, my hair never gets THAT wet on my head but my ponytail gets soaked.

The BF told me when I told him what happened that I should ride a Huffy so I can be a Hussy on a Huffy.

[Giulianna23]

I sold my lovely schwinn Traveler about 2 months ago to a college girl that was sooo excited about the bike. I felt so happy that she loved it. So I went ahead and converted one of my road bikes into a commuter. First commute of the year today finally. Last year I had to be covering all over the place at work and never knew until last minute where I was going to work so couldn't commute but 3 or 4 times. It finally looks like we have a full staff so no need for me to be moving around. Hoping to be able to commute everyday or at least 4 days a week for the whole season.