My Morning Commute
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@MattAune 70557 wrote:
Was rather warm. Last night the forecast said it would be 34°, it wasn’t, and I was way over dressed.
Indeed. Much warmer than advertised. Sucked to have to come back to work this morning after the nice long weekend, but since 95% of my cycling miles come from commuting, at least I’m riding again!
Though to be honest, I did get out on Friday just for funsies to burn off some Turkey Day calories with my son in tow… it was a nice 15 mile ramble around Alexandria.
@cyclingfool 70563 wrote:
Indeed. Much warmer than advertised. Sucked to have to come back to work this morning after the nice long weekend, but since 95% of my cycling miles come from commuting, at least I’m riding again!
Though to be honest, I did get out on Friday just for funsies to burn off some Turkey Day calories with my son in tow… it was a nice 15 mile ramble around Alexandria.
I also achieved August-level sweat this morning owing to over-layering. No matter how much of my spandex burrito layers I shed, no comfort was had.
Great ride in this morning. I was clipped in again for the first time since my bike was stolen in the spring, thanks to the gift of new SPD pedals from my wife for one of our anniversaries last night.
Hooray, hooray, hooray for SPDs! Felt nice to be even more connected to the bike again.(I had just been using an old pair of Nashbar MTB cage pedals I had kicking around with plastic toe clips and straps on them since they were functional and I had other uses for the occasional $30-40 to spend on stuff for the new rig.)
It was surprisingly toasty this morning – I stopped before the 14th St bridge to take off my beanie & glove liners. Hopefully it stays warm tonight as I’ll be riding back late.
I had a squirrel bounce off my spokes which was a bit exciting… three of them ran across the path at the same time and I decided holding my line was the best plan of survival.
@dkel 70837 wrote:
I registered for the forum today because I couldn’t resist chiming in on this thread (and it’s a great forum, generally!). I only started commuting (Falls Church to Vienna) in September, but this morning was my first commute on my brand new Cannondale Quick. It added 1.5 mph to my average speed, and knocked a couple minutes off my travel time. Magical! I can’t wait for tomorrow’s ride!
Pictures, man, we need pictures!
Welcome! You’re just in time to sign up for Freezing Saddles!@KelOnWheels 70838 wrote:
Pictures, man, we need pictures!
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My wife says I have already “dorked it up” by putting the rack on the back, and it doesn’t have its fenders yet! Such is the life of a commuter…
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